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Summary: If you have the time and can deal with other players...
Review: ...then this is your game. If you're looking to play solo or for just a few hours a week, you have quite a bit of opportunity as well, but EQ is definitely geared towards groups and a very high time-committment.
Be aware that if you're new to roleplaying (as I was)and EQ then the learning curve to understand and get started on EQ will be quite large.
A quick list of Pros and Cons:
Pros
EQ is HUGE. There are dozens of "zones" to play in and getting to zones is relatively easy, depending on your class and knowledge of zone connections.
The time commitment required is huge, so if you're looking for a game that won't be over quickly, that's EQ. Think of playing your character as a very long-term hobby. Unfortunately for some, it seems to be much more than that.
There are thousands of interesting items to buy, sell, collect, use, and combine. How items (weapons, armor, and otherwise) are used can be very confusing but there is an abundance of free info on the net. Understand this is intended to be a game of discovery, so many quests, items, and rules were meant to be discovered, not given to you.
The number of monsters to kill is enormous and the graphics for most is very pleasing and the animation and sound very entertaining.
There are literally hundreds (if not thousands) of players on at a time, which means (ideally) there's always someone to group with.
You can join groups of players in guilds, which can help you in countless ways. You can also easily quit a guild if it's not to your liking (as I've done on several occasions)Cons
The biggest negatives of the game don't involve the game itself so much as the people you encounter. Although I've come across many friendly and helpful people, there are also many negative, bossy, and downright rude people in the game. Too many people take the game way too seriously and don't realize they're just data on a server in an office. As a newbie, you may run into a lot of condescending people who somehow think their level in the game makes them worthy of mocking others. Again, they're just data on a server.
The "quests" are not very interesting and mainly involve alot of running around and collecting items to get a reward item.
The overall story of EQ is rather obscured by the overall kill-to-level push of the game.
If you don't make an effort to immerse yourself in the game's world, the game is basically just a kill-to-level game. The developers have mastered the psychological aspect to push people to want to level (by provide surnames at certain levels and new spells every 5 levels or so, for example) so everyone will know just how "powerful" your character is. All the presentation aside, the entire simplified goal of the game is getting to the next level, thus making your character more powerful so you can go to a higher level zone.
The startup time for a newbie is painfully slow. Getting your first character enough EQ money (platinum) to properly equip the character can take weeks or months, which can easily kill the fun in the game.
Unfortunately, I've found the social aspect of the game more of a con than pro. Perhaps it's the type of people who play, perhaps it's because there are many younger (12-16 year olds) playing, but I find that soloing was much more fun simply because I didn't have to deal with real-life bad attitudes when all I wanted to do was immerse myself in a fantasy world for a few hours a day.
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Summary: Garbage
Review: After all the hype, I tried this game. Im a vet of several On - Line games over the past few years and this one is hands down terrible!
Graphics are dated, the interface is clumsy and difficult to use. The is nothing, I repeat, nothing compelling to do in game beside whack at badly animated monsters. After all these years EQ does NOT have any player owned housing!?
Dont waste your money on this game.
Here are 3 superior alts - all have player housing
Dark Age of Camelot - compelling game to level in, beautiful graphics.
Asherons Call DM - full of interesting content, graphics a bit dated (but far superior to EQ)
Horizons - great graphics/audio, player driven/built communities and economy,you can play a dragon - need I say more?
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Summary: Avoid this game if you value your social life!
Review: Avoid this game if you value your social life! It's one incredible time sink like you've never seen in your life. The game never ends and to excel in the game you MUST join a guild and you'll HAVE TO BUY the expansions just to keep up even if you're not guilded. SONY/SOE (Sony of America) formerly Verant has got it figured what it takes to reel you in; Hook, Line and Sinker but in a way that gradual so you won't notice the Hook in your mind. You'll always be looking for that next nice item for your charactors which will be old in three to six months (new expansion time) and you'll always be stuck in that same sorry rut. Wash, rinse and repeat. Then, on top of all that you could play a favored charactor like the Monk Class as an example for years and then one day you log in and find out that they have nerfed (lowered it's abilities)the class to a level that might make the class unappealing for you to play it anymore and guess what. It's just too bad cause there's nothing much you can do about it except to wait to see IF they will unnerf it or wait for more expansions and hope new equipment will come out that will increase abilities past the old nerf LOL. It's the same with more than a few of the classes. Sadly I played that [game] for two years and bought expansion after expansion and payed month after month till I wised up. Later I read that behind the scenes they (SOE) watch players play as if they are performing animal experiements just like doctors do on their experimental subjects, so they can judge how best to keep you playing (kinda sounds like the cigarette companies and planned addiction to me or pavlov's dog experiments) but of course they probably would deny that.... I recommend you try Morrowind if soloing is ok with you or Neverwinter Nights if you want to group and play online. The servers are player run and managed and there's no stringing you out for monthly payments either cause it's free after you purchase the game. Anyone that wants to can start a server and GameMaster it. With either one you avoid that little spinner that the gopher seems to always be in, the wheel is spinning but its on the road to nowhere.
