While waiting for Everquest 2 to patch, I weighed up my expectations. Good graphics, of course, more interesting crafting, and less simplistic combat were the things I logged in anticipating. It’s only when I entered character creation that I realized quite how different things were going to be from the game’s predecessor. During character creation, you can choose a race and an appearance, but there is no mention of a character’s class at this stage. Instead, I got lost in creating a character with a unique look. Thanks to all the available tools, including many different hair styles and adjustable sliders to change the look of many facial features, gamers will be able to play about with appearance to their heart’s content. In fact, if you’re anything like me you’ll sit and fiddle around for hours creating your different characters!