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Posted: December 6, 2000 Written by: Dan "Tweak Monkey" Kennedy #1: EverQuest  What is it? - EverQuest is one of the few massively multi-player online-only RPGs. Set in enormous 3D worlds, with several choices for character class and type, the game has many options to keep users hooked. Given its street name, "EverCrack", the game boasts character building like most RPGs. The process of building up a character's level means staying up all night, skipping work the next day, and staying up the next night; just to bring your character up some levels and to get new abilities. You pick on little monsters at first, and start moving toward more powerful monsters. This process seems to repeat indefinitely. You'd think that after a couple hours of this, people would call it quits, right? Nope, they are still playing -- days... months... and even years later. Last time I went to Nvidia's Sunnyvale-based office, I noticed that plenty of the PCs in the software area had EverQuest shortcuts on their desktop. The next time Nvidia delays its drivers, check to see if something new is happening in the EQ world.  Some monster things attack some other monster thing. Sorry, I was too weak-minded to play EQ. I knew if I started I wouldn't be able to quit. The Verdict - I'm guessing no EverQuest fans are even reading this article. Why do I assume that? Because if they're like the majority of EQ players, they are so hooked that they don't have time to read silly articles like this. For the sake of your family, friends, employer, classmates, pets, car, and just about anything else that needs attention at some time or other: Don't buy EverQuest! Please? There is no EverQuest demo. 989/Verant has done enough damage already. Conclusion Here's quick re-cap of the ten most addicting PC games: #10: Roller Coaster Tycoon #9: Tribes #8: Diablo (series) #7: Quake (series) #6: Starcraft #5: Warcraft (series) #4: Subspace #3: Command & Conquer / Red Alert (series) #2: Counter-Strike #1: Everquest This list was compiled from taking polls and from the staff's experiences. Some games were excluded that you probably thought should have been included. Since we decided to make this list "the ten most addicting games", it was a bit difficult to select them. Some games that were excluded included Tanarus, Civilization, X-Wing, Doom, and Tetris -- all of which narrowly missed the list. Civilization was the closest to #10. Tetris was excluded simply because there are way too many versions or varieties out there. Just about everyone has played it, but not many people play it anymore, at least, for long periods of time. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed reading my article and hopefully it brought back some [good] memories. If you have a top 10 list you'd like to contribute, please do so in our forums, or stop by #tweak3d on Undernet. Click here for a printer friendly version of this article. |
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