EQ Next was definitely advertised to be all of those things, with the exception of "slow burn gameplay".
How many people here remember the original development of Horizons: Empire of Istaria back in 2000? That game was set to be way, way ahead of its time and implement many unique features and dynamic content.
Does anyone have screenshots saved from that game's original graphics vehicle and promotional materials? I was on the Horizons website all the time back then, but I never saved any of it and David Allen (the creator) wasn't able to either, since the company and game was stolen away from him. Would love to see that stuff again. It was breathtaking. This article talks a bit about the races that were planned with a nice large-scale chart of them:
http://www.ign.com/articles/2001/05/...res-of-istaria . I also found a some images on the internet archive from the official website -
https://web.archive.org/web/20010127...ns/media.shtml