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The most popular MOG comes to the Mac

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 15
Date: November 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

After a few years of the Macintosh gaming community yelling at Verant, now SOE, Sony has finally released EverQuest for the Macintosh. The game is a direct port of EQ, with the exceptions of repaired NPC player models which did not function correctly under the new engine. Mac only servers are being created for the game, so all users will begin on an even playing feild, a refreshing change as compared to most MOGs. Fewer servers will be created inorder to ensure a better play enviroment, and with more than a few years experience under their belts, SOE should be able to create a more realistic world for Mac users. If nothing else, Mac users get the added bonus of receiving every expansion released for EQ at once.

A perfect mix

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Everquest is the game that Mac role-playing fans have been waiting for. Think Diablo improved. In Everquest choose from 1 of 14 races and 1 of 15 classes. Travel alone or in groups through new fantasy worlds fufilling multitudes of quests and burying your enemies in Everquest.

how many expansions?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: February 08, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Everquest guarantees hours of addictive entertainment and an extremely loyal fan base, and there is no reason to believe this will be any different for Mac users. The one question I have is that on the Sony website, it states that that Mac version will originally come out with expansions up to the Shadows of Luclin, not Planes of Powers. That is significant, insofar as Planes of Power allows the new player to travel around Norrath much more quickly. I guess we will have to wait on this one...

Excellent game, but only starting beta (12 March 2003)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: March 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I play EQ for the PC, and it is the best game ever made. I recently switched to a Mac, and I don't think EQ will be out for some time. I just singed up for the beta test today (12 March 2003). It's worth the wait though.

GREAT

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 6
Date: March 27, 2003
Author: Amazon User

its a great game for windows should be no diffrent for mac buy it. its the greatest

There is a reason they call it Evercrack

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: April 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is the most addicting game I've ever played, and with the recent confirmation that the expansion Planes of Power will be included with the launch product it will be even better than originally expected.

Excellent Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 12
Date: April 17, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I can't wate for this game to come out! I have played it before at my buddies house, and man is it ever addctive. Think of Lord of the Rings only video game style, and you can go anywhere and do anything! ... it says that all expansions up to Planes of Power come with EverQuest mac, but the official site says that EverQuest mac does NOT come with Planes of Power.
Funny....look at the picture of the box. Along the bottom, you see a string of pictures. The one on the far right is part of the cover art for Planes of Power. Maybe there was a typo on the official site where they neglected to write in Planes of Power.

Oh well, BUY THIS GAME YOU WILL LOVE IT.

A Good Port and a Great Price

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: July 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

If you're familiar with Everquest PC, you probably already know almost everything you need to know about this game. You know all about losing sleep, the XP grind, making friends (and enemies), and exploring this huge world. But is it a good port?

I'm happy to say it is, and the wait is over for everyone who switched to a Mac but kept a PC around for EQ. If you're willing to start over, ditch your PC and pick up EQ Mac. It runs well, it looks as good as EQ can, and the only problems you're likely to see are spots of lag and the occasional disconnect.

This is a really good value, since it includes all of the expansions up to and including Planes of Power (Ykesha is supposed to come out eventually, as well). It's also a great value to play on a fresh, balanced server. You won't see as many twinks as you will on an established PC server, and I've noticed there are slightly less grief players.

If you really need EQ in your life and on your Mac, this is a safe bet. If you're a little burnt out on EQ, this fresh start MIGHT renew your interest. Even if it doesn't, you're not out much for what you get, and you're sure to enjoy your free month, at least.

Recommended.

Great game, but flawed execution

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 11 / 15
Date: February 10, 2004
Author: Amazon User

EverQuest for Macintosh in its current form is somewhat flawed. While the core of the game is intact, there are serious technical problems with sound. Most people I know play with sound completely turned off to prevent bugs from cropping up. Those bugs can range anywhere from severe frame rate problems after playing for a while all the way on up to kernel panics that bring the whole operating system down.

The most troubling aspect of all of this is not that the game was released with bugs. Quite frankly that is to be expected to some extent. The troubling part is that these bugs do not seem to be getting any attention from Sony Online Entertainment.

If you're willing to play without sound it might be worth it to you, otherwise until they fix the bugs my recommendation would be to avoid this title.

Great game, poor support

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: April 15, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The game is excellent. What frustrates us Mac users is the poor support and utter lack of responsiveness from SOE. Even on a dual pumped G5 with a gig of RAM, you cannot long play the game with sound on. SOE acknowledges the problem but after repeated inquiries on the official support board, they refuse to disclose when the problem may be fixed or even confirm that they intend to fix it. They merely state that they are 'aware of the problem.' Considering that they have been aware of the problem for 10 months, many of us despair of ever seeing a fix.

There are scads of complaints from players that petitions to the game manager are never acknowledged and that requests for zone resets and other technical fixes do not receive attention for days or weeks. In the last two months, I have never once seen the Mac GM logged

Higher level players are frustrated that the Planes of Power expansion is only partially implemented. Some PoP quests and flags are not available.

EQ is a great product. It could be THE Mac MMORPG if SOE made a reasonable effort to support it.

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