Elder Scrolls Online
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It's a shame they went the tried and failed route of making you "the one". The saviour of the world, the destined one, whatever. It works fine in single player stuff but in an MMO where there are hundreds and thousands of people doing the exact same thing of you it's bloody awful.
Anyway, the beta is NDA'd up. Do not post screens or vids as your email is all over the screen. I guess you can't go into too much detail either except from talking about info released officially.
What I will say is Elder Scrolls Online has some of the blandest environments I have seen. Very uninteresting and quite static regions. Don't really agree that the game looks good visually either. Looks about on par or a bit worse than vanilla Skyrim on PC.
Anyway, the beta is NDA'd up. Do not post screens or vids as your email is all over the screen. I guess you can't go into too much detail either except from talking about info released officially.
What I will say is Elder Scrolls Online has some of the blandest environments I have seen. Very uninteresting and quite static regions. Don't really agree that the game looks good visually either. Looks about on par or a bit worse than vanilla Skyrim on PC.
Looks worst than Skyrim, hands down. I got bored playing the beta after 30 minutes. The game play and graphics remind me a lot like Fallen Earth, a free 2 play mmo.
For me, they need to do a lot to justify the £40 for the box, the monthly fee AND the cash store. Having all three is just not cool. Would not surprise me if the cash store is in there to lay the ground work for the switch to F2P when the sub count starts to drop.
I feel like that if TESO was released around 5 years ago it would be a good MMO, but a lot has changed in MMO-space in the last 5 years and the game isn't what people want and expect from a 2014 MMO.
I feel like that if TESO was released around 5 years ago it would be a good MMO, but a lot has changed in MMO-space in the last 5 years and the game isn't what people want and expect from a 2014 MMO.
Oddly i found myself quite enjoying this beta go around as opposed to my first. For whatever reason I was more into the story & my character. i still think the tutorial zone is lousy but once you get into the main world it's good. Really does have that skyrim feel. I played it on Ultra settings and I thought it looked quite good. Music was great. Much more likely to try it out after this latest beta round, but I'm still not sure what the long-term viability is of the game. I fear that MMOs are dying out.
From Bethesda.
The next Elder Scrolls adventure is nearly here! Today we released our latest gameplay video, War in Cyrodiil, and with it we announced that The Elder Scrolls Online will arrive worldwide for PC and Mac players on April 4, 2014. PlayStation 4 & Xbox One will launch in June 2014.
For more information on ESO and its launch plans, read a personal update from Game Director, Matt Firor at elderscrollsonline.com.
For more information on ESO and its launch plans, read a personal update from Game Director, Matt Firor at elderscrollsonline.com.
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Better me a hell of a game then! It could very well be all of our lasts.We have to wait over 90 years for this on next gen consoles? (2104 in the headline rather than 2014).
funny because I get a different story and also I am on the beta and I thought it look and play great. Now they are some bugs but its a beta after all.
One of my friends in particular is a mmo nutcase. He's played them all at one point or another. He even played Defiance (which he liked) with me for a bit back on the 360. He wrote a scathing review of ESO. Basically said it was the worst mmo he'd ever played. The two others I know in the beta also didn't like it but weren't as harsh in their feedback. Based on that alone, I won't be buying this at launch. If I pick it up further down the line all depends on how its reviewed by players.
I usually compare MMOs to WoW and Guild Wars 2. A lot of MMOs try to be a good MMO but because there's WOW and GW2, it's really tough for them to be at that caliber and if they're not, it's not something I want to spend money on.
I rather enjoyed the last beta I was in (my 2nd ESO beta session). I don't like the tutorial world - without spoiling the story it's the same for all races, but then depending on your race and faction once you leave that area you go to a different place. Once I was in the proper world I enjoyed it. It really is skyrim-style gameplay in an MMO setting, with less interactivity on world objects (although still more than your typical MMO).
Honestly wish they never created this. If it's popular we may end up with another Blizzard on our hands, spending all of their efforts on an MMO instead of their excellent single-player series.
I'd much rather see a drop-in/drop-out co-op Bethesda RPG than an MMO.
I really hope Bethesda expanded their company to make ESO and aren't neglecting SP at the very least.
I'd much rather see a drop-in/drop-out co-op Bethesda RPG than an MMO.
I really hope Bethesda expanded their company to make ESO and aren't neglecting SP at the very least.
All I can tell is that watching some videos of the game, it looks nothing special. And definitely not worth subscribing too.
Bethesda RPGs are typically highly rated and played. I hope they know what they're doing trying to get into the MMO genre. The cash flow sure is tempting assuming it's a semi-hit.
Bethesda RPGs are typically highly rated and played. I hope they know what they're doing trying to get into the MMO genre. The cash flow sure is tempting assuming it's a semi-hit.