The Elder Scrolls: Blades

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  1. Jeuxvideo.com
    Apr 24, 2019
    55
    Even if it has some good ideas and it’s well adapted to this new platform, The Elder Scrolls Blades has also many flaws. A perfectible movement system, broken core mechanics, glitches… There’s still some work to do.
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  1. IGN
    Apr 23, 2019
    The Elder Scrolls: Blades has a few bright spots, but this watered-down version of Tamriel is far from the mobile Elder Scrolls game fans may have been hoping for. [Early Access Review]
  2. The Jimquisition
    Apr 12, 2019
    Just another mobile con job...A toned down Dungeon Keeper Mobile with boring combat and a deliberately unrewarding "reward" system, Blades is another shameless cash grab from a company that should know better.

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Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 56 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 56
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 56
  3. Negative: 45 out of 56
  1. Whity
    Apr 10, 2019
    1
    The game itself is a very low skill dungeon crawler. All the 'gameplay' difficulty is focused on planning for mission, which upgrades toThe game itself is a very low skill dungeon crawler. All the 'gameplay' difficulty is focused on planning for mission, which upgrades to makes, etc. Actually the gameplay is so boring that you can pay in the game to skip the gameplay (on the mission board).
    The game monetisation is very aggresive in a bad way (15$ for a weapon about 5x better than the normal is pay to win). Also the weapon will be obsolete after 1 week, where you'll get another offer for 15$+ for a better weapon.
    Skipping wait time to open chest is another monetisation path, equally as bad as most chest give worthless content in comparaison with paid weapon.
    Disclaimer: I played the game on Android (Note S8). On the teach side the game is extremely janking, skipping frame all the time. The lack of dynamic character shadow break the immersion quite a bit.
    The amount of loading screen is quite impressive, and they end up being very long.
    I'm not sure what to praise about that game, it's probably worth 0/10 but I don't want to be that mean to a franchise I love.    … Full Review »
  2. EmperorZoltan
    Apr 29, 2019
    0
    This game is a soulless, meaningless grind. Character customization is bland, framerates are choppy (for reference, I'm playing on a GalaxyThis game is a soulless, meaningless grind. Character customization is bland, framerates are choppy (for reference, I'm playing on a Galaxy S8), loot is boring and the crafting system is ATROCIOUS. The economy is poorly balanced and smashes you over the head with micro transactions CONSTANTLY, totally ruining immersion.

    The deepest combat gets is twitch reacting to hit your shield fast enough to block a blow, a pain and difficult given the way we hold phones. God forbid you're a gamer with some form of physical disability, it would be impossible to play. Play sessions longer than 15 minutes PHYSICALLY start to hurt!

    Loot boxes are doled out constantly, with appropriate pavlovian conditioning animation effect, and require timers to unlock; what POSSIBLE reason could there be to require the 5 second timer on the smallest box? It's that it costs a gem to speed up the timer! Add to that the slight delay between clicking to START opening the loot box and the animation actually starting, and you might make the silly mistake of clicking again to start, by which time everything has caught up and you've just spent a precious sum of your premium currency without confirmation! It's so transparently a greedy move to suck away the sparse amount you are doled out that it's frankly infuriating!

    Remember that feeling you had when you last played Skyrim of opening a dwemer tomb, killing a dragon or finding a hidden cache of valuable treasure? Yea, you're not going to find it here. Only RSI and exploitative microtransactions lie ahead. This game feels like it was designed by a board of consultants whom in their free time develop Slot Machines, attend EA executive board meeting and relax by returning to the 32nd layer of hell after a day of "work". It provides no sense of accomplishment or reward; it merely taps into those primitive parts of the brain that turns a person into an addict. That I hate it SO much but still have it installed is but one of many a good reason to stay well clear of this absolute garbage.    … Full Review »
  3. Draclif2
    Apr 18, 2019
    3
    Pros: Traditionally beautiful elder scrolls graphics and sound. Easy to use interface. Fun tutorial.

    Cons: linear game play...there is    Pros: Traditionally beautiful elder scrolls graphics and sound. Easy to use interface. Fun tutorial.

    Cons: linear game play...there is little open world game play here. Navigation is clumsy. Biggest issue: this is not an elder scrolls experience. This is Bethesda’s cash grab attempt at a time-based environment improvement game. A review I reposted on the apple store captures this perfectly but apple deleted it (censoring feedback).    … Full Review »
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