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EverQuest II

aka: EQ2, EQII
Moby ID: 15581

Windows version

An excellent addition to MMORPG choice on the market.

The Good
Graphics without any doubt are superb - at least comparing to any other game in online series. Same can be said about sound effects and the voice acting - its nearly flawless. There is abundance of quests in game, closing on 2000 numberish now, you could probably level all way to 50 just doing all of them. Decent people playing in majority, some being old rp school people from EQ1. Massive zones - and quite variety of them - and they are shaped not in generic way as in some other games, you can actually recognize almost any piece of landscape even without any landmarks. Split instances of same zone make camping easier. Good separation of character classes, playing assassin actually feels different from playing a swashbuckler. Lots of good thing to be said beside this - but its better to experience them by yourself.

The Bad
Very few complaints here - occasional character stuck floating in the air, few times fell through the walls into the void - but you land right back in beginning of zone unhurt. Some sounds for spells could be done slightly better - or maybe its my soundcard. More variety of clothing needed - all wizards seems to wear 3-4 different types of robes - I mean coloring and style. Compare to experience I had in SWG with bugs when it started - I can only say I loved playing this one from day one.

The Bottom Line
Very solid game - the only warning is - if you are not into roleplaying much - the game will be boring after first two-weeks -2 month approximately. Then again with the low price it commands right now, there should not be any surprises left.

by Marina Shoykhet (3) on June 9, 2005

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