# EverQuest

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/everquest/

5 people recommended EverQuest in Hacker News comments, 2 had mixed feelings and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 12 months, in 5 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Long-running fantasy MMORPG that people credit with opening the genre and offering immersive, memorable play; critics say it is almost entirely grind.

Summary written by Claude from 8 comments. It was written before the November 2026 recount, and 7 of those comments still count.

## Why people recommend it

- Immersive, memorable play (1 comment in the sample): "it felt like a life-changing experience" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47487396))

## What people warn about

- Heavy grinding gameplay (1 comment in the sample): "EQ, Lineage 1/2, FFXI, and most of that era were almost entirely about the grind" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49633475))

## Other MMORPGs people recommend

- [World of Warcraft](https://hackerapproved.com/p/world-of-warcraft/): 39 recommend, 22 mixed, 61 criticize
- [EVE Online](https://hackerapproved.com/p/eve-online/): 28 recommend, 18 mixed, 18 criticize
- [RuneScape](https://hackerapproved.com/p/runescape/): 23 recommend, 11 mixed, 16 criticize
- [Ultima Online](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ultima-online/): 21 recommend, 4 mixed, 4 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "EverQuest", https://hackerapproved.com/p/everquest/ (5 recommend, 2 mixed, 2 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.