I was brought into the EverQuest world by my brother and at first i thought that i wouldn't like it because it takes so long to level up and i would have to put in so much time to it. After a while i started liking it and began playing it more and more because the world literally consumes you. So when i heard that they were making a second one i was pumped. The hype around it was so high that i read every news article and update that was ever published (yes i know, i sound crazed). Now the whole nickname for it "EverCrack" is so richly deserved because it is in EVERY sense addicting. Once EQ II was released the first store that got it i was there to buy it. The game itself has really been revamped and really improved over the years. Even though they require you to have pretty much a godly computer to run this game it is well deserved because the graphical hurdles this game incorporates with online play is staggering to say the least. Though with every new concept and idea comes bad ideas and issues with other gamers and other EQ fanatics who liked it the old way. The gameplay in the game is pretty much the exact replicate of the first one, all the keys are pretty much self-explanatory and very simple. SOE really keeps the game easy to use even though there are plenty of buttons to push and actions to do and other little tid bits to keep track of. If you are a first time player of EQ then i suggest you do the tutorial and take notes because there is no way you will ever learn all the buttons and all the bars and action keys in one swing. The graphics in this game pretty much depend on your graphics card and how it holds up to the online bashing of everyone else you're playing with. Since i'm playing with a high end card (GeForce 6800) i'm EXTREMELY happy with the graphical detail of the game. EQ II has pretty much destroyed, graphically, the first EQ by a long shot because the detail and the smoothness of everything in EQ II is just astonishing. In EQ II you can literally tell what kind of armor they are wearing because you can see every detail of it right down to the links off of a chainmail suit. They really did well with the bump mapping because the environment and the people really stand out you really dont have anymore of the old angular graphics anymore. The sound in this game is really awesome and since i'm playing off of a 5.1 speaker surround sound i can hear a lot more ambient noises then most others. The sound is simply awesome from the walking on sand to the clashing of the swords the sound makes this game come alive effortlessly almost. So in essence if anybody loves the Roleplaying genre and want to take it to another scale then they should do well in buying this game and playing it because it really revolutionizes the whole genre. Also, since its all online its a lot more fun because the people who play this game dont mess around and act like morons, they actually really play rather then some people who spend there whole time acting stupid and killing the enjoyment of online gameplay.
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