EverQuest II

EverQuest II

Steam Deck Playable

Darkpaw Games · Free to Play · Dec 7, 2011

Worth it for the right player.

It's free to play.

79%
Mostly Positive
3k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 83 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 53 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 25 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Multiplayer: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 3k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
56% of themes are praise33% are divided11% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
And although at first I was overwhelmed with the sheer number of options of characters and stuff to do, After the first couple of hours and after watching a few youtube videos giving the basic details, I quickly got into the game.
83 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Graphics: If you crank it up all the way to ultra, it looks good.
53 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Gameplay: Wow a lot of choice of classes.
25 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
-Too easy to max out mitigations making some classes entirely non-viable for pvp
6 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Tied to the visuals is the great sound design.
6 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Story and characters83 reviews
Graphics53 reviews
Gameplay25 reviews
Difficulty6 reviews
Audio6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Monetization34 reviews
38%
Combat20 reviews
70%
Interface8 reviews
50%
Players complain% still recommend
Multiplayer9 reviews
78%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
79%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
0
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.