EverQuest II

1001 Video Games

EverQuest II appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

Pizza

The game introduced an in-game "/pizza" command that redirects to the Pizza Hut's online ordering section on pizzahut.com, to order right away without interrupting the game.

Voice acting

A 12 October 2004 press release revealed that EQ2 has over 130 hours (70,000 lines) of audio dialog for NPCs contributed by more than 1,700 voice actors.

Awards

• 4Players
  • 2004 – Best Online Role-Playing Game of the Year
  • 2004 – Best PC Voice-Acting of the Year
• Computer Gaming World
  • March 2005 (Issue #249) – Best Tchotchke of the Year (for the sword)
• Computer Games Magazine
  • March 2005 - #7 Game of the Year
• GameSpy
  • 2006 – Most Improved Game of the Year (PC)

Information also contributed by PCGamer77 and Sciere