Ingram85 Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 The Elder Scrolls Online announcement, first preview, details and first trailer. Looks like its a bit of a generic mmorpg with a mild element of elder scrolls thrown in for good measure. Seems that a lot of what makes the elder scrolls games what they are has been paired back a bit for it. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-05-03-the-elder-scrolls-online-announced http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-05-04-the-elder-scrolls-online-preview-leaked-detailed http://www.eurogamer.net/videos/the-elder-scrolls-online-trailer-released Not sure if this required its own topic so if anyone wants to make it feel free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted May 4, 2012 Administrator Share Posted May 4, 2012 I don't think it's anything to do with skyrim, so it should go in it's own thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sie Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 I can't think of any reason why this game needs to exist other than milking the brand. The reason why the Elder Scrolls games work is because they're single player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briggaman Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 What Sie said... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briggaman Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 To make things even worse it actually looks like a generic MMO. Here is an image from it: I could understand slightly if they were making an MMO with the same graphics engine used in Oblivion or Skyrim. Yet using a generic MMO style is just even more pointless... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_c Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 I so wanted this to be something different, because I've never really managed to get into any of the existing mmo's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobler Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Why does everything have to be mmo'd? Go away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briggaman Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 They are popular and make lots of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobler Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 But are they? One is hugely successful. The others use a generic template and the cost of maintaining an mmo with a lot of servers is incredibly financially demanding on a company. I.e, a report on Eurogamer not long ago revealed that it will take Lucasarts three years to make a profit a on Swtor, providing they keep a steady amount of subs. The costs of maintenance and constant development of new content, the advertising, licenses, etc, etc. The genre is becoming increasingly stale, it's not evolving at a rate that I thought it would, probably because the financial risks of creating them are too huge. If this is a generic MMO, cashing in on a brand with a life span of 'people will play it for a few months until the novelty wears out', like Rift, Aion etc, then surely in the long term its severely harming the Elder Scrolls reputation. That would be a real shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 New six minute trailer here. Anyone signing up for the Beta? I signed up a few minutes ago. Sign up for the Beta here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Thanks for that, Ginko. Being a Mac user, this will be my chance to play TES, even if it is a knock-off version of the "real thing". Can't wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 (edited) I've signed up for the beta. I really want to like it, but I doubt I will. I would absolutely LOVE multiplayer Skyrim, as in 2-4 player co-op, but when you have hundreds of people all running around being the dragonborn, and the village you just saved is still being attacked so ArthasLichKingDK123 can save it as well...It's just not the same. Every time a new MMO comes along, I'm really excited, hoping for something that can hook me like WoW originally did, but it seems once you've played one MMO, you've played them all. Being a Mac user, this will be my chance to play TES, even if it is a knock-off version of the "real thing". Get Boot Camp and Skyrim, it's worth it. Edited January 23, 2013 by Davkaus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted January 24, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted January 24, 2013 Thanks for that, Ginko. Being a Mac user, this will be my chance to play TES, even if it is a knock-off version of the "real thing". Can't wait! It'll be so different to a 'proper' Elder Scrolls game you may as well not bother if you want to get the Elder Scrolls experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 What Chindie said. You might as well get the iPhone version of the game as this for how similar it will be to a proper Elder Scrolls game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Well, seeing as I've never played any ES games, I won't have anything to compare it to and be disappointed with...the things they're talking about look better than WoW, so what the hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted March 19, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted March 19, 2013 Gameplay early impressions here Sounds reasonably promising. Very much doubt I'll be picking it up but I can see it being the first dip into MMO world for quite a few people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 I've signed up for the Beta, hope I get picked...given my comp specs, I think I will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Release date announced- 4/4/14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Got an email a few minutes ago with a Beta key for some stress testing over the weekend. Anyone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 I've been in there for a while now, though haven't really played much recently. It's really bad. Same old generic quests, kill 10 bats and then travel to x. Gameplay that is nothing at all like an Elder Scrolls game - the similarity ends at it being in first person. The devs have also admitted they ignore any part of the Elder Scrolls lore that is inconvenient to their plot for the MMO...It's hard to see who their audience is. It's a really bad MMO and not a proper Elder Scrolls game. Who wants this? Wouldn't pay the box price for it, never mind the sub fee. It'll be free to play within 6 months of release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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