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Players begin by creating their EverQuest alter ego. Elements such as race (12 in all, including Dwarf, Ogre, Troll, Halfling, Gnome, Barbarian, Dark Elf, Human) and class (14 in all, including Bard, Magician, Paladin, Ranger, Rogue, Warrior, Wizard) determine your character's statistics and special abilities. For instance, the Warrior class of any race is inherently strong, though the Warriors of the Troll race are much stronger than, say, the Warriors of the Halfling race. Other races and classes favor intelligence or dexterity. Players can also customize their character's clothing, face, and name to further personalize their alter ego.
Vibrant graphics (particularly spell effects) and crisp monster and player models bring the EverQuest world to life. Game play consists primarily of combat against dozens of different creatures; defeating the varied beasts of EverQuest earns your character both coins (for the purchase of better equipment) and experience points (for improving skills, abilities, and power).
There's plenty of satisfaction in watching your virtual alter ego gain experience, power, and wealth. Though it takes an enormous amount of time to improve your character, EverQuest's addictive, easy-to-learn game play makes the effort worthwhile.
EverQuest's sense of community shines in the quests and battles you'll partake with other players. Taking on the more powerful monsters alone is suicide. But team up with a Troll player in Chicago and a Wizard player from Seattle, and you've got a monster-stomping gang sure to earn everyone fame, fortune, and friends. It's the sense of trust and teamwork that creates EverQuest's most endearing quality--and its most stressful: you never know if that Cleric you picked up in the local tavern is a talented healer or a worthless coward until you're mixing it up with a group of Minotaurs.
Most players find EverQuest's community atmosphere its best quality. Speaking with and questing alongside the thousands of players online provides good gaming, interesting conversation, and perhaps even real friendships. Verant Interactive listens to the community of gamers and constantly updates and changes the EverQuest world. Filled with monsters, dungeons, and fabulous treasure, and supported by an active developer and fan community, EverQuest is sure to live up to its name. Players will be adventuring in this rich online world for many years to come. --Doug Radcliffe
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EverQuest is a multiplayer online game you play via the Internet. A stable Internet connection is required to play. Sony Online Entertainment charges a small monthly fee for this game, separate from your Internet service provider access charges. The first month of this fee is included in the purchase price of this package. You must provide a valid credit card to register and play. After your first month, you can use your credit card to buy more time.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome, extremely addictive multiplayer online RPG,
By Tom (Naperville, IL) - See all my reviews
This review is from: EverQuest (Jewel Case) (CD-ROM)
I cannot believe that someone out there does not believe this game deserves 5 stars. I would give it more but that is the highest it would go. EverQuest immerses the player into a massively multiplayer online world known as Norrath, where the player can create a character, having the authority to chose the sex, class (each having its advantages and disadvantages), race, face, and distribute ability points into the main statistics: Strength, Agility, Dexterity, Stamina, Wisdom, Intellegence, and Charisma. After you create your character, you start in one of the many different cities, depending on what race you pick. You can choose to start in the marble city of Felwithe, home to the High and Half Elves, or even the corrupted port city of Freeport, home of the humans and half elves. There are many other cities not mentioned. There are over 2,000 players on each server, enableing trade, and many other added resources. Players go out and kill beasts to acquire experience, and after acquiring a certain amount of experience, they raise a level. One way to get levels is to group with one or more other people that are trying to accomplish the same goal, and you still gain experience after splitting some with your group. For some classes this is an easier way to level. However other classes such as the Necromancer and druid, excell at hunting by themselves or solo. That doesn't mean they can't group though. EverQuest is constantly changing, and since the original has come out, 2 expansion packs have been released out to the market, including 2 more continents and another race. These expansions are called EverQuest:Ruins of Kunark, and EverQuest:Scars of Velious. The third expansion, EverQuest:Shadows of Luclin is on its way. EverQuest is an awesome, online game. I highly recommend this game to ANYONE!! If you ever find yourself needing help, send me a tell.. I'm Talise 19 Ranger on the Tribunal Server and I would love to help.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
"You're in our world now",
By "georgiaeeyore" (Americus, GA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: EverQuest (Jewel Case) (CD-ROM)
**note - if I were you, I would buy the EQ trilogy version **And chances are excellent that you will be. I remember reading the manual (gosh, over two years ago) and at the end there's a bit about how to camp (log out of the game) that talks about realizing you haven't slept or eaten in what seems like days. There are honestly people out there who spent all their free time, if not their whole life, playing this game. I'm not "a gamer" but like most people who still play, I've gone through my stages of being completely addicted to the game. EQ lets you chose any number of characters... tons of combinations, between picking a race, a class, a deity, and then concentrating points in one attribute (like intelligence of strength) or another. Each class has its own strengths and weaknesses, but pick whatever strikes your fancy. Chances are excellent that you'll get a ways into playing your character and you'll wish you had done _something_ differently, but you can always start another character (up to 8 per server). For me, the best part of this game has always been the people. If you've ever been playing a classic video or computer game and wished someone could pop in and help you with a little extra firepower, this is it. Fighting alongside characters with actual brains behind them is a lot more interesting... even if they don't always do the "right" thing. And several in-game chat options (player-to-player, group, guild, zone-wide shouting, and normal talking) make this a great game for a group of real life friends to play if local-area-network games aren't a possibility for you. If you're looking for a cheap, fun game, go ahead and buy this version, but chances are excellent that if you get sucked in you will very much regret not having the expansions. You can buy the Trilogy (EQ, Ruins of Kunark and Scars of Velious) now. RoK means you have the option of an additional race when starting your character in addition to extra zones to explore. SoV is mainly more zones for the mid-high level characters. Of course you always have the options of adding expansions later. A third expansion, Shadows of Luclin, is due to be released in December and includes yet another race and a new class for the first time since the original, in addition to even more zones and nifty new graphics. The first few levels _can_ get to be a bit tedious before you're a high enough level to travel safely, but after that there's more than enough variety in locations and things to hunt to keep people entertained and challenged without a whole lot of repetition. (...).
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
YOu will love this game,
By Greg D (Boca Raton, FL) - See all my reviews
This review is from: EverQuest (Jewel Case) (CD-ROM)
Hands down this is one of the best games out there. It can be very addictive and you will want to buy all the expansions very soon after you purchase this starter package. Don't get frustrated with being new to the game, everyone is at some point. Once you have played for a while and get your character past lvl 5 or so you will really begin to enjoy your adventures. Start a player you don't like? Well try another one!! There are to many choices to pigeon hole yourself. Its a great game play it the way that is fun for you!!! )
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