The Elder Scrolls Online

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Mixed or average reviews- based on 2703 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 1,046 out of 2703
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  1. Allon4ik
    Jun 25, 2019
    1
    I hate this game! The worst fighting system in mmo-rpg, like in Korean mmo! I bought game for relax, not to break my nervs, with swapping, light attacks every 1 second and idiotic Maelstron Arena!! Return my money!!! They didn’t say, that it is dark souls! Lies
  2. MashMash
    Aug 22, 2019
    1
    I've played this game from 2014 - 2019. It has gone downhill so bad. You can have an incredible net connection, video card, but the lag in battle is so bad that you cannot get skills to go off. Forget about bar swapping while in a battle. There is a bug where you're in constant combat so you cannot ride your horse, cannot change your quick-slots. Currently, as of 8/19/19, they did theirI've played this game from 2014 - 2019. It has gone downhill so bad. You can have an incredible net connection, video card, but the lag in battle is so bad that you cannot get skills to go off. Forget about bar swapping while in a battle. There is a bug where you're in constant combat so you cannot ride your horse, cannot change your quick-slots. Currently, as of 8/19/19, they did their Monday update patch and people are crashing every few minutes. They insist we play like this even on 8/22/19. They said a fix is coming Monday 8/26/19, but it is too late. They have lost so many good players due to the issues in-game. My opinion is they have a 10 yr plan to push out as many DLCs and store items to make money on a broken system. They do not focus to fix the current issues in-game since 2014. Do not waste your money or your time on this game it is a lost cause anymore.… Expand
  3. 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.
  4. andreasran
    Apr 29, 2020
    1
    I have 8000 hours in this game. This game had a lot of potential. But is unfortunately run by a company too money greedy to even bother about creating a finished and WORKING product. It’s staff has promised improved server performance for over 4 years. It has yet to happen. Every patch this studio releases something breaks. The performance of this game is getting worse for every patch.I have 8000 hours in this game. This game had a lot of potential. But is unfortunately run by a company too money greedy to even bother about creating a finished and WORKING product. It’s staff has promised improved server performance for over 4 years. It has yet to happen. Every patch this studio releases something breaks. The performance of this game is getting worse for every patch. Stay away from Zenimax Studio!… Expand
  5. Anonymious
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    Even if you don't compared to other MMORPG's gameplay:
    - The customer support is by far the worst i have ever been in contact with.
    - Bugs in the ESO World (base game bugs) didn't get fixed since ages - they have become part of the player knowledge they were never planed to be a part of the world or the combat mechanics. For example you can get feared (by bosses) into walls and stairs -    Even if you don't compared to other MMORPG's gameplay:
    - The customer support is by far the worst i have ever been in contact with.
    - Bugs in the ESO World (base game bugs) didn't get fixed since ages - they have become part of the player knowledge they were never planed to be a part of the world or the combat mechanics. For example you can get feared (by bosses) into walls and stairs - which are part of the boss room. Party members in objects are completely out of the fight.
    - Game and addons are full releases? I don't agree with that - missing the "beta" note somewhere on the screen. When i bought the game i was sure i buy a full released base game.
    - no refounds when you bought the game
    - ESO forces you to buy addons to play with your friends ALSO as a new player you CANT collect all the materials cause you are not able to upgrade your bags/storage (double storage for eso plus additional to unlimited materials bag)    … Expand
  6. Filipmr
    Sep 5, 2020
    1
    The most boring game i've ever played. Do not buy it, I regret buying it......
  7. 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
  8. pogelwoodcancer
    Apr 20, 2014
    0
    Its not terrible, its just very disappointing coming from the heritage of a game series that dared to be different from the crowd and define its own genre of open sandbox rpg gaming. Elderscrolls online just leaves me feeling like the makers really just wanted to make a new RvR game in the same mould as DAoC or WAR. Its so standard MMO, so been there done that, so uninspired it just hurts.Its not terrible, its just very disappointing coming from the heritage of a game series that dared to be different from the crowd and define its own genre of open sandbox rpg gaming. Elderscrolls online just leaves me feeling like the makers really just wanted to make a new RvR game in the same mould as DAoC or WAR. Its so standard MMO, so been there done that, so uninspired it just hurts. Where there is an attempt to incorporate some of the elements of the single player games it feels clunky or doesn't quite work because the fundamental starting point was your bog standard MMO the like of which we've seen time and again for the last 10 years. Take questing. full voice, lots of effort put into back story you say? Well yes, but because the questing and character advancement model is essentially the same as most MMOs (That being you advance by completing quests which give you xp to spend on level ups), the world is necessarily packed with quest givers, most of whom give 5 min quests which we've all done a million of before, kill 5 bears, pick 10 flowers, blah blah blah. The end result is all the fancy voice acting and back story just wastes your time because the fundamental activity is so mindless. I could go on and on about the disappointments in ESO, but it all boils down to one thing. Its nothing new, its not in the spirit of the single player games, its just another near enough carbon copy of a gameplay model that doesn't fit with the IP that's been forced into it. Come on Devs, can't you be a bit braver than this. If Bethesda had just copied the successful model of the time then Arena would of been a scripted on rails experience like Final Fantasy. The MMORPG world is crying out for something new, something different. Enough with the era of the WoW-a-like.… Expand
  9. 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
  10. Argoss
    Aug 18, 2014
    0
    Duping, hacking, gold spamming, monster farming, money grabbing fest. Paying PC customers treated as beta testers for console versions. This is a scam not a game. Avoid.
  11. biship
    Apr 5, 2014
    0
    Worse than Skyrim, worse then a MMO. Combat is terrible, UI is absent, So many buggy quests. Would have been a GREAT MMO had it come out in 2004. So many other average MMOs are better.
  12. Poisonthemonkey
    Jun 9, 2014
    0
    Waste of time! Not a lot of thought or heart was put into making this game, just a big budget. The combat is meh. It should get better as you get further in, but it doesn't. The dungeons are VERY poorly made, especially compared to other MMOs out on the market right now. Most importantly, there's little reason to trust the devs--they've hidden major beta bugs (dupes, quest progressionWaste of time! Not a lot of thought or heart was put into making this game, just a big budget. The combat is meh. It should get better as you get further in, but it doesn't. The dungeons are VERY poorly made, especially compared to other MMOs out on the market right now. Most importantly, there's little reason to trust the devs--they've hidden major beta bugs (dupes, quest progression bugs, etc) and pretended they only found out about them after release. How can you trust that the developers/producers will act with the player's interest in the long run? I can't, so I unsubbed.… Expand
  13. fatoldsun_98
    May 12, 2014
    0
    This game is dead, the console versions have been delayed 6 months. This puts it in direct competition with Witcher 3 and Dragon Age Inquisition even though they are not MMOs; MMO'ers do not like TESO and single player lovers of the TES series aren't buying into it. If they expect the console versions of TESO to beat out Witcher 3 and DA Inquisition in the fall they will be sadlyThis game is dead, the console versions have been delayed 6 months. This puts it in direct competition with Witcher 3 and Dragon Age Inquisition even though they are not MMOs; MMO'ers do not like TESO and single player lovers of the TES series aren't buying into it. If they expect the console versions of TESO to beat out Witcher 3 and DA Inquisition in the fall they will be sadly disappointed. Plus $15 freaking dollars a month subscription? Come on man!… Expand
  14. fluffybunny
    Jun 24, 2014
    0
    Game is let down by the most extreme incompetence in both the developer vision, the incompetence of the coding team for patches, and the incompetence of the terrible customer support.
  15. 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
  16. bemused
    Sep 2, 2019
    0
    Soulless, depressing, tacky, repetitive, pointless, unengaging, unintelligent, uninspired, unforgivable.

    Every six months or so I give this pixilated and pixelated turd another chance. Several misleading prompts and a 50GB download later, I find it's still the same repellent dung-heap of a game. Bethesda should be ashamed of themselves, as should the brain-dead WoW refugees up-voting    Soulless, depressing, tacky, repetitive, pointless, unengaging, unintelligent, uninspired, unforgivable.

    Every six months or so I give this pixilated and pixelated turd another chance. Several misleading prompts and a 50GB download later, I find it's still the same repellent dung-heap of a game. Bethesda should be ashamed of themselves, as should the brain-dead WoW refugees up-voting this crap.

    it's a bad game and if you like it you're a bad person and you should feel bad.    … Expand
  17. khamul787
    Apr 6, 2014
    0
    Honestly, it's just not very good. It doesn't play or feel like an Elder Scrolls game, combat is awful, and the aesthetics are plasticky and low quality. The lore and questing is mediocre at best, and coming from the TES world, that just isn't acceptable. It has it's moments, but it just isn't worth the box price, let alone the ridiculous monthly fee.
  18. A7ibaba
    Apr 22, 2014
    0
    This game sucks so hard ,it's beyond my comprehension to spend my words to describe this awfull piece of software. Combat is disgusting,texture are low ress, AI is bugged, enemy bosses are ridiculously unimaginitive and boring, world exploration is plain awful. This is ruined copy od Elder Scroll Skyrim with unoptimised online component full of glitches and software bugs.On top of thatThis game sucks so hard ,it's beyond my comprehension to spend my words to describe this awfull piece of software. Combat is disgusting,texture are low ress, AI is bugged, enemy bosses are ridiculously unimaginitive and boring, world exploration is plain awful. This is ruined copy od Elder Scroll Skyrim with unoptimised online component full of glitches and software bugs.On top of that monthly fee is required to play this garbage. I think 0 (Zero) is fair score for this game, just because of pure existance and to show the world how the games not should be made for future reference.… Expand
  19. Civesato
    Apr 4, 2014
    0
    What a money grabbing joke this is! Don't even think about buying this pile of goat **** **** games now a days... fat money hungry developers rubbing their hands!

