Rating: 
Summary: Great game, poor support
Review: The game is excellent. What frustrates us Mac users is the poor support and utter lack of responsiveness from SOE. Even on a dual pumped G5 with a gig of RAM, you cannot long play the game with sound on. SOE acknowledges the problem but after repeated inquiries on the official support board, they refuse to disclose when the problem may be fixed or even confirm that they intend to fix it. They merely state that they are 'aware of the problem.' Considering that they have been aware of the problem for 10 months, many of us despair of ever seeing a fix.There are scads of complaints from players that petitions to the game manager are never acknowledged and that requests for zone resets and other technical fixes do not receive attention for days or weeks. In the last two months, I have never once seen the Mac GM logged Higher level players are frustrated that the Planes of Power expansion is only partially implemented. Some PoP quests and flags are not available. EQ is a great product. It could be THE Mac MMORPG if SOE made a reasonable effort to support it.
Rating: 
Summary: Questionable worth
Review: There are several flaws to Sony's release for the Mac. First, you're only playing against other Mac users. This can be good or bad. You aren't dealing with seasoned players, yet you have to wait if you really want the "community" feel since you're lucky to run into more than a half-dozen players in a sitting. Second, the interface is slightly different than on a PC version, so you'll notice some changes if you have already been addicted to the PC version. Third, Sony has an "on again, off again" policy with regards to whether or not they will continue supporting and upgrading this game. Is it addicting? OH YEAH! Is it fun? Mostly. But it leaves you quaking in your boots wondering about the worth. My wife and I would love to play together, but she's on a Windows computer. We'd even love to play EQII when it comes out, but my main computer is a Mac. Oh well. WARNING: To those detail inclined, this is a HIGHLY addictive game with lots of puzzles (tradeskill recipes being the largest collection of them), skills, and gameplay variation dependent on races and classes, good luck ripping yourself away every evening to get some amount of sleep.
Rating:
Summary: There is a reason they call it Evercrack
Review: This is the most addicting game I've ever played, and with the recent confirmation that the expansion Planes of Power will be included with the launch product it will be even better than originally expected.
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