I played most of today. I hung out with a few friends, and laughed at the limitations. One of the ways they chose to limit us was by only allowing us to have 10,000 coins at once (therefore you cannot buy a few items at stores). You obviously cannot complete certain missions, and cute little, untamable pets begging to be tamed never will be. Oh yeah, and there is a giant "Buy LEGO Universe" button that is constantly on the screen. I don't care at all though... at least they let us have small faction packs for a limited amount of time. I also thought it was cool to see the updates since alpha and beta testing. The nearly unclimbable steps in the ship you start out in are gone (thank goodness!), and the bridge leading to the monument race seems to hold longer. And I
love the cute little birds that you have to frighten away on the monument!
Something else I like is the leveling up. When I alpha and beta tested, it seemed that the "U" points were useless. There was no motivation to complete challenges for just a few coins, which you could get from smashing a few stromlings anyway. Now you are actually completing missions to earn "U"s to level up. And, you have to admit, the capes just look awesome. Has anyone gotten a cape yet? Do they give you extra shield or imagination? Or are they just for looks?
Well, now that I have completed my unintended review, I must let you all know...
my username in LU is GalacticSpaceBuilder. Yes, not the most awesome name out there, but it seems that we aren't allowed to have our own name moderated either. Oh well, I must settle with the result of my impatient character trying to think of a name quickly so that I could play LU. Just thought I would let everyone know my username in case we see each other around the Universe.
