Back in like year 2000, I had to play the demo because my dad did not want me to play online (I was 11).
Dad drowned in the Halas water. It was literally pitch black screen underwater so he got desperate and had me locate his body at the bottom. Can't remember how long it took to find, but after that I was allowed to play.
Just the right balance of exploration and progression without holding your hand. Not a theme park MMO trying to boost you to max level as soon as possible.
Admittedly, without nostalgia for it the combat speed may be too big of a barrier to overcome.
Still playing on and off on different progression servers to this day!
Dad drowned in the Halas water. It was literally pitch black screen underwater so he got desperate and had me locate his body at the bottom. Can't remember how long it took to find, but after that I was allowed to play.
Just the right balance of exploration and progression without holding your hand. Not a theme park MMO trying to boost you to max level as soon as possible.
Admittedly, without nostalgia for it the combat speed may be too big of a barrier to overcome.
Still playing on and off on different progression servers to this day!
It's incredible that this game is still releasing expansion packs to this date. The original goat and truly a never ending quest
first mmo addiction, font memories, literally had to kill my characters by dumping into a plane to stop playing.
the original eq owes all of its obfuscated, byzantine, immersive designs to the mannerbund of early d&d and the devil-may-care halcyon days of trailblazing a genre proper. influences are everything; these guys got it perfect