In the future, Norrath has been struck by a major disaster, which has caused most of the world's prominent civilizations to crumble into anarchy. The world is now clearly polarized between Good and Evil, and the choice of alignment determines whether the player starts in benevolent Qeynos or seedy Freeport. The nature of the quests depends on the player's alignment and there is one special "betrayal quest" that actually allows the player to switch sides.

EverQuest II features an updated 3D engine compared to its predecessor. The game introduces a new storyline with over 130 hours of spoken dialogue by all NPCs. The player is now entitled to own real estate, ride horses, sail ships and can now recover health faster in-between battles. The game no longer offers player vs. player combat, even though the players can align themselves with the forces of evil if they so desire.

Players choose between several classic fantasy races, along with three original ones and four basic classes: fighter, scout, mage, or priest. Later on, they can acquire more specialized classes and subclasses at important level "thresholds". The game supports an advanced guild system, which allows guilds to compete with one another and compare their strengths via a "team-level" feature.

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Alternate Titles

"无尽的任务II" -- Chinese title (simplified)
"EQII" -- Official acronym
"EQ2" -- Informal name

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Part of the Following Group

EverQuest universe

Merchant	Title
	EverQuest II
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User Reviews

disappointing	D Michael (221)
An excellent addition to MMORPG choice on the market.	Marina Shoykhet (4)

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The Press Says

WomenGamers.com	Dec 29, 2004	9.2 out of 10	92
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Feb, 2005		90
Cheat Code Central	2004	4.5 out of 5	90
GameSpy	Nov 22, 2004		80
G4 TV: X-Play	Mar 24, 2006		80
GameSpot	Nov 17, 2004	7.8 out of 10	78
Game Revolution	Nov 20, 2004	B	75
Entertainmentopia	Mar 03, 2005	B	75
DreamStation.cc	Nov 30, 2004	7.5 out of 10	75
GamingExcellence	Feb 05, 2005	6.7 out of 10	67

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Trivia

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

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

Information also contributed by PCGamer77 and Sciere

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This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by Silverblade (1428) on Nov 18, 2004.