You know something? I think the overall summary of EQII is that of really pleasant surprise.
To give a bit of background, for those who didn't listen to it I had a question answered by the Love Doctor in podcast number 26. Because of this, I had a big box of things (and I really do mean big box, through Fedex) sent to me here in the UK from the US. I got lots of bits and pieces, SOE fanfaire t-shirts, EQ Fanfaire New Orleans stuff too (god knows how much of that stuff SOE must have made to still have that) oh oh oh! A flashing bouncy ball (childish I know but it's awesome!) and then within all of that, I got the Everquest II all-in-one box. Off that one box, I got a whole load of things for Everquest II:
- Entitlement: Desert of Flames + In-Game Item: Genie Bottle
- Entitlement: Echoes of Faydwer
- Entitlement: Extra Character Slots (Station Access)
- Entitlement: Kingdom of Sky
- Entitlement: Rise of Kunark
- Entitlement: The Bloodline Chronicles
- Entitlement: The Fallen Dynasty
- Entitlement: The Splitpaw Saga
- In-Game Item: 1 Day Vet Reward
- In-Game Item: 182 Day Vet Reward
- In-Game Item: 30 Day Vet Reward
- In-Game Item: 365 Day Vet Reward
- In-Game Item: 7 Day Vet Reward
- In-Game Item: 90 Day Vet Reward
- In-Game Item: Booster Pack & Frozen Fingers
- In-Game Item: Carnivorous Plant
- In-Game Item: Clockwork Copter
- In-Game Item: Cockatrice House Pet
- In-Game Item: Gazing Orb
- In-Game Item: Mysterious Shard
- In-Game Item: Paintings of EQII
- In-Game Item: Pet Monkey
- In-Game Item: Picture of the Desert of Ro
- In-Game Item: Ring of T'Haen
- In-Game Item: Talking Statues
So, a little overwhelmed by all this stuff, I logged into the game and I was impressed! Do note that I was someone who (on principle) hates that whole elves, dwarfs fantasy sort of thing. I've never like WoW, I didn't like LotR (even though I'm a massive fan of the books and then how the films were done) yet I really did like EQII.
I can see how the game has really been given a lot of love by SOE and I can see why they are proud of the work that is done on it. The graphics are starting to show as a little dated yet that doesn't matter, as the gameplay is simply wonderful. I made myself a little female Fae, who are (for all intensive purposes fairies) yet even with something like that which is so insanely over-the-top fantasy, I played that game for the first time for about 8 hours straight!!!
So now, I'm leaving this here for you all to see and I'll be copying a version of this onto the main Station boards, so I can complain heavily to lovely Ashlanne for getting me hooked on Everquest II.
Seriously, have a try out of it, I was shocked by the fun you can have, perhaps you will too!! 
