Trio of MMOs grow

By Tim Surette, GameSpotPosted Mar 29, 2007 4:25 pm PT

Lineage, EverQuest 2 get updated with new areas, dungeons, maps, monsters; Dark Age of Camelot patched, gets Web site for upcoming campaign.

A pair of benchmark massively multiplayer online games and a sequel to one of the genre's granddaddies have all been recently updated for those gamers who aren't spending night and day on World of Warcraft.

EverQuest 2, from Sony Online Entertainment, received "Game Update 33" yesterday. The free content adds several quests to three new areas, including Deathfist Cathedral, The Acadechism, and the Butcherblock Mountains. SOE also gives word of a special April Fool's Day event, but is keeping tight-lipped about it so as not to ruin the surprise. For full details on the update, head to the game's Web site.

Those gamers still holding tough on Lineage will notice that NCsoft has released the content pack Episode 5, Temple of Shadows. This update features the Dark Elf-controlled Lastabad Corridor, the Temple of Shadows, and earrings as wearable items.

Finally, Dark Age of Camelot has been patched to version 1.88, which tweaks the archery system, increases the amount of bounty point rewards, and more. A Web site for the new Camelot campaign, A Dragon's Revenge, is now up and running with screenshots and details.

47 Comments

  • BeerNinja420

    Posted Apr 3, 2007 5:17 am PT

    This is what I think is the most hilarious thing: game nerds come to a website and call other people losers for playing a different game. Hmm... The obvious irony there really does make me laugh.

    FACT: Comparing one game to another is pointless unless you are deciding which one to buy. I will play mine, you play yours.

    FACT: OMG people can turn it off and walk away!

    FACT: Ignorance, stupidity, and/or retardation are the main causes for that one guy who always says, "You losers have no life!" Yet, at the same time, if he aint playing the exact same game as you while he says this, he is probably on a video game site trashing someone else's opinion and passion for video games.

    FACT: If WoW weren't so good, why is everyone trying to immitate it? You not liking something does NOT invalidate a multi-million player base nor does it signify some type of higher status you may think you have. And, all the while, you're probably playing a game that I don't like. But, since I am not a hypocrite, I could give a **** less.

    FACT: Really? No life for playing a MMO? Dude...yer on a game website. Arguing about games.

  • skemaal

    Posted Apr 2, 2007 7:00 pm PT

    Good argument points there. I think that, in the end, community is what makes the game for one and not another. Personally, I hate the WoW community. I feel like i'm in a kindergarten. Fact, my wife says that a few students in her class (grade 3) plays the game. Says a lot lol.

  • NobuoMusicMaker

    Posted Apr 2, 2007 6:26 am PT

    Wrong. WoW offers everything all previous MMOs didn't to a larger market. Now instead of 100 players spending 3 hours to kill a boss in FFXI, they don't need to spend all that time and could actually participate in life.

    WoW is just easier on the schedule because it is realistically impossible for someone to put in nonstop hours to get to max level in 2-3 years. No one would play a game that is a constant grind fest with no direction.

  • StSk8ter29

    Posted Apr 2, 2007 6:00 am PT

    LOTRO is going to dominate, you can almost feel the rumble of the lord of the rings fanbase ready to attack : )

  • chrisdojo

    Posted Apr 2, 2007 5:47 am PT

    i like WoW because i can solo on it if i want and just play it every now & then.

  • sSubZerOo

    Posted Apr 1, 2007 3:02 pm PT

    Ebonyflame I do agree with you.. Thats WoW's strenght in my opinion the simplicity yet depth to it.. But the fact still remains there is 0 challenge in the game. Death is basically a corpse run and at best 3g repair (always laugh when people complaina bout this of all things, when comparing to other MMOs).. The ease also brings people who as politely as possible are horrible at the game to highest level possible and sitll be horrible. Not just that but it attracts alot of the jerks who nomrally would never play a MMO.. With this in mind we can see why ALOT of people think WoW has one of the worse communities. In the end with the lack of challenge the only thing that game can offer you is a time sink where the only challenge is some how fitting the increasing requirements into your schedule.

  • ebonyflame

    Posted Apr 1, 2007 9:26 am PT

    I disagree with you skemaal. It may be easier a game to play than the others but it does notmake it any less challenging for the obvious casual gamers that the game has targeted. You and I as old school gamers of various systems may like our games to have a little challenge but not all gamers are created equal. I think it was wise for the gameplay to be as simple as possible because not every game experience should require understanding of D&D 3rd edition rules, expert map reading abilities, etc. SOmetimes, just getting down into a game with ease can be rewarding. If the games difficulty intimidates a young gamer or a casual gamer, then that is one less subscription per month a MMO sells. And the fewer sales, the fewer updates as nobody wants to make games for free. I find myself these days gravitating towards simpler games as I have grown tired of the constant challenge.