    This game is a crappy C mmo with a bad and ugly attempt to hide it with a EScrolls skin, i hope for Ba****da and the rest of the crew that this **** will rot up in hell in about a month or 2.
  20. eroeru
    Jul 18, 2014
    0
    The game is a boring MMO piece of ****. I'm not surprised though that there have appeared bots/employees that deal a perfect score here, having not reviewed anything prior. Yet from a Bethesda-related game I'm disappointed.

    The game is first and foremost a boring cash-cow with nothing as advertised and only the per-month greedy monetizing of an essentially f2p game - the mechanics are    The game is a boring MMO piece of ****. I'm not surprised though that there have appeared bots/employees that deal a perfect score here, having not reviewed anything prior. Yet from a Bethesda-related game I'm disappointed.

    The game is first and foremost a boring cash-cow with nothing as advertised and only the per-month greedy monetizing of an essentially f2p game - the mechanics are usual cheap mmo ones, there's no freedom nor exploration other than that found in games like wow, the "massive battles" and "great sieges" are just bland walk-through-a-corridor scenes where the usual inert couple of "fighters" scattered on the road, here and there, having only the function of holding a sword and greeting you for a good day.

    The game is far worse than TOR even. A prime example of why no franchise can be trusted to go the MMO road. Even if the devs have good intentions, investors make the game a shell of an experience. Nothing to see here, move along.    … Expand
  21. moholdt
    May 5, 2014
    0
    I keep logging in and try to enjoy the game, I want it to be good. I really do. But it is so boring. It feels like a very slow single player game with other players annoying the **** out of you. Looting chests you want to loot, grabbing ores before you get it. Everything is expensive so you have to grind money. Stay away from this game.
  22. TrouzzzerSnake
    Apr 12, 2014
    0
    A shameless cash grab - tons of bugs, and none of the fun of the single player games.

    The thing that REEEally urks me, is that the PvP is AN EXACT CLONE of Guild Wars 2. A total, shameless clone. Like... literally nothing different. Just totally disgusting that Bethesda can get away with this. The only real difference between Guild Wars' WvWvW and Bethesda's PvP, is that GUILD    A shameless cash grab - tons of bugs, and none of the fun of the single player games.

    The thing that REEEally urks me, is that the PvP is AN EXACT CLONE of Guild Wars 2. A total, shameless clone. Like... literally nothing different. Just totally disgusting that Bethesda can get away with this.

    The only real difference between Guild Wars' WvWvW and Bethesda's PvP, is that GUILD WARS 2 HAS THE DECENCY NOT TO CHARGE YOU A SUBSCRIPTION FEE EVERY MONTH

    There is literally no reason whatsoever that someone should purchase this game, and therein support this practice. Total rip-off, and they actually charge you more for it!    … Expand
  23. Fuzi0n
    Apr 8, 2014
    0
    Most boring MMORPG ever made. It is extremely shallow, has a consolized UI, has an annoying list based inventory instead of a superior slot based one (like in every other MMORPG ever made for the PC), boring quests, terrible controls, a horrid crafting system and a dull weapons, armor and item system.

    Save your cash, this game will be Free 2 Play in no time, and it is only a matter of    Most boring MMORPG ever made. It is extremely shallow, has a consolized UI, has an annoying list based inventory instead of a superior slot based one (like in every other MMORPG ever made for the PC), boring quests, terrible controls, a horrid crafting system and a dull weapons, armor and item system.

    Save your cash, this game will be Free 2 Play in no time, and it is only a matter of time until it is eventually abandoned. This is the worst MMORPG since Star Wars: The Old Republic, and even that game is like a masterpiece compared to this boring and shallow drivel.    … Expand
  24. tdebug
    Apr 9, 2014
    0
    It is a very bad idea to sell MMO game for the price of regular single-player game (50€ in the EU) and then charge players with monthly fee.
    It is OK of course if game require monthly payments, since it's MMO game, but I should have opportunity to try it at least for a day or so, to decide whether I want to continue and buy monthly subscription. As of now it is clear that many people    It is a very bad idea to sell MMO game for the price of regular single-player game (50€ in the EU) and then charge players with monthly fee.
    It is OK of course if game require monthly payments, since it's MMO game, but I should have opportunity to try it at least for a day or so, to decide whether I want to continue and buy monthly subscription. As of now it is clear that many people don't like the gameplay, but anyway they purchased game client they cannot use w/o subscription.
    It is speculation on Elder Scrolls series, nothing else. Reminds of another speculation - Diablo 3, when totally positive critic review complement by totally negative user review, as most people bought it just because they played previous games, but realized this game has nothing to do with those.    … Expand
  25. BeatHour
    Dec 29, 2019
    0
    Doesn't even work.

    It's a common complaint that this game is a massive download, and after it's all done installing the game won't launch. There's no technical support. None. Either the game works for you or it doesn't, and too bad if you wasted all that time and data in the process. I have at times managed to get it working in the past. it's just another MMO with rush-grind levels.    Doesn't even work.

    It's a common complaint that this game is a massive download, and after it's all done installing the game won't launch. There's no technical support. None. Either the game works for you or it doesn't, and too bad if you wasted all that time and data in the process.

    I have at times managed to get it working in the past. it's just another MMO with rush-grind levels. You hit something with one ability slot until it dies as an overpowered deity at the very start of the game. You might as well play World of Warcraft or any single player RPG. The miniaturized world scenes from the Elder Scrolls games are nothing to write home about; the set design seems phoned in and designed by committee; very lifeless. The classes seem to be random and have nothing to do with the classic Elder Scrolls experience. It doesn't feel like an Elder Scrolls game.    … Expand
  26. pXel
    May 1, 2014
    0
    The most horrible MMO released in past years. The story is nice as always, but still not as good as other TES. The progression of the character is blocked often by lots of game bugs, and sometimes you don't have any options to where to skip. As you progress more and more the game gets more and more unfinished. I've been goggling for information from other players on how to find a way pastThe most horrible MMO released in past years. The story is nice as always, but still not as good as other TES. The progression of the character is blocked often by lots of game bugs, and sometimes you don't have any options to where to skip. As you progress more and more the game gets more and more unfinished. I've been goggling for information from other players on how to find a way past problems, but there isn't much information on this topic available or none at all. The only option is to rely on the game's support team.

    When you contact the support team(I have good reasons to think there is only a guy hired) you get a few fast copy-paste answers from their poor FAQ section of the site that sometimes is not even on the topic, he also provides you with the link for the FAQ section. They don't even bother to analyze if the answer they provide will be able to help you at all or point in the right direction. When you are completely blocked by game bugs you expect some fast help or a workaround to unlock your progression. I've replied to the poor answer from the support team, and asked for a real solution to get past my problem. The reply was even worse than the first on, complaining that their job is hard and they are doing humanly efforts. The guy still didn't analyzed my problem and try to find a solution on how I could skip to the next map, he just brought in some more excuses. Also you would expect to talk to the support team in-game, but this guy got all my contact information name, email etc. without my consent in order to be able to contact me.

    Regarding maintenance time you will be shocked. They start unplanned maintenance quite often and the scheduled maintenance is sometimes planned the prime time of the evening. I remember one time after wasting all evening waiting for the maintenance to finish, they installed a bad patch and the server crashed, resulting in another 2 hours of wait, followed by server flooding when everyone tried to log in resulting in massive server lag.

    The PVP is a little disappointing, first of all they have a "mega sever" technology, but that doesn't mean your player wont have to join one of the many PVP servers (they call them "Campaigns"). They were smart here by putting some nice names to fool the players into thinking they invented something. In order to play PVP, you have to choose a PVP player that you will not be able to change for 3 months, unless you pay for it). The PVP servers are unbalanced, and when a server get full(they get full!) you have to wait in line to enter. When you enter a full server you'll first notice the mass PVP is a crap because the "mega server"™ can't take the load and lags horribly. The only thing you'll be playing is spamming skills/spells and wait a few seconds to see if the target is dead, or he got healed etc.

    The dungeon/group finding is very poor, at least at middle and end levels, you get only in some group setups that always fail, some even disband before the dungeon is started as people know that the setup will fail gloriously vs the difficulty of the dungeon. Also the wait time is huge.
    The economy of the game is poor due to bugs/exploits.

    Compared with rival games:
    - the number of content blocking bugs is huge, with no chance of getting around some(no one will help you);
    - the customer support is embarrassing(on other games I was really happy with the outcome of the discussion with the support team) ;
    - the cost of purchase and monthly payment is higher;
    - their so praised server is a joke;
    - the PVP is not like you would have expected it because of technical issues(multiple servers just like any other MMO, full servers are extremely lagging, servers that re not full are boring)
    - a lot of time wasted during maintenance that occurs mostly when you have free time to play
    - dungeon grouping is very poor, I doubt you will enjoy doing group dungeons in this game
    - economy is broken

    Conclusion: If you are big fan of TES and want to try it, you have been warned this is not really TES, this is a horrible copy-cat version of TES with lots of problems developed and maintained by an inexperienced team of blunt people. I won't recommend it to anyone, TES fans or not.    … Expand
  27. 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.
  28. faceless-1
    Sep 3, 2014
    0
    IF you are a TES fan stay away from this. This is the worst cash in on good franchise iv ever seen. This is same quality like some of the EA famos franchise killings (command and conquer4). I really hope this game wont kill Elder scrolls like CnC 4 did to CnC.
  29. mileafly
    Oct 22, 2017
    0
    Fake. If i had to wrap up the Elder Scrolls Online in one word that is the word I would use: Fake. Everything in this game feels fake and artificial. It honestly feels like someone took the real Tamriel from the real Elder Scrolls games and made a Theme Park of it and then posted actors there as the npc:s and enemies.

