The Elder Scrolls Online

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Mixed or average reviews- based on 2703 Ratings

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  1. libno
    Apr 26, 2014
    2
    Now from what I hear, PvP is a marvel. If only the game were captivating enough to bring me even halfway there.

    The Elder Scrolls Online features gameplay and combat reminiscent of previous installments in the franchise as well as more generic MMO elements. However, both of these aspects feel dumbed down, which is quite surprising because I was unaware that both point and shoot    Now from what I hear, PvP is a marvel. If only the game were captivating enough to bring me even halfway there.

    The Elder Scrolls Online features gameplay and combat reminiscent of previous installments in the franchise as well as more generic MMO elements. However, both of these aspects feel dumbed down, which is quite surprising because I was unaware that both point and shoot mechanics and skill bar grinding could be simplified. This blight of gameplay was achieved by also taking the slow pace of the traditional MMO gameplay and merging it with the monotonous fps/tps gameplay.

    Once you leave combat behind, you are left with the quests. After suffering through a highly generic tutorial, players are brought to their faction's starting location. However, instead of being thrown into an event such as those from Guild Wars 2, a decision driven story instance like SWTOR's, or quite simply a decent world, like almost every MMO ever, we are thrust into a harbinger for some of the most bland and MMO-esque quests in history. In fact, the very first quest I received was a debt-collecting quest, where I talked to bandits and they fought me for 2 seconds and then paid up. After having to farm the same four bandits ten times, I began to yearn for even a "kill 10 wolves" quest.

    In short, ESO advertises elements of PvP and exploration that are deviant from more traditional members of the genre, but fails to bring the player to these points by neglecting its core elements.    … Expand
  2. Arkan01d
    Apr 26, 2014
    0
    I wanted to point out something no one else seems to have yet; the amount of negative reviews for this game and their ratio in comparison to other Elder Scrolls games on Metacritic. Morrowind: 139 positive (p) : 9 negative (n) = 6.5% of the reviews were negative. Oblivion: 351p : 70n = 19.9% negative reviews. Skyrim: 1,391p : 230n = 16.5% negative reviews. ESO: 717p : 433n = 60.4% negativeI wanted to point out something no one else seems to have yet; the amount of negative reviews for this game and their ratio in comparison to other Elder Scrolls games on Metacritic. Morrowind: 139 positive (p) : 9 negative (n) = 6.5% of the reviews were negative. Oblivion: 351p : 70n = 19.9% negative reviews. Skyrim: 1,391p : 230n = 16.5% negative reviews. ESO: 717p : 433n = 60.4% negative reviews.

    Some players have made the statement that the series has gained in popularity and therefore it's only natural to gain more negative reviews, but we see from the data that even though Skyrim's total user reviews increased by 385% it's negative ratio decreased nearly 3% in total! That is an amazing feat especially for a game franchise. Typically later installations receive more exposure, but more bad press as well. But what about the press?

    From the 116 total professional review scores, over all three previous titles, there were ONLY 2 mixed (yellow) reviews. No negative reviews are recorded on Metacritic. Both mixed reviews were for Morrowind. So the last two titles could be considered an improvement over each other as nearly all new installments of a continuing series degrades or receives lower scores from the press who are looking for more with each new release. Now we turn to ESO where the press has nearly as many mixed reviews as they do positive.

    What conclusions can we make given the data at hand? ESO is not a very good game in the cannon of the Elder Scroll series.    … Expand
  3. Deadifyed
    Apr 12, 2014
    0
    This game is so buggy it is almost unplayable. The voice acting is so bad, none of the characters have any emotion. ESO feels like a f2p game so there is no way I would pay 15 dollars a month for it. Players who want to play an MMO and are considering this, should just play LOTRO. It is free and it feels like a higher quality game than this one. I don't even like LOTRO but at least it isThis game is so buggy it is almost unplayable. The voice acting is so bad, none of the characters have any emotion. ESO feels like a f2p game so there is no way I would pay 15 dollars a month for it. Players who want to play an MMO and are considering this, should just play LOTRO. It is free and it feels like a higher quality game than this one. I don't even like LOTRO but at least it is better than this.… Expand
  4. Deathmain
    Apr 5, 2014
    3
    Après Skyrim on pouvais s’attendre a du contenue et du graphisme au rendez-vous. Hors des graphisme terne, des map qui ce ressemble, des quêtes pas trop épique, un manque cruel d'information a l’écran pour un MMORPG, bref trop casual et surement trop orienter console..
    Bref il va surement faire parti de ces MMO qui s'orientation Free-To-Play rapidement car actuellement il y a un cruel    Après Skyrim on pouvais s’attendre a du contenue et du graphisme au rendez-vous. Hors des graphisme terne, des map qui ce ressemble, des quêtes pas trop épique, un manque cruel d'information a l’écran pour un MMORPG, bref trop casual et surement trop orienter console..
    Bref il va surement faire parti de ces MMO qui s'orientation Free-To-Play rapidement car actuellement il y a un cruel manque de contenue PVE HL.
    Quand au PVP, une map...du même modèle que GW2...tout ce ressemble, rien de nouveaux et encore une fois un manque de contenue évident.
    Amateur de ESO passer votre chemin, casual débutant amusez vous bien...    … Expand
  5. wuhsin88
    Apr 12, 2014
    0
    This game is not a good MMO, and not a TES game. First of all, archery is terrible. You can only shoot things that are a few steps away. If you target an enemy, turn to face the opposite direction, and then fire, your arrow will turn 180 degrees in mid air to hit the enemy. There are no physics in the game. You can't dive underwater, so that gets rid of the Argonian's best racial power.This game is not a good MMO, and not a TES game. First of all, archery is terrible. You can only shoot things that are a few steps away. If you target an enemy, turn to face the opposite direction, and then fire, your arrow will turn 180 degrees in mid air to hit the enemy. There are no physics in the game. You can't dive underwater, so that gets rid of the Argonian's best racial power. Along with the water breathing spell. There are a lot of stupid "Kill 10 of these quests." even though the advertising says otherwise. Not only that, quests are the ONLY way to level. You can't even level just by fighting or using your skills. Well, you CAN, but the exp you get from doing those things is so marginal it would take days to gain one level that way. There's no freedom to explore, you are railroaded along a linear path by enemies that will one-shot you if they're a few levels higher than you. The dungeons are linear, it's impossible to get a group for them, and when someone leaves you have to exit the dungeon, and recruit a replacement because they can't be completed with less than a full party, THEN you have to start the dungeon over from the beginning. Your choices don't matter, the phasing does not do anything but make it impossible to play with friends. The PVP is fun at first, but then you realize the keeps change hands every 30 minutes, so there's no sense of accomplishment really. The world was built for 3rd person play, then they added in 1st person mode, but it doesn't feel the same as the games because buildings are scaled for 3rd person so their ceilings are like a hundred feet above you, even for the one-room dirt floor shacks that peasants live in. There are also lots of bugged quests, and a cash shop already built into the game. So you can count on this abomination going f2p within a year.… Expand
  6. TheOsman
    Apr 5, 2014
    1
    We want single player, immersive games for mature players, where you get to make real choices and alter the fate of the player.

    WE DO NOT want another crappy MMO game. This game is truly dissapointing, unoriginal and a poor allocation of time and resources. Just think if they made a sequel game for the Elder Scrolls Universe instead! But this money grabbing scheme is what we get from    We want single player, immersive games for mature players, where you get to make real choices and alter the fate of the player.

    WE DO NOT want another crappy MMO game. This game is truly dissapointing, unoriginal and a poor allocation of time and resources.

    Just think if they made a sequel game for the Elder Scrolls Universe instead! But this money grabbing scheme is what we get from producers who disregard what the gamers truly want. Haven't the success of the Fallout series and previous Elder Scrolls games proven this already?    … Expand
  7. tgirgis
    Apr 12, 2014
    3
    If your into open world games like Skyrim, Stay away from this catastrophe. It's an awful SW:TOR clone if I ever did see one, and anyone who tells you otherwise is just trying to convince themselves that it's good.

    I'm amazed at the amount of lies on this page, I mean you can say you like it all you want, but when the word "immersion" gets thrown in, I know it's someone with so much    If your into open world games like Skyrim, Stay away from this catastrophe. It's an awful SW:TOR clone if I ever did see one, and anyone who tells you otherwise is just trying to convince themselves that it's good.

    I'm amazed at the amount of lies on this page, I mean you can say you like it all you want, but when the word "immersion" gets thrown in, I know it's someone with so much emotionally invested in this trash game that they will say anything to see it succeed. As stated by another poster, if you support this game you will be supporting the continued degradation of MMOs and games in general.    … Expand
  8. Michael_J_Wall
    Apr 5, 2014
    4
    Well i wanted to like this game but i find myself feeling extremely guilty about how to break it to my friend that i really don't want to be bothered playing it with him every evening.
    Its just extremely tedious & boring having to complete pointless quest after quest just so that your in game Avatar will level up sufficiently for you to actually start exploring and doing things that you    Well i wanted to like this game but i find myself feeling extremely guilty about how to break it to my friend that i really don't want to be bothered playing it with him every evening.
    Its just extremely tedious & boring having to complete pointless quest after quest just so that your in game Avatar will level up sufficiently for you to actually start exploring and doing things that you might like to do.
    It is an improvement on LOTRO where you click on a series of buttons in the center of the screen in order to tell your avatar what actions to perform but that's all it is an improvement.
    This day and age you shouldn't have to spend hundreds of hours jumping through hoops to be able to get stuck into a game and until publishers realize that then they will only have a very limited appeal to the majority of intelligent gamer's.

