Elder Scrolls MMO to be announced in May

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ZeniMax-Bethesda-Elder-Scrolls-Online-MMO,news-14481.html

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If done right, this could revive the ever so stagnant MMO genre after TORtanic failed to actually deliver. Even if it is only as good as WoW, I will still eat this up.

Wow this will be so sick!!!!! never thought there would be an Elder Scrolls MMO?!!

Will the combat/animations be as bad? Probably. Spamming same attack move with archaic animations for hundreds of hours ftw.silversix_

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[QUOTE="silversix_"]Will the combat/animations be as bad? Probably. Spamming same attack move with archaic animations for hundreds of hours ftw.shakmaster13

I'd be for an Elder Scrolls MMO during the Great War. It would create two distinct factions and it's a piece of Elder Scrolls lore that hasn't gotten the attention it deserves.

[QUOTE="silversix_"]Will the combat/animations be as bad? Probably. Spamming same attack move with archaic animations for hundreds of hours ftw.shakmaster13

I'm not really into MMOs - but I'd make an exception for one set in the Elder Scrolls universe. My son and I both love the Elder Scrolls series, so questing together would be a ton of fun.

Of course, that's assuming this rumour is true. O.o

[QUOTE="shakmaster13"][QUOTE="silversix_"]Will the combat/animations be as bad? Probably. Spamming same attack move with archaic animations for hundreds of hours ftw.-Unreal-

[QUOTE="shakmaster13"][QUOTE="silversix_"]Will the combat/animations be as bad? Probably. Spamming same attack move with archaic animations for hundreds of hours ftw.silversix_

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO :evil: FAIL.

WoW with Elder Scrolls lore. It's all MMOs do nowadays. Western MMO devs just don't want to do something different. WoW really is the CoD of the MMO genre, everyone's copying it, leading to stagnation and more of the same. All because the casuals won't be satisfied if an MMO is actually MASSIVE and actually has an open world instead of being a lobby for dungeons and BGs. Just look what EME is doing to Tera...and I was so excited for it...back to L2 private servers till Archeage comes to the west...

Anyway, don't get your hopes up, there's no way a western big budget publisher is gonna let them NOT make a WoW-clone with dungeon finder and factions and instanced this instanced that.

This is running on the TOR engine, by the way. Zenimax owns a license for that one since 2007 IIRC.

[QUOTE="shakmaster13"][QUOTE="silversix_"]Will the combat/animations be as bad? Probably. Spamming same attack move with archaic animations for hundreds of hours ftw.-Unreal-

This is running on the TOR engine, by the way. Zenimax owns a license for that one since 2007 IIRC.

Baranga

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This is running on the TOR engine, by the way. Zenimax owns a license for that one since 2007 IIRC.

wis3boi

Wow, an elder scrolls mmo? Finally everyone can experience the bugs together online!Nick3306

[QUOTE="silversix_"]Will the combat/animations be as bad? Probably. Spamming same attack move with archaic animations for hundreds of hours ftw.shakmaster13

WoW with Elder Scrolls lore. It's all MMOs do nowadays. Western MMO devs just don't want to do something different. WoW really is the CoD of the MMO genre, everyone's copying it, leading to stagnation and more of the same. All because the casuals won't be satisfied if an MMO is actually MASSIVE and actually has an open world instead of being a lobby for dungeons and BGs. Just look what EME is doing to Tera...and I was so excited for it...back to L2 private servers till Archeage comes to the west...

Anyway, don't get your hopes up, there's no way a western big budget publisher is gonna let them NOT make a WoW-clone with dungeon finder and factions and instanced this instanced that.

QQabitmoar

I would be surprised if the The Elder Scrolls mmo was a WoW clone.

While I wouldnt be surprised if it had instances and a few other things that WoW popularized. Making a WoW clone would pretty much go against the design philosophy of the TES series. It would be like making the next half life a TPS.

TES would lend its design much better to a sandpark or a sandbox than a themepark mmo to be quite honest.

Make the leveling long and interesting. No flying mounts. No cross realm BG's or LFD. Harsh death penalties. Castle Sieges. Difficult and lengthy dungeons.

If they do these things, I'll buy a collector edition.

I'm not a fan of this idea though. They should stick to single player games.

[QUOTE="shakmaster13"][QUOTE="silversix_"]Will the combat/animations be as bad? Probably. Spamming same attack move with archaic animations for hundreds of hours ftw.-Unreal-

Opinions, opinions...

WoW's combat is pretty damn bad, at least in PvE. If someone enjoys Skyrim's combat more maybe he just prefers action based combat without all these dice rolls and auto targetting.

Note: I think the order goes like this. Turn Based>Action>Real Time With Pause>MMO combat

Not this BS again.