Elder Scrolls Online

[just22]

Found this on reddit. Game sounds a lot more intriguing compared to when it was first announced. I wonder if it's going to be subscription based or a one time purchase with micro transactions.

Click to read more...

 

[Oscar Acosta]

Never played an MMO before, don't like cooperating with others online. But I might give this a whirl.

 

[karnige]

really doesn't look that good imo.

 

[Net Front Presence]

I'm gonna be all over this.

 

[Moskau]

Been in beta for over a month. It's awful.

I've been in almost every beta for a major MMO in the last 8 or 9 years and this is one of the worst.

 

[RobBrown4PM]

I love TES, but I'm staying far away from this bastardization of the series.

In the video the op posted, the narrator is quite literally describing WoW, but wrapped in Tamriel clothing. Zenimex could have done something unique, and wonderful, instead it seems they have decided to do what SWTOR did, and copy WoW, keystroke for keystroke.

 

[Moskau]

I love TES, but I'm staying far away from this bastardization of the series.

In the video the op posted, the narrator is quite literally describing WoW, but wrapped in Tamriel clothing. Zenimex could have done something unique, and wonderful, instead it seems they have decided to do what SWTOR did, and copy WoW, keystroke for keystroke.

It plays nothing like WoW in all honesty. The combat is actually how TES games should have been and not the terrible combat that has plagued that franchise forever. The problem is that it (the combat) is incredibly slow paced and especially for an MMO.

 

[Grave]

"I LOVE TES SINCE OBLIVION"



Game PvP actually looks interesting its been a long time since a game has released an impressive PvP system. With the lackluster PvP in GW2 I'm hoping that they can do sieges and battles the correct way.

 

[Dylonus]

What's so bad about it? Looks fine to me...

 

[parabola]

Looks very generic. Not really sure why one plays this over Rift or WoW or any of the other very decent MMORPGs out there already.

 

[Telos]

Probably going to stick with SWTOR. Played a bit of my friend's beta and it was pretty underwhelming. Dunno what got into their heads when they thought Elder Scrolls should be a MMO. It's one of the richest single player franchises of all time.

 

[Everlasting]

Looks really bad and generic. On top of that, everything is scaled down so it looks just like every other mmo. Was hoping for it to look just like TES normally does when you play it, but now it looks just like every other mmo. Boring and generic.

Lets hope that they have atleast fixed the magic.

 

[Clown Fiesta]

Been in beta for over a month. It's awful.

I've been in almost every beta for a major MMO in the last 8 or 9 years and this is one of the worst.

Seems the first invites they sent were 7/3/13 so you must have been playing a very early build.

Just got an invite, anyone else? I'll try it this weekend, I have no expectations and don't really even enjoy MMO's anymore but my buddy also got an invite so we'll test it out.

 

[Viggo Mortensen]

15$/month?

Yeah, Im not buying this game

 

[Grave]

I've been in the beta though I don't want to kill my interest of the game by playing it non stop.

 

[Clown Fiesta]

I've been in the beta though I don't want to kill my interest of the game by playing it non stop.

I'll play a bit and if it seems guys I'll make sure to be around for the updates and new features. I really doubt I'll play after release unless it blows me away.

 

[JWells16]

I refuse to believe it's worse than Lord of the Rings Online.

 

[NeedleInTheHay]

60 bucks then 15 a month on top of that, I can't see it doing very well on consoles.

 

[LickTheEnvelope]

60 bucks then 15 a month on top of that, I can't see it doing very well on consoles.

Really stupid business model, $60 + $15/month + Microtransactions.

Games that do that typically go FTP within 6-10 months these days.

Personally I just don't have the time for 1 game to ever make a sub service worth it. I like Guild Wars 2 but after a couple months I only drop back in every 2 months or so for a few hours, just don't have the time and this launch looks particularily lacklustre after the new Everquest announcement...

 

[Moskau]

Seems the first invites they sent were 7/3/13 so you must have been playing a very early build.

Just got an invite, anyone else? I'll try it this weekend, I have no expectations and don't really even enjoy MMO's anymore but my buddy also got an invite so we'll test it out.

Ive been in it since F&F alpha. Haven't even bothered to check it out in almost a month. The game just has no character at all. But then again other than Morrowind and Shivering Isles I have hated everything Elder Scrolls related.

 

[LickTheEnvelope]

Ive been in it since F&F alpha. Haven't even bothered to check it out in almost a month. The game just has no character at all. But then again other than Morrowind and Shivering Isles I have hated everything Elder Scrolls related.

Daggerfall is good (my favourite actually).

I also like Oblivion and Skyrim... but not to the same level.

But I am a big Bethesda fan. I have no problems with a buggy game when a company is shooting for the moon in what is possible in open-world.

 

[parabola]

I played it at PAX. Plays like Elder Scrolls for the most part so I'm slightly happier than I originally was. Still not sure how good it'll be though.

 

[RandV]

Looks like a game I would love to play but will be lessened by the MMO factor...

 

[Grave]

The only issue I really have with the game is the fact that they are doing microtransactions and the monthly fee. Unless the microtransactions are just utility stuff like wow, that's some greedy turbine type of business model.

 

[Corto]

The only issue I really have with the game is the fact that they are doing microtransactions and the monthly fee. Unless the microtransactions are just utility stuff like wow, that's some greedy turbine type of business model.

Barely any games (and no big titles) go for anything other than fluff/commodity items on their microtransactions.
I wouldn't worry about that.

I do worry about the lack of end-game content and serious, challenging combat that seems sort of impossible with the ES style of combat.