    Very disappointing 4 out of ten.    … Expand
  9. bigbob123
    Apr 5, 2014
    2
    Cool. My first review got deleted so here I go again.
    1. Constant Crashing in PVP.
    2. Infinite Loading screen in PVP. 3. Helmet randomly deleted during crafting or turning helmet off. 4. Lots of issues with the mounts in the game. Random dismounts, falling through world, being unable to move after mounting. 5. Bugged quests all over the place. 6. Random falling through world. 7. The    Cool. My first review got deleted so here I go again.
    1. Constant Crashing in PVP.
    2. Infinite Loading screen in PVP.
    3. Helmet randomly deleted during crafting or turning helmet off.
    4. Lots of issues with the mounts in the game. Random dismounts, falling through world, being unable to move after mounting.
    5. Bugged quests all over the place.
    6. Random falling through world.
    7. The disable /stuck in Cyrodiil. God help if you if you get stuck in Cyrodiil. Support says "Go play another character".

    And the list goes on and on. Full of bugs, and no word from Zenimax on when the plan to fix this.    … Expand
  10. mruno
    Apr 8, 2014
    1
    Very disappointing, basically a World of Warcraft with nicer graphics. It's very static, nothing you do in the world feels like it effects anything else. Would not recommend, especially when you look at the price.

    Almost definitely will get boring quickly for most people.
  11. AHeavyHammer
    Apr 6, 2014
    4
    On pen and paper this was a brilliant idea, and it does me great pain that I believe the game deserves no better than a 4/10.

    First and foremost, the attitude the player has going into the game will make or break whether or not they will like it. Expecting the typical Elder Scrolls experience, but being able to play with friends? This isn't the game you want to be going for. Expecting a    On pen and paper this was a brilliant idea, and it does me great pain that I believe the game deserves no better than a 4/10.

    First and foremost, the attitude the player has going into the game will make or break whether or not they will like it. Expecting the typical Elder Scrolls experience, but being able to play with friends? This isn't the game you want to be going for. Expecting a new MMO in a continent that we've surely all grown to love? Then the game offers that, and by all means, don't hold back from buying it if you believe the monthly fee is worth it.

    However, the game has a few standout issues. The biggest concern would have to be the size of the world versus where the player will often be going. While there are many places to explore, the areas often will only have a generic quest typical to MMOs, and after the player completes this quest, they will be given no incentive to return. The art team spent a bit too much money on a world that, in the end, will serve as a draw-distance horizon 80% of the time.

    The next issue is the combat, although it's not as bad overall . The melee combat specifically, while done well, is very weightless, often seeming like a heavy two-handed hammer is as easy to swing as a dagger. The spells, however, are mixed between good and bad. Zenimax definitely did the right thing in bringing back Oblivion's and Morrowind's style of spellcasting, where spells do not have to be bound to a hand, laving room for a weapon and shield, or two weapons. This also works very well with the limited number of keybindings, so the player does not have to enter the spellbook every time to change between spells. However, although the developers promised there would be no specialized classes, the four classes that were introduced have a bit too much separation between available spells. While this isn't necessary a horrible thing, it definitely takes away from the player making their character different from all of the other characters playing the same base class.

    On the topic of characters, customization is also lacking based on what Zenimax could have done. Hairstyles, for example, are low on number and generally don't have an aesthetic appeal. Scars, as well, are seriously lacking, and could certainly use more variety.

    Overall, although this is far from being the worst game of the decade, it certainly falls short on what it promises to be. The box price is a little on the high side with the $15 monthly price coming after the first free month, especially if you decide to purchase the Imperial Edition. There is also the problem with lore inconsistencies, but that would be touching upon personal preference. As a standalone MMO, this would definitely be worth the price, but it certainly doesn't live up to its namesake, and hardcore fans of the series should approach the game cautiously, but definitely not avoid it entirely.    … Expand
  12. Yalingo
    Apr 19, 2014
    4
    Very disappointing game. The launch was a mess and the customer support is even worse. The gameplay is slow and clunky, the questing is 10 year old wow style and the servers are rife with gold spammers, bugs and stability issues.

    Avoid.
  13. FWordFizz
    Oct 2, 2014
    0
    This game gets a 0 on principal of existing. Oh I need at least 150 characters hunh. WELL HERE WE GO KIDDOS. If you want to play an MMO I feel bad for you, but play anyone but this. WoW is the best timesink, SWTOR is the biggest dissapointmenti with the best space combat. Guild Wars 2 is the best until you reach the level cap when there is nothing to do. Basicly, if your into MMO's don'tThis game gets a 0 on principal of existing. Oh I need at least 150 characters hunh. WELL HERE WE GO KIDDOS. If you want to play an MMO I feel bad for you, but play anyone but this. WoW is the best timesink, SWTOR is the biggest dissapointmenti with the best space combat. Guild Wars 2 is the best until you reach the level cap when there is nothing to do. Basicly, if your into MMO's don't play this one because it is bad. If your not into MMO's don't get into them. Just go play KOTOR or a good old RPG.… Expand
  14. ConorHat
    May 2, 2014
    1
    Sub fees for a mediocre MMO in 2014? Obviously Bethesda hasn't learned the valuable lessons from all the other game companies who have failed, or maybe they were just so cocky about Elder Scrolls they thought failure would be impossible. Go right now and watch Angry Joe's ESO review. He summarizes my thoughts in his video nicely, the URL is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov3B26h12C4
  15. obendz
    Apr 22, 2014
    1
    It's a beautiful world (not as lovely as ES V: Skyrim) and full of hundreds of quests, dungeons, etc. However, the glitches, bugs and bots inside it are just to extreme to ignore. People have a tendency to say 'oh, that's how every mmo starts off' - that is not an excuse and does not justify it. If a generic game was released unfinished, there would be just as many complaints and returnsIt's a beautiful world (not as lovely as ES V: Skyrim) and full of hundreds of quests, dungeons, etc. However, the glitches, bugs and bots inside it are just to extreme to ignore. People have a tendency to say 'oh, that's how every mmo starts off' - that is not an excuse and does not justify it. If a generic game was released unfinished, there would be just as many complaints and returns of the game. This game is essentially appalling and a serious let down to the Elder Scrolls franchise. ZeniMax need to seriously work on their client and server issues as the amount of maintenance that has been needed is just scary. My laptop is a beast of a laptop and I have fiber optic broadband (60mbs), so I have no problem with any other game.

    This one however, today alone, I attempted to log in 17 times before giving up as the amount of 'errors' i got. Yesterday, I had no problem. I really adivse, anyone wanting to buy this game, wait for several months - by then, the majority of people will have got bored of the game (I have) and left. Seeing as there are Rank 1 - 10 veterans everywhere now and its not even something special, everything felt like a race at the beginning (not that you HAD to race).

    The Main story line.... just sucked... it was so terrible. The only thing I liked about it was listening to John Cleese and Michael Gambon.    … Expand
  16. jpp293
    Apr 22, 2014
    1
    This game was a major disappointment for me. The game comes of as a beta and is filled with glitched that makes the game a pain to play. The extremely low review is for the poor quality of the game, the subscription model they used while charging a initial $80 for the complete game. Maybe patches could help improve the game slightly but I would highly recommend not buying this gameThis game was a major disappointment for me. The game comes of as a beta and is filled with glitched that makes the game a pain to play. The extremely low review is for the poor quality of the game, the subscription model they used while charging a initial $80 for the complete game. Maybe patches could help improve the game slightly but I would highly recommend not buying this game until it goes free to play.… Expand
  17. JJthis
    Apr 24, 2014
    0
    I am a huge Elder Scrolls fan and this has officially gotten me looking at something else to make up for the hole that it's left me with.
    It's a good MMO, no issues there. But firstly I cannot see it justifying the fee. Secondly it's fighting is slow at the best of times.
    It looks good, very good, so at least they have that, which is nice. Now for the bad? This can be the greatest MMO    I am a huge Elder Scrolls fan and this has officially gotten me looking at something else to make up for the hole that it's left me with.
    It's a good MMO, no issues there. But firstly I cannot see it justifying the fee. Secondly it's fighting is slow at the best of times.
    It looks good, very good, so at least they have that, which is nice.
    Now for the bad?
    This can be the greatest MMO it wants to be but in the end it still fails to be the most important thing: An Elder Scrolls game. It doesn't feel like an Elder Scrolls game and, apart from the obvious fact that Bethesda has now also lost it and gone for greed rather than looking after the real fans of the universe, it certainly doesn't have the appeal of an Elder Scrolls game. I spent over 350 hours on Skyrim alone. Not even to mention the amount of hours I'd spent on each of the other Elder Scrolls games. The Elder Scrolls Online will not see me sinking any more hours into it.
    Get Dark Souls or The Witcher, because Bethesda has officially ruined its best franchise.    … Expand
  18. htdffggssdfgfds
    Apr 26, 2014
    2
    Well i have played many mmorpgs. The first thing i thought was pretty cool, was the cold dark look this game carries. That with the quest dialog. Untill i reached level 14, i realized that everything in this game is just repetitive. Kill monsters, smith, make food lol. I guess you can just try to hit level 10 and just have fun player killing. Long story short. I could not go any furtherWell i have played many mmorpgs. The first thing i thought was pretty cool, was the cold dark look this game carries. That with the quest dialog. Untill i reached level 14, i realized that everything in this game is just repetitive. Kill monsters, smith, make food lol. I guess you can just try to hit level 10 and just have fun player killing. Long story short. I could not go any further after level 14. Simply had to quit it felt like it was a chore to continue. wasn't addicting. Also, after the game came out after two days. I seen people who reached the max level already. ????? what???
    well. Have fun with this game- i'm out lol    … Expand
  19. Grim13
    Jun 25, 2014
    0
    Here's my verdict after 3+ months:

