Lords of EverQuest

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Lords of EverQuest
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Developer(s) Rapid Eye Entertainment
Publisher(s) Sony Online Entertainment (North America)
Ubi Soft (Europe)
Designer(s) Neal Hallford
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
Release
  • NA: December 1, 2003
  • EU: December 5, 2003
Genre(s) Real-time strategy
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Lords of EverQuest is a 3D fantasy real-time strategy game released in December 2003. It was developed by the short-lived startup company Rapid Eye Entertainment and published by Sony Online Entertainment (SOE). SOE distributes Lords of EverQuest.

Contents

Unlike the original EverQuest , Lords of EverQuest is fundamentally a single player game, and after the initial payment for the software, does not require a recurring monthly fee in order to play.

Reception

The game received "mixed" reviews according to video game review aggregator Metacritic. [1] IGN reviewer Tom McNamara praised its multiplayer experience, but overall considered the game mediocre and decried it for focusing heavily on uninteresting combat fueled by only a single resource. [9] The developer, Rapid Eye Entertainment, closed down after the release of the game.

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