Thursday, July 4, 2013
Monday, July 1, 2013
EverQuest Next
Oh my goodness, over a year has passed since my last post,
and for that, I’m eternally sorry. I’ve
already decided to revamp my blog, put all the energy and time into this blog
that it deserves. The focus of the
blog is going to be still, where I focus on connecting the players (you) with
the game you play! Originally, I
thought I was going to focus on all the different MMOs floating out around
there, but then something very odd, intriguing, and in a way, rather amazing
happened.
At the recent Electronic
Entertainment Expo (E3), Sony Online Entertainment (that’s SOE), allowed
several members of the online media to glimpse their upcoming release of
EverQuest Next. SOE is doing a media
blackout on the game until their fan festival (SOE Live) on August 2nd. The general public has very limited access
to any information to the game, but SOE still managed to sneak out enough video
to show to several websites at E3, probably under the heavy scrutiny of
Non-Disclosure Agreements with some thick , “You can’t tell ANYBODY about
this”.
Okay, so can’t tell people what they saw, but they have told
people that they did see the game. They
can also tell people about how the felt after seeing it. Now, two of these websites in particular do
an annual list (or so they would like you to believe, I didn’t do enough
investigating to see if they actually did a list last year or the year before),
and they both awarded Everquest Next as “Best in Show”, as in, the best MMO at
the show. That’s the feeling that
MMORPG.com had when they wrote that what they saw “was more than enough to
stand head and shoulders above any game we saw
at E3.” And TenTonHammer.com thought
what they saw “was hands-down the best game we had the pleasure of seeing
during E3 2013.”
It’s really hard not to get a little bit of hype from that
sort of reaction from MMO fans that have seen the game. My MMO gameplay started in Vanguard: Saga of
Heroes, and while it’s not part of the EverQuest franchise, it has a lot of
feel of those games. Vanguard has
always been one of those games that I have found memories of, and I’ve often
gone back to that game over the last 7 years that it’s been out. I can’t lie, and I’m totally hyped about
EQNext. Like the super –critical-epic
hype that occurs when I get the sense that there’s a real chance of creating a
new genre-smashing game.
Yup, I’m that
excited.
I’ve already made my
reservations for SOE Live, and I’m working with my boss about how I can get
some vacation time to get down there.
I’m going to do my best to provide quick updates when I They’ve already announced they’ll be
streaming the video. I’ll try and keep my blog updated with everything that
goes on between their streaming videos.
Over the next few days or week, I’ll be transitioning the blog to a
EQNext theme.
can.
Now, all they have to do is give us more information to talk
about. You hear that SOE!
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