    PvE: -Bugs -Glitches -Broken Passives -Failing Skills -Broken Quests -Imbalanced -Rollbacks PvP: -Bugs -Glitches -Broken Passives -Failing Skills -Imbalanced -Broken Fwd Camps, Doors, Repair Kits, Compass, etc. -Crashes - LAG The game may be pretty... but it is NOT worth a sub. It should still be in beta testing. Every patch    Here's my verdict after 3+ months:

    PvE:

    -Bugs
    -Glitches
    -Broken Passives
    -Failing Skills
    -Broken Quests
    -Imbalanced
    -Rollbacks

    PvP:

    -Bugs
    -Glitches
    -Broken Passives
    -Failing Skills
    -Imbalanced
    -Broken Fwd Camps, Doors, Repair Kits, Compass, etc.
    -Crashes
    - LAG

    The game may be pretty... but it is NOT worth a sub. It should still be in beta testing. Every patch they put out breaks more things than it fixes, lol, so the game is seriously getting worse.    … Expand
  20. hulkmaster
    Apr 21, 2019
    0
    Typical
    Non-intuitive
    Overcomplexed
    Laggy

    Started to play that game only because my friends asked me to join them, but its just "yet-another-typical MMORPG" and not even average among them.

    I guess i'll go back to my beloved GW2 and will be waiting for Ashes of Creation to come
  21. berkay1122
    Aug 5, 2016
    1
    ". Now think about that for a minute, exactly how much $$$$ has Blizz got from it's fans and dedicated gamers over the years and what exactly do we get to show for it................WE GET A FUC*ING PANDA TO PLAY WITH....WTH!!! Of the hundreds on millions and millions of $$$ that Blizz has managed to take from it's community from Gamers....ask yourself something, has the game "ACTUALLY''". Now think about that for a minute, exactly how much $$$$ has Blizz got from it's fans and dedicated gamers over the years and what exactly do we get to show for it................WE GET A FUC*ING PANDA TO PLAY WITH....WTH!!! Of the hundreds on millions and millions of $$$ that Blizz has managed to take from it's community from Gamers....ask yourself something, has the game "ACTUALLY'' got better??? "

    Yes WoW got better, alot better but you were far away while it happens. also teso is not f2p it's b2p...    … Expand
  22. FluffyPaws
    Jun 16, 2014
    4
    I have played this game from launch till now, and I must say my interest in this game is fading. I do try to log in once a day as I have met some of the best people I have ever come across in many MMOs I have played, but sadly, the game has become so boring that I struggle to stay online.

    Pros: Community. Personally I feel the player base is decent and after playing for a few months I    I have played this game from launch till now, and I must say my interest in this game is fading. I do try to log in once a day as I have met some of the best people I have ever come across in many MMOs I have played, but sadly, the game has become so boring that I struggle to stay online.

    Pros:
    Community. Personally I feel the player base is decent and after playing for a few months I have yet to come across a really annoying player. Zone chat can go a bit viral but it is nothing like other MMOs.

    Less elitism. Most players look the same and their gears look pretty much the same. No fancy exclusive mounts or rainbow coloured weapons (yet) mean you can kind of relax. Noone is standing behind you trying to inspect you either.

    No UI overload and more immersive gameplay. They really tried to keep the UI minimalistic. It took me a while to get used to, but I do feel it helped me become immersed in the game environment.

    Cons:
    You can't actually play whatever the way you like, as classes are very unbalanced and some skills have little or no synergy. There are some cookie-cutter skills that are clearly superior to others in most situations, and this has discouraged me from trying out different play style.

    Having only 5 skills on the action bar and having to weapon swap feel so limiting and not fun at all.

    Dungeons lack charms or characteristics, and most boss fights are simply tedious while others will just one shot you. There is nothing in between. Non veteran dungeons are not rewarding at all and players are not seeing enough intensives to actually repeat a run, which resulted in lack of people wanting to do a pick up group run.

    Cyrodill (PVP area) is so sparse and empty, you will really need to be patient to actually get to the action. You will most likely spend a lot of time running around trying to get from A to B.

    The bugs. They are simply never ending. I cannot believe that after all the maintenance they had, there are still some crippling bugs that really affect the game play. For example, when you form a group, the game will randomly select you as a group leader, or worse, it will get rid of the leader right from everyone. The result is having to disband the group and trying to reform, hoping that it will work again. There are also numerous bugs within the dungeons that are so infuriating.

    Trading system. It is simply not working. As the guild shop is close to being useless (it is extremely buggy and slow, and you can't even search a specific item), players are forced to use the zone chat to trade.

    Questing is repetitive and predictable. While they managed to avoid the typical fetch or kill type quests, they are still extremely boring. Most of the time you will have to run around to talk to NPCs to find out that there was a betrayal or murder of some sort, then you will be sent to kill the bad guy in the crypt or somewhere similar. Or you will be running around activating some ward or shards to enter a portal. It was interesting in the beginning, but it quickly became old.

    Overall, this was a major disappointment for me and I could only hope that they will either add a good amount of new contents or attempt an overhaul (unlikely).    … Expand
  23. randomname420
    Jun 16, 2015
    2
    To be fair, I've only put a couple hours into this game, so it's hard to give it a thorough review. That said, there's a reason I've only put a couple hours into this game. It's not up to the standards of any current generation platform. It feels dated, even by last generation standards.

    In general, RPGs are my favorite genre of game. So far, I haven't been able to get past the horrible    To be fair, I've only put a couple hours into this game, so it's hard to give it a thorough review. That said, there's a reason I've only put a couple hours into this game. It's not up to the standards of any current generation platform. It feels dated, even by last generation standards.

    In general, RPGs are my favorite genre of game. So far, I haven't been able to get past the horrible graphics and terrible game play. That might have something to do with the fact I've been playing Destiny (which has its own flaws) so much for the past few months. To go from Destiny to Elder Scrolls, it feels like I broke out my old PS2.

    I'll try to give it another chance considering the game wasn't cheap. But after that, I expect it'll be on ebay sooner rather than later.    … Expand
  24. Starapter
    Nov 16, 2014
    1
    I was really excited for this game, I have Skyrim and I even pre-ordered the Elder Scrolls online. I expected it to be good, since it was $60 but i got so much lag i was barely able to get to the log in screen, not to mention you have to pay $12 per month and an extra $20 to play as an imperial. When I created my character it was laggy and i wasn't even able to complete the tutorial. TheI was really excited for this game, I have Skyrim and I even pre-ordered the Elder Scrolls online. I expected it to be good, since it was $60 but i got so much lag i was barely able to get to the log in screen, not to mention you have to pay $12 per month and an extra $20 to play as an imperial. When I created my character it was laggy and i wasn't even able to complete the tutorial. The servers are too big and all the people takes away from the experience, not to mention the lag. The loading screen is slower than Skyrims and I'll be sitting here for 10-15 minutes just waiting for the character selection to load. In my opinion the Elder Scrolls online would be better if there was an option to play solo without so many players and if you didn't need to pay every month. It might be better if you don't need a subscription. My review might not be accurate since i haven't been able to get anywhere in the story because its constantly freezing and crashing. The only impressive thing is the character selection, because with the selection you won't see other users with the same appearance. It's not worth spending so much money to play, just go with Skyrim… Expand
  25. Jeeves
    Dec 29, 2014
    4
    Elder Scrolls Online(ESO) represents one of the biggest disappointments of 2014 and one of the biggest wasted opportunities in gaming history. Take the expansive world of Tamriel combined with open ended game play that The Elder Scrolls usually affords and add in massively multiplayer so you can share the world with others, sounds like a winning combination yes? Prepare for utterElder Scrolls Online(ESO) represents one of the biggest disappointments of 2014 and one of the biggest wasted opportunities in gaming history. Take the expansive world of Tamriel combined with open ended game play that The Elder Scrolls usually affords and add in massively multiplayer so you can share the world with others, sounds like a winning combination yes? Prepare for utter disappointment.

