Worth the money

User Rating: 8.5 | EverQuest II: Echoes of Faydwer PC
As far as value goes this is easily the most cost-effective expansion pack released by its producer (Sony Online Entertainment) to date. The retail version includes not only all three expansion packs released for Everquest 2, but also a mini-helicopter as a pet for your home.

In Echoes of Faydwer you can expect the same high standard as both of the other expansion packs thusfar ('desert of flames' and 'kingdom of sky'). In fact you can expect more. This expansion pack not only adds a new land to visit with your wizened warlock or pious paladin but also a new race, the fae, along with several other features.

The fae are in themselves practically an entire new game. If you choose to create a Fae you will start in the new home city of 'Kethelin' (which as fans of the Norrath games will know is a treetop city typically inhabited by the elves). The Fae are a winged race but they do not fly so much as hover slightly off the ground. However this does not mean that their wings' animation are any less advanced, contrarily they are beautifully crafted, creating a mesmerising realistic flow as can be expected of such delicate butterfly-esque extensions. As a Fae you will go through an entirely new training course which is in no way based upon either of the other factions' very similar courses.

However it is not just Fae that can access the new zones. Your existing characters need not feel left out as they too can travel to the treetop city of Kethelin and battle all new foes such as the Bugbear and access a wide variety of new zones. There is literally something for everyone!

So in short this game is very worth the money as it will not only present you with an opportunity to acquire all of the expansion packs for one very reasonable price, but will also offer you a brand new tree of quests to your ongoing adventure. The quest continues!