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Summary: Just can't stop!
Review: This is without a doubt the best gam eI have ever played. The atmosphere in the game is great and Everquest is even more fun if you play it with RL buddies. Some people knock it for not being a "true" RPG the real gem of this game is player interactions. This game has much less "Kewl d00dz" looking for "phat lewt" than either UO or AC (I've palyed them both). Pound for pound if you like online gaming this is the game for YOU!
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Summary: Things you can't see by looking at the box
Review: First off -- as a piece of programming, EverQuest truly is amazing. It's an enormous world, with a lot of possibilities. However, in a game like this, that's not all you get when you open the box.You're also getting the people within the game. I think this is mostly up to you, but if you don't want to interract with and sometimes depend on others -- look elsewhere. The last part is the customer service. I have to say everquest has probably the most awful customer relations policies and staff I have ever seen from a company ANYWHERE. Don't count on having your questions answered, your problems resolved, or your bugs acknowledged. Balance all that when making your choice.
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Summary: RavenWarrior From Prexus Server
Review: Like many RPG addicts, I chose to ignore the warnings and go ahead and get EverQuest. After the initial ooo's and aaaah's wore down, I realized one horrible fact. The online gaming community that Verant has going on is horrible. The players treat each other with little or no regard, and Verant staff do nothing about it. And if you want to say the heck with them and solo, FORGET IT. There is such a horrible gap in the creature/zone level that even if you are lucky and can kill a yellow con on your own, a red con comes along, agro's on you, and you are dead. Save your hard earned money and seek elsewhere for an enjoyable experience. Wait for Icewind Dale or Diablo 2.
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Summary: Everquest is the best game I have ever played
Review: EverQuest is no doubt the best game I have ever played. It hasgreat graphics and is very fun. There is one problem with this gamethough, it's so exelent i can't stop playing it
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Summary: 50/50
Review: Everquest is a good game but it has its problems. The graphics and the variety of sights are amazing. Even though it has it problems this game actually does have a quest system. If you like soloing or do not want to have to group with others to play, then this game is not for you. You can usually only solo effectively up into the 20s but that also depends on the class you are playing. The reason I only gave it 2 stars though is because I didnt find out many things that were important until after playing for hours and hours.
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Summary: Not worht the hype
Review: Save your money. I've played this game since summer of lastyear and from observation you need at least 8 hours a day to doanything due to over crowding and severe customer serviceissues. Most of the big monsters are heavily camped (ie. people sitting on their butts for 8 hours at a time waiting for the thing to show up and doing *nothing* else), there are severe flaws in the monster IQs, and frankly, customer service is non-existant. If you have a problem get ready for a 45 minute to a 5 hour wait for assistance. If someone harasses you (from my own obserations), expect nothing to be done about it because the standard EQ guide saying is "sorry, they're not doing it now (after waiting 2 hours for help) so I can't punish them". After the initial couple of weeks you'll be bored and frustrated. EQ's best use right now is as a enhanced chat room. You will meet a lot of people beause a lot of them are sitting around doing nothing waiting for monsters to spawn. That's all it's worth right now. So save your money.
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Summary: Bait and Switch
Review: I have been very disappointed with Everquest. The game itself is quite good, although the company has been slow to resolve bugs, often denying that they exist. 1) The biggest problem is that the company is not truthful with the players. The starting statistics for character formation, for example, are extremely incorrect, and the company refuses to give the actual effect of various statistics. 2) More serious, the company vowed that it would keep online servers at 1500 players. Now that a lot of people have signed up and spent a lot of time building up their characters, the company has reneged on its promise and lets over 2000 players on a server in order to make more money. This means that you are frequently disconnected in the middle of a fight and also that, many times, you simply cannot play when you want to -- on weekends and between 6 pm and 11 pm. The most important effect of this overcrowding, though, is that the game is downright unpleasant to play. The "prizes" that players get for accomplishing various missions are very limited. Thus, you will have maybe 50 players wanting to get into a dungeon and fight a particular battle, but only 6 are able to do so. And even then, the object will be obtainable only, say, once every four hours, so even among the six, only the one who has been there the longest will be able to get it. Like an overcrowded highway, this makes the players very irritable towards each other and makes for an extremely unpleasant gaming environment. Not to mention, a lot of people paying money for a game they can't play. In practice, therefore, if you want to play this game, you must be willing to play for 24 hours straight while snarling at other people.
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Summary: Still the most fun game I have ever played.
Review: I admit I am addicted. I always loved MUDs. EverQuest is simply the best MUD ever made. It has some drawbacks, overcrowding, bugs, quests which are simply kill these monsters and bring back these things for a prize, but the number one problem is time commitment. Oh, EQ plays fine on slower hardware (200MHz Pentiums and 28.8 modems), but it needs at least Voodoo 2 level video performance. This game has consumed nearly all of my free time in the past year! I'm hooked. I look forward to the Kunark addition and will buy it ASAP.
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Summary: Huge World; Great Graphics; No Role Playing;
Review: Visually this game is awesome. The monsters the NPC's the other players, all stunning. At low levels this game can be a lot of fun. You have a sense of accomplishment every time you log on. Whether its for half an hour or an entire day. As you progress it becomes more and more diificult. Eventually you cannot log on for half an hour and accomplish something. The creatures you have to fight to lvl are camped with 20-30 other players (during peak time) with a waiting list to get at them. They have made it impossible for the casual player to get to high lvls. I have had fun in this world. But i caution anyone without a whole lot of free time, DO NOT BUY THIS GAME. All the high lvl players are students who are skipping class, guys who are laid off from jobs, or housewives. Buy this game if you have tons of free time and a lot of patience. Do not buy this game if you like a story line, and historical background. This game is visually stunning, but behind the graphics there isnt much else!
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Summary: Creators customer care needs "update"
Review: I love the concept. And I have played many hours. Inevitably, I will purchase Ruins of Kunark. However, considering the problems with Verant's so-called customer service, I will easily give up the game to something comparable like Shadowbane that I have heard much about. Everything I read "review" wise in this Amazon section, regarding EQ's failed customer SERVICE, is true. There is but a single GM that has ever handled a customer service issue of mine with care, and thoughtful resolute... if only they were all like him - alas, they are not. Obviously, these problems will not be dissimilar within RUINS OF KUNARK which is also a Verant product. In the time that I have played, Verant has made numerous adjustments to hamper gameplayer efforts to level (I expect it to be time consuming, but requisite play time to level is ridiculous!). Also, as stated in other "reviews," there are too many important in-game items, that are all but impossible to get; thus the real-life auctions of certain items for hundreds of U.S. dollars. Why would anyone consider paying real money, except for many worthy, indeed required items for reasonable in-game progress - that are otherwise impossible to get. Every other week or so, Verant tweaks the game. Though many issues are addressed in these updates for the betterment of the game, all too many also include alterations that ultimately put the player at a greater disadvantage than before the "update," by imposing a greater inability to gain EXPERIENCE, by which a player advances. I give EQ RUINS OF KUNARK 5 STARS purely for the thrill of the game concept itself, along with the nothing less than INCREDIBLE graphics throughout. However, Verant strikes out in customer service, ensuring consumer displeasure. And for that, those otherwise 5 stars, drop to a TWO STAR.
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