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Summary: WHAT DO YOU MAEAN BAD THIS IS GREAT
Review: don't listen to them this is the best MMORPG I've ever played my freinds and I love it ive had it for 6 months and its still awsome the monthly fee is worth it. bottem line ONE OF THE BEST
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Summary: Best MMORPG ever made, and as of now, it still is
Review: EverQuest: Evolution is the perfect starter for a new EQ player. Most old-school EQ junkies should already have all the expansions by now, but having just started playing a little over a year ago, I realized firsthand what a handicap it is to be without (at the very least) the Planes of Power and Shadows of Luclin expansions. For one thing, travel is nigh to impossible, as most players with the capabilities of teleporting you around hang out in the Plane of Knowledge, only accessible for those with PoP. Without Luclin, one does not have access to the legendary Paludal Caverns, a single zone that will take any character from roughly level 6 all the way to the mid 20's. Ruins of Kunark is a must after the 20's, and the Overthere and Dreadlands are the most common way to blast through the 30's and 40's... And only then can one begin to truly appreciate the full game, when one begins going on Planar raids from the 50's clear to level 65. There is and will always be plenty of content for groups and solo players throughout the entire game, there is a new cartography system (from Legacy of Ykesha), and all the goodies from EverQuest: Gold... For about half the price. Honestly, you won't find a better deal than this. Most of the expansions still run from $10 to $20 EACH, and here are all of them for under $30, including the previously download-only LoY expansion. If you're looking for a massively multiplayer online experience and think you can stand up to the likes of storm giants, dragons, and the gods themselves... Buy the game already!!! -- Belegur Puppyslayer, 36th level Teir`Dal Shadow Knight of Innoruuk, Tunare server
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Summary: What a deal!!!
Review: I cant believe this PRICE!! I started playing 8 months ago and I paid 16-20$ for each of these expansions. (90$ total) and with this package you get them all for 25$! I had to have them ALL! I'm having a blast playing EverQuest. I do agree its really hard to learn. I was lucky and friends brought me into the game and taught me how to play. but I just LOVE to play. there are always fun exciting things to do. at this price TRY IT!!
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Summary: Gobsmaked
Review: I cant believe this! I couldnt find a better bargain elsewhere! (And im on teh interweb A LOT!) so i reccommendt this to everyone who lives.
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Summary: Love Hate Relationship
Review: I had a love hate relationship with this game. there were a lot of things I loved about this game and a lot of things I hated.first off the good things: 1 I loved the masiveness of this game it is huge. I played for 6 months and only covered about 1/3 of the game this playing around ten hours a day 6 days a week (I am retired) It is also very addictive. 2 I loved the freedom of this game you don't have a story line to stick to you basicly go where you want when you want, just like in real life. 3 I liked being able to stop and talk to people, it is a masive chat room. I met people from all around the world really neat. 4 the graphics are terrific very cool. 5 I loved the spells there are so many and the graphics for them are cool too. 6 I loved the dungons and dragons story line and it being set in midevil times very cool, I really like this type of game.Ok, now I will tell you what I hated about this game:1 grouping, this game is very hard and nerve racking in order to get to the top of your game you are forced to group at first you could solo but as they kept adding the expantions they started smerffing the charictors making them weaker so you would have to group. I liked to solo because for one thing I didn't have to share the spoils of war with anyone, also some players did't want to share with the group they wanted all the spoils for themselvs when I grouped I expected to share and did, but left groups very fast when they started to hog the spoils. The grouping its self was not bad it was kind of fun to talk and get to know other people it was the looting part of it I hated.2 this is a free market society you have to buy your weapons and armour of course the best stuff is the most expensive stuff that is where the spoils come in. In oreder to get the money you need you have to kill monsters and loot the spoils then either sell them to other players or to venders so when you get in a greedy group you don't get payed for your efforts and most of the groups are like that. Other games have elimanted this from their group games which makes grouping a lot more fair and more fun they just give all the members in the group the same rewards rather than making them loot a single item. 3 camping I hated having to camp first you had to find an area where a certain monster was that had a great piece of armor or a wepon or item that sold for a great price usally when you got there there were other players wating in line to camp. It took me 2 days to get one place and if you died others would take it from you or groups would root you out especally if you were soloing other games have elimanted this too to make theirs more enjoyable and fair. 4 the graphics with the first 3 games the charactors looked a lot better then in pop or sol for example the females in the first three they were very pretty and sexy but with pop and sol they turned very ugly their bodies looked like they were 65 yers old or so yuck!. 5 this game starts off easy but gets much harder as you go on there are 65 levels and then you have your inate levels that take as long to do as the regular levels I made it to 45 6 when you die you loose your hard fought experiance I really hated this you could die a couple of times and loose two days worth of work not only that but you had to go get your corpse in order to get your gear and weapons if you didn't you would lose them as well I have droped as much as 2 levels before just trying to get my corpse back 7 secrets most of the spells after level 45 for my charitor were with monsters that I had to fight for them however I could never find out which ones to fight or where they were. There I had worked hard to get to level 45 to get these really great spells and everything was a mystery no one knew. finally after waiting 2 days for a camp and dying with in 30 minutes coming back to find it taken over by a small group that would not let me have it back I had had enough I quit.In sumation this game is fasinating, fun, and huge but its also hard, nerveracking, agravating, and you must group to get anywhere. If you are not social and don't realy like to group than I would sugest finding a different game. I hope this helps
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Summary: EQ-One In A Million
Review: I have been playing Everquest for the full 5 years and it has just been getting better. Agreed there are rude people and bossy people but there are thousands of others.. just move on don't let someone ruin your fun time. I have many lvl 65's and help "newbies" CONSTANTLY mostly in kelethin as most of my chars are woodelfs or highelfs. I give away pp and lots of armor. You just have to find the friendly people and many people get annoyed by beggers.. who wouldnt? Give it a try dont just assume, the monthly fee isnt bad. you get access 24 hours a day 7 days a week unless theres a patch...but thats a small price to playing for hours with fun people my friend's list is 200 people and growing :) Give it a shot and don't give up too easily thats about all anyone can say
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Summary: Sucks.
Review: I have no idea why people like this game. Here is a list of bad things about it: 1. It has patheticly bad graphics.
2. You spend numerous hours farming off bats and rats.
3. You die very easily.
4. You don't see yourself attacking enemies.
5. I could go on, but I'm lazy.
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