Everquest I and II adds card game Legends of Norrath

by Justin McElroy { Sep 6th 2007 at 2:24PM }

How do you renew flagging interest in an MMORPG, especially when there's clearly another top dog? For MMORPG granddaddy Everquest, part of the solution (they hope) comes in the form of a new, digital collectable card game called Legends of Norrath: Oathbound. The first of what Sony says will be a series, Oathbound features 375 cards in 55-card starter decks for $9.99 and 15-card booster packs for $2.99.

The game is playable from EQ I or II, thought a stand-alone client is due for free on Sept. 12. You can test your skills (and decks) against others in the Tournament and Casual lobbies that have been set up or you can play against the AI. This isn't necessarily the sort of thing that would make us cheat on WoW, but if you're still a Norrath denizen, it sounds like this would certainly beat /gems.

Tags: everquest, everquestii, legendsofnorrath, soe

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

hvnlysoldr @ Sep 6th 2007 2:26PM

Buy these cards in America.

Vegnagun @ Sep 6th 2007 2:33PM

/veto

Shmil @ Sep 6th 2007 2:41PM

whats an everquest?

hvnlysoldr @ Sep 6th 2007 2:43PM

Aka EverCrack. You'll get addicted worse than crack and ruin your life. ;(

Andy O. @ Sep 6th 2007 5:26PM

It's like WoW with less 1337 speak.

Cabcru @ Sep 6th 2007 3:02PM

Oh man, it's been so long since I've heard the term 'Evercrack'. It's funny 'cos for ages people were spouting like they'd come up with some kind of genius insight.

hvnlysoldr @ Sep 6th 2007 3:10PM

Wii do not find this amusing.

Andy O. @ Sep 6th 2007 5:28PM

I found the /gems reference rather amusing (/gems was an EQ1 Dr. Mario ripoff using spell casting icons)

Ralod @ Sep 6th 2007 3:17PM

This is so pathetic. Do they really think that adding a card game will help games that should have died years ago?

whiny bitch @ Sep 6th 2007 3:27PM

I actually think it's a decent idea-- if I could play the WoW CCG within WoW while waiting for BGs or a group, that'd be pretty sweet.

Sure, maybe it's a band-aid over the design flaw of having to wait for a BG, but at least it's a Spongebob Squarepants band-aid. Or something.

Nima Nikzad @ Sep 6th 2007 4:11PM

EQ2 gets a lot of trash from people who haven't played it, which is not really fair since it is actually one of the best MMOs I have played. As for this card game, everyone got one free Starter deck and booster packs and starter decks have been added as drops from monster kills, which is sweet if someone wants to play without spending any extra money on it. I already got a Starter Deck drop so that was pretty cool. For people who want to be more competitive, you can purchase more cards online.

Ibere @ Sep 6th 2007 4:21PM

Everwhat?

Christopher7xii @ Sep 6th 2007 4:32PM

You know, the game that directly inspired/molded World of Warcraft? Yeah, that thing. The game who's gameplay and addictiveness dwarfs Warcraft? The only thing that Warcraft has going for it is it's casual friendly, which makes it everyone's social whore. It's the Wii of MMOs, making gaming cool and easy.

Fuck the Wii. Fuck Warcraft. You're destroying a hobby that's better left away from the masses. Like how everyone came on board Napster and blew it up into this nationwide epidemic years after I was using it and canned it. Then Kazaa. Then you have MySpace making everyone think they can program Java, HTML and PERL.

I miss the good ol' days. EverQuest being top dog included.

Andy O. @ Sep 6th 2007 5:29PM

Yeah, but what Inspired EQ? UO? Meridian? The Thousands of MUDs before them? Tolkien?

shamgar @ Sep 6th 2007 5:58PM

That actually would be a good idea. I spent so much time waiting for mana when I was playing everquest, the game is half downtime anyway, might as well have the downtime be fun as well. This is where all the other MMO people say the NEW games don't have the down time. AHHH good old gems, that does take me back.