  • skemaal

    Posted Apr 1, 2007 7:32 am PT

    LordRaidenT is right. WoW is simply a dumb down version of all MMOs before it. Look at the reviews for games like Vanguard. All of them will say that its frustrating hard. Wait a minute...thats point to make your game play worthwhile...even for the casual gamer. Like anything else in life, people got lazy even in Video games....sad.

  • Sader287

    Posted Apr 1, 2007 6:45 am PT

    Guild wars for the win!

  • LordRaidenT

    Posted Mar 31, 2007 4:34 pm PT

    are you kidding me? people who play WoW could care less about timesinks, they r in the lifestyle 24/7................ thats all they do think or talk WoW WoW WoW. WoW is too boring and simplistic for most of us gamers out there. we seek challenge and compeition. not sissyplay.

  • arc_salvo

    Posted Mar 31, 2007 2:18 am PT

    Honestly speaking, I don't think WOW ruined the genre, WOW made MMORPG's accessible enough and interesting enough in terms of polish and small details to where casual gamers picked it up in droves.

    And it let all sorts of people have such a high quality experience with such little monotonous grind and time-sinks (relative to other MMORPG's that is) that when people tried playing and comparing other MMORPG's to it, they just couldn't get into them because those other MMORPG's were both inferior in polish and accessibility, and had far more irritating timesinks that made gameplay comparatively much less fun.

    In essence: they didn't want to put up with all the BS other MMORPG's foisted on them after they had a relatively BS-free experience with WOW.

  • Wezker619

    Posted Mar 31, 2007 1:18 am PT

    No more MMorpgs its getting old now. How about something new like getting a new MMOFPS released or MMOSH. Something other than MMORPGs.

  • LordRaidenT

    Posted Mar 30, 2007 10:02 pm PT

    WoW is destroying all other MMO's not by being the best, but by being the easiest and most attractive to all the n00bs out there, it has killed the MMO genre, WoW changed the meaning of "MMO" from "Massive Multiplayer Online Game" to "Lifestyle" MMO's are no longer considered games because of this murderous game and it should be punished. I encourage everyone to join all of the Anti-WoW websites out there to show your support in better gaming for all. Gaming like EQ brought us untill they released PoP and killed it.

  • kaelis

    Posted Mar 30, 2007 1:44 pm PT

    Yes Earth and Beyond is gone but last I knew AO is still going strong and its free to play. It added in game advertising as a way to pay the bills.

  • Xeserox

    Posted Mar 30, 2007 8:59 am PT

    If i'm not mistaken... to the "has any MMORPG ever closed?" Earth and Beyond and Anarchy Online are two of the bigger ones that i know closed up. The only MMORPG that i used to play (when i had the time) was Eve-Online. And I'm happy to say that it's NOTHING like wow, or any other MMORPG that's out there. And i hope they stay like that.

  • Mr-Apples

    Posted Mar 30, 2007 7:41 am PT

    DAOC is a tired relic on the road to extinction, no patch or campaign is going to save it. It has squandered all of the good will and enthusiasm of its user base and replaced it with bitterness and resentment. In the book of MMO history, it will exist only as a footnote under "how to screw up your operation with poor planning and execution".

  • zsc4

    Posted Mar 30, 2007 6:25 am PT

    Like everyone says, WoW ruined this game. It is the sad truth

  • barne1dr

    Posted Mar 30, 2007 6:15 am PT

    WoW blows...and it ruins every other mmo because they all have the urge to be just like WoW and begin to share code and features in a way that's totally degrading to the user experience. SOE is one of those 'fall in line' groups. They made SWG into a WoW clone (a horribly done travesty....especially considering the dedicated following the original version of the game now has on the internet) and apparently did the same to EQ2. Companies will do well to realize that we can't all play WoW forever - and not everyone wants to play WoW at all. WoW has great success partially because no other developer has the balls to make an original title and stick with it....there's not much to choose from if you're an MMO junkie.

  • xElite_GameRx

    Posted Mar 30, 2007 5:56 am PT

    I haven't played an MMORPG since I beta tested LOTR online, but my last subscription was to EQ 2. I don't get whats so special about World of Warcraft thats better then EQ 2, but I only played Warcraft for a month so its not my place to say anything about it.

  • Staryoshi87

    Posted Mar 30, 2007 5:08 am PT

    Wow has sucked in 2 ways for me...1, it caused me to play it too much and 2, it ruined EQ2 imo....They changed so much to make it more wowlike....sigh....WoW is evil. Maybe I'll renew my eq2 subscription...

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