The Elder Scrolls Online, what does everyone think?

I have to admit that when I heard that they were making an Elder Scrolls MMO I was excited, but uneasy at the same time and I didn't know what to think. However, after watching the introduction video on the ESO website I actually feel a lot better, but what does everyone else think?

I always thought that an Elder Scrolls MMO has potential for greatness, but when the initial details came I quickly dismissed it.

However, after watching some of the gameplay, and read some of the details about the game itself, the game seems pretty good.

For some reason while I watched the gameplay I felt that distinctive Vanilla WoW feel - one of my favourite game franchises, going MMO while retaining much of it's personality (at least on first glance).

Dunno, it's probably just me.

Subscription means I will probably never play it, but the game looks decent. The environments look awesome, and way more varied than Oblivion and SKyrim.

My first impression was disgust at how little it looked like Elder Scrolls. That first round of screenshots was awfully disappointing. However, the latest gameplay preview video I watched really changed things around. The game now retains the look and feel of Elder Scrolls, from the environments to the weapons/armor to the combat system itself. I also love that they're going with the single-server system rather than sharding. The game certainly has the potential to be a hit and I've got my eye on it.

It will most likely fail like all MMO's that arent WOW and will become free2play. I will be surprised if it does good.

After watching the lastest Gameplay video with developer commentary, I'm really looking forward to it. As long as it uses the same model as Guild Wars (pay for the game once, no fee's) then i'm all over it.

This is the video that changed my view on the game:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlEipFtHw7o

it has potential.. im pretty excited to hear more about it during E3.. i hope they use jeremy soule to make the music to give it that Elder Scrolls feel

Potential WoW killer.

i think this game could knock WOW. the world is Huge and very fun to explore there is no excuse for this game not to be good

Why does every MMO have to be called a "WoW Killer"? It's just stupid. Clearly if another game was going to kill it it would have done so already what with the countless MMO's released since WoW.

WoW will eventually die on it's own, not by the hand of another game.

They should have stuck closer to the combat system of the single player Elder Scrolls games. They took out the aiming and the physics.

It's interesting. It's clear they are trying something different. Though who knows what will happen.

Can't decide... They are messing with one of my favorite franchises, and not in a way that I agree with. I'll withhold judgment for now, but I'm not pleased...

Subscription based + Elder Scrolls = blunder of the century

monthly fees? Will never bother with that.silversix_

Subscription based + Elder Scrolls = blunder of the century

ChubbyGuy40

Who said anything about monthly fee's?

Monthly fees make sense to me if new content is free, and there is no cash shop. If the game is well-supported, it could be money well-spent.

[QUOTE="silversix_"]monthly fees? Will never bother with that.HyperWarlock

Subscription based + Elder Scrolls = blunder of the century

ChubbyGuy40

Who said anything about monthly fee's?

Monthly fees make sense to me if new content is free, and there is no cash shop. If the game is well-supported, it could be money well-spent.

Falconoffury

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Monthly fees make sense to me if new content is free, and there is no cash shop. If the game is well-supported, it could be money well-spent.

silversix_

If the monthly fee goes toward the salaries of programmers, artists, and other game development roles, so that they can provide content, at no extra charge, to a great game, I see no problem with the system. I'm not understanding why it needs to be Korea only.

I'm not saying that the monthly fee business model is the only one that works. GW2 seems to have a business model that works, by getting their money through the cash shop rather than subscriptions.

i think this game could knock WOW. the world is Huge and very fun to explore there is no excuse for this game not to be good

sedhic23

Frankly, I am not impressed. It looks like an MMO that just so happens to have Tamriel as its setting. What I wanted was a TES game that just so happens to be an MMO.

I'll keep an eye on it after release, and perhaps watch some real gameplay videos on Youtube.

Frankly, I am not impressed. It looks like an MMO that just so happens to have Tamriel as its setting. What I wanted was a TES game that just so happens to be an MMO.

I'll keep an eye on it after release, and perhaps watch some real gameplay videos on Youtube.

The__Kraken

Why does every MMO have to be called a "WoW Killer"? It's just stupid. Clearly if another game was going to kill it it would have done so already what with the countless MMO's released since WoW.

WoW will eventually die on it's own, not by the hand of another game.

HyperWarlock

Didn't know that term was still used...this theory has already been established many many times. Hopefully it's a good game in its' own right.

I doubt it will have monthly fee's, They will know that's a mistake after SWTOR.

Will be super hyped upped. Game will probably be very average, if it has a subscription expect it to go free 2 play.

Its a themepark MMO with a subscription. Its going to fail horribly. Even TOR couldnt succeed and its backed by the biggest sci-fi franchise of all time.bonafidetk

Can you provide proof stating it will have a subscription?

Look at SWTOR, people talk crap about it but it's subscriber base is holding steady. Realmjumper

I doubt it will have monthly fee's, They will know that's a mistake after SWTOR.

HyperWarlock

MMO's are prone to bugs...Bethesda games are the buggiest games known to man...Bethesda+MMO= Stay the fvck away.

