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| Everquest II The Shadow Odyssey w/ Pewter Bear | 
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| From: Sony Online Entertainment
Category: Video Games
Buy New: $49.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  (3 reviews)
Sales Rank: 2531
Format: Dvd-rom
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Xp, Windows 2000
ESRB: Teen
Media: DVD-ROM
Edition: w/Pewter Bear
Age: 12 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 1.4
Model: 814582414229
UPC: 814582414229
EAN: 0814582414229
ASIN: B001EPZD6Q
Release Date: November 18, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | EverQuest II The Shadow Odyssey for PC is the latest expansion pack from Sony Online Entertainment, and follows the award-winning Rise of Kunark expansion | | • | The Shadow Odyssey presents a new realm called the Ether, with 20 new zones including a new overland zone, Innothule | | • | Five new Heritage Quests and more than 18 goal-based dungeons, such as Befallen and Ruins of Guk | | • | Ride new mounts, such as a bear and a unicorn, and encounter the new deities, Rodcet Nife and Anashti Sul | | • | All-In-One expansion pack includes all previous expansion and adventure packs for EverQuest II, plus a special pewter dire bear figurine |
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Product Description
TSO Expansion
Amazon.com Product Description
EverQuest II The Shadow Odyssey is the latest EverQuest II expansion pack from Sony Online Entertainment, and follows the award-winning Rise of Kunark expansion. New and veteran players will marvel at the massive expanse of the new journey through an unknown realm. With new quests, stories, deities, and more, The Shadow Odyssey will provide hours of fresh gameplay.  | 
Explore Ether and its 20 new zones, including the overland zone of Innothule. View larger. | Special Pewter Bear Figurine Included in Box
A special pewter dire bear figurine is an included bonus with this set. The bear is a new addition to the game, either a pet or mount depending what level you are, and gains experience and levels with you. This collectible pewter replica will look great on your desk as a reminder of your digital friend. New Worlds and Nostalgic Places to Explore
At the heart of The Shadow Odyssey is a new realm called the Ether, with 20 new zones including a new overland zone, Innothule. Players will enjoy the added pieces of nostalgia with familiar dungeon themes from EverQuest such as Najena, Mistmoore, and The Sebilisian Empire. There are also five new Heritage Quests, and more than 18 goal-based dungeons such as Befallen and Ruins of Guk. The story unfolds along with the hundreds of new quests and dozens of new creatures. As you fight, you learn a little more about this new world and the challenges that must be overcome in it. New Mounts, New Deities
Players will now be able to ride new mounts such as a bear and a unicorn. Two new deities have also been introduced into Norrath: Rodcet Nife and Anashti Sul. Players can also now ride airships to travel between distant lands. A New Group of Erudites Offer New Loot
Along with the new realm and new enemies are new equipment, weapons, armor, and other loot. Players can get them by bartering the void shards earned during your encounters with a mysterious group of Erudites who have powerful new armor and equipment. Legends of Norrath Online Card Trading Game Included
Legends of Norrath, a strategic online trading card game, is included in The Shadow Odyssey expansion. The card game tells the story thousands of years before the events in The Shadow Odyssey, giving players a chance to learn the realm's history. Players can gain new loot cards for EverQuest II, including rare items, new mounts, cloaks, consumables, and baubles. All-In-One Compilation Pack Includes Previous Releases
The Shadow Odyssey is an All-In-One expansion pack that includes all previous expansion and adventure packs for EverQuest II. This means that you'll have access to the entire EverQuest II world and have a chance to catch up on any adventures you might have missed.
  
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| Customer Reviews:
 Awesome Online Game - A Must To Try November 29, 2008
This is a huge product for the price when you consider you are getting 5 expansion packs included in this purchase. Consider that fact when other newer online games either only have one or none for similar or more cost. If you've never played Everquest 2 now is a great time to join in and experience its wonders. Beautiful landscapes, nice background music, a vast variety of lands to visit such as lush scenic green hills, deserts, underwater cities, civilizations in the sky, several floating asteroids in the depths of outter space (Bonemare), tunnels, caves, crystal caverns, huge haunted castles, haunted cities, etc. As for the variety of beasts you will find many to discover ranging from weird to very strange and bizzare; unlike other games that seem to limit their challenges to humanoid based creatures. And when it comes to battling giant beasts EQ 2 does it BIG. Their giants are really big as well as some of their epic creatures.
There are so many things to enjoy in this game. If you are one who appreciates a cool looking character with impressive armor then EQ2 is the place to be. The vast array of armor in this game is mind boggling and fantastic with plate armor really looking like metal. All the other materials are just as impressive such as leather, chain, and cloth armor. Their armor is not only realisstic looking but can also be very flashy with impressive designs, patterns, and many colors.
Serious gameplayers typically like to use some form of voice communiction (voice chat) while playing to coordinate their battles. Everquest 2 really comes through by providing a FREE chat communication feature that allows players to literally talk to one another while playing (provided your pc has a microphone and speaker). This is so convenient for those who have had to deal with figuring out how to use 3rd party chat products. Its easy to use and built right into the game interface.
Before you buy this game make sure your PC is up to the challenge. Check the system requirements and see where you stand. The cost of PC RAM is rather low cost these days so you should consider adding more if you need it. I think the recommended RAM is 1 gigs but most serioius players I know have at least 2 gigs. You will also need a good graphics card, one that at least supports Direct X 9 and has at leaat 256 megs of ram.
You may want to also check out some actual gameplay videos of Everquest 2 on YouTube. I would recommend seeing videos made by user name zonker61 which you can see at the below link:
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 Bitter-sweet expansion November 24, 2008
Pros: New AA trees are great for the classes I play. I can't speak for all of them though. Tons of new daily quests and a large assortment of new instances to group in. Players are rewarded for instancing by item drops as well as quest items that allow you to purchase specific items. A lot of new quests that will help you get to the new Achievement max of 200.
Cons: Some group instances and all of the raid instances are tuned to challenge 10% of the total EQ2 population (people who have nothing better to do, than to raid every night and have all of their raid gear already). You need all 200 AAs to counter some of the nerfs they've implemented with the expansion. The new zone for contested questing has lag issues. Some classes in the game are too weak to be useful in the new zones, so players who control them will have a more difficult time finding groups to get the currency required to create the raid gear. Automated pathing is still an issue.
Overall this expansion is what I expected. A few good things, mixed in with a bunch of things that I will never see. This expansion is a great example of how the developers of the game only listen to people who devote all of their spare time to playing the game. There are very little options for the players who don't have end game items from the previous expansion.
The best online game on the market! November 19, 2008
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
For everyone who loves online fantasy games. There is something for anyone. From beautiful adventuring zones to house decorating. This expansion is an all in one pack, so if you buy this you get the original game plus all expansions. You get a nice bear mount which levels with you. There is both an exciting adventure part to the game, a very well developed tradeskill part, there is thousand of quests and very customizeable house decorating part from little inn rooms to giant guild halls. Creating your character also gives you a lot of posibilities with so many different races and classes to choose between. When you have chosen your race and class then there is almost endless possibilities for customizing their looks. This game is fun and challenging for both teenagers and adults. The only downside to the game is the high requirements for your computer which must be up to date with lots of ram for being able to run the game smoothly and enjoy the fantastic graphics.
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