Originally posted by: ProppaT
Originally posted by: ArmchairAthlete
Do you like tons of long loading screens, awful performance, bland graphics, boring races/quests, a company that mistreats its customers, and loads of bugs?
If so, EQ2 is for you! If not, try World of Warcraft.
If you have a crappy, unoptimised computer, you get long loading screens and aweful performance. I play just fine at 1024x768 on my laptop with an FX5200. If my laptop w/ crappy video and a 4200rpm hard drive can play it, so can your computer...
Bland Graphics? Maybe if you're running it on an FX5200 like my laptop. But my main computer has an X800 Pro in it...and boy, is the game total eye candy. WoW has bright colors, but that's because it's like watching a cartoon. It doesn't take much processing power to make something that looks like a cartoon like decent. EQII, at 1600x1200 w/ most of the options on, will make your JAW DROP! Pictures do not do it justice...
Boring races? Not really when you compare it to WoW, IMO. What about the lack of classes to choose from in Wow? There's many more options in EQ. I Beta'd WoW and EQII and I have to say that WoW bored me to tears. Every corner I turned in EQII I was finding something new and finding another peice of an extremely large story/history that was unfolding around me. Everything in EQII just seems like it's on such a large scale...it's almost overwhelming. WoW just seemed like a hack and slash tredmill.
Company that mistreats its customers, you've got me there. SOE/Verant is a crappy company but, when you play the game you can tell that they tried their best to make a quality product. Blizzard is a great company, but their quality is starting to slip. The last really good game they put out was Diablo II. The Warcraft series has always been half assed to me.
Really though, it all comes down to what you like. EQII appeals to me because of the combination of realism and familiar fanatasy aspects. WoW appeals to others who're looking for a more lighthearted MMO.
My only gripe about EQII: Only 4 characters per account. That's crap, especially when they raised the price to $14.95 a month...