SOE MMOs now on Steam for cheap

By Oli Welsh Published 19 January, 2009

EverQuest I and II, Vanguard, Pirates.

Valve and Sony Online Entertainment have linked arms to bring some of the MMO operator's games to Steam.

EverQuest and EverQuest II, Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, and Pirates of the Burning Sea are the chosen few from SOE's bulging catalogue of massively multiplayer games. There's no word yet whether Star Wars Galaxies, Planetside and The Matrix Online will be joining them.

The games are being offered at a special price for the next week: in the UK, they're priced at GBP 5.99 each, with 30 days' play included for new accounts. The standard price is a hardly ruinous GBP 7.99.

Note, however, that the EverQuest games come in bundles that include all but the latest expansions. EverQuest: Seeds of Destruction and EverQuest II: The Shadow Odyssey are also available at GBP 19.99.

The SOE games join EVE Online and Age of Conan as the first MMOs to make use of the download service.

"We are always looking for additional ways to introduce our great catalogue of games to new audiences. It's hard to think of a larger group of PC gamers interested in multiplayer games than those connecting to Steam," said SOE boss John Smedley. He has a point.

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  • bdc #1 3 years ago

    Bit pointless if you cannot get the latest expansions on Steam. It's like missing the last level.

  • FooAtari #2 3 years ago

    I very nearly bought the pack. Never seen or played the Everquest games so thought I better check out some reviews first or something

  • linksdad #3 3 years ago

    You dont want to go anywhere near everquest. The original is as dated as you can get, and for its name, there are actually hardly any quests. Ever grind or ever camp would be a more apt name. The gameply consists of finding an area where there are a fair amount of beatable mobs for your group. You sit there all night killing the mobs and waiting for the otherse to respawn. You do this all night, and then arrange to go back the next day.
    Raiding was something that was pretty spectacular with up to 72 players at once. But this becomes very unwieldy. You wait half an hour for everyone to get their shit together and then spend an hour or so killing trash mobs. if someone messes up you have to come back next week, if not well done the lucky 3 or 4 people who get a nice item.

    Everquest 2 got of to such a fantastic start but I left for the vastly superiour in every way Warcraft. Even warcraft gets boring, I stopped playing a while back but kept the sub going till I got Lichking. Played that once and realised I had had my fill of rat punching so cancelled (A nice £50 for f all to blizzard).

  • FooAtari #4 3 years ago

    Ah well I'll give EQ a miss then.

  • Terminal #5 3 years ago

    Hmm a fairly harsh assessment of EQ from above. Of course it is dated but the game is 2 months away from its 10 year birthday.

    Frankly the hours spent as a group is what makes the game, it is much more fun than running around a MMO that rewards endless solo play. Doubt I'll ever play again though as the time consumption is just too high.