    The game world is huge and at times beautiful and yet is let down by bog standard theme park mmo design. The game was in very bad shape at release and while many bugs have been squished since then, there are still MAJOR issues with lag, abilities, weapon swapping and general game performance. There are so many changes happening to the game at the moment that endgame is not worth playing and the games developers are so incompetent that any issues they fix several more are implemented. It's like watching a train wreck in slow motion.
    Current endgame players face losing several months worth of character progress as the developers scramble to change the poorly received veteran system and implement a new champion leveling system that looks to change very little of the games current imbalance and seemingly impenetrable wall of leveling.
    Zenimmax Online Studios will go down as being one of the most incompetent development studios with an extremely poor relationship with their playing customers.    … Expand
  26. RomperStomper
    May 23, 2018
    1
    Well this game walked a long way. Most of the bad reviews are from the release of the game. I played the open beta and was total **** Then bought it 2015 on promotion and didn't play it. Started playing it October of 2017. Game runs smooth @ 4K with more than 100 fps. Haven't seen a bug so far at level 50. I'm not saying there are none - a software without bugs is a dream but it seems theyWell this game walked a long way. Most of the bad reviews are from the release of the game. I played the open beta and was total **** Then bought it 2015 on promotion and didn't play it. Started playing it October of 2017. Game runs smooth @ 4K with more than 100 fps. Haven't seen a bug so far at level 50. I'm not saying there are none - a software without bugs is a dream but it seems they really fixed a lot. Engine looks amazing now nothing to have with that ugly buggy engine SWTOR used. Only the trees are telltale of what engine the game is using. I like the quests, everything is VO, it's relaxing with tons of content. I mean this is the first MMO that I will give a 10 for being amazing for what it is. Of course it's not for everyone. But for hardcore PvP I'm playing other FPS games.… Expand
  27. phoofboy
    Oct 9, 2014
    2
    It's a bland MMO with a faint hint of Elder Scrolls lore and imagery thrown in. If it weren't the Elder Scrolls hint of flavor it would be 0 stars. Even still the game is a buggy mess.
  28. alpharaven
    Oct 7, 2014
    1
    I wanted to like this game but it is just too poorly made for multiplayer experience. It is too easy to surpass or get behind your buddies XP levels, which means you have to wait for them to catch up, you have to replay parts you beat with them to get them up to speed, or jump in a random group wanting to do the quest you are at. Another junk mechanic is the quests themselves. You find youI wanted to like this game but it is just too poorly made for multiplayer experience. It is too easy to surpass or get behind your buddies XP levels, which means you have to wait for them to catch up, you have to replay parts you beat with them to get them up to speed, or jump in a random group wanting to do the quest you are at. Another junk mechanic is the quests themselves. You find you must do every quest just to get your XP as maxed as possible before entering the next region. I found myself taking quests from someone who clearly was going to be the evil antagonist or spoke as a superior to myself, just for the XP. In Skyrim, if someone approached me saying "go run my errand you inadequate serf, they would quickly receive the most negative dialog option or maybe even a blow to the head. In this crap game, I found myself saying "yeah they did totally disrespect me as if I'm their servant...but I do need that XP before I get into the "Shadowfen" region... Worse yet is the amount of cheesy quests. 90% of quests are just point A to B, back to A (or some variation of this). By level 10, I realized that the game would be better named "Cabella's Big White Arrow Hunter 2014", as I rocketed from arrow to arrow on my minimap, but by level 20, I felt the name should be "Postal Service Delivery Simulator 2014". Needless to say, this game is so grindy that only the most autistic, obsessive compulsive types can continue playing. Especially when you realize that after you beat the game in terms of finishing all your alliances missions, the programmers pull the biggest Deus Ex Machina dick move possible, claiming you need to see the world through your enemies eyes an
    d have you play through the quests of the other 2 alliances. So now you are taking up the cause of the other alliances, oddly enough, while simultaneously fighting them in the Cyrodil arena. After "seeing the world through your enemies eyes" by playing through all their quests, which implies to gain sympathy or understand their motives, you then are dumped back into your Alliance to wage ruthless battle against them. Overall, I found this game to be a massive fail, and as I stated before, a game only the most autistic and/or obsessive compulsive types could keep up. If you enjoy grinding and your idea of fun would bore the average person, this is the game for you. If you are an ES fanboy like me and get snagged into this time-sink, stop, step back, ask yourself "am I having fun or just running around trying to make the newest white arrow on my minimap go away", and if it is the latter answer, move on to the countless FUN games out there. *Rant Transmission ended*    … Expand
  29. Tredent
    Apr 6, 2014
    3
    Often u get underleveled since quest system is badly done so you don't know where to go sometimes etc.
    Even when u do quest for ur same level some "boss" monsters is noway u could solo. Guess they dident look on other mmo's that much.
    Hopefully they patch the game and make it less buggy. Kinda boring to play right now.
  30. Demonik420
    Apr 8, 2014
    4
    this game is the worst thing to EVER happen to The Elder Scrolls series.. Lets hope they can sweep this under the rug FAST and start work on the next SINGLE PLAYER entry to the series!.

    honestly I'd rather play TES:Arena, a 20 year old game than this lame excuse for a TES MMO
  31. velrap
    Apr 5, 2014
    1
    I had big expectations for this game because of their games in the past; Skyrim, Oblivion etc.
    I've played this for 10 min. And I've made up my mind. Really really bad.
    Bad Graphics, adjusted to max settings, but it looks like a 5 year old game. No real atmosphere, at all. Already during the character creation i had a bad feeling. Skyrim = like a great HD movie. (even on PS3) ELSO =    I had big expectations for this game because of their games in the past; Skyrim, Oblivion etc.
    I've played this for 10 min. And I've made up my mind. Really really bad.
    Bad Graphics, adjusted to max settings, but it looks like a 5 year old game.
    No real atmosphere, at all. Already during the character creation i had a bad feeling.

    Skyrim = like a great HD movie. (even on PS3)
    ELSO = comic book from 80s.    … Expand
  32. Grossles
    Apr 6, 2014
    1
    No normal the Auction House
    No normal LFG tool.
    Horrible animation.
    PVP - Clone WvWvW b2p gw2.
    Disgusting interface.
    A lot of bugs.
    Horrible technical support.
  33. Kitruck
    Apr 8, 2014
    3
    Prácticamente falla en todo. Debería haber sido un Skyrim pero masivo, mismo tipo de misiones, cazas de dragones y otros monstruos en raid, aventuras cooperativas en grupo, etc.
    Pero en lugar de eso, es un MMO que prácticamente falla en todo. Resulta repetitivo, y lo que más debería divertir en un MMO, explorar, te aburre increiblemente cuando llevas un par de horas jugando. Tiene una    Prácticamente falla en todo. Debería haber sido un Skyrim pero masivo, mismo tipo de misiones, cazas de dragones y otros monstruos en raid, aventuras cooperativas en grupo, etc.
    Pero en lugar de eso, es un MMO que prácticamente falla en todo. Resulta repetitivo, y lo que más debería divertir en un MMO, explorar, te aburre increiblemente cuando llevas un par de horas jugando. Tiene una interfaz muy poco intuitiva, unos gráficos peor que su antecesor, y desde luego se aleja mucho de ser un Elder Scrolls.
    Sin duda el juego merece un pago inicial de 40/50 €, pero NUNCA una suscripción. Dentro de unos meses cuando la gente se haya ido, porque se irá, y lo pongan gratis, quizá juegue, mientras no me aburra...    … Expand
  34. tysonwritesel
    Apr 6, 2014
    4
    Boring Boring Boring. The music is overrated, the voices are annoying. Game looks like Myst or something. Nothing of interest here even to fantasy people, I say this one belongs on the Dragon Age heap. Yeah, if you were a Dragon Age freak you might like this. Once the spell wears off in about 6 hours... well just keep your $60. Oblivion was top, Skyrim was a notch lower with thatBoring Boring Boring. The music is overrated, the voices are annoying. Game looks like Myst or something. Nothing of interest here even to fantasy people, I say this one belongs on the Dragon Age heap. Yeah, if you were a Dragon Age freak you might like this. Once the spell wears off in about 6 hours... well just keep your $60. Oblivion was top, Skyrim was a notch lower with that stupid interface... this doesn't even chart. Enjoy your $60 Zenimax, hopefully the game will be fun next time.… Expand
  35. telefoonboek
    Apr 19, 2014
    0
    Very bad, bought a ingame horse and it said I would receive ingame mail with instructions to get it. 2 hours later still waiting. When you contact customer support you get walled with standard responses without someone actually reading what u typed.

    This left a very bad taste
  36. Masterpulha
    Apr 21, 2014
    3
    Im a mmo lover, played all big titles and unfortunately this is not the game i was expecting. I was expecting a fun game, exciting, tons of things to discover, a game that would glue me to the screen for months .. instead i got a game that made me bored in 1 week game play. 1 week, that's how long you will play this game before you get UBBER bored of questing and farming .. cause that'sIm a mmo lover, played all big titles and unfortunately this is not the game i was expecting. I was expecting a fun game, exciting, tons of things to discover, a game that would glue me to the screen for months .. instead i got a game that made me bored in 1 week game play. 1 week, that's how long you will play this game before you get UBBER bored of questing and farming .. cause that's all you can do. Wow took me months to get bored, even Aion was more fun than this game. Huge disappointment for someone who pre-ordered Imperial Edition.… Expand
  37. Stikkers
    Apr 21, 2014
    1
    Jesus Christ I've never been more disappointed in Bethesda. Well done.
    Give everything to Obsidian now please. And don't **** up Fallout or you will lose your whole fanbase.
  38. enut_butter
    Apr 16, 2014
    2
    Just really disappointing in literally every way.

    Combat is wonky, the game feels barren, the bow animations are SO bad that I cringed every time I used one, and the most serious offense this game commits, it doesn't even remotely feel like an Elder Scrolls game. I didn't buy this game thinking it was gonna be Skyrim 2.0 or anything like that, but I assumed there would be SOME    Just really disappointing in literally every way.

    Combat is wonky, the game feels barren, the bow animations are SO bad that I cringed every time I used one, and the most serious offense this game commits, it doesn't even remotely feel like an Elder Scrolls game.

    I didn't buy this game thinking it was gonna be Skyrim 2.0 or anything like that, but I assumed there would be SOME feeling of an Elder Scrolls game. Well, there is NONE. This feels like any other mediocre MMO I've played over the last 10 years.

    Would not recommend, and really wish I could get a refund. This is a $200 million dollar abortion.    … Expand
  39. IGNsus
    Apr 15, 2014
    0
    So now that the dust has settled, we are seeing what people actually think about this game.

