Elder scrolls online closed BETA impressions

Elder scrolls online is one of the most eagerly anticipated massive online games of 2014, so how is it shaping up three months from release?

[godzookie]

This might be more suited to the consoles

[batbatz]

why?, its PC Mac first

[Aery]

I played a lot this beta and I'm not really impressed ...
Talking about the gameplay, this game feel too "old" gen for my taste.

[escott013]

@Aery

I have to agree with you. I played the last beta and I even got another invitation to this past beta weekend, however I opted to not participate. It was just way too disappointing. I feel no desire to invest in it anymore...
:***(

Semi-off topic: Wildstar is pretty nice thus far, so if you're feeling let down, give it a look.

[Mainsqueeze]

Been in the beta for a very very long time now, and I completely agree. The game hasn't gotten any better in any of the betas i have been in either so i dont have much hope for future events.

[il-JumperMT]

TES Online Impressions: Its horrible.

Its better using Skyrim with Co-Op Mod

http://www.nexusmods.com/sk...

[wannabe gamer]

but u cant do anything in it. oh look heres my friend joined skyrim with me...lets take a walk...woohoooo we are walking together omg....

[redknight80]

hahahaha!!! omg that is hilarious, thanks for the laugh man!

[liquidhalos]

LOL ill bub for funny

[contradictory]

yeah, i wasn't really expecting much either.
they'll eventually just make another TES game so it's not that big of a deal to me really....meh

[iceman1346]

this could the next FF14

[kevnb]

They should just cancel it

[zeal0us]

Cancelling after spending hundreds of millions would be insane.

Delay on the other hand wouldn't be so bad. Delay it until August/September and make necessary improvements.

[kevnb]

at this rate will have to delay it a lot more than that.

[thekhurg]

They'll generate a ton of money in initial sales and quickly go free to play before the end of 2014. They'll make their money back on this mess and just shrug their shoulders.

[gman_moose]

Hopefully players are giving feedback and they are making necessary changes based on that feedback, but by the sounds of it, the various betas haven't shown improvement, so I'm not sure what the devs are doing. Usually the Alpha test, and early beta tests is when they do the most improvement within the game. Based on impressions 2-3 months from release, this game is going to bomb hard.

[TacoTaru]

I must have played a different beta because I found it enjoyable. One thing I don't understand from the article is the statement that most players think PvP is the reason for the game. Who would look at Elder Scrolls and think PvP rather than story and environment and lore?

[xPhearR3dx]

The PVP in this game is actually REALLY good. Plus, everyone who's played TES probably feels the urge to kill other players as we've been killing AI for years. I agree with you though, I found it enjoyable and I'll be picking it up day 1.

[wannabe gamer]

i played it quite a bit in the last 2 betas and i was impressed. the first test was buggy and very poor but the next test was extremely polished in comparison and very well done i thought.
the crafting system seemed very cool and a mix of mmo and these new survival games type of crafting in a way.

i feel like i had a completely different experience than this guy had..... as if we didnt even play the same game

[TacticAce]

Sounds like a train wreck

[mo241]

played the beta, and it was way better than I first thought, but I am more into the exploration of the whole of tamriel.(especially summerset isle and valenwood) Not that into that kind of mmo's with the grinding and pvp. But still 15 bucks a month for just exploring isn't worth it for me.

[MadLad]

It's more or less unanimous that this game has very little going for it.

[PixelNinja]

It may or may not be a good game, in the end I do believe the monthly subscription will kill it.

[demonicale666]

Honestly. I HATED IT.

Nothing remotely impressed me about the game. I've played tons of mmo games and ESO just didn't excite me one bit. Dull gameplay.

[Nocando]

Elder Scrolls is a single player game, shoe horning it into MMO form is going to spell disaster. I personally can't stand MMO's, I deal with people enough in my work/social life and gaming is my "alone time".

[YellowTempes]

This article just says why ESO is not like World of Warcraft.

[Rickgrimes95]

I'll still buy it if they get rid of monthly subscription

[Gh05t]

This article is such garbage.

He starts off by saying he's a fan of the TES series and then complains about everything that makes up the TES games. The greatest part of TES to me is that I am not forced as a mage to never pick up a bow. That's why I love the TES games is no matter what you choose you can still do whatever you want.

Freedom of choice... which also means lots of other people can choose the same thing.

Also the character creation was about the same to TES so what did he expect.

Not a huge fan of MMO games anymore but other than go hear and kill that or grab six of these what other type of quests are there?

To me he wanted this to be like other games and less like the TES. This last beta was way more fun to me than the first one I was in. I have yet to play many RPG especially MMO that isn't full of grinding. How else do you build skill points. That's kind of how life is in general. When you learn a skill in life usually it's by grinding and repetition and you start getting better.

IDK, The beta was more fun this time and to me has a bit of fun to offer and chooses to stay more focused on its TES than a normal MMO so to each thier own but don't say your a huge fan of TES and then hate what TES does since it doesn't conform to the normal MMO.