Sony Online's EverQuest may have been the headlining success story for online RPGs in the US, but the success of NCsoft's Lineage reached a completely different level in Asia, where the game reportedly has millions of regular players. While many players who are used to the 3D graphics of EverQuest and Dark Age of Camelot may very well wonder at Lineage's success, especially considering that game's dated 2D graphics, NCsoft has used that success to establish an enviable position in the industry. The publisher is carrying several games, including the online superhero game City of Heroes, and it also has a major sequel to Lineage coming. It doesn't take more than a second look at the screenshots to see that Lineage II is a big graphical step up from the original game, but the developers hope that the sequel's deeper gameplay will make it a hit on US shores.