This is my first Gamespot review so please be patient with me. I have played EQ (with many expansion packs) but wasn’t a high level heavy player. I also played Final Fantasy XI Online (FFXI). Both were good games. FFXI just recently released has awesome graphics I thought it was a great looking game. But I was never a big Final Fantasy person so the characters were strange looking and the monsters were bizarre to me. I like the traditional D&D world of elves, dwarves, etc. EQ is well EQ. It is the online RPG that all others are measured against. And I have to say I like it better than EQ for a few reasons. The big one is the crafting in Horizons. It is so deep and complex. The player economy is cool. I actually made a few items and put them up for sale at the consigner. Then shortly I got a note saying a person purchased my item. Way cool. Music is awesome and graphics are good. I was hoping for more but its still nice. The only gripe I have so far is the game isn’t 100% smooth and debugged. I do enter heavily populated areas and sometimes see characters in solid grey as the system is waiting for more info from the game servers. I have a decent machine 2.4 Ghz 512 mb ram with cable modem connection. So otherwise its awesome game. I hope you try it, you wont be disappointed. Oh and if you go onto the Dawn server stop bye and say hi to me (Chriton). I would love to show my ware of spells for sale. Enjoy, John
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