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I doubt it will have monthly fee's, They will know that's a mistake after SWTOR.

vfibsux

I don't think the game sucked, I just think that it wanted to be a single player RPG but with MMO elements tacked on, it felt like a single player game which is fine but not when you're paying £8.99 a month for it.

Unlike most people here I ave always been looking forward to it....but I'm not going to say "i told you so"....I'm just not like that.

I doubt it will have monthly fee's, They will know that's a mistake after SWTOR.

HyperWarlock

MMOs can still have monthly fees. The monthly fee wasn't what killed SWTOR, the fact they never justified the fee was the issue. The game had enough content for 1-2 months. When you pay a monthly fee, you expect a constant flow of content updates that keep you busy. Look at Rift. Every 2-3 month the game has a big patch that adds a lot of stuff. There are constant world events and pretty much a constant stream of changes and little content updates. Now they have an expansion that nearly tripled the content.

People were happy to buy SWTOR knowing it was going to cost them monthly. The game just was not the greatest and once you beat your character's story, there wasn't much to do.

Guild Wars 2 suffers from that too (in my opinion) but since I'm not paying each month I can hardly knock that. I've gotten nearly 100 hours out of the game (which is quite a bit for me).

It will definitely be more difficult to sell a subscription based MMO, but it's not impossible.

The real thing you have to ask is, will this new combat system work and not turn into some dumb grindfest. The combat in the Elder Scrolls series has never been the deepest, and they are trying to model the MMO's combat off of the game. Their lasest reveals show some promising content. It looks like Guild Wars 2 in a lot of ways, a lot of good ways, but with the radical combat system they are proposing, will it be any good? Only time will tell.

It's gonna end up like SWTOR. Maybe with less lulz, but really, a theme-park elder scrolls MMO? It goes against everything the Elder Scrolls series stand for. Such a wasted opportunity, if done right, a less grindy, more user friendly sandbox MMO set in the Elder Scrolls world would be the best thing ever. But nah, WoW babbies don't like freedom in their MMOs.

Considering how immersive and atmospheric the single-player games were, putting that in the MMO world seems like a perfect fit. I'm looking forward to seeing how Bethesda will integrate the MMO characteristics and how it will change the Elder Scrolls experience.

At the moment, I'm pinning my hopes that this will be the first true WoW competitor.

guild wars 2 is my new MMO yardstick.Kh1ndjal

Heck yeah....everything should be measured by a MMO that has nothing to do at max level.

I'm sorry....I had to say that. It's just the truth.....imo it's not woth calling it an MMO is there isn't any endgame. But hey that's just my opinion.

[QUOTE="Kh1ndjal"] guild wars 2 is my new MMO yardstick.BSC14

Heck yeah....everything should be measured by a MMO that has nothing to do at max level.

I'm sorry....I had to say that. It's just the truth.....imo it's not woth calling it an MMO is there isn't any endgame. But hey that's just my opinion.

Yeah, I found Guild Wars 2 to be really boring.

definitely a WoW killer. Just like Tortanic, Guild Wars 2, Rift, Aion, Warhammer Online, etc.

:lol::lol::lol:

They should of at least kept it first person perspective . Now that I know that they're going for third person perspective it becomes obvious that they're deviating from the series and are not attempting to revolutionize the genre. They will more than likely not take the market share and the game will end up as another born to fail MMO.

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I doubt it will have monthly fee's, They will know that's a mistake after SWTOR.

vfibsux

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[QUOTE="Kh1ndjal"] guild wars 2 is my new MMO yardstick.HyperWarlock

Heck yeah....everything should be measured by a MMO that has nothing to do at max level.

I'm sorry....I had to say that. It's just the truth.....imo it's not woth calling it an MMO is there isn't any endgame. But hey that's just my opinion.

Yeah, I found Guild Wars 2 to be really boring.

[QUOTE="Kh1ndjal"] guild wars 2 is my new MMO yardstick.BSC14

Heck yeah....everything should be measured by a MMO that has nothing to do at max level.

I'm sorry....I had to say that. It's just the truth.....imo it's not woth calling it an MMO is there isn't any endgame. But hey that's just my opinion.

Looking into getting into an MMO community, but I'm not into subscriptions. If ES isn't F2P or one-time purchase, that's a dealbreaker.

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[QUOTE="Kh1ndjal"] guild wars 2 is my new MMO yardstick.Kh1ndjal

Heck yeah....everything should be measured by a MMO that has nothing to do at max level.

I'm sorry....I had to say that. It's just the truth.....imo it's not woth calling it an MMO is there isn't any endgame. But hey that's just my opinion.

That's false. The whole game isn't endgame. There really isn't an endgame in GW2. They say that, and people say that just to come up with an excuse. Endgame by definition of MMO's has always been what it was and is, like in World of Warcraft. WoW has endgame. GW2 simply doesn't and never had it in GW1 either. This is Arena.net we're talking about. Every MMO has a grind. I played over 400 hours in GW2, and a good portion of that felt like a grind.

For instance, earning tokens for VANITY gear from the dungeons at lvl 80. They are pointless for anything but aesthetics which is crap and felt like a terrible grind and wasted time.