| EverQuest II: Rise of Kunark Preview
SOE had a press event in San Francisco recently and there we saw EverQuest II's next expansion: Rise of Kunark. That game launches on November 13th and Lead Designer Akil Hooper took the opportunity to run us through what is to come.
The meat of the expansion, though, is for veteran players. The Kylong Plaines offer level 70-plus content so players can take advantage of the 10 new levels RoK unlocks (there are also more achievement points to collect).
"Instead of having a single zone with a single theme to it, we combined four zones into one larger zone so you can move into different areas without a loading screen," Hooper said of Kylong, and he wasn't kidding.
As he walked through this epic zone - of which there are four, with a total of 10 major unique regions - he took us seamlessly up a mountainside and out of a jungle into the snow. It looked natural - if compressed - and there seemed to be no trickery, as he turned to look down from those snowy peaks into the jungle below.
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| the game looks kinda cool. but, i see 1 problem with it. i wont play it. why? because i am not a big fan of PC style games. what about continuing EQOA/F or make an EQ2 for ps2/3? what about those customers?.... |
EverQuest II: Rise of Kunark Preview
SOE had a press event in San Francisco recently and there we saw EverQuest II's next expansion: Rise of Kunark. That game launches on November 13th and Lead Designer Akil Hooper took the opportunity to run us through what is to come.
Read more after the jump.
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