EverQuest: Shadows of Luclin

by Sony

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• Everquest: Shadows of Luclin

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• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005U1UF
• Item Weight: 12.5 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: December 4, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (72 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #51,312 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

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Edition: With Free Book ""Tome of Lore""

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The EverQuest: Shadows of Luclin expansion opens a new world to EverQuest players--literally! The expansion is set on the moon of Luclin, which orbits the main planet of EverQuest. This magical moon is divided into a land of light, ruled by discord, and a land of shadow, ruled by order. Together, the lands comprise over 25 new zones and hide many new secrets, artifacts, and unique monsters. The vast moon is designed to present challenges appropriate to characters of all levels of experience.

In addition to territorial expansion, EverQuest: Shadows of Luclin adds new game elements, including a new player race and class. The Vah Shir are a noble race of cat people native to Luclin. They are said to resemble large predatory felines such as real-world lions, panthers, and cheetahs. The new Beastlord class is an amalgamation of other classes with spell-casting abilities, but is capable of wearing only limited armor. New monsters, treasure, items, and spells complete the package.

This expansion also upgrades the technical aspects of EverQuest. Luclin is designed around a new 3-D graphics engine making full use of DirectX 8. Choppy graphics and slow drawing from engine restrictions have been one of the continuing banes of the series, but the new graphics put EverQuest in the same league as the fancy new massively multiplayer role-playing games.

And, of course, one must address the question inherent to a product based on a moon around a huge planet: no, the moon of Luclin is not made of green cheese--though its designers hint that you may be able to find it there. --Brus Wasson

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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The World of EverQuest Will Never be the SameProduct InformationRequires the full version of EverQuestLuclin the ringed moon of Norrath has been rediscovered and now adventurerscan explore its vast and uncharted territories.From the darkest dungeons inhabited by the vilest of creatures to the loftyspires of an ancient and advanced civilization epic journeys and quests awaitthe hearty souls who make the voyage to Luclin.Included is a foldout pamphlet providing the History of Luclin and Vah Shir aMap of Luclin Zone Maps and pages for you to keep a journal. Product Features Experience a massive 3D overhaul with high resolution player character modes and completely retextured zones including the original world of Norrath and all previous expansions. See the world through a cat's eye! Play as the new Vah Shir cat man race or BeastLord class. Mount up! Horses have now been tamed in the lands of Norrath. These noble steeds will carry you across the world at incredible speeds. The moonscape of Luclin adds over 24 new perilous zones to explore.Minimum Requirements Windows 98/2000/Me/XP Pentium II 400 or greater (Pentium III recommended) 256 MB of RAM (512 MB recommended) 3D Accelerator card required Direct3D compliant video card with 16MB of RAM and hardware T&L (i.e. Nvidia GeForce/GeForce2) (32MB recommended) DirectX 8.0 compatible sound card 28.8k + Internet connection (56.6k + Internet connection recommended) 4x speed CD-ROM drive (16x speed CD-ROM drive recommended) 450+ MB hard drive space (1.5 GB + DirectX 8.0 or greater is required Supports Microsoft 3D in resolutions 1600x1200 Valid credit car required. Internet connection required to set up your EverQuest account. Players are responsible for all applicable fees.

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A simple review to read, December 11, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Everquest: Shadows Of Luclin With Free Book "Tome of Lore" (CD-ROM)

Pro: Adds new elements to the game for characters above level 50. Horses can now be purchased which basically give faster travel speed or could be used for a symbol of status. More facial customization abilities. New beast lord class and vah shir race.

Cons: Very slow on machines below 1.2 ghz 512 ram, features and viewing distance need to be reduced greatly for optimal performance. Long loading times, very laggy in crowded areas. Very laggy, very lagg, very slow, very choppy. The design of the engine was done very bad, no matter how good your system is, it will get slow the majority of the time. Do not underestimate the power of how bad this game handles memory, I yet to figure out why the game needs at least 512 ram.

conclusion: so what's up with the 5 stars? Nothing will get you to stop playing except for when the server kicks you off or when your boss calls you when you've missed a week of work, that in it self deserves the credit for what we call everquest.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Bleh, thnx for nothing, December 12, 2001

By 

Daniel Williams (Portland OR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Everquest: Shadows Of Luclin With Free Book "Tome of Lore" (CD-ROM)

So disappointing, in every way for me. Yes I can play it with 512 MBs DDR RAM, AMD 1.4, nvidia2 mx 400, yada yada. Bleh. I thought SoL was going to make EQ worth playing again, not hardly.
Get a clue VI, graphics are hardly what a RPG is about, and frankly, for the sys reqs to run this POS excuse for an upgrade, the graphics are way lacking. The spell effects at the very least should be way better than they were, they are not. The character models should be more than just buffed boobies and muscles straight out of a wanna-be DC comic book, they are not.
Ah, but you have the new "alternate advancement system" starting at lvl 51. Jeez, how lame does it get. Nevermind I have stuck with your game long enough to have more than one character lvl 51+ (try 2 years for 3 characters total), what about the poor SoBs who don't know any better cause they get there gaiming info at the K-Mart shelves. To think they have to endure months and months of your lvling treadmill to make a unique character built on an advancement system that is even more grueling then lvling was.

For those of you who don't know what everquest is really about, SoL should will slap you in the face with the reality of it eventually: it's all about a gaming company stringing you along, sucking you dry, making promises they never intend to keep, and making things harder and harder for you in-game along the way.
Anything to keep you rreaching for the next lvl, the next spell, the next "alternate advancement" point...and then the next expansion that will make you feel better about the very real time you have wasted trying to get to the "next thing," Only to find out months down the road that it's just another chore.

Sorry Verant, I am totally on to your real game. You suckered me into buying tis PoS expansion, but my account is closed forever...

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Response to last review, December 8, 2001

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Martin L. Sheppard (Blossvale, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Everquest: Shadows Of Luclin With Free Book "Tome of Lore" (CD-ROM)

In response to the previous review on the technical side, I think the reviewer is being much too hard on the game. I have 2 machines that meet the requirements and they run the game well. I also have one computer that is at minimum requirements in some aspects and below in other. The computer has a 400 Mhz Celeron processor (at low side of the scale for running Luclin), a Matrox G400 video card (at low side of the scale for running Luclin), and only 128 Meg of Ram (below requirements for Luclin). The machine runs Luclin just fine with one character model loaded and the graphics are better than before Luclin even for models not loaded and for landscape. Zone loads are a bit slower, but did not seem too excessive most of the time. The only excessive load times were when loading into some of the new zones which can be explained by the massive number of people in the Luclin zones. This should clear up as people begin to move out from the new Vashir city and spread out on Luclin. Personally I think the developers did a fine job.

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