    As I'd suspected, the game does not have any lasting appeal. People have already moved on.
  40. cripplerca
    Apr 15, 2014
    1
    This game has amazing graphics but its not a game for everyone its more suited for an experienced MMO player. This is a good game however I will not be continuing after the 1st 30 days not because its a bad game just not a game for me I get bored with the questing wish they had a dungeon system like most MMO's do. Happy I tried it but not a game for me
  41. Ceridwen8
    Jun 1, 2014
    3
    I played this through beta & briefly, into live. I don't have a lot to add to the criticism, except to say I found no reason to actually play this mmo. If it's aimed at PvP mainly, I wasn't aware of that when I bought the game, & I had read enough to believe the ES world & story would be paramount. It isn't. The play style itself is awkward & irritating, the races basicallyI played this through beta & briefly, into live. I don't have a lot to add to the criticism, except to say I found no reason to actually play this mmo. If it's aimed at PvP mainly, I wasn't aware of that when I bought the game, & I had read enough to believe the ES world & story would be paramount. It isn't. The play style itself is awkward & irritating, the races basically interchangeable & for some reason, it's too easy to put your, say, High Elf among the Bretons. I'm not sure who they're catering to, but it isn't people who loved Skyrim.

    We already have mmos that cater to PvP, to raids - and I found *nothing* in ESO that offers something new, improved or unique. It's a step back in many ways - shared nodes, cooperative play, character personal story. After trying this, I cycled back through the old mmos I'd played, & depending on your taste, each one offers something unavailable in ESO.    … Expand
  42. reapz
    Apr 4, 2014
    0
    Not a finished game it needs a year or so , so many bugs game was rushed. If people stick around for a while it might be worth the price tag and time /effort but atm its not fun to be playing a unfinished game.

    Also the ui is just bad
  43. FPSSucks
    Apr 5, 2014
    1
    You can read why this game sucks below, besides, they probably share the same opinion because this game is a complete disappointment. Don't buy it, please, just buy a good game or wait for a good to come later this year. This game is abysmal.
  44. CasanovaGamez
    Apr 26, 2014
    0
    Update after more time do not give your money to these people. This is not a game, this is not Elder Scrolls this is the biggest let down you will ever see/play.
  45. wooflikeabear
    Apr 17, 2014
    1
    The game is pretty and the quest design is phenomenal (very few kill x, collect y type of missions and more on discovery, exploration, revenge, rescue, etc.). But the bugs, oh the bugs. Bugged NPCs hindering progression, bugged bosses hindering quest completion, bugged combat hindering ability to block, dodge or even activate skills, bugged characters wiping out bank contents. I'd rate theThe game is pretty and the quest design is phenomenal (very few kill x, collect y type of missions and more on discovery, exploration, revenge, rescue, etc.). But the bugs, oh the bugs. Bugged NPCs hindering progression, bugged bosses hindering quest completion, bugged combat hindering ability to block, dodge or even activate skills, bugged characters wiping out bank contents. I'd rate the bugginess of this game as almost on par with how bad Vanguard and Age of Conan were at release. They really should do what the Final Fantasy XIV people did and re-release the game after making it playable.

    And then of course there's all the cut corners in development: No character nameplates. Limited UI. Mobs and bosses don't scale in toughness so nothing is a challenge when you're grouped. Forced solo instances for progression that only certain builds can complete. It's like the game designers treated this like all their single player games and said lets release some alpha build of the game and rely on the player base to write patches and UI mods to make it playable - the only thing being this is an MMO and unlike their previous single player games that had such a huge modding community, the gamers can't just fix what the developers have screwed up.

    I want to love this game based purely on the quest designs and the visuals, but it's hard to with all the rest of the issues. I think I'll wait till this goes free-to-play and for the bugs to get fixed and check it out again in a few months.    … Expand
  46. xenjajvex
    Jan 17, 2016
    1
    I've been playing for a couple years now and I'm now vet rank
    16, have 500k+ gold and have done everything there is to do...
    The two expansions have recently made me realise the direction in which the game is going and that is nowhere. Let's just say all these expansions introduce is more grind (collectibles with insanely low drop rates) and more headache and cringe with the crappy    I've been playing for a couple years now and I'm now vet rank
    16, have 500k+ gold and have done everything there is to do...

    The two expansions have recently made me realise the direction
    in which the game is going and that is nowhere. Let's just say all
    these expansions introduce is more grind (collectibles with insanely
    low drop rates) and more headache and cringe with the crappy voice
    acting and spazzy character animations.

    The graphics and sounds are clearly last gen! The voice acting, animations,
    story and plot are not worthy of being tied to the Elder Scrolls name and let's
    not forget the really bad community, half of which are not true ES fans but MMO
    fan boys and math nerds that care only for stats, numbers and the best gear, not
    story and content and lore which should be priority. Oh, and another thing with these
    MMO **** is their obsession with breaking the lore with their suggesting of dragon
    mounts and other "fun" additions to the game which often completely disregard the
    awesomeness that is Elder Scrolls lore. Obviously, ZOS loves their little community
    and goes ahead and listens to them anyway because all they really care about is money!

    I feel sorry for Bethesda, honestly... I can't imagine what's going through their minds as
    ZOS (the parent company) does some squats and sh!ts all over the lore.

    The sad reality is that this could very well be the end of the Elder Scrolls franchise. I can't
    believe though that I actually dropped out of college for this POS game! It's addicting for sure
    but I guess it's the same for every MMO. Obviously, as an ES fan I believed for a very long
    time that things would change because how in the hell could an Elder Scrolls game f*ck up
    so badly?! How naive I was. ESO is just another MMO for the brain dead masses with no taste
    and those who have forgotten what fun is. No true ES fan should touch this game; don't let the
    name deceive you, this isn't an ES game. It's a cash grab! & an epic fail. You must believe me!

    If you ever play this game you're life will hit rock bottom faster than you can say Oy vey.

    RIP Elder Scrolls 1994 - 2014    … Expand
  47. Mnobody
    Feb 23, 2021
    0
    Im a major ES fan. I tried this game in 2014 when it first released. I hated it then. I tried it again recently in 2021 thinking it might have improved and bought the heavily discounted expansion set. It did not.

    I hate this game for its most critical aspect - the combat. I tried playing as Dragonknight and Necro - two classes supposedly ranks as the "most fun". Yet the combat stayed so    Im a major ES fan. I tried this game in 2014 when it first released. I hated it then. I tried it again recently in 2021 thinking it might have improved and bought the heavily discounted expansion set. It did not.

    I hate this game for its most critical aspect - the combat. I tried playing as Dragonknight and Necro - two classes supposedly ranks as the "most fun". Yet the combat stayed so painfully tedious and grinding that there is no joy in playing at all. Fights follow the "let me spam 3 skills" 20x for mobs that are on health steroids and offer no notable rewards or exp for it. It will feel like literal minutes to take down 1 basic mob and get that "generous" 2 xp. Occasionally I got a monster part for fishing or 5 gold - wtf in 8 hours i didn't even find anything to spend gold on and never discovered any fishing spots. Currency seems worthless until you get about 10k - that's about 20000 mob kills assuming you get a drop on 25% of them. After 8 hours of tedium and mostly quests, i hit lvl 5. Woo. My joy in leveling was being able to unlock a new skill that seemed to make no difference in grindy combat. I couldn't tell if i was killing mobs faster or not v. continually swinging my junk sword in basic attack mode.

    Trying to just run by mobs doesn't work either. Mobs will pursue you relentlessly where they seem to hit regardless of where you are in and youll usually die. UI is extremely frustrating and I did not appreciate it at all. I could never find a map, so couldnt tell how far quests are, I have to "unlock" levelup rewards (why?!), no way i can tell to summon mounts or equip pointless costumes (and yes, I had them with the special edition). What a great consolation that you can have a pet that literally does nothing but stand by while you grind and/or die; it wont fight or help you in anyway. It is literally a roaming decoration. No comment on the in-game store - rip off city. $30 some dollars and you can have another decorative pet that does nothing. $20 to get a quest you don't want. Yay. What bargains. Id rather buy bitcoin.

    In short. I hate this game. I wish it never was made. It feels like a game made for an iPad and I can only imagine the depraved people who enjoy playing this. I guess if you never had video games before nor got over the WOW addiction, this seems like heaven. For me, the resources that went into this junk game should have beenspent making a proper tribute to Elder Scrolls in the traditional RPG format. At any price, this game is a fail.    … Expand
  48. trojanvirus
    Apr 4, 2014
    2
    I agree, this game is a generic MMO with a Elder Scrolls Theme. Its not like any other Elder Scrolls game, its a Elder Scrolls Headache. I think I would rather play Cyrus of Redguard than this fail mmo. DDO is still a much better game than this. Not even voice chat, random party formation, hardly any player to player interaction, spamspamspam, gold vendor central. I know startup MMOs haveI agree, this game is a generic MMO with a Elder Scrolls Theme. Its not like any other Elder Scrolls game, its a Elder Scrolls Headache. I think I would rather play Cyrus of Redguard than this fail mmo. DDO is still a much better game than this. Not even voice chat, random party formation, hardly any player to player interaction, spamspamspam, gold vendor central. I know startup MMOs have problems, but this game sucks.… Expand
  49. blackbird1
    Apr 15, 2014
    0
    5 Slots are way to less for one bar.
    Bots everywhere
    The game gets made easier and easier with every patch
    if you are not a complete casual player stay away from this.
    It looks nice and the story quests are not bad.... but its not an mmo!
  50. spainion
    Apr 16, 2014
    2
    Absolute Trash.

