The game's soundtrack is cliche' at best, and doesn't do much to discern itself from themes found in every other RTS. Sound is something you'll likely want to turn down during your campaigns across Norrath. Imagine any of the dungeon crawl missions from Warcraft III, and you've got a good idea of how cramped nearly all of Lord's areas look. Since the game tends to drift more towards using small squads rather than massive armies, all of the levels are built like mazes. Each of the game's environments is nice, and shows off more detail than those who roam them, but lack a nice battleground type feel. There's nothing funnier than watching a really bad model flail around and try to pull off a dramatic death scene. This helps to make otherwise interesting story elements (okay - interesting might be stretching it a tad bit), comical. This isn't as noticeable in game (since the camera is so far back), but it runs up and pops you in the mouth during cut scenes.

Character models are blocky, poorly animated and show little in terms of detail. Details are sparse, and don't really show off much of what higher end graphic cards have to offer.

Characters look okay, but really don't go the extra step. Overall, Lords of Everquest looks and sounds like a cheap knock-off of Warcraft III. Lords of Everquest takes the Everquest franchise into a new direction, but this new path might not be the best.

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