    It is impossible to take anything happening in this game seriously    Fake. If i had to wrap up the Elder Scrolls Online in one word that is the word I would use: Fake. Everything in this game feels fake and artificial. It honestly feels like someone took the real Tamriel from the real Elder Scrolls games and made a Theme Park of it and then posted actors there as the npc:s and enemies.

    It is impossible to take anything happening in this game seriously and while immersion have always been one of the main components in real TES games, immersion is the one thing that is lacking the most in this game. The whole game is just an unimaginable bland clone of every other WoW style MMO out there with a TES skin on it. There is no love or passion that have gone into this project, it was solely made just to cash in and milk the IP Bethesda have created with TES.

    This game feels like it is cheapening and a big disgrace to the whole franchise and world that Bethesda have built over the years. It is if taking it all and then throwing it in the toilet and putting a steaming dump on it all. It does not help that everything it does is made to make money and you always feel dirty playing it from all the disgusting greedy practices that Zenimax is using to squeeze you of your dollars, as is is blatantly obvious that is the main focus when they made this. Nothing in this game gives the impression that it was made with passion or love and with the focus or intent of making something groundbreaking or fantastic. It was purely made with corporate greed in mind.    … Expand
  30. Vindicator
    Apr 22, 2014
    0
    I know so much work went into this game, but it's such a disappointment. This is not an Elder Scrolls game, this is something else. If it didn't have this name slapped on the box, it would be a different story, but I can't support this direction for the series. The things that could have been kept in the game like unrestricted freedom and opportunity to go where you want and attempt toI know so much work went into this game, but it's such a disappointment. This is not an Elder Scrolls game, this is something else. If it didn't have this name slapped on the box, it would be a different story, but I can't support this direction for the series. The things that could have been kept in the game like unrestricted freedom and opportunity to go where you want and attempt to do what you want in a vast open world would have made this quite the experience. Unfortunately the devs instead made it a very restricted cookie cutter MMO experience and ruined their opportunity for something amazing. Sorry devs, copy/pasting what makes other games successful into an existing franchise that can already stand on it's own two feet neither does your game justice, it doesn't do the fans of the series justice.… Expand
  31. R00TKILL
    Apr 4, 2014
    0
    This game is not the worst game but it also is very disappointing for an elder scrolls game and furthermore it lowers the standards for all MMO games. If we continue to travel down this road and support these game makers they will continue to take our money and produce horrible games because its just business. I played this game in two Beta trials and my friend just purchased it and IThis game is not the worst game but it also is very disappointing for an elder scrolls game and furthermore it lowers the standards for all MMO games. If we continue to travel down this road and support these game makers they will continue to take our money and produce horrible games because its just business. I played this game in two Beta trials and my friend just purchased it and I check it out to see what changes they made, and sadly their wasn't any big changes to make a difference from my experience playing. The Story line and lore is great to read if your into that sort of thing, But the gameplay is boring and mechanics feel clunky and appears like drunken apes running around. The time and effort put in to the gear you find is pathetic and when everyone looks like they are wearing the same armor and weapons is just not interesting to say the least. The biggest gripe I have is the skill system its very minimal and every class has the same tree to choose from. This game should get some points but I am through rating horrible titles with what they might deserve It's time to tank their ratings as much as possible and review them for what they are.… Expand
  32. AuldWolf
    Jan 7, 2017
    0
    A bad time for casuals.

    This game started off as having more of a casual focus, sure. Since One Tamriel, though, it's been supremely exclusionary of casuals. Dungeons scale to appeal to end-game PvE players, balance changes that regularly wreck concept builds to appeal to PvP players, and world bosses that used to be soloable that now require a large group. If you're a very competitive    A bad time for casuals.

    This game started off as having more of a casual focus, sure. Since One Tamriel, though, it's been supremely exclusionary of casuals. Dungeons scale to appeal to end-game PvE players, balance changes that regularly wreck concept builds to appeal to PvP players, and world bosses that used to be soloable that now require a large group. If you're a very competitive sort, you'll love it. It's just too toxic of an environment for casuals. It's moving ever more and more toward appealing to the people who play WoW and League of Legends.

    Crafting used to be a level above all drops, so it was easy to craft great armour. Crafting stats have been nerfed, and crafted gear is the same level as what drops now (and inferior in every way). This is something they promised they wouldn't do, but hey, it's just too easy to get good gear and the high-end PvE players don't like that. They added duelling, which meant that roleplayers are now getting trolled all the time by people checking roleplaying site schedules and having duels there. Unlike Champions Online, it doesn't even have no-duel zones. You can duel anywhere.

    The only thing that ESO still has going for it is slightly above sub par writing.

    If you want the MMO that is all the things ESO promised to be? Hm, that's hard. TSW is a good choice, and it's more in line with casual players than ESO is now. So... I'd suggest giving that a try instead. Just keep in mind that ESO has gone in a Bold New Direction, the management at Zenimax Online Studios now wants that sweet, sweet WoW money. And we all know how well that worked out for Champions Online, Wildstar, Warhammer Online, et al, right?

    So don't bother with ESO and ignore the promises made about it. It used to be a casual game, not any more.    … Expand
  33. eduardvictor
    Apr 18, 2014
    0
    The most boring MMO I've ever had the misfortune of playing. Whoever likes this turd has zero taste in gaming or started gaming 2 years ago in WoW or something, and is impressed by the **** first person perspective gameplay.

    Mediocre and soulless.
  34. 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!
  35. bbnj
    May 5, 2014
    0
    Stopped playing with 10 days remanining on my account. PVE is boring as hell, the world is bland and console budgeted, there's loading screens everywhere, and PVP is broken as hell in so many ways its ridiculous. And even if it wasn't it offers the same depth of a potato. Skyrim with mods is much more entertaining.
  36. CravenWraith
    Apr 19, 2014
    0
    The game was dead before the release date. The developers failed to heed warnings from their beta testers of a duplication glitch and as a result the game's economy and balance was ruined during early-access. Although they are banning accounts of those caught exploiting the bug, many of the exploiters had already traded the duplicated items to other accounts that they own or to friends'The game was dead before the release date. The developers failed to heed warnings from their beta testers of a duplication glitch and as a result the game's economy and balance was ruined during early-access. Although they are banning accounts of those caught exploiting the bug, many of the exploiters had already traded the duplicated items to other accounts that they own or to friends' accounts (which obviously are not being banned). Nobody in their right mind will want to buy this game now that so many other players have such a massively unfair advantage.… Expand
  37. Myrkul
    Sep 8, 2014
    0
    Autoaim?.... really??? A ELDER SCROLLS WITH AUTOAIM!???

    Is at least disappointing, coming from the heritage of a game series that dared to be different from the crowd and define its own genre of open fps rpg gaming like.
    Nice scenery and crafting is good, everything else is just generic,dull and poorly executed. What an absolute disappointment!!!
  38. Astealoth
    Jul 21, 2014
    0
    This is disappointment of the century. Zenimax Online was given a license to work with that could really shine in this genre. Then they plastered on every MMO trope known to man. Here's what needs to happen to make this game work. Fully refund ever player every cent ever spent on this game with a 5% cash bonus as an apology. Fire every person who had a hand in designing this game. Hire aThis is disappointment of the century. Zenimax Online was given a license to work with that could really shine in this genre. Then they plastered on every MMO trope known to man. Here's what needs to happen to make this game work. Fully refund ever player every cent ever spent on this game with a 5% cash bonus as an apology. Fire every person who had a hand in designing this game. Hire a team consisting entirely of people who have played an actual Elder Scrolls game for at least an hour. Give them two years to rework this pile of crap into something that isn't trying to be Guild Wars 3.… Expand
  39. KumajirouSan
    Apr 22, 2014
    0
    I'm sorry but this is a casual pile of rushed wank. Horrible combat, Bugged and unfinished PvE and a community of botters, farmers and dupe glitchers that have DESTROYED the economy within a few weeks of launch. This was a terrible MMO and a mediocre Elder Scrolls game. The PvP was okay but nothing you can't get from games like Guild Wars 2. I can't recommend this game at all, I say if youI'm sorry but this is a casual pile of rushed wank. Horrible combat, Bugged and unfinished PvE and a community of botters, farmers and dupe glitchers that have DESTROYED the economy within a few weeks of launch. This was a terrible MMO and a mediocre Elder Scrolls game. The PvP was okay but nothing you can't get from games like Guild Wars 2. I can't recommend this game at all, I say if you want a new Elder Scrolls Experience, Mod Skyrim on PC. If you want a new MMO experience, Play Guild Wars 2 or Wildstar.… Expand
  40. 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
  41. MMandevil
    Apr 21, 2014
    0
    This game lacks quite a lot, until end game but even then with all the bugs and glitches you can't into the **** game. It's lackluster combat and quests need a big improvement, but at least it's got muh visuals.
  42. ollof
    Jul 23, 2014
    0
    The developers totally failed to capture the essence of the elder scrolls. On top of that, it is by a country mile the worst MMO I have ever played. The combat is dumb-witted and lacks feedback, the quests are dull beyond belief, the game is riddled with bugs, you will struggle to group up as its bugged to hell, and you will feel the overwhelming regret of wasting your money. TESO is aThe developers totally failed to capture the essence of the elder scrolls. On top of that, it is by a country mile the worst MMO I have ever played. The combat is dumb-witted and lacks feedback, the quests are dull beyond belief, the game is riddled with bugs, you will struggle to group up as its bugged to hell, and you will feel the overwhelming regret of wasting your money. TESO is a strong contender for the worst MMO of all time. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY, AVOID AT ALL COSTS.… Expand
  43. MaestroVolpe
    May 29, 2014
    0
    The game has insane potential, but at this point in time should not be considered a finished product for purchase, chiefly due to technical flaws. They seem to lack preparedness with the security and integrity of the client as well, as there are often periods of the day when there are more automated bots and hackers than there are normal players.
  44. koval321
    Dec 1, 2014
    0
    Every part of this game is broken and some are even worst from Arena like for example Inventory which here don't exist at all. Not mention about core of game statistics which was redesigned into dumbest possible health magic stamina. Is this still Elder Scrolls anyway? If you change rules of chess game then it become checkers, and this is what Skyrim is.
  45. flowoeB
    Apr 8, 2014
    0
    i ran into the first bug after about 2 minutes of gameplay, and from then on into one bug after another. the quests are boring, crafting makes no sense because you can't sell the things you make. collecting the few things that are in the world (and it's not an open one...) is a bag of hurt. the fights are unbalanced as hell - either you kill like superman or you get killed without knowingi ran into the first bug after about 2 minutes of gameplay, and from then on into one bug after another. the quests are boring, crafting makes no sense because you can't sell the things you make. collecting the few things that are in the world (and it's not an open one...) is a bag of hurt. the fights are unbalanced as hell - either you kill like superman or you get killed without knowing what hit you. interaction with other people is close to impossible. most of the time TESO feels like a facebook game with nicer graphics.