    Not written with Creation Engine.

    They used Hero Engine, which is some crappy mmo builder engine. I got a free licence during the beta of hero engine. Its basically a childs play toy. Smart developers wouldn't use it to create anything of quality. Like any engine made to create 'shells' it has serious limitations.
  51. i1dallas
    Apr 16, 2014
    4
    I never played WoW, but if this game is better then WoW, then I am glad I didn't waste my time playing WoW. TESO is not a bad MMO, it has lots of things to do to keep you busy. But is it a game that will draw me back every day? Not really, the only reason I am playing it right now is because I have paid for a game that will only let me play for 30 days so I am trying to get my moneyI never played WoW, but if this game is better then WoW, then I am glad I didn't waste my time playing WoW. TESO is not a bad MMO, it has lots of things to do to keep you busy. But is it a game that will draw me back every day? Not really, the only reason I am playing it right now is because I have paid for a game that will only let me play for 30 days so I am trying to get my money worth. That is the biggest reason why I gave this game a 4. If this was the buy once, free to play after model, I would have given it a 6. The only other MMO I can compare TESO to is GW2 and in my opinion GW2 is way better. If TESO decides to go the way of GW2 buy once and free to play, I might give it another try, since I already paid for a game that I was only allowed to play for 30 days... **sigh**… Expand
  52. Gaming_Bear
    Dec 27, 2022
    4
    I'll start of by admitting that I am not huge into MMOs, but this is game just feels so bland and empty. I came to this game because my friends and I all loved Skyrim, but literally all the elements of what made Skyrim great (the story, the detail of the setting, the beautiful music) are all not here. I am struggling to play this game. At lvl 8 and it all just feels meh.
  53. EptaEpt
    Sep 13, 2022
    1
    Sorry, but positive feedback is not available in your region. At least until your leadership changes the two-faced policy in their actions and statements.
  54. No_LGBT
    Nov 23, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Присутствует ЛГБТ( мало, но есть). Только из-за этого ноль… Expand
  55. vovik86
    Nov 17, 2022
    0
    I recently tried ESO again and was so disgusted by the direction it has taken that I wanted to leave a warning so hopefully no one else makes the mistake of buying this garbage in its current state. ESO has always been pay to win... unrestricted storage, access to all DLCs as soon as they're released if you pay a monthly fee. In other words you have to pay 15$/month if you don't want toI recently tried ESO again and was so disgusted by the direction it has taken that I wanted to leave a warning so hopefully no one else makes the mistake of buying this garbage in its current state. ESO has always been pay to win... unrestricted storage, access to all DLCs as soon as they're released if you pay a monthly fee. In other words you have to pay 15$/month if you don't want to run weaker suboptimal builds and use your characters as storage banks. I've found ways around this but it's very tedious. It gets worse, though. ESO also changed how loot works to make it much more grindy. Now you have to run the same dungeon up to 30 times (more if you're unlucky) if you decide to use a weapon that you can't craft. There's no other way to get loot that's dropped in dungeons and only the final boss drops weapons. Even players from eastern MMOs would consider this level of grind inhumane.

    The worst part is recently they changed TOS to allow them to sell your user data. And in usual bethesda anti-consumer fashion (think fallout 76) they are very secretive about it. And if you ask too many questions they will ban you (again, think fallout 76). Pretty sure I'm still banned from posting about this on official forums but it doesn't really matter. Any post on their forums that hurts their bottom line immediately gets locked and deleted anyway... I mean, it's bethesda so why would you expect anything else?    … Expand
  56. Giero
    Jan 3, 2023
    4
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  57. R3DTHR3AT
    Dec 17, 2020
    4
    Очень слабая мморпг с отсутствием мотивации как в пвп и пве. По сути не мморпг вовсе, что в итоге признали и сами разработчики.
  58. gman321
    Dec 5, 2020
    1
    The game was a very good, fun Game. Great for solo or group. However in the last year the quality of the game's servers and customer service has dropped. After their recent update very few players, including myself, can play a dungeon or even log in to the game due to the constant freezing and crashing. Sadly Bethesda has already said only pc players will receive any compensationThe game was a very good, fun Game. Great for solo or group. However in the last year the quality of the game's servers and customer service has dropped. After their recent update very few players, including myself, can play a dungeon or even log in to the game due to the constant freezing and crashing. Sadly Bethesda has already said only pc players will receive any compensation although xbox and ps4 players also pay the $25/ month.… Expand
  59. OberiousLocke
    Jul 28, 2022
    2
    Not a bad game. GFX are pretty good, story is good, world is awesome.

    Too bad the combat is jank garbage that nerfs any interest I have in it. If they'd just nut up and fix their animations so audibly clunky crap like weaving didn't exist, I'd probably be more willing to play the game. There is also the complete lack of a sensible Auction House system, so if you don't want to join a    Not a bad game. GFX are pretty good, story is good, world is awesome.

    Too bad the combat is jank garbage that nerfs any interest I have in it. If they'd just nut up and fix their animations so audibly clunky crap like weaving didn't exist, I'd probably be more willing to play the game. There is also the complete lack of a sensible Auction House system, so if you don't want to join a guild, you're SOL.    … Expand
  60. Mizuiro
    Jul 22, 2023
    4
    Mediocre MMORPG not because of graphics ( that are bad and boring style by the way) but because of so POOR and boring gameplay mechanics.

    Not even worth it as a free game. An example of how to ruin a great game ( Skyrim , Oblivion, ..) because of not following their main mechanics.

    Also the people everywhere doing the same "unic" quests ruins the atmosphere of "you are the chosen one"..
  61. rafaeal
    Dec 8, 2020
    1
    Atualizações gigantescas, nada de conteúdo, servidor vive caindo, gráficos de ps3 mas é tão pesado quanto o red dead 2, fiquem longe desse lixo.
  62. iaai1001
    Jan 23, 2021
    2
    So many bugs that absolutely nothing works properly!
    It is now January 2020. I have played this game for 1.5 years and yes it is very entertaining. But what about its future? as it costs money to play. It can be played for free but, imo, there is that appeal for addicts, which costs money.
    Shortly after starting my adventure, the Patch for "threading" came out. After several months, it    So many bugs that absolutely nothing works properly!
    It is now January 2020. I have played this game for 1.5 years and yes it is very entertaining. But what about its future? as it costs money to play. It can be played for free but, imo, there is that appeal for addicts, which costs money.
    Shortly after starting my adventure, the Patch for "threading" came out. After several months, it basically works but currently players complained about the increased "lag," which ZOS said they would fix but 1.5 years later the same lag is there. ZOS has a tendency to say that they will fix something but that may never occur and be down the road many years away. There are still serious problems with threading where consecutive actions are out of order, e.g. there is an execute ability that can be used when your enemy's hit points are less than 25% and frequently the execute ability occurs out of order giving damage at 1/300 of what it should be: there are many more examples.
    The last major patch is Update 28, which was advertised as an inventory overhaul. There was no overhaul but a significant inventory UI improvement. There are many minor inventory problems like doing a writ quest where the searches are inaccurate (you have an item but the game doesn't know it), increasing your armor rating from 4 stars to 5 and getting a 20% reduction in DPS where the displayed base weapon damage has increased by over 100 plus many increased damage increases.
    But I digress, as the key problem today is what I describe as "the bug threshold." With the Update 28, it appears that ESO has hit the "bug threshold," which I define as the point where a software package has so many bugs that programs can no longer code normally as everything they now write is a work-around the existing bugs to accomplish a stated function. And the end result is a choice between the new bugs and the old bugs, which does the most damage to the game. Recently ESO had an Undaunted Event where they delayed the launch by more than a week to fix dungeons. They did significantly improve the dungeon queueing system that works most of the time but left the dungeon CTDs (crash to desktop). Then ZOS announced that they couldn't fix this. Also during these famous/infamous Updates a slough of fixes are announced. Often after a few days some or many of these so-called fixes are removed because they cause CTD"s or more significant other problems. These removals are not acknowledged by ZOS and may never be addressed again except possibly by luck. As Microsoft has purchased ZOS and has a software personality where bugs are fixed instead of writing work-arounds (of course they don't fix all bugs for games), what will happen to Bethesda's beloved Elder Scrolls? Where does one start with trying to fix the massive amount of bugs and obvious work-arounds to create a working game? First you would have to delete the work-arounds, recording and retesting what actual bugs you have, which would be an awesome task. Plus the new chapters and DLC's that are now composed of significant work-arounds would basically have to be rewritten from scratch.
    The current status of Daily Dungeons is that CTD's occur frequently and ZOS said they cannot be fixed. There is a player work-around from your CTD and that is to log out of the game completely and then relog and rejoin your team: takes about 2 minutes, which can occur to any team member in a dungeon that is experiencing this bug and multiple times as long as your teammates have not kicked you from the team. But of course this is better with the current dungeon queueing system, which generally works, tha it worked before.
    Regards,    … Expand
  63. furiouslog
    Mar 3, 2021
    2
    I've played this game for about two years now. Here are the pros and cons:

    Pros: 1. Elder Scrolls IP (if that is something that appeals to you). 2. Beautifully designed graphics with an immersive quality (particularly newer content) 3. Multiple ways to play the game with highly customizable build options that are very accessible to newer players. 4. Very flexible for single player    I've played this game for about two years now. Here are the pros and cons:

    Pros:
    1. Elder Scrolls IP (if that is something that appeals to you).
    2. Beautifully designed graphics with an immersive quality (particularly newer content)
    3. Multiple ways to play the game with highly customizable build options that are very accessible to newer players.
    4. Very flexible for single player and multiplayer content – there is something for everyone here.
    5. Combat is very dynamic and requires some practice and skill to master.
    6. Your abilities in the game are not contingent on paying any additional money. The only thing investment gets you is inventory control convenience and cosmetics.
    7. The community is, on a whole, very friendly, and the guild options make it possible to meet people who engage with the game on a variety of levels and interests.
    8. There is a very active and creative third party addon community.
    9. There are many ways to engage with the game, including the housing features, single player, multiplayer for 4 man and 12 man content, role play, and a number of PVP options.

