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175 points dmazin | 3 comments | 04 Jul 25 16:10 UTC | HN request time: 0.459s | source
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mike1o1 ◴[04 Jul 25 17:33 UTC] No.44466395[source]▶
I absolutely loved EverQuest and it’s still probably holds some of my fondest gaming memories. My favorite feeling about it is that it felt like a real world first, gameplay second. It had a real sense of danger and wonder that I think will be almost impossible to recreate.

Going from Qeynos to Freeport, or crossing the ocean on a boat felt absolutely epic and dangerous. It was wonderful, but not something I would want to play today now that I have real life obligations.

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1. reactordev ◴[04 Jul 25 20:03 UTC] No.44467442[source]▶
My first memory of EverQuest was leaving the tutorial quest, running along a road at night, and being eaten by a lion.

I had no idea what I was doing but I was hooked on figuring out.

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2. kwk1 ◴[04 Jul 25 20:42 UTC] No.44467731[source]▶
For me, I made a high elf, didn't know page up/page down were needed to control swimming, and died in the water by the bridge leaving Felwithe, I didn't even get beyond the city gate.
3. djtango ◴[05 Jul 25 03:09 UTC] No.44469849[source]▶
Based on my experiences playing FFXIV, there's an entire generation of gamers now that get completely despirited by experiences like that and give up on the first sign of a wipe, even though these days there's no penalty for even dying...