Sony unveils Everquest 1 reboot MMO

[Tunarian]

I'll play. And if it challenges me I'll play for more than 10 minutes.

[UrsusMajor]

Can you please either enlighten us at work, as that page is blocked, or copy/paste the article here if that's allowed?

[liveitup1216]

its literally a one or two small paragraph article where smedley states "it'll be a 'reboot' of eq1 with extra lore, core class design, updated combat, and stylized graphics"

with like 2 concept art pictures, or 1 veeeeery early alpha shot

[Jarod]

"This past weekend the Sony Online Entertainment Fan Fair took place in Las Vegas. The show was packed with EverQuest news and among the announcements was the first mention of EverQuest Next. This is the working title for what will be a new installment in the series.

The site Massively has video of the panel where the game was announced. For now, we have one piece of concept art and a screen of the game early in its development.

We'll likely hear more about this latest trek into Norrath very soon. "




Also one blurry picture.

[Dantes]

Originally Posted by liveitup1216 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

its literally a one or two small paragraph article where smedley states "it'll be a 'reboot' of eq1 with extra lore, core class design, updated combat, and stylized graphics

This means bigger boobs on the female characters.

[Seeatee]

I just hope they include berserkers from the get go, while I loved my warrior, once I discovered the awesomeness of the berserker class I never looked back.

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[Dumesh Uhl'Belk]

I see nothing to get excited about, for me anyway.

Re-imagining is a dirty word. When Smed and crew were talking, I was hearing "we're going to reuse a bunch of names and very broad strokes to attract players of a previous game to our game even though it will have virtually no resemblance to that game at all".

This most likely going to be another 72 abilities on 6 hotbars with a global cooldown, all classes play almost the same, hand-holding, easy-mode game. It might be fun. It might have some clever design in a few quests or raids, but at it's best, it will be WoW-like with EQ place names and prettier graphics. If WoW-like was what I wanted, I would still be playing WoW.

I can't wait for a company to really take a chance on a game with novel mechanics. I'm also much more interested in the next sandbox type game. I prefer real freedom of movement (fewer zones that are basically a channel or maze with pretty trees or hills for walls). I prefer having everything reachable or explorable. If there is a building, I expect it to have an interior and a way to get in it (even if it is locked or guarded by something nasty). Anyway, I could go on for way to long on this subject. Maybe I should just design my own game :-). If you're interested in funding my game, I accept PayPal.

Bottom line: I expected very little from EQNext, and even less after listening to that panel.

[Seritaph]

I don't know about this. I have very little faith in SOE. Corpse runs will make it hard core? Doesn't WoW have corpse runs? Isn't it the easiest game on the planet?

Easy is not always bad, but it usually becomes boring. Risk vs. reward is lost and people become apathetic and bored. Then they start acting like asshats because of it.

SOE has not impressed me with what they do, but their games still appeal to many so good for them. I enjoyed EQ until they wrecked it, and I enjoyed SWG until they wrecked it. I almost enjoyed EQ2 until I discovered it was already wrecked, and then they wrecked it some more (and this is years ago, not talking about the FTP stuff). Vanguard could have been EQ's true successor. All they had to do was finish it, but instead, they wrecked it. This is all opinion, mind you. I'm crabby today.

Normally, I'd be optimistic, but not with them. I imagine a FreeRealms with an EQ theme. Cash shops and kiddie graphics seems to be their new model (hello Asian MMO market, let us nudge in next to you here). I hope I am wro...naw, I'm right.

[HippoNipple]

Originally Posted by Dumesh Uhl'Belk [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I see nothing to get excited about, for me anyway.

Re-imagining is a dirty word. When Smed and crew were talking, I was hearing "we're going to reuse a bunch of names and very broad strokes to attract players of a previous game to our game even though it will have virtually no resemblance to that game at all".

This most likely going to be another 72 abilities on 6 hotbars with a global cooldown, all classes play almost the same, hand-holding, easy-mode game. It might be fun. It might have some clever design in a few quests or raids, but at it's best, it will be WoW-like with EQ place names and prettier graphics. If WoW-like was what I wanted, I would still be playing WoW.

I can't wait for a company to really take a chance on a game with novel mechanics. I'm also much more interested in the next sandbox type game. I prefer real freedom of movement (fewer zones that are basically a channel or maze with pretty trees or hills for walls). I prefer having everything reachable or explorable. If there is a building, I expect it to have an interior and a way to get in it (even if it is locked or guarded by something nasty). Anyway, I could go on for way to long on this subject. Maybe I should just design my own game :-). If you're interested in funding my game, I accept PayPal.

Bottom line: I expected very little from EQNext, and even less after listening to that panel.

Its called Immortal, it just came out, supposed to be the next UO. For me though I need items to mean something.. this game is a little too sandbox for me, it seems like leaving real life to log in and... work like its real life.

[Lusst]

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This means bigger boobs on the female characters.

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