    although i decided to give it a chance because some people said it would get better with PvP but then, from one moment to another they want me to choose how to pay for keep playing the 30 days i already payed for? WTF? I should have burned the €60. watching that would have been more fun then playing this. this all smells like fast money from people stupid enough to pay it.    … Expand
  46. GameMaster3
    Apr 4, 2014
    0
    Nothing like an Elder Scroll game. A linear, static world where you can't be anything you want to be. Quick cash grab sellout by Beth/Zen.

    Avoid like the plague.
  47. tariyaki
    Apr 22, 2014
    0
    Too much money for clunky animations, boring quests, bad graphics and a system that discourages you to play with other people considering it's an MMO.
    This game feels like it has been made by amatures while using the series good name to feed off the $$$.
    Stay away. not worth the money or the time.
    Replay Skyrim with mods instead.
  48. tacos4me
    Apr 4, 2014
    0
    Disappointing, to say the least. It doesn't deliver a Skyrim level experience, nor does it offer the open world feeling of WoW (and every other MMO). End game content is nonexistent. Animations and combat are wonky. The art style is what you would expect from an Elder Scrolls game, but it ends up looking like a washed-out, brown mess most of the time. It has it's moments, but they are fewDisappointing, to say the least. It doesn't deliver a Skyrim level experience, nor does it offer the open world feeling of WoW (and every other MMO). End game content is nonexistent. Animations and combat are wonky. The art style is what you would expect from an Elder Scrolls game, but it ends up looking like a washed-out, brown mess most of the time. It has it's moments, but they are few and far between.… Expand
  49. Taruine
    Apr 4, 2014
    0
    If you buy you this game you continue to support the degradation of not only MMO's, but games in general. This is the most shallow cash grab attempt to come out of an AAA developer in some time.

    The game tries horribly to combine the SP game and MMO together. Unfortunately since the developers already had a vision of the MMO they wanted to create, which had nothing to do with Elder    If you buy you this game you continue to support the degradation of not only MMO's, but games in general. This is the most shallow cash grab attempt to come out of an AAA developer in some time.

    The game tries horribly to combine the SP game and MMO together. Unfortunately since the developers already had a vision of the MMO they wanted to create, which had nothing to do with Elder Scrolls gameplay, they managed to take the worst possible elements of each to come up with this garbage.

    The game is linear, without an open world, no real exploration, with bad MMO elements to boot. Everything is forced so the developers could create their PvP game with an ES skin. The PvP isn’t even that good. The game is completely on rails, and doesn’t try to hide it. Level 50 mudcrabs? I mean come on, you just took the same level 1, level 4, level 10, level 16....ect mudcrab skin and put it in a zone and level scaled it to the area. Lazy. This is the way it is with all the mobs though, if you’re in x area, everything is x level. Trash mobs are facerollable without even thinking. Skills are limited, there is no real magic. Classes are forced, and designed poorly. No utility spells, skills or anything like that to give depth to the game. Garbage game, don't contribute to this crappiness.

    The marketing and customer service is even worse, just go to the official forums if you want to see what I mean. What is up with the cash shop? It’s stupid on top of a sub game, and they charge 15 bucks for a horse? I smell desperation to try to turn a profit on this game before free to play.    … Expand
  50. Tr0n
    Jun 9, 2014
    0
    If you are an elder scrolls fan you will be definitely disappointed by ESO contrary to the 'critics' supposedly positive reviews. The only reason they are positive is because they are MMO reviewers. Subpar graphics, hardly interactive environment, etc etc.. In fact it seems worse than Skyrim which is sad given how long its been since that has come out. If you love cookie cutter MMOIf you are an elder scrolls fan you will be definitely disappointed by ESO contrary to the 'critics' supposedly positive reviews. The only reason they are positive is because they are MMO reviewers. Subpar graphics, hardly interactive environment, etc etc.. In fact it seems worse than Skyrim which is sad given how long its been since that has come out. If you love cookie cutter MMO games then this is just the next step up from that. Not worth your money, and just another time waster.… Expand
  51. 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
  52. Jilted
    Apr 28, 2014
    0
    I can see Zenimax is really fighting to hold their flagging scores. Just the day before yesterday the reviewer score was at a 74 and now some unknown "review" site pumped it up a point back into the green, not on what the game is, but what they "hope it could become". Then you have all these first post 10's in the user reviews which rattle off the same points just in different orders.I can see Zenimax is really fighting to hold their flagging scores. Just the day before yesterday the reviewer score was at a 74 and now some unknown "review" site pumped it up a point back into the green, not on what the game is, but what they "hope it could become". Then you have all these first post 10's in the user reviews which rattle off the same points just in different orders. They've also gone on the attack for reviewers like Angry Joe, Francis/Boogie, and many others, saying that it's just now the "Hip(ster)" thing to do, and bash on their game. Then they go around on fake accounts posting things like "try it for yourself, why would you trust some unknown reviewer?" like like $100+ just to try their shoddy game is chump change. Suck it up Zenimax, you failed and failed hard. It's not because it's just "cool" to hate your game, it's because you didn't listen to anyone who fairly criticized your game during beta and keep trying to blame everything from WoW to Hipsters for your failure. This is the third time I've said pretty much this, let's see if this one sticks without mysteriously disappearing.… Expand
  53. MaxArena
    May 4, 2014
    0
    Countless game-breaking bugs, reprehensible balance issues, absolutely laughable server performance, numerous unscheduled (further gamebreaking) hotfixes and maintenances, disappointing story-lines (Compared to EVERY other Elder Scrolls game), boring voice-actors (Cadwell excluded), a hideous economy system where everyone can craft everything they are ever going to need, end-game contentCountless game-breaking bugs, reprehensible balance issues, absolutely laughable server performance, numerous unscheduled (further gamebreaking) hotfixes and maintenances, disappointing story-lines (Compared to EVERY other Elder Scrolls game), boring voice-actors (Cadwell excluded), a hideous economy system where everyone can craft everything they are ever going to need, end-game content not even worth speaking of -- abhorring beyond belief: all of this is fused together into one of the most disappointing games I have ever had the misfortune of squandering 60$ on.

    I'd continue my checklist on the things that completely destroy this game and its title, but I'm confident that the character limit will not suffice. From one devoted fan of the Elder Scrolls series to another: DO NOT EVEN LAY YOUR EYES ON THIS GAME, IT IS NOT WORTH A SINGLE FRACTION OF THE DOSH IT ASKS FOR.

    That they even dare ask for a subscription fee for this average piece of **** is beyond me. I'd give this title a four, maybe even a five for the temporary entertainment it provided, but because of the franchise reputation it fails so miserably to uphold, it receives a 0. One can only hope that Bethesda issues immediate plans to meld this title with a free-to-play plan in the coming months in order to save what little dignity it still has.

