A genuinely challenging and entertaining MMO that asks to much from casual gamers.

User Rating: 6.7 | EverQuest II (With Kingdom of the Sky Bundle) PC
By lilblackgirl | Review Date:
MMOs are about the only genre of games that intrigue and keep me interested these days. In my opinion, everything has been done. There's nothing new to be seen, so those that do the better job of showing me something i've done before win my hard earned money. I played WoW for over a year and got burned out on it. I needed a new game, but needed something that would keep me interested longer than a couple of weeks. A MMO buddy of mine suggested trying EQ2 as he and he wife had joined some former WoW guildies in EQ2. They were all former EQ players and despite the grind that the supposedly was, Sony apparently made a good effort to make EQ2 an enjoyable play. And in that respect, they succeeded.

But the thing to be aware of is that EQ2 is not for the casual MMO player. Its learning curve is somewhat steep, even for those that have played MMOs for a while and the crafting mini-game is fun and challenging until you start reaching higher levels.

Questing is like any other MMO but what i discovered is that the areas you quest in are so large in size, it becomes frustrating to try to accomplish anything without filling up your quest book (which holds upwards of 90+ quests which are way to many). The crafting mini-game doesn't come with much instruction on being successful, so not until almost a month into it, did i learn how to really play it. The graphics are nice and similar to Elder Scrolls, but without the sparkle. The game is quite a memory hog, so my box was chugging along even on lower settings.

Unfortunately, the game turns into the one thing that most MMOs become after a while - a grind. If you can look past this, you might enjoy the game.

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