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Evercrack

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 18 / 43
Date: October 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User

If you want to have a life, stay away....far away

They expect us all to just start over?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 17 / 43
Date: October 22, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Ummm... no thanks. I don't care HOW pretty it is, I, as well as just about every EQ player I know (and I know many of them) all agree: The timesinks stop at EQ1. There will be no starting over for any reason. We've all invested too much time on EQ1 to just drop it and move forward, especially with Sony's infamously horrific customer service.

I am a paying beta tester for Everquest (in my opinion that game still hasn't left beta, and since I pay to play it, well, that makes me a paid beta tester doesn't it hehe). I will not pay Sony for the privaledge of testing their new game.

IF Sony was smart, they would make Everquest II a complete rewrite of EQ1 with this fabled new engine of theirs and allow people to import the characters into it that they have worked so incredibly hard on.

EQ2 is going to be a total loser, mark my words--regardless of it's prettiness or features. It will be another Anarchy Online, UO2 (ummm WHAT UO2? heh), Dark Ages of Camelot, etc. It simply will never reach critical mass because EQ1 players will NOT switch in droves like they are hoping.

Sony is crazy to make EQ2 incompatible with EQ1. Not smart at all.

It truly seems that the "soul" of Verant has left the building, in a big way, since their acquisition.

Everquest II

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 12
Date: October 29, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I have seen Many Screenshots and Read previews about it and It sounds awesome except for one thing. You CAN'T transfer your Characters from The first EQ to this game, For this Reason, I think tons of people will not buy this game, Unless they have never started playing EQ before this Game Comes out. Personally I might not buy it for this reason.

FUN

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 13
Date: November 08, 2002
Author: Amazon User

To the people that play EQ1, this game is meant for fun and playing games is a way to go into your own world and waste up extra time. People that played EQ1 complain about there being no transfer from 1 to 2. Well, even know you worked so hard on 1 you know you played it for the fun and you know that EQ2 will be even more fun. Stop writing poor reviews that contradict what you really believe. Just leave EQ1 and come to EQ2 you know it will be better.

Verant and Sony: Customers demand a a better MMORPG

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 27
Date: November 12, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Well well... sadly, EQII looks like nothing more but a graphical advance and new material for a online RPG. Nothing here looks ground-breaking. Another online RPG that you spend loads and loads of time in, hence "Evercrack" -- the leveling grind is back, or will be in some form. Sure, new races, new classes, new graphics... but the over all point of the game is the same. Spend time, get more powerful, get better stuff, kill NPCs or people. Wow, the gaming community is thrilled at your originality here.

I've always been a fan of these types of games, even though the time spent/invested has been a bit harsh for someone that tries to lead a normal life. Sooner or later, the gaming community will get to a point where they don't pay and play these games unless the company puts an effort in for originality and actually cares for the customer.

Sadly, you will not find this in EQ2. Horizons was the closest thing to this, but slowly they are being converted into just another run of the mill online RPG.

So, please, know what you are getting into before you buy EQ2 or any game like it. It is not a game you can play casually and be very successful at. As a customer, I demand a better product than what this will provide. If you have the same feelings as me, please avoid EQ (and Star Wars Galaxies, for that matter, which is EQ in a Star Wars environment pretty much) -- but if you truely have fun playing these games, than go for it.

/rant off ;)

Man, not again

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 23
Date: November 29, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Everquest was a fun game, but no great shakes. I have a level 50 on eq, and umm no im not going to start over again. Well im sure that after all of the ranting and raving that verant hears that they will invoke some sort of transfer service of EQ 1 characters to EQ 2, well that is just a guess, and charge oh, i would say about ($$$) to transfer...

Uhm.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 15
Date: December 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Why would you want a character transfer from EQ 1 to EQ 2? I'd rather start over and experience the new game as a whole and get a feel for the character I'm playing. That'd be pretty hard to do anyway if they change certain aspects of the game like skills/spells and leveling requirements. This game sounds like it will improve on the original. I'm hoping they make it more friendly to people who like to solo a bit more as they don't have time to be logged on 12 hours a day.

EverQuest is for certian people

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 16 / 30
Date: December 20, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Jeese, why do so many people have bad things to say about everquest, and how dumb the new EQ will be? If you ask me this is a great game for many differant types of people. EQ1 was a great game, i have playe dit for over a year now, but its not like it is my life.

Some good things about the upcoming EQ2 is that there is no experiance bars, or certian hit points. Everything is within the game. There are no stats accept general things like good strangth, or good intelligance. This provides the player with a more relistic view of the game. Also there is a new way to distinguish your class. As you go through the levels you will begin to make decisions tward a certian class, that will fit you the best. There is no guessing in the begining what class you will like or not like. durring the game if you are killing somthing, there is no way to know how many hit points the mob your killing has, or how many you have, because face it, there is nothing of the sort in real life anyways. Another feature is that items can be broken if you dont have the proper training to use them, or they just get old.

There is a new zoning experiance too. If you accedently get a mob on you and maybe a entire train, if u keep runing they will acually give up on you and leave, this gets rid of the "zone" idea. Also Im, not positive but, i think that mobs can and will follow you through a zone, so you no longer have a zone to save you, as you dont in real life either.

In conclusion I would say this will be the best online role playing game to hit the market. Although many will disagree, its just not their thing, because everyone is differant. So dont take advice from the people who hate it, because they are not you, so they will not know if u hate it or not. Thanks for time, and i hope like it ), /bow and i cant wait myself.

A new Start.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 16
Date: February 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Everquest was a world shaker, it rocked the foundation of RPG's and introduced MMORPG to an international scale like no other. I loved the original everquest but for me the level up attitude has gotten old.

Everquest 2 offers a new start. A chance for an actual Role Playing Game thats also massively multiplayer. A game where your not driven by leveling but are able to stop and smell the roses? Or stop and build a new sword that you would actually use for your character. I would love the chance to be able to take time off from leveling to direct my attentions toward other pursuits and dare I say "Stop and smell the roses"? Sure in the original you got this chance at the higher levels when you and your guild started slaying dragons. But what about the rest of the world? What about tradeskills? Thats one place where EQ1 left off and thats where EQ2 is going to pickup and take off.

I think most already know of the new system for leveling in a more realistic fashion which is going to be fantastic. No more exp bar, no more "Well i only have 86 in Strength"!. You can say my strength is "Good". I think it's things like this that will allow those willing to emmerse themselves in the new Everquest and create a character from their own imagination that they want to play out and enjoy.

Hope I helped...

Scary for some

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 25
Date: March 07, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Ok picture this .Your walking in a dungeon all the sudden 5 zombies pop out.Ok with the new 3D engines in this game its gonna emurse more of us to join the life of everquest.I say the more a game scares me the more i get into the game.

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