    Cons:
    1. Constant changes and tweaks to gear, gameplay, and mechanics make it near-impossible to settle down and hit your stride. Once you get used to playing a certain way with an optimized build, the rug gets pulled out from underneath you and you are starting over.
    2. Viable participation in endgame is locked behind so many grindy requirements that it can take a new player months to get to the point where they are even teachable for veteran trial content.
    3. The combat system mechanics are inscrutable and difficult to learn. In order to understand your characters and their builds, it literally takes hours of research on third party sites to get to the point where you comprehend the interplay of character stats and how that affects your in-game performance.
    4. The PVP offerings in the game are broken. Cheaters are not rampant, but definitely present, and the game design does not make it easy for ZOS to put walls in place to prevent exploitation. Each third party script or bot that gets produced needs to be individually researched and the code re-written to prevent cheating, so it’s prevalent. Furthermore, performance of PVP with respect to the servers is truly awful. Lag is such a bad problem that ZOS has literally been running player tests for months wherein mechanics are drastically changed in pursuit of identifying the root cause of the lag, and after all of that, they still have not figured out what the problem is. During some battles in Cyrodiil (a large PVP zone), the lag can get so bad that it almost acts like turn based combat.
    5. Many of the changes that ZOS makes causes considerable harm to the veteran player and their gaming experience, because the changes are meant to accommodate newer players and make endgame more accessible. The principle of accessibility is not the problem – it’s that after you have played for a certain time and achieved a certain level, you are not guaranteed to retain what you have earned in the game, forcing regrinds of content you’ve done over and over again just to get at parity with where you were prior to the change.
    6. The game is almost unplayable without the addons that the player community provides. You can technically play it, but the time wasted without the addons is such that it would be ridiculous to make an attempt to play without them. Console players: you are SOL.
    7. The “crown crates” that drop various cosmetic items are a third party currency gambling black box. 8. If you run a guild, the cash outlay to provide offerings to your guildmates (such as crafting stations, practice dummies, and various conveniences) can run into hundreds of dollars. You don’t have to do that, but people who want to run a successful guild by providing attractive offerings to retain membership need to be aware of the stakes.

    Despite the positives, I’m not recommending this game because, ZOS as a company does not listen to their customers. When changes are made, it’s obvious that part of their motivation is to force more seasoned players to keep grinding over and over again to recapture what they had prior to the change. They keep moving the finish line, both to attract new players, while also willfully and needlessly punishing veteran players for their loyalty in the name of increasing veteran player screen time in order to increase the probability of cosmetic sales. These players are essentially exploited.
    If you love the story and world of Elder Scrolls, and want a single player experience with casual multiplayer engagement, then none of this will matter, and I’d recommend the game. But given that it is an MMO, whose ultimate objective is to better your play to a point where you can clear difficult content and/or play against excellent players in a competitive setting, the journey is ultimately not worth the destination.    … Expand
  64. Capellini
    Feb 23, 2022
    4
    the story is **** didnt understand wtf was happening, i was planing a heist and for some reason i was on a ship traveling the world? dialog is garbage and I could not even find the main story after 10h of pure gameplay. there is just a bunch of things trown at you at the same time and a **** ton of menus, nothing like the single player games and also nothing like other mmos, i dont no ifthe story is **** didnt understand wtf was happening, i was planing a heist and for some reason i was on a ship traveling the world? dialog is garbage and I could not even find the main story after 10h of pure gameplay. there is just a bunch of things trown at you at the same time and a **** ton of menus, nothing like the single player games and also nothing like other mmos, i dont no if there are guilds cause i also could not find apparently race or politics dosnt mean anything and no clear instruction. wanted my money back but just the firsts quest already took more than 2h. Also couldn't find any battles that took affort or at least a friend. I dont know how but gtao is better than this ****… Expand
  65. blazinfool
    Jul 26, 2021
    2
    Great story, terribly made game. This the only game that has given me so many issues. The game is built very poorly. Lots of disconnect issues. Lots of crash and lockup issues. Too many bugs, there are quite a few missions that cannot be completed due to bugs, Some are main story quests that you cannot complete. The events they run are so badly done. I think this company must be anGreat story, terribly made game. This the only game that has given me so many issues. The game is built very poorly. Lots of disconnect issues. Lots of crash and lockup issues. Too many bugs, there are quite a few missions that cannot be completed due to bugs, Some are main story quests that you cannot complete. The events they run are so badly done. I think this company must be an inexperienced startup, because they don't know how to build and deploy a working product. Do not invest time or money into this product.....such a shame!… Expand
  66. OceanoPiTi
    Aug 17, 2021
    0
    acho que ja vi aquele veio do flame ( um tal de pandinha) falando sobre esse tal jogo, deve ser um lixo iogual a ele
  67. JackPlack
    Feb 11, 2022
    4
    Too much worse than Skyrim, to boring. Too much reading/skipping dialogues. When skipping whole game is too pointless. Level up system unsatisfying. Ai of mobs to much MMO like. Not much graphics/details, Skyrim is still better, a specially with mods.
  68. sealkv
    Nov 29, 2021
    4
    When I bought ESO , nobody no warned me that in this reality I would be attacked by cretins and trolls, who cause healthy irritation in any normal living person, with their defiant behavior. I'm talking about ostentatious idiocy and trolling. Bethesda not doing anything to put an end to this all these 7 years this ESO has existed. More worse. ZOS( ZeniMax Support) help the scoundrels andWhen I bought ESO , nobody no warned me that in this reality I would be attacked by cretins and trolls, who cause healthy irritation in any normal living person, with their defiant behavior. I'm talking about ostentatious idiocy and trolling. Bethesda not doing anything to put an end to this all these 7 years this ESO has existed. More worse. ZOS( ZeniMax Support) help the scoundrels and trolls when they provoke players to respond and write denunciations about them. And ZOS employees receive their money for blocking game accounts due to the fact that some player said something personally in a private chat to some other player. It is enough to tell the troll in the game that he is a troll, and ZOS immediately block the game account of the one who was not afraid to say out loud what is obvious. This is stealing. If ZOS block game account, they DO NOT RETURN your money. What is the connection between the money paid for the game and a private conversation between two adults in a private chat? I pay $ 500 when buying this product 18+ and lose it due to provocation and trolling. This is how they steal money from people. ZOS wrote a letter to me(automatic mailing robot in response to my complaint about trolling by another player) the following: "If another player said something bad to you (in your opinion), you can add it to the ignore list. If you see harsh words, turn on the automatic blocking of swear words in the game." ZOS made it clear to me that this is how they solve these problems. When I write to ZOS a complaint about the actual trolling in ESO, they send me a spit in my face. ZOS send me a robot letter, where they give advice on how to behave with moral monsters and scum.
    ZOS help the trolls in ESO, that's why they hide their names and positions in ZeniMax because they are afraid to meet me on the street one on one, where they will have to return the money that ZeniMax stole from me when blocked my paid account, just for the fact that I expressed my dissatisfaction with the fact that ESO is propagating abomination. I am sure that ZOS are trolling this game themselves in order to provide themselves with a "job". ZeniMax security service is committed to eliminating threats to "business". And the threat to business is public voice over what you do. And when I say out loud that Bethesda are creating problems in this MMO, ZOS began to fight me. Roughly and effectively, they set provocateurs trolls on me. This happens in ZeniMax "Official Forum". This happens in ESO.
    ZeniMax has created an MMO(product and services on the Internet) that promotes perversions and pathology. Necrophilia,satanism,sexual perversions,drugs. Their bosses receive orders from politicians to reduce the population on Earth. They kill people, kill the health of their soul and mind. What I mean? Here's a simple example. You have made it possible in this game when a player puts on the outer shell of a corpse, and in this form is in the reality of the game among other players. This is a product from in-game Store, the name of this product is Skeleton Polymorph outer shell. There are many such examples. "Scary Clown" shell, or Mount "Rainbow Unicorn", and many others, this is a monstrous abomination created by and for devils anti-humans.
    I am a healthy adult, raised in a traditional strict family, in the correct religious and moral traditions. And I openly say that Bethesda are creating a product that can only please psychopaths and freaks who are actively trying to change this world, making it as ugly and scary as they are. In fact, they create the conflict situations yourself in this game. This is an MMO game. Players kill each other here. All know that. This means ESO is bought by those who want to kill people. That's why they came here.
    Here's what's going on. I meet in the game location another player who has put on a suit of a rotten corpse. Yes. These are the kind of players that walk in your game. And ZeniMax call it "Halloween Party". What kind of holiday is this? It is an abomination that causes anger and nausea, it is a walking corpse, it is a spit in the face of Nature and God. And my normal reaction to that is to destroy this abomination. But they have calculated it all in advance. This is provocation. They have deliberately created this situation. They know perfectly well that walking corpses are an abomination that causes hatred among normal people. And they deliberately create this to incite hatred and conflict in ESO. And when this happens, ZeniMax takes the side of the devils, and block the normal person's game account. I already wrote a letter to Bethesda about this. They are waging a war against normal people. They have created a "troll factory", ESO is a garbage dump, a ghetto for drug addicts, maniacs and freaks and other evil spirits, this is a stinking grave.
    The Bible says, "Judge the tree by its fruit." Judge a person by his actions. So who are Bethesda if these are their actions?    … Expand
  69. JakeFoxUwU
    Jan 22, 2022
    0
    Я как бы всё понимаю, но почему лаунчеру нужен исключительно диск C? Купил в итоге в Стиме за 824 рубля, так и не поиграл.
  70. LastContrarian
    Jun 13, 2022
    2
    I think the dev team is full of tools, so I might be biased.

