EverQuest Online Adventures
- December 24, 2002 10:28 AM PST
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Hundreds of thousands of PC gamers have been playing EverQuest almost non-stop for over three years now, and EverQuest Online Adventures will let PS2 owners see what all the fuss is about.
With such big names as Final Fantasy, Star Wars, and Zelda in this feature, you might consider EverQuest a bit of an underdog in the upcoming RPG battle. Well, hundreds of thousands of PC gamers have been playing EverQuest almost non-stop for over three years now, and EverQuest Online Adventures will let PS2 owners see what all the fuss is about.
Ding!
It?s no secret that a main reason people play EverQuest is to develop a character from a level one weakling who runs from rats to a powerful level 50 hero who faces down dragons, evil tyrants, and powerful undead. Sony Online recently gave GamePro a chance to see what the game is like once your character is strong enough to stand toe-to-toe with treants, griffons, and undead mammoths without breaking a sweat.
EQOA at level 50 is much different from the game at the lower levels. Whereas everyone can survive well enough on their own when they?re little, the tougher foes at higher levels require a gang of high-level heroes to defeat. High-level adventurers are much more reliant on their companions and their own knowledge of what their character can do. A cleric who doesn?t know when to heal whom can easily get a whole party wiped out in moments, whereas a skilled warrior taunting and using shouts can be worth well over his weight in gold.
Places To See, Things To Kill
While EQOA is fun in the lower levels, it really takes off once you have some experience. Part of the reward for sticking with your character is to see ever more insane and fantastic places and creatures. Gnoll runts and large bats give way to mummies, drachnids, and drakes. Powerful heroes can enter war-torn deserts, undead-infested mansions, and underwater areas inhabited by ancient kraken. Of course, as you level up you?ll gain new abilities, spells, and equipment, and learning to use them effectively is part of the fun.
A New Console Adventure
Okay, so EQOA isn?t Final Fantasy, Zelda, or Star Wars, but you likely won?t find a game on consoles that gives the kind of potential adventure that EQOA promises to give. Time will tell whether or not EQOA can hang with the big boys, but it certainly seems ready to try.
