Everquest is worth downloading if only to experience one of the classic MMORPGs. UO and others came first but Everquest is the most influence for later MMORPGs that came over it. Most of the new MMORPGs are influenced mainly by Everquest either in reaction against it or trying to copy it.
The reason EQ is so influential is that it is a very good game with very bad parts in it. Either games tried to copy the good parts or tried to remove the bad parts. The good parts were things like the huge world and the challenging combat system.The bad parts are too many to mention, but basically think of anything that sounds good in design but plays out poorly in practice: Waiting for the boats, camping single mobs for hours at a time, corpse runs, bad class balance and so on.
Yet, despite these flaws, the game was and is still immensely popular. Many other games tried to copy it but none were quite successful in killing off EQ. Somehow the flaws in the game helped keep the game special as when SOE started removing them one by one, it made the game feel dumbed down and not really EQ. However, the download that they're offering with the two expansions is commonly thought to be the peak of EQ before everything went downhill.
Download it, if only to be able to understand people when they complain about EQ and other MMORPGs.
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Everquest is worth downloading if only to experience one of the classic MMORPGs. UO and others came first but Everquest is the most influence for later MMORPGs that came over it. Most of the new MMORPGs are influenced mainly by Everquest either in reaction against it or trying to copy it.
The reason EQ is so influential is that it is a very good game with very bad parts in it. Either games tried to copy the good parts or tried to remove the bad parts. The good parts were things like the huge world and the challenging combat system.The bad parts are too many to mention, but basically think of anything that sounds good in design but plays out poorly in practice: Waiting for the boats, camping single mobs for hours at a time, corpse runs, bad class balance and so on.
Yet, despite these flaws, the game was and is still immensely popular. Many other games tried to copy it but none were quite successful in killing off EQ. Somehow the flaws in the game helped keep the game special as when SOE started removing them one by one, it made the game feel dumbed down and not really EQ. However, the download that they're offering with the two expansions is commonly thought to be the peak of EQ before everything went downhill.
Download it, if only to be able to understand people when they complain about EQ and other MMORPGs.