    TL;DR:
    **** No.    … Expand
  54. jirkasl
    Apr 5, 2014
    0
    I am alredy done with ESO.I played almost every new big mmorpg like aion,swtor,tera .... i was happy on start , i make maximum lvl on my character,but on ESO i feel like i want kill my self.This quests are so long . 3 -5 steps quest on 15 min with so low xp reward and u cant select item reward. I dont want play this game anymore pay2play or Free2play. I dont care,this is boring like hell.
  55. Arikaen1984
    Apr 5, 2014
    0
    Finally an MMO to explore and have fun in. I don't understand why people are calling it a WoW clone. I guess because its online everything now has to be a WoW clone but whatever. First off I must say that the people hating on this game probably only played the beta's. I played during beta and it almost made me want to not get this game, and after being burnt by Final Fantasy 14:A RealmFinally an MMO to explore and have fun in. I don't understand why people are calling it a WoW clone. I guess because its online everything now has to be a WoW clone but whatever. First off I must say that the people hating on this game probably only played the beta's. I played during beta and it almost made me want to not get this game, and after being burnt by Final Fantasy 14:A Realm Reborn (A True WoW Clone), I was reluctant to try it again. I am so glad I did. Huge open zones that can be explored, tons of quests, hidden items, probably the best crafting system I have ever seen in an MMO (Simple but deep), so much customization you can create almost any character you want (would have liked more hair options). I have put in around 40 hours since early access and I'm only level 16 haven't gotten to zone 3, and haven't even touched PVP yet. I love that I don't need 6 hotbars for all my skills. I Personally chose 5 skills 1 ultimate and have just been upgrading them. There are hundreds of skills and you can swap them out but for me it was easier to just choose a few i like and morph them. Morphing abilities makes them stronger unlike other mmos where you get a new ability and previous ones become obsolete. The combat is very nicely done. You can dodge Aoe's, attack, block, stun and even do group synergy attacks which is just awesome. Love getting together with a group and killing the world monsters or helping out when chains come down from the sky. I wish I could stop talking about how awesome this game is but I can't. And the bugs oh yes the bugs, still one of the smoothest launches I have ever been a part of and they are getting things done quick, On 1st day of early access there was a quest that was bugged and I couldn't turn it in, well I went to work and came back 4 hours later to it being fixed and I could turn it in. And the gold spammer omg in FF14 ARR The spammers would create accounts faster than you could block them. In this game I blocked 3 spammers the first day 3 spammers the second day and I have yet to see one since launch. I'm sure they are around but I have not heard a gold spammer in the past 20 hours of gaming. No other MMO can say that. Are there bugs YES! are they getting fixed faster than any other MMO ont he market? You bet your sweet ass. Will there be more? I don't doubt it. Will those be fixed to? I guarantee it. So long as the cheap bastards who don't want to pay for a quality game and are fine with being blocked from content go back to their F2P MMOS and stay away from this one I will be happy. There are 2 opinions about ESO those that love it and those that can't get their parents to pay their monthly sub.… Expand
  56. augh18
    Apr 9, 2014
    0
    Plays like Dragon Age 2 as an MMO. Spend more time running around than doing anything, and when you *are* doing something it's extremely boring. All interiors look the same, even when you get to a new quest zone (which will take you about 24 hours of /played per zone). Dungeon layouts are always the same, house layouts are always the same, there are only two or three tilesets throughoutPlays like Dragon Age 2 as an MMO. Spend more time running around than doing anything, and when you *are* doing something it's extremely boring. All interiors look the same, even when you get to a new quest zone (which will take you about 24 hours of /played per zone). Dungeon layouts are always the same, house layouts are always the same, there are only two or three tilesets throughout the game. Giving you flashbacks of Dragon Age 2 yet?

    Quests are boring, they try really hard to keep it interesting with the fully-voiced quest dialogue, but that doesn't remove the problem of going into the same layouts with the same tilesets over and over and over again.

    Group dungeons are abysmal, as the "Holy Trinity" mechanic (tank/dps/healer) has pretty much no depth. There aren't aggro tables, tanks can't hold aggro on anything, which means they're pretty much useless in dungeons. Range is best here because they can kite mobs endlessly, if you're a melee DPS or healer expect to die over and over because they didn't bother to build a proper PvE experience for groups. PvE in this game is really just a crappy single-player experience with a $15/month fee, which I view as a single player game that charges you for its DRM.

    PvP is the laggy zergfest that Dark Age of Camelot was, the difference is DAoC came out in 2001, this is 2014, why can't ESO do any better?

    The game is called "Elder Scrolls" but doesn't feel like "Elder Scrolls" at all. There's no Crime system in the game, Stealth is abysmal so if you like playing Thief types in the other ES games, you won't enjoy it here. The Mage and Fighter guilds are criminally underutilized. The skill system feels like Guild Wars. It doesn't have the sandbox feel of the ES franchise, this is another linear MMO that's trying to keep the mass of people in the same herd and shuffle them along to endgame. Loot upgrades are boring and almost all of the equipment looks the same. The game isn't very good at delivering a sense of progression.

    There is no central Auction House in the game, instead the game has Guild Stores. Each guild can have a maximum of 500 members, you can be in 5 guilds at a time, but if you list something in Guild A's store, Guild 2 - 5 will not see it. This means you're only ever listing items that 500 people can ever see (assuming all 500 members are active players). Because of this, you're better off vendoring most of the stuff you'd otherwise be listing in the Auction House in a proper MMO.

    Tons of progress-stopping bugs and glitches. Some people have no issues, others seem to be getting nothing but issues. This has been a problem with RPGs since the beginning, but in an MMO, you can't just wait, your subscription is ticking. Can't finish a quest? Move on to the next one. But all too commonly, you move on from one glitched quest to find another glitched quest to find another glitched quest. You can't even grind to try and get a sense of progression when your quest book is filled with broken quests, because monster XP is abysmal - you can't even grind group dungeons for XP because you only get 1 xp per monster kill. They did this because they wanted you to be out in the world questing and going through their storyline, not grinding mobs to get to 50 ASAP and skipping through all their work. This wouldn't be a problem, except what they *want* everyone to do be doing, is what's broken most of the time.

    Last time a big-name video game company released an MMO this broken because they thought they were so big they didn't think they needed to care, they had to fire the original staff, take the game off the shelves, tell everyone they were "sorry", and spend two years rebuilding the game. That saw the game re-released into something that was *much* better, and that's pretty much what I feel Elder Scrolls Online needs to do. This isn't a matter of issues that can be ironed out with some patches or addressed with a major content patch or expansion, it's that the entire game is in such a terrible state that the only way to fix it is to take everything apart and try again. This is just an abysmal piece of work, and I wouldn't trust anyone who had a hand in the making of this game with serving me my morning coffee.    … Expand
  57. 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.
  58. konvice
    Apr 9, 2014
    0
    The worst MMORPG which i played. TES is good as single game, but in MMO it doesnt work. This is rubbish! Guys! wait for free2play!!! dont waste your money for this !
  59. airvents
    Apr 10, 2014
    0
    Just another copy paste WOW/GW clone. Elder Scrolls needs to stick to single player only. Clunky game play, bad graphics even on the highest setting. Very disappointed with this "game".
  60. 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
  61. 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
  62. viewtiful1337
    Apr 15, 2014
    0
    TEOS is a huge Game,
    it takes you to cities and places you've already visited in morrowind/oblivion and Skyrim and beyond.
    Tamriel is splitted in 3 different factions that wages a huge war in cyrodil (pvp) and there are lots of dungeons and quest you can discover. and it has the most varied questing I#ve experienced in years- But it is a singleplayer game, you can do everything on    TEOS is a huge Game,
    it takes you to cities and places you've already visited in morrowind/oblivion and Skyrim and beyond.
    Tamriel is splitted in 3 different factions that wages a huge war in cyrodil (pvp) and there are lots of dungeons and quest you can discover. and it has the most varied questing I#ve experienced in years-

    But it is a singleplayer game, you can do everything on your own, the grouping and questing together is uncomfortable and pretty much useless since there is absolutely no need for it.

    The quest don't match the experience you'll need to advance in higher leveled areas.
    Most of the higher level content is buggy.
    Sometime the game resets your characters progress

    Things you buy disappear
    Things you craft disappear
    Your helmet will most likely disappear.
    These are all things you can patch but since they want you to pay 14bucks a month I#m sure I won't play it next month.    … Expand
  63. andicniko
    Apr 15, 2014
    0
    It's in the bin after a week. For those who say this is in the spirit of the series I don't want to live on the same planet as you. If you want to compare it with Morrowind Oblivion or Skyrim then ESO has... Awful graphics, lazy animation, ugly low quality objects and buildings, the combat is just s$%t and has no feeling of connecting blows at all, it just feels like clicking furiouslyIt's in the bin after a week. For those who say this is in the spirit of the series I don't want to live on the same planet as you. If you want to compare it with Morrowind Oblivion or Skyrim then ESO has... Awful graphics, lazy animation, ugly low quality objects and buildings, the combat is just s$%t and has no feeling of connecting blows at all, it just feels like clicking furiously until they're dead - dialogue being a minor inconvenience between clicks as opposed to something interesting.

    In its defence the voice acting is good in parts. That's about it for me.

    Honestly, it might not even be a bad MMO. But it seems to me it is only called Elder Scrolls to cash in on the goodwill attached to it, and it contributes NOTHING good back to it's name. This is shameful game development in the same vein as a flappy bird clone. This is a scar in the Elder Scroll series that is best forgotten.

    (It really doesn't make a difference that was not developed by the same people - then don't call it Elser Scrolls. It still doesn't live up to its name in any way shape or for, and is just bad overall)    … Expand
  64. Tarikko
    Apr 16, 2014
    0
    Been waiting for this game since it was announced. Paid around 300 dollars (imperial edition collector item i think + customs and shipping) with a smile on my face, thinking i will be playing my dream mmo.

    I was utterly disappointed, the moment the game started. The game just feels plasticky, I dunno how to put it better. The gameplay, the interface, the voice overs (so cheesy) and the    Been waiting for this game since it was announced. Paid around 300 dollars (imperial edition collector item i think + customs and shipping) with a smile on my face, thinking i will be playing my dream mmo.

    I was utterly disappointed, the moment the game started. The game just feels plasticky, I dunno how to put it better. The gameplay, the interface, the voice overs (so cheesy) and the dialogue, the combat, the graphics... terrible all together...

    I can think of one redeeming aspect which are the sunrays, I am serious nothing else is ncie about this game.

    Shame on Zenimax and shame on Bethesda for allowing them to use the ES name. Just a ploy to rip you of your precious $...

    All in all, it is a subpar, generic MMO.. Save your money, trust me.

    I just made this account just to be able to post this.    … Expand
  65. Nephilim007
    Apr 18, 2014
    0
    what a piece of junk game go back to solo elder scrolls is not made for multiplayer and i doubt it will ever work. game is boring and simplified skills gone are the days of daggerfall etc game is dumbed down for console. whats funny is they actuall want you to pay a fee to play it and to buy it as well what a joke seriously i cant believe there are people that stupid that would pay forwhat a piece of junk game go back to solo elder scrolls is not made for multiplayer and i doubt it will ever work. game is boring and simplified skills gone are the days of daggerfall etc game is dumbed down for console. whats funny is they actuall want you to pay a fee to play it and to buy it as well what a joke seriously i cant believe there are people that stupid that would pay for this piece of junk… Expand
  66. 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
  67. mec1234
    Apr 22, 2014
    0
    Pants, Pants and more Pants. Boring by the numbers MMO, not much new to see here. Sad rip off of the Elder Scrolls world. If you want a good ES game buy Skyrim if you want a good MMO buy GW2
  68. bravo872
    Apr 24, 2014
    0
    In the interest of full disclosure I should point out that I am no longer able to Log in to ESO.

