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Game Information
- Platform: Windows XP
- PEGI Rating: Ages 12 and Over
- Media: DVD-ROM
Product Features
- Journey through more than 20 new zones
- Experience nostalgic EverQuest dungeon themes, such as Najena, Mistmoore and The Sebilisian Empire
- Adventure through more than 18 goal-based dungeons, such as Ruins of Guk and Befallen
- A new Shard Trafficking point system offers players more upgrade options and the ability to purchase equipment upgrades
- Epic tales of the odyssey are told through battles with dozens of new creatures and hundreds of new quests
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Manufacturer's Description
In an age long passed, a band of extraordinary heroes embarked on an epic journey to free Norrath from the clutches of a shrouded threat.
Their everlasting quest would take them to the far reaches of the globe, delving deep into the most dangerous dungeons and undertaking many daunting trials. This was the Shadow Odyssey, and the heroes were known as the Ethernauts.
In their time, this epic quest came to an end, and Norrath was saved. But now history is repeating. It is time for a new generation of Ethernauts to retrace the steps of their honored predecessors through the ruined, rancorous and twisting regions of Norrath to rid the world of the invading scourge and destroy the renewed evil of the Shadowmen.
EverQuest II The Shadow Odyssey all-in-one compilation pack is the fifth expansion for the critically acclaimed EverQuest II franchise and follows the award-winning and best-selling Rise of Kunark expansion.
All-In-One Compilation Pack: Includes Desert of Flames, Kingdom of Sky, Echoes of Faydwer and Rise of Kunark expansion packs, and The Bloodline Chronicles,The Splitpaw Saga and The Fallen Dynastyadventure packs. Includes Legends of Norrath strategic online trading card game, digital starter deck and booster pack.
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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I've been playing Everquest 2 (or EQ2 as its known) for 1 1/2 years now and definitely can recommend it. To start with I just started playing it when I got bored of WoW as that game has a "end game only" approach to the game design so you kind of are limited on what to do (The theme park model of game).
Whereas EQ2 is more of a sandbox game where you jump into a world that is vast and explore and adventure where you feel lead where you can (using the mentoring feature) adventure anywhere in the world and still have a challenge.
Even saying that there is a end game similar to WoW with raiding and dungeons, but instead of the philosophy of everything is accessible to everyone that WoW went with in the latest expansion, EQ2 has gone with a large amount of end game content at various difficulty levels (WoW used to have this approach in the successful Burning crusade expansion which I really did enjoy, but in WoW once you level past something it becomes trivial and too easy to complete).
Personally I love this, while I'm not the greatest player out there I was getting just bored of the easy mode of WoW and this game convinced me to rest my WoW subscription. The graphics are great with detailed characters, beautiful scenery and fluid motion captured animations, this is despite the age of the game mainly because it was originally written to run on a machine of the future.
And also because the game is going through a large revamp, this expansion does not actually offer much for a new player, but since it includes all the previous expansions and the main game its excellent value for money. For experienced level 50+ players though this expansion adds in a series of much harder quests, dungeons and raids to test your mettle on. Got to love the classic roof closing in on you in one of the dungeon encounters ;)
The game was at the point this was launched quietly advancing along while SOE were publishing free realms and other games, but recently the development team has been beefed up, the graphics engine is getting major improvements and they're polishing the game up for new players for the new February expansion. All in all I can recommend it as a good time to get involved in the Everquest universe.
Whereas EQ2 is more of a sandbox game where you jump into a world that is vast and explore and adventure where you feel lead where you can (using the mentoring feature) adventure anywhere in the world and still have a challenge.
Even saying that there is a end game similar to WoW with raiding and dungeons, but instead of the philosophy of everything is accessible to everyone that WoW went with in the latest expansion, EQ2 has gone with a large amount of end game content at various difficulty levels (WoW used to have this approach in the successful Burning crusade expansion which I really did enjoy, but in WoW once you level past something it becomes trivial and too easy to complete).
Personally I love this, while I'm not the greatest player out there I was getting just bored of the easy mode of WoW and this game convinced me to rest my WoW subscription. The graphics are great with detailed characters, beautiful scenery and fluid motion captured animations, this is despite the age of the game mainly because it was originally written to run on a machine of the future.
And also because the game is going through a large revamp, this expansion does not actually offer much for a new player, but since it includes all the previous expansions and the main game its excellent value for money. For experienced level 50+ players though this expansion adds in a series of much harder quests, dungeons and raids to test your mettle on. Got to love the classic roof closing in on you in one of the dungeon encounters ;)
The game was at the point this was launched quietly advancing along while SOE were publishing free realms and other games, but recently the development team has been beefed up, the graphics engine is getting major improvements and they're polishing the game up for new players for the new February expansion. All in all I can recommend it as a good time to get involved in the Everquest universe.
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this expansion doesnt really bring much excitement to the game. although it encourages grouping more than the last couple which is to my taste. cant pick any real faults with the expansion, i was torn between 3 and 4 stars
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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as an expansion the new content is ok although some of the new ideas seems to point to the fact that soe are trying to keep players to stay on.
I've recently quit after almost 5 years of play, reasons being server population has dropped and getting groups can be hard sometimes now as well as the subs has gone right up and the main reason is when and if you get a problem it's 50 50 if you get it sorted some get no troubles other get nothing but! as soe have repeatedly failed to sort mine although I have put it in simple terms and they have just fobbed me off. players come and go some are good people others are quite nasty so I think soe have lost their way with keeping players happy if yout new to mmo then give it a try! you may be lucky and have no problems at all and it's still better than some of the others that are on the market atm! cough wo cough! graphics are still great and it does have good moments but soe has lost it when it comes to real support and keeping paying players happy.
I've recently quit after almost 5 years of play, reasons being server population has dropped and getting groups can be hard sometimes now as well as the subs has gone right up and the main reason is when and if you get a problem it's 50 50 if you get it sorted some get no troubles other get nothing but! as soe have repeatedly failed to sort mine although I have put it in simple terms and they have just fobbed me off. players come and go some are good people others are quite nasty so I think soe have lost their way with keeping players happy if yout new to mmo then give it a try! you may be lucky and have no problems at all and it's still better than some of the others that are on the market atm! cough wo cough! graphics are still great and it does have good moments but soe has lost it when it comes to real support and keeping paying players happy.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Going down...glug glug.
This was the last of the expansions i purchased. Everquest was once an excellent MMO but just lately (late 2010 and early 2011) account theft is rife. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Stephen Hassell
A major letdown
EverQuest once was good, but SOE has practically stopped development on it in favor of other, newer games. Read more
Published on 7 Aug 2009 by book addict
Meh
I recently quit EQ2. This expansion helped as it felt a little like it was made by a "painting by numbers" method, rather the glorious masterpeices of previous expansions. Read more
Published on 24 Mar 2009 by Jolyon M. Bain
Poor expansion but good value for money overall
I've been playing EQ2 more or less since its launch and its a great game,but sadly this expansion fall way below the high standards the game has set itself over the years,its very... Read more
Published on 21 Nov 2008 by charmed i'm sure
Best yet
EQ2 is the best fantasy MMO yet made.
WoW is great for children and casual 'console' style gamers, but EQ2 is far greater than it could ever hope to be.
WoW is great for children and casual 'console' style gamers, but EQ2 is far greater than it could ever hope to be.
Published on 17 Nov 2008 by K. Thompson
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