GH Review: Everquest 2: Rise of Kunark

WhO_KnOwS · Jan 10, 2008, 09:10 AM

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I don’t know about the rest of you guys, but MMOs tend to have a very strange effect on me. When starting a new title I literally get sucked into them, spending hours upon hours of my free time just exploring, leveling up and having fun. But after a few weeks of playing something happens. I’m not entirely sure where things go awry, but sooner or later I come to the startling realization that I’m not having fun anymore. This has happened to me with Star Wars Galaxies, Vanguard and even World of Warcraft. But not with Everquest 2. Granted, I don’t play it constantly and often take entire months off it. But with SOE pushing out a new expansion every few months (at least it feels this way) I can’t help but being drawn back in to experience all the fresh content. The question is how long they can keep doing this – after all doing the same thing over and over again inevitably loses its pull.

ET3D · Jan 10, 2008, 02:14 PM

Can you tell me more about the crafting changes? I played EQ2 about 2 years ago, and I'm curious. (One day I might go back to it.)

Blacklash · Jan 11, 2008, 11:30 PM

Good work.

I've tried like heck to get into EQ II and it never works for me more than a few months. Something is missing and I am not sure what. I loved the original "Ruins of Kunark" expansion on EQ. I liked that game up to the Velious expansion then I started getting tired of it fast. When Planes of Power hit that pretty much did it for me.

I'd love to see the old Anarchy Online game simply redone with a new engine. I loved that game before Shadowlands.

jandarsun8 · Jan 22, 2008, 07:19 PM

I will agree with Blacklash on the first EQ game. Played that until PoP came out and after that, just got bored of sitting around waiting to pick up a group. The trade skills never seemed to be really worth the time to get up in skill so it was extremely boring sitting around. Pretty much quit after that. I've played a couple of MMO's since then, Dark Age, beta testing for Matrix Online and currently WoW but that's loosing my interest as well with everyone moving towards pvping and raiding (and then people thinking they can raid in pvp gear= irritating).

I did the EQ2 7 day trial when it first came out but I had a 9600 Pro at the time and it wasn't the smoothest game play by any means. Might go back and try it again now that I've got a little better machine.

Jan 10, 2008, 09:10 AM	#1
WhO_KnOwS The Knows Mister Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Slovenia, Europe Posts: 409 Rep Power: 55	GH Review: Everquest 2: Rise of Kunark Read The Review Here ________________________ I don’t know about the rest of you guys, but MMOs tend to have a very strange effect on me. When starting a new title I literally get sucked into them, spending hours upon hours of my free time just exploring, leveling up and having fun. But after a few weeks of playing something happens. I’m not entirely sure where things go awry, but sooner or later I come to the startling realization that I’m not having fun anymore. This has happened to me with Star Wars Galaxies, Vanguard and even World of Warcraft. But not with Everquest 2. Granted, I don’t play it constantly and often take entire months off it. But with SOE pushing out a new expansion every few months (at least it feels this way) I can’t help but being drawn back in to experience all the fresh content. The question is how long they can keep doing this – after all doing the same thing over and over again inevitably loses its pull. __________________ How you can help DriverHeaven by using Digg!

Jan 11, 2008, 11:30 PM	#3
Blacklash Che cazzo stai dicendo? Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Old Vizima Posts: 117 Rep Power: 51 System Specs	Good work. I've tried like heck to get into EQ II and it never works for me more than a few months. Something is missing and I am not sure what. I loved the original "Ruins of Kunark" expansion on EQ. I liked that game up to the Velious expansion then I started getting tired of it fast. When Planes of Power hit that pretty much did it for me. I'd love to see the old Anarchy Online game simply redone with a new engine. I loved that game before Shadowlands. __________________ AMD Phenom II X6 1055T @ 4.0GHz (1.45v)\|GeIL Black Dragon DDR3 1600 (4x2Gb) ASUS Crosshair IV (AMD 890FX)\|Powercolor Radeon HD 5870 1Gb (x2)\|Acer GD235HZbid WD VelociRaptor 150Gb HD (x2)\|Pioneer DVR-2920Q\|LG GH22LS30\|Klipsch Groove PM20 2.0 SilverStone OP1000-E\|SilverStone TJ10-B\|Xigmatek HDT-S1284EE\|Vista Home Premium x64 SP2

Jan 10, 2008, 02:14 PM	#2
ET3D Hopeless Dreamer Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dreamland, near the pool of infinite graphics cards Posts: 3,055 Rep Power: 103 System Specs	Can you tell me more about the crafting changes? I played EQ2 about 2 years ago, and I'm curious. (One day I might go back to it.)

Jan 22, 2008, 07:19 PM	#4
jandarsun8 HardwareHeaven Addict Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: MN, US Posts: 321 Rep Power: 45 System Specs	I will agree with Blacklash on the first EQ game. Played that until PoP came out and after that, just got bored of sitting around waiting to pick up a group. The trade skills never seemed to be really worth the time to get up in skill so it was extremely boring sitting around. Pretty much quit after that. I've played a couple of MMO's since then, Dark Age, beta testing for Matrix Online and currently WoW but that's loosing my interest as well with everyone moving towards pvping and raiding (and then people thinking they can raid in pvp gear= irritating). I did the EQ2 7 day trial when it first came out but I had a 9600 Pro at the time and it wasn't the smoothest game play by any means. Might go back and try it again now that I've got a little better machine.