    If your looking for, a Skyrim sequel, an elder scrolls multiplayer, a better feel than SWTOR, this unfortunately isnt it. It all started like any other MMO, lots of down time, bugs, and many many patches. Problem is that it did not get better and its growing pains only seemed to worsen.    In the interest of full disclosure I should point out that I am no longer able to Log in to ESO.

    If your looking for, a Skyrim sequel, an elder scrolls multiplayer, a better feel than SWTOR, this unfortunately isnt it.

    It all started like any other MMO, lots of down time, bugs, and many many patches. Problem is that it did not get better and its growing pains only seemed to worsen. Patches to fix one problem would just cause more issues. The guild banks had to be taken down, long log in times became login time out errors. New content and TV ads cant fix the flow of retreating customers.    … Expand
  69. 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
  70. fanabanana
    Apr 24, 2014
    0
    All together, garbage, a complete bore with an absolute lack of depth or quality. The game is missing intelligence. Anyone saying otherwise is either a shill or delusional.
  71. Zeata23
    Apr 25, 2014
    0
    I came into this game, thinking it would be disappointing, and prepared for a terrible mash-up of too many games, appealing to too many people. I got that, and worse. The launch went smoothly, but the game breaking bugs were too many, entire zones have reset on me, and the PvP wasn't worth it. I wanted to like this game, I still do, but it's just so difficult. I regret buying this game.
  72. Laoca
    Apr 26, 2014
    0
    For the most part you will find it is a good game. This is until you reach the higher levels. Certain classes are impossible to advance in the main storyline, as well as quests, typically from the mages guild or the fighters guild. The game at higher levels becomes completely impossible if you are a healing class or certain DPS classes. The only class that can actually play through isFor the most part you will find it is a good game. This is until you reach the higher levels. Certain classes are impossible to advance in the main storyline, as well as quests, typically from the mages guild or the fighters guild. The game at higher levels becomes completely impossible if you are a healing class or certain DPS classes. The only class that can actually play through is the Tank classes without much issues. Essentially at higher levels this game becomes frustrating and impossible to complete. There are still way to many bugs that have been ignored in the main quest lines. You will find it is nearly impossible to play without add-ons as well. Trading between guilds and players require it if you desire to actually find the items you are searching for. Anyone who writes a positive review has never played higher level as a healer or half the dps classes. This game will fail and is not worth even starting as you will quit from the stupidity of this company's game creators.… Expand
  73. Luckyduck
    Apr 27, 2014
    0
    This game is trash. The combat is floaty, the classes are horribly unbalanced, there's endgame besides Cyrodil, and the business model thinks it deserves to be both a subscription based game as well as a cash shop driven game. To add insult to injury, you need to cancel your sub 30 days in advance, so if you didn't cancel immediately after signing up to try your free month, you're goingThis game is trash. The combat is floaty, the classes are horribly unbalanced, there's endgame besides Cyrodil, and the business model thinks it deserves to be both a subscription based game as well as a cash shop driven game. To add insult to injury, you need to cancel your sub 30 days in advance, so if you didn't cancel immediately after signing up to try your free month, you're going to get billed for another pay period, whether you want to or not.

    Fire Matt Firor already, quit giving that guy a job. He doesn't deserve one in this industry. Then bring in Todd Howard to fix this abomination he didn't even want.    … Expand
  74. The_Noob
    May 1, 2014
    0
    I bought Imperial Edition paid $80 for this game, as a fan of Elder Scroll series.

    After 3 weeks of moderate to intense playing, I reach to conclusion that this game is a FAIL. Pons (Good points in it): --------------------------------- 1. Superb graphics and music/sound 2. Storyline and many side quests to keep you going 3. many items to collect 4. huge maps to explore 5. PVP    I bought Imperial Edition paid $80 for this game, as a fan of Elder Scroll series.

    After 3 weeks of moderate to intense playing, I reach to conclusion that this game is a FAIL.

    Pons (Good points in it):
    ---------------------------------
    1. Superb graphics and music/sound
    2. Storyline and many side quests to keep you going
    3. many items to collect
    4. huge maps to explore
    5. PVP kinda fun at beginning

    Cons. (major limitation/failure)
    -------------------------------------------
    1. No market / Auction House (AH): basically its very hard to sell the item you gain from hunting/grinding or the items you make to other players.

    2. No Admins or Mods in the game, since its early access till now. No customer support at all.

    3. many hackers/ money spammers/scammers/ads: they created their own accounts in the game based on some exploit and spam everyone in the game, you get their spam on chat, private messages, guild invitation, guild messages, admin messages, all sort of things.

    4. Item Duplication: occurred on 18th April (as i heard by some people), game dev. didn't talked about it. Those who knew about it, made more than 100k gold... and it caused collapse of the gold value in the fresh start of the game. (no money removal, or server rollback to remove the excess money), and since there is no online admins or moderators, finding exploits by dev. are always too late.

    5. PVP quest exploit: occurred on the first days of the game, there was a quest in the PVP map (Cyrodiil) that gives a lot of experience and can be repeated indefinitely... Some people reached from lvl 10-50 in 12 hours playing only from playing this quest. Later they fixed the quest but it was late, many people already maxed the levels in the first 4-10 days and made the unbalance in the PVP server.

    many more things, in conclusion, this game only fun at the start, later you will see that there is no fun like playing skyrim or other series of Elder Scrolls, no depth in the game, just grind, do quests, collect items (harvesting) do pvp and pay them $15 a month. No customer support, a lot of gold spammers, many bugs/crashes/ exploits, unbalanced pvp.... not worth it. go play another mmorpg game better, this game got ruined cause of lack of support and early glitches and exploits.

    Perhaps the only way to this game now to be fair, if they open a new mega server...    … Expand
  75. JackandJoe
    May 4, 2014
    0
    So very disappointing. ESO is just so terribly bland and uninspired particularly with the endless, boring, on-rail quest chains and character progression, broken and poorly thought out grouping mechanics, dull, empty world with almost zero exploratory value, etc., etc., etc. Zenimax have tried to make both a single player Elder Scrolls game and an MMO in one, and in doing so have rippedSo very disappointing. ESO is just so terribly bland and uninspired particularly with the endless, boring, on-rail quest chains and character progression, broken and poorly thought out grouping mechanics, dull, empty world with almost zero exploratory value, etc., etc., etc. Zenimax have tried to make both a single player Elder Scrolls game and an MMO in one, and in doing so have ripped out almost everything that is enjoyable in each. A real black eye to a beloved franchise.… Expand
  76. Kenstar
    Oct 22, 2019
    0
    Games is garbage and a utter failure in my eyes. Also the pvp is a joke, no its actually worse its the worst pvp Ive seen in my life and I have played them all... this is pure trash, its just a mess. Who on earth thought this was a good idea. The pve is alright I guess if you can overcome the utterly boring combat with even more boring animations.
  77. geogeof
    May 26, 2014
    0
    Game had enough problems to begin with then they brilliantly decide to release a big patch before a holiday weekend that broke more than it fixed. This is not some fly by night F2P game. This is supposed to be a AAA subscription based game and it is a massive failure down to it's core. Even when it does go F2P I doubt I will waste any more of my time with it. Zenimax=amatuer hour.
  78. BrokenMan
    May 13, 2014
    0
    Эта игра полностью разрушила все мои надежды на хоть какую-нибудь принадлежность к серии The Elder Scrolls. Первое, что я увидел, войдя в игру - это плохая анимация персонажей. Второе - ну просто отвратительная система боя. Хуже я нигде не видел. Про луки вообще и говорить не стоит. Оказавшись на Нирне, нас начинают грузить невообразимым количеством квестов, бессмысленных и нудных. А доЭта игра полностью разрушила все мои надежды на хоть какую-нибудь принадлежность к серии The Elder Scrolls. Первое, что я увидел, войдя в игру - это плохая анимация персонажей. Второе - ну просто отвратительная система боя. Хуже я нигде не видел. Про луки вообще и говорить не стоит. Оказавшись на Нирне, нас начинают грузить невообразимым количеством квестов, бессмысленных и нудных. А до какой степени нудны все эти разговоры... Я скажу, что если слушать/читать всё, что нам говорят, узнавать от разных персонажей какую-нибудь информацию, вы почувствуете себя на уроке истории, который не будет заканчиваться никогда. Хотелось бы добавить единственное замечание про графику. Она не оптимизирована. По моему мнению, Skyrim выглядел бы намного лучше и там было бы в три раза большее FPS. Вообщем, ваши заслуженные ноль баллов, Bethesda. Ах, да, учитывая всё это, она стоит просто огромных денег. Это позор.… Expand
  79. thierry83
    May 16, 2014
    0
    Well what i tink
    Game is still beta, a horrible buggy mess.
    Customer service is full of roleplaying trolls.
    TESO can be recommended only to the fans of the genre, who accept its flaws: repetitiveness, not very exciting combat and lots of simplifications. This "Skyrim online" is well made, but not very original.
  80. xilc
    May 18, 2014
    0
    As a huge elder scrolls fan, this has to be the most disappointing title they've ever pushed out. I don't need to go on and on about this and that, but simply say it's the bots. The bots have ruined the game completely and the developers can't do anything about it. They built the entire game up around crafting yourself armor and making yourself your own armor, but the hundreds uponAs a huge elder scrolls fan, this has to be the most disappointing title they've ever pushed out. I don't need to go on and on about this and that, but simply say it's the bots. The bots have ruined the game completely and the developers can't do anything about it. They built the entire game up around crafting yourself armor and making yourself your own armor, but the hundreds upon thousands of bots get every node before you can even blink.