    However, you definitely should not buy the game or expansions over a full game, like the guy that asked whether Elden Ring or expansion purchase was a better idea. The expansions are very anemic and lack content, despite what people say (fanboys). Objectively, the game is largely a DPS race. DPS determines almost everything    I think the dev team is full of tools, so I might be biased.

    However, you definitely should not buy the game or expansions over a full game, like the guy that asked whether Elden Ring or expansion purchase was a better idea. The expansions are very anemic and lack content, despite what people say (fanboys).

    Objectively, the game is largely a DPS race. DPS determines almost everything in the game.

    Combat is terrible, esp. PvP. Combat is lifeless and boring, and actually too slow. Most bosses are just hp sponges that soak up damage that you do with little threat or surprises when you know the mechanics, making it formulaic and boring. There isn't really much to pressure the DPS and make the sweat or make DPS skillful besides learning how to "cancel" animatioins -- the less said about that, the better, as it's something you either do and get the DPS increase or don't and possibly flounder.

    PvP this patch amounts to "get Oakensoul" or get toasted. Anyone saying otherwise doesn't know how to build PvP builds nor PvE ones, and I have already started releasing all of the ones on PTS that are nasty and will ruin PvP with one shot or "god-mode" builds. Only a matter of time before you need that ring in PvE to join a trial or PvP to compete.

    PvP could be good if they bothered to increase more trickplay and counterplay, instead of making it a stupid contest between build stats and holding the block button. Instead they NERF counterplay, they NERF trick play, and they make PvP entirely stat-based and, once again, a DPS race of sorts.

    PvP on the game is extremely bad and skilless this patch, if you want to get the game to PvP, don't.

    Housing, outfit system, etc. are one of the game's stronger points, yet they don't add enough customization to hairs every patch and instead focus on housing that's out of reach for most players with their head screwed on (a digital house for over 100 dollars, then you need ESO+ to get double the space to actually furnish it. THEN some items are only available in the cash shop for furnishing...can't make it up!). It's all setup to make you consume, consume, consooooooooooooom.

    Where ESO is weak, it's weak, and where it's strong and could gain uniqueness, it's neglected or going the wrong direction. It's sad this game is being killed by a totally aloof dev and management team.

    It's sad, because I like the game, but the management is very bad and I don't see the game lasting much longer unless they either wake up and start listening to player feedback or add surprises.

    My guess, they won't do either because they don't care to, or still think they don't have to answer to stakeholders other than themselves (shareholders, and PLAYERS too).

    @ResidentContrarian - former "forum poster" since permabanned by tempermental mods and a dev team that can't take criticism they ask for    … Expand
  71. Kardinal305
    Sep 29, 2022
    2
    Have played ESO since it’s initial and is definitely of my top player games ever. It used to be amazing but over the years became what it is now; a money grab with predatory systems. Also it’s not only the gamble crates I have an issue with, the developers seem to be out to get the PvP community as every single patch or update they screw over pvp players by an array of unwanted changesHave played ESO since it’s initial and is definitely of my top player games ever. It used to be amazing but over the years became what it is now; a money grab with predatory systems. Also it’s not only the gamble crates I have an issue with, the developers seem to be out to get the PvP community as every single patch or update they screw over pvp players by an array of unwanted changes that require a completely new gear set up on a very regular basis. You couldn’t put this game down and come back to it after a year and use the same load out despite after a certain point all gear is the same level to wear. The developers have never listened to their own community complaints but instead do little streams that they refuse to tackle actual issues brought up in the chat. I wish this game was better, again I’ve loved eso for a very long time, it’s just in such a bad spot right now and honestly could use for a change in leadership… Expand
  72. Markski1
    Jul 2, 2022
    0
    Things have improved a lot since launch, and now that it no longer requires paying a subscription, this games makes a looooot of sense to try if you're into TES
  73. dmitriy_savenok
    May 1, 2023
    1
    "Как же эта игра пытается вас на*бать"
    Первые впечатления, как всегда положительные. Практически тот же Скайрим, только немного упрощённый и с небольшими ограничениями. TES Online, в отличие от других донатных помоек, делает умнее и в первые часы даёт расправить крылья. Как только немного осваиваетесь, начинает душить и вымаливать последнюю копейку и при этом наговаривая:
    - В Скайриме и    "Как же эта игра пытается вас на*бать"
    Первые впечатления, как всегда положительные. Практически тот же Скайрим, только немного упрощённый и с небольшими ограничениями. TES Online, в отличие от других донатных помоек, делает умнее и в первые часы даёт расправить крылья. Как только немного осваиваетесь, начинает душить и вымаливать последнюю копейку и при этом наговаривая:
    - В Скайриме и других RPG ты мог бесконечно собирать ингредиенты ? Ой, у нас же они имеют ощутимый вес. Неудобно ? КУПИ ПОДПИСКУ !
    - Играя с Скайрим и выполняя определённое задание, по пути, ты мог встретить множество путников, выслушать их, записать себе их проблемы (квесты) и когда находил время, выполнял и их. Таким образом ты мог брать и записывать себе бесконечное количество заданий и выполнять их в любом порядке.
    В этом же ПОМОЙНОМ ВЕДРЕ ONLINE, МАКСИМУМ сколько вы сможете записать квэстов - ЭТО 25. 25, КАРЛ !!!
    - Да. в TES Online огромный мир. Быстрые перемещения, как в любой адекватной игре, есть ? Да. НО ОНИ ПЛАТНЫЕ ! Т.е. вы расплачиваетесь своим игровым золотом, которое добывали потом и кровью. МАЛО ТОГО, чем чаще вы перемещаетесь, тем дороже становятся перемещения (со временем цена падает).
    Возможно подумали. Да я прокачаюсь и буду отдавать одну копейку, как за билет в городском автобусе, а *УЙ ТЕБЕ ! Прокачиваясь, дорожает и минимальная цена за перемещения.
    В ИТОГЕ: Когда ты играешь, все эти проблемы, в связке, ставят тебя раком. Особенно, когда большинство крупных кество, происходит, по ходу действия на многих материках. Начал в Даггерфелле, закончил в Скайриме, что бы сдать нужно поехать в Морровинд. В ЭТОТ ЖЕ момент, что бы продолжить (сюжетно) это задание, вам взять квест у мужика, который стоит рядом, а *УЙ ТЕБЕ, у тебя журнал полон. Точнее кусок туалетной бумаги, раз герой не может записать более 25-ти заданий.
    Решение, которое предлагают разрабы, очевидно: Не хочешь страдать ? ДОНАТЬ !
    Обидно, что игроки не могут увидеть другого решения: УЙТИ !
    И это только верхушка айсберга проблем...
    1/10    … Expand
  74. Rickyboblin
    Dec 26, 2022
    0
    They ran this game into the ground. Their “DLC” is like stacking more trash onto a teetering garbage heap with a loose foundation. I played 1000’s of hours and the game has only gotten worse since 2017. It was salvageable if they could have focused on gameplay instead of creating more “content” behind paywalls. Their content is just reskinned zones with fetch quests and a few must havesThey ran this game into the ground. Their “DLC” is like stacking more trash onto a teetering garbage heap with a loose foundation. I played 1000’s of hours and the game has only gotten worse since 2017. It was salvageable if they could have focused on gameplay instead of creating more “content” behind paywalls. Their content is just reskinned zones with fetch quests and a few must haves to stay in the competitive loop. You just feel used for your money when you are paying $15 a month and you have to buy a $60 expansion every year that ends up being free if you buy the chapter next year. They only screw over their loyal base of players. The pvp used to be kinda fun but they completely screwed up the class identity and the pvp content has been the same for 6 years.… Expand
  75. zcat5
    Jun 26, 2023
    0
    A mediocre MMORPG that wasn't even as good as SWTOR or TERA (lol). A complete failure by Bethesda to compete in the MMORPG genre.
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 64 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 64
  2. Mixed: 36 out of 64
  3. Negative: 1 out of 64
  1. CD-Action
    Jul 23, 2014
    60
    Eight years of development, a team consisting of even 250 people at some points, budget reaching hundreds of millions of dollars. It’s a pity that this ‘Skyrim Online’ disappoints both fans of previous Bethesda games and MMORPG veterans who expected some fresh air in the stale genre. [06/2014, p.44]
  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jul 8, 2014
    60
    A well done MMO that can lure players not familiar with the genre. But if you've played MMOs before, this one doesn't offer anything new, nor anything exciting.
  3. DarkStation
    Jun 16, 2014
    50
    60 days was more then enough time for me to determine that I would rather spend my time elsewhere.
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