EQ2 has come to the top 7 list in MMORPG.com's top rated games

[Yodaya]

<DIV>Great news, EQ2 has come to the top 7 list in MMORPG.com's top rated games.</DIV> <DIV>Finally EQ2 is getting the attention it deserves.</DIV> <DIV>I am waiting for it to float to the top. Yeah, I am sure that day is near :p</DIV>

[Mordith]

While I agree that EQ2 is a great game with great potential, you can't give much credibility to those numbers.  For example, yesterday I noticed that AC2 was in the top 7 list!  Now, there is no way that could conceivably happen.  I think there was also something going on where all the players of SoR were making a conscious effort to head over to mmorpg.com to up the ratings of that game.

[jshari]

yeah lol thats awsome kinda embaressing it wasnt there before, but im glad its there now I think it will rise agian 1ce  the expantion pack comes out <div></div>

[bioson]

<div></div>Yeah AC2 can't possibly get on a top list, hundreds of people don't play that game, hundreds of people can't possibly like that game it must be a conspiracy. Soon game makers will force us to give their game a good rating on Mmorpg.com every month if we wish to play it. (Sarcasm btw)<span></span>Overall ratings on mmorpg.com are achieved from thousands of people rating a game on 8 different things. So their ratings are usually how people feel about that game.The reason it took EQ2 so long to get into that list is because of all the problems at launch. Most of which are fixed now.<div></div>

[Clandor]

MMORPG.COM is not a good barometer of the popularity of any game.  The site is heavily weighted by children which accounts for the high popularity of WoW of the site.  They also have games in their list that are not even MMORPGS, like Planetside for an example.  Their game critic gave 5 pages of high praise for Guild Wars, so that shows where they are coming from.  He also blasted EQ2.  He found it too hard to play, didn't like the graphics, and thought it was not fun.  So much for MMORPG.COM. <div></div>

[Synd]

<P>This is a good source:</P> <P><A href="http://www.mmogchart.com/" target=_blank>http://www.mmogchart.com/</A></P>

[Exmortis_MT]

<BLOCKQUOTE> <P></P> <HR> Syndro wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>This is a good source:</P> <P><A href="http://www.mmogchart.com/" target=_blank>http://www.mmogchart.com/</A></P> <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>I personally think its an interestnig site, but I dont have any more faith in his numbers then the OPs choice.</P> <P>The Industry panned EQ2, mainly because they advertised the least, and blizzard for some insane reason can do no wrong(didnt anyone else see through diablo 2 as just trash?).  They are credited with created the RTS genre, but Westwood beat them to it by years with Dune 2.</P> <P>If you want to have a fun study, watch review ratings increase as dollars spent advertising in that magazine or substantive company.  There is a corilation indeed.  Not that it is some big conspiracy, its just the way of a capitalist society.</P> <P>I don't really care why some half bake,d cola overdosed, green skinned, low grade [Removed for Content] pans EQ2 in his column in the latest trade rag, it maters little to my gaming experience.  I played EQ1 because i enjoyed it over all, I quit UO after 2 months because I did not.  I play EQ2 now because I enjoy it and its the style of play I like.</P> <P>As a whole I hope the industry contiues to grow, I am very sad to see the current decline of MMO scifi games fail enmass and drop off the map at an alarming rate, the idea has potential, I mean WC: Privateer type online game holds alot of draw, just none so far seem to be done well.  Of course fantasy does better lend itself to MMOs and thus it has largely succeeded in capturing the market place.  WoW, Lineage, UO all better us if they succeed, the more money seen being spent by players the more money companies like SOE will invest, the harder they will try to do a better job with the game.</P> <P>All things being equal, and past history aside, SOE's EQ2 team have done a masterful job with relations.  They have kept us in the loop, and listened and made changes where appropriate.  Game design and what each of us want are never going to meet.  But EQ2 devs have the appearance of caring about players when and where they can.  The revamp holds true to Moorgards long standing statement made since he appeared, "We hold no golden calves.".  The forth coming revamp is a testiment to the dedication to bring us the best game possible. </P> <P>Lets hope effort = triumph this time around.</P> <P>What makes EQ2 the best MMO in my book? Because i enjoy playing it.</P> <P>Anything else is just whitewash on an other wise plain peice of paper.</P></BLOCKQUOTE>

[Draigo]

Check what the top rated game is at ogaming.com, its all highly subjective from site to site but yes agree wiith Op for EQ2 to start climbing on such a weighted site as mmorpg.com is good news, was only a matter of time really  we all know the tale of the hare and the tortoise <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> <div></div>