    A pitiful excuse for a "game."    … Expand
  81. Ferdinand
    May 19, 2014
    0
    I´m a big fan of Skyrim and Oblivion and I´ve played SWTOR and WOW. I played this game till I´ve reached lvl 50. Having said that I´ll try to explain why I give a 5 score to this game.

    The Best: —It is very entertaining: A lot of quest to do and some of them are puzzles, riddles, etc. Not only kill-ten-bandits. —Good graphics for an MMO. —Combat: It can be suited to your taste. Many    I´m a big fan of Skyrim and Oblivion and I´ve played SWTOR and WOW. I played this game till I´ve reached lvl 50. Having said that I´ll try to explain why I give a 5 score to this game.

    The Best:
    —It is very entertaining: A lot of quest to do and some of them are puzzles, riddles, etc. Not only kill-ten-bandits.
    —Good graphics for an MMO.
    —Combat: It can be suited to your taste. Many ways to fight enemies.
    —Re-playable
    —Huge map to explore.

    The Worse:
    —You can´t get into the game because of the huge amount of players playing it. This is the worse thing not only because of this but also because the game get a lot of lag that make the game unplayable at moments. In my case my Mac crashes to desktop a lot of times.
    —The group finder tool dont work very well. You have to wait a lot to make dungeons even now when there are a lot of player playing this game.
    —If you want to play this game for a year you have to pay almost 200 euros. If you want to play Skyrim forever with all DLC's and with all the mods you want you only pay 30 euros or less. And Skyrim is way better than this game and more replayable. Play for a month TESO = 55 euros and you don't own the game if you quit paying monthly fee. Without monthly fee this game is 7,5 score, no more.    … Expand
  82. Sivus
    Jun 5, 2014
    0
    Graphics are subpar and bland. Music is subpar and bland. Classes are subpar and bland... pattern?
    Every zone had (and still has) quests so broken that the game comes to a stop, requiring 2-5 restarts or simply logging off for a day for them to reset it. PVP is fun if and only if you have a group of friends playing with you or you're able to figure it out on your own. That and it's    Graphics are subpar and bland. Music is subpar and bland. Classes are subpar and bland... pattern?
    Every zone had (and still has) quests so broken that the game comes to a stop, requiring 2-5 restarts or simply logging off for a day for them to reset it. PVP is fun if and only if you have a group of friends playing with you or you're able to figure it out on your own. That and it's already impossible to catch up if you're just starting (and the game hasn't even been out for six months). Doing all the quests will put you below 50 if you happened to select Daggerfall as your starting faction, leaving you completely SCREWED. Trade skills were touted as one of the best features of the game and while it's impressive your left with a bank so small and so expansive to upgrade that you'll need all 10 character slots just to hold small amounts of mats (that stack poorly on top of everything else). This game is a mess. Mod Skyrim and avoid this cash grab. SHAMEFUL.    … Expand
  83. JD1983
    Jun 12, 2014
    0
    This game is completely awful and broken. The economy is broken, the quests are broken, PVP is broken, party play is completely broken, in fact the only thing that isn't broke is the developers. I haven't seen such a blatant cash grab since ET was released for the Atari.

    This is not a good Elder Scrolls game, it is too linear and the story line is too dull. It also isn't a good MMORPG;    This game is completely awful and broken. The economy is broken, the quests are broken, PVP is broken, party play is completely broken, in fact the only thing that isn't broke is the developers. I haven't seen such a blatant cash grab since ET was released for the Atari.

    This is not a good Elder Scrolls game, it is too linear and the story line is too dull. It also isn't a good MMORPG; the way party play for questing is so messed up that actually playing with other people is discouraged. I regret buying this game, but thankfully I didn't spring the extra cash required to play as an Imperial... something that was already in-game at release but still behind a paywall, same as the horse that is almost a requirement since this game contains vast expanses of absolutlely nothing. Pay and pay and pay to play? No thanks.    … Expand
  84. Asglarek
    Jun 21, 2014
    0
    Pathetic...Matt Firor is still trying and failing to hide pve in a pvp game like how he and Mythic totally screwed up DAoC with Trials of Atlantis but damn the torpedo's full steam ahead to hell with the player base and the TESO lore. My prediction, F2P by Christmas and cancellation of console versions maybe even Hellgate:London redux. 0/10 for me.
  85. kahow1107
    Jun 27, 2014
    0
    Don't listen to all the people saying it's good. They must have been paid or something.
    If you are a real fan of the Elder Scrolls series, you will hate everything about this game and immediately regret buying it. DO NOT BUY THIS GAME. The character creation depth and the fact that they made elves slightly less unattractive are literally the only things about this game that are even    Don't listen to all the people saying it's good. They must have been paid or something.
    If you are a real fan of the Elder Scrolls series, you will hate everything about this game and immediately regret buying it. DO NOT BUY THIS GAME. The character creation depth and the fact that they made elves slightly less unattractive are literally the only things about this game that are even remotely positive.
    1: Riddled with bugs and it's been months since launch.
    2: Botters everywhere with fly and speedhacks and you can hardly level your crafting because of it.
    3: Third person feels like the only option, and it really takes away from your character.
    4: The quests all suck. "Go here, talk to this guy, pick up this item, take it to this guy."
    5: The engine used to make this game is old and the graphics are mediocre at best (my system is really good too). The movement and mechanics also suck.
    6: Skyrim kicks the crap out of this game. In every single possible way.
    7: Monthly fee? How about no.
    8: The price for a half baked game that anyone could have made in their basement with the same publicly available game engine? How about no.
    9: Zenimax put no effort into making this game and it's really apparent within 2 minutes of leaving the character creation screen.
    10: Do you like micro-transactions that are more like $20? No? They have that, too.
    11: You have to buy a month of play time before you get your free month promised with purchase.

    Seriously, you will hate everything about this game. Do not buy it.    … Expand
  86. Malanthor
    Apr 15, 2017
    0
    What a horribly boring game. Everything is just so.. bland.. same old gather this, kill that quest.. not a single innovative thing.. this might as well have been made 20 years ago..

    Also what were they thinking, 3 realms =great idea, if it had not been for the fact that every realm have the exactly same classes, the same races and you can even play through the same storylines. They    What a horribly boring game. Everything is just so.. bland.. same old gather this, kill that quest.. not a single innovative thing.. this might as well have been made 20 years ago..

    Also what were they thinking, 3 realms =great idea, if it had not been for the fact that every realm have the exactly same classes, the same races and you can even play through the same storylines.

    They might as well have advertised that they had 100 different factions! Just a load of bull.

    I also hear that their customer support is full of rude morons, but i cant personally vouch for this.

    This **** would have been better of for not being made.    … Expand
  87. erezike
    Apr 7, 2015
    0
    A very bad online game, a terrible single player game.
    It starts off nice with a decent intro-cut scene and a familiar location in molag bal daedric dimension.
    The combat is familiar and reminds of skyrim and oblivion. the four classes gives you enough to play with and the 3 different factions fighting for control over the realm seems promising and balanced. But that where the good ends    A very bad online game, a terrible single player game.
    It starts off nice with a decent intro-cut scene and a familiar location in molag bal daedric dimension.
    The combat is familiar and reminds of skyrim and oblivion. the four classes gives you enough to play with and the 3 different factions fighting for control over the realm seems promising and balanced.
    But that where the good ends and the bad starts to kick in.
    The world doesn't encourage you to play with other people, people run from one boring quest to the next without any incentive other than to level up and push the boring story forward, the game doesn't manage to lure you in,. this is due to the doll quest, unimmersive environment which doesn't react to your actions with spawning enemies every 30 seconds and other player runabouts who are completeting the exact same quests as you, so there you are stuck in this chain of quests and poorly done exploration, where you are about to embark on this important quest only to find out someone else finished that gravely important quest only seconds before, and someone else is going to finish the exact same quest after you seconds after. Its ridiculous.

    The leveled enemies - enemies are leveled in order to guide you on the right path of exploration, there is no lore difference between the enemies you defeat when you are level 1 and the enemies you defeat at level 20 other than to guide you on the right path of the developer, this makes no sense storywise.

    enemies spread - enemies are spread in pairs across the map and seem to take no notice of their friends 20 meters away who are engaged in deadly combat.

    Graphics and sound are mediocre in comparison to 2011 skyrim, everything feels dead and flat.

    Despite the fuzz it gave me to play an elderscrolls game. and the prospect of engaging in a battle as part of the alliance, this game is a total letdown and isn't worth your money.    … Expand
  88. The_Butcher
    Sep 24, 2014
    0
    90% of all those who give this game 10/10 only have 1 review that is this game, there are hundreds of them on this site, apparently some noobs / retarded from zenimax trying to deceive people into buying this game, some of them are copy/paste from others so funny.
    All should give this game 0/10 to balance the 10/10 seriously if you guys want people to buy this game, go improve it not just    90% of all those who give this game 10/10 only have 1 review that is this game, there are hundreds of them on this site, apparently some noobs / retarded from zenimax trying to deceive people into buying this game, some of them are copy/paste from others so funny.
    All should give this game 0/10 to balance the 10/10 seriously if you guys want people to buy this game, go improve it not just hire people to Spam this site with fake accounts and fake review that this game is perfect....

