Evercracked - The Phenomenon of Everquest

Title: Everquest
Release Date: March 16, 1999
Platforms: PC | OSX
Label: Sony Online Entertainment
Genre: MMORPG
Age Rating: T (Teen)

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[davidr64yt]

You are 100% correct. I watched this video because I wanted to see the magic of the original EQ again, which is truly, truly a momentous and wondrous thing to celebrate.

But Sony packed this video full of crap that THEY did, when truly Sony's purchase of EverQuest is exactly what killed it.

Verant's rule of EverQuest was grand. Verant was right: "You're in OUR world now!"

But once Sony got a hold of it, things started to suck. It wasn't a world anymore; it was a commercial product. Tragic.

[griffonstink]

at no point, ever, was smedley not in charge and ultimately sony not running everquest. sony interactive studios america was renamed 989 studios in 1998, part of 989 spun off into redeye, redeye was renamed verant interactive.

the youtube nerdrage over FUCK SONY RUINED EQ AFTER VERANT SOLD OUT is just ignorant. if you want to bitch about the direction eq went after mcquaid left to do his own thing at sigil, then do that. that would at least not be patently false.

[sithren]

EQ is a pile of shit

[RoadWarrior008]

you could actually get lost in EQ, can't really get lost in WoW lol, even the quests tell you were to go nowadays, I miss LDON's to, wood elf druids ftw.

[RoadWarrior008]

yha, Everquest wasn't as easy to get into as some of the other MMO's but that's ultimately what made it so great. it was actually DIFFICULT to cap your level, in the beginning days before PoK killed it, it took HOURS to travel the land, espcially if you were a 13 kid like I was back then with a level 20 rogue lol. I remember OOT, the boat traveling was my favorite, I'd just camp on the boat and trade languages with people using macro's, I think I was the only level 20 with nearly every language

[kornelious1]

Best Online Game Ever Written... I love World of Warcraft.. but it's still an elementary game compared to Everquest.. no game yet has been able to accomplish and enforce grouping and fun.. grinding for 8 hours on end having fun... I hope EQ3 rocks... 

[fireskynature]

I <3 EQ.

[Hijynx87]

@slamminsammy35 IDK man, I had some good times soloing with my druid during luclin. Plus Beastlords became my favorite class to solo with. I'd say PoP started to ruin it.

[IMRavnos]

Everquest sucking ass and being copied only by better and more skilled developers is what killed Everquest. Played it for 3-4 years and once some better games started appearing it became how horrid things in Everquest were.

I still am fond of Everquest and the memories I have from it, but let's face it. Everquest of 1999-2003 would never sell units in todays market since people now know that you don't have to be fucked over by a developer over and over to have fun.

[zionpc1]

Attention all current and former EQ players. SoE is opening a brand new time locked progression server on Feb 15th. If you love EQ like the rest of us, come join us! Server opens with only Kunark enabled. Come one, come all!