    This game is not worth a dime ... total rip off and waste of money, filled with bots who Spam bosses and auto tele around maps and auto harvest the item nodes on their site... the developers don't bother themselves to fix the security holes and only go make more advertisements (recent one on torwich site) and close their eyes on the dreadful bugs and hackers / unplayable quests....

    piece of advice, rate this game ZERO 0/10 and don't bother buying the game... 90% of positive review are fake (if not more than 90%) BEWARE, wait till its free to play then buy (if you want to try)    … Expand
  89. grantmcil
    Jul 17, 2014
    0
    I am disappointed in this game. I was one of the earlier beta testers and during beta I thought this could become a great game however, the game was released to early with way too many bugs. The GUI is horrible, Bots are everywhere, many classes are OP, they charge retail price plus a 16 dollar monthly charge for a digital download and every patch introduces more bugs. The game doesn'tI am disappointed in this game. I was one of the earlier beta testers and during beta I thought this could become a great game however, the game was released to early with way too many bugs. The GUI is horrible, Bots are everywhere, many classes are OP, they charge retail price plus a 16 dollar monthly charge for a digital download and every patch introduces more bugs. The game doesn't even have a playable endgame yet. And you only get about 1 gold septim per enemy and the crappyest horse costs 17200 gold or about 17 canadian dollars and that price is just for the horrible horse. Also groups cannot do story line quests together and must go individualy plus when you reach the boss there is already 30 other players waiting for him to respawn. If i could i'd give it a 1/100… Expand
  90. jonatron5
    Jul 19, 2014
    0
    This game was harealded and marketed as an elderscrolls title which it is not. It is nothing more then a generic mmo with an elderscrolls theme to it. IT seems like the only people who defend it at this point is everyone that preordered the bonus pack ( the one that gives you access to basic elderscrolls content ie THE FING IMPERIAL RACE) and somehow feel morally invested in it becuase ofThis game was harealded and marketed as an elderscrolls title which it is not. It is nothing more then a generic mmo with an elderscrolls theme to it. IT seems like the only people who defend it at this point is everyone that preordered the bonus pack ( the one that gives you access to basic elderscrolls content ie THE FING IMPERIAL RACE) and somehow feel morally invested in it becuase of that. There is zero depth whatsoever. if you enjoy playing wow runescape age of connan or other generic mmo then sign up here. There is no well defined deep elderscrolls story just generic mmo grinding. with the soul enjoyment to be gained in showing off how many hours youve put into it over others.… Expand
  91. nath3k
    Jul 24, 2014
    0
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  92. merquis00
    Jul 28, 2014
    0
    I Played every beta, closed and open, while the game itself was "ok" the price and p2p subscription is unfathomable.

    I'm not stupid (at least i don't think i am) i know the game requires income to stay online, but the current box price (and even digital download) combined with the high subscription makes this game costly, and for what you get it is not in any way worth it. The loot    I Played every beta, closed and open, while the game itself was "ok" the price and p2p subscription is unfathomable.

    I'm not stupid (at least i don't think i am) i know the game requires income to stay online, but the current box price (and even digital download) combined with the high subscription makes this game costly, and for what you get it is not in any way worth it.

    The loot is mediocre and the PvP gets old fast - the game almost feels like a a solo game trying to enter into the Elder scrolls universe, almost a rip-off if you will (like GTA clones) But Lacking the graphics and being double the price of its rivals, which is madness.

    Like many, if the subscription drop's its price a little (or it dies and goes free to play) then i would give it a second chance - but for now i will just stick to skyrim + mods.    … Expand
  93. Poper
    Jul 31, 2014
    0
    Bethesda tryed to rush this game out without ewen polishing it . Maybe they needed fast money because the game costs 60 dolars + monthly fee. Bethesda didn't have any experience with masive multiplayer they took a leap of faith for this game and it failed. if you love the elder scrols game lore don't play this game it destroys it completely deletes it just wait for tes 6 it will be moreBethesda tryed to rush this game out without ewen polishing it . Maybe they needed fast money because the game costs 60 dolars + monthly fee. Bethesda didn't have any experience with masive multiplayer they took a leap of faith for this game and it failed. if you love the elder scrols game lore don't play this game it destroys it completely deletes it just wait for tes 6 it will be more worth the money.… Expand
  94. gathor
    Jun 3, 2015
    0
    This is not an MMO, it's a Single Player game turned MMO with boring PvE and unbalanced PvP.
    If it's an Elder Scroll game you were looking for just play Skyrim or the older ones like Morrowind (my favourite).
    If it's an MMO you were looking for just do yourself a favour and keep looking.
  95. Wolph
    Sep 28, 2014
    0
    I hated the economy. For example no way to sell to strangers beside spamming trade chat with WTS. And the fans from the elder scrolls series don't want to play an MMO and the game reflects it.
  96. peekatracked1
    Oct 14, 2014
    0
    this is just rubbish not worth your money at all.
    i'm a elder scrolls fan, but this game is only made for your money, every month you need to pay otherwise all your hard work will be for nothing. you really need to buy a horse or else you just wander around in EMPTY landscapes, and don't think you will buy a horse soon, no no because you get 1 coin from each dead enemy.. and a horse cost    this is just rubbish not worth your money at all.
    i'm a elder scrolls fan, but this game is only made for your money, every month you need to pay otherwise all your hard work will be for nothing. you really need to buy a horse or else you just wander around in EMPTY landscapes, and don't think you will buy a horse soon, no no because you get 1 coin from each dead enemy.. and a horse cost 20.000 coins, only with the imperial edition you have a horse.. but yeah, its your money again    … Expand
  97. cradoja
    Nov 9, 2014
    0
    I got the same feeling from this game as I did from Halo 3 to Halo 4. Different designer of a classic, amazing series took everything that was good about the Elder Scrolls name, removed it, stole generic MMO play style from other popular MMOs and then duct-taped it back together. At least in this case I can hope to god Bethesda doesn't think that this game was a success by any means. ToI got the same feeling from this game as I did from Halo 3 to Halo 4. Different designer of a classic, amazing series took everything that was good about the Elder Scrolls name, removed it, stole generic MMO play style from other popular MMOs and then duct-taped it back together. At least in this case I can hope to god Bethesda doesn't think that this game was a success by any means. To me personally, as soon as I heard that there was an extra fee to play imperials I knew this game was a money grab, I'm sure I wasn't the only one. I historically played WoW almost since its release. I don't play it anymore because I simply can't justify the monthly cost for content that continues to dumb down the originality of the game to "appease the masses" as in, "we have to market this so that anyone from ages 8-18 will want to play it." This is just yet another title that loses it's connection to its name, and disappoints anyone who wanted a fresh game concept. Very few games are hard anymore, this one is just pathetic. Not that anyone reads these but If someone made an MMO with similar objectives as WoW, BUT and this is a big BUT, completely re-engineered the combat system to be almost a copy of the way chivalry is (if anyone has played that) that someone would become a billionaire over night. I was hoping this game would take a crack at that but it severely missed its potential, all to make quick money. I read a 10 on here that bashed everyone calling this game garbage. Their reasoning was that all of us giving this game terrible reviews is a ploy to keep people playing WoW. Well, as I just said and I'm sure i'm not the only one. I no longer play WoW, and I haven't in years. Explain to me my secret plan to keep people playing WoW? Anyway Don't buy this piece of garbage. It literally took everything and I mean EVERYTHING that makes Elder Scrolls a fantastic series and removed it. The only MMO in my opinion that's worth its cost is EVE. I personally just don't have the time to learn it and I'm not so much into the space scene. But If I was I would recommend it much sooner than this. I would rather play runescape, or neverwinter, or LOTR, or .....I think you get my point. This game doesn't offer anything new or unique, just recycled **** that nobody wants.… Expand
  98. htreharn046
    Dec 11, 2014
    0
    This game could have been so much more than what it is, even for an MMO. It's way overpriced for what it is, there's having a subscription to worry about paying after already buying a $70 game. Animations are horrible, immersion is terrible, and combat is terrible. All in all, very disappointing.
  99. MaesterBest
    Mar 7, 2015
    0
    Nothing like any of the other Elder Scrolls games at all. If you want to play somthing that feels more like an ES game, play Guild Wars 2. This is just so horrible, i had such fate in this game.
  100. ESOPlayer
    Mar 17, 2015
    0
    If you want to waste money, just click on the "buy" button.

    They haven't released new real playable (new zones etc) content in 7 months. (they claimed new content would come every 4-5 weeks) Game launch was a failure which is why they went B2P and all the issues that where there since game start have yet to be addressed: - AVAVA is laggy, they keep advertising the game with "Epic    If you want to waste money, just click on the "buy" button.

    They haven't released new real playable (new zones etc) content in 7 months. (they claimed new content would come every 4-5 weeks)

    Game launch was a failure which is why they went B2P and all the issues that where there since game start have yet to be addressed:

    - AVAVA is laggy, they keep advertising the game with "Epic Battles" which are impossible because of the lag.
    - Clunky UI.
    - Clunky Combat.
    - No balance between Magicka & Stamina builds
    - No balance between classes.
    - Solo quest feels empty and doesn't feel like a TESO game.
    - Veteran Levels are still there and still a pain to level up to the point hundreds have quit because of it.

    They also recently implemented a "Champion System" that offers endless progression (years of progression), and each point makes your character stronger, which means that any new player that isn't max level yet will always have less points than the older players and will always be weaker.

    Moreover Zenimax Online (which is a horrific company to work for from what reviews say on the net), does not care the slightest about their customers. Many times they have implemented game changing patchs without any compensation to their players thus making them loose a lot of progress and advancement.

    If you want to play a game for a company who cares only about money, that lies repeatedly to it's customers, has a harsh forum moderation (to silence people who complain) and doesn't care about it's customers, Elder Scrolls Online is the place to go!

    This game was supposed to be great, it doesn't deserve to be successful after how they ruined it. Zenimax is just a bunch of liars led by a Marketting team that takes all the decisons and will stay in Mat Frior's resumee like a big failure.    … Expand
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#14 Most Shared PC Game of 2014

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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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