The Elder Scrolls Online

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  1. 0437590
    Apr 16, 2015
    0
    Not worth your time. If it isn't the bugs or glitches closing your game, you will be because it is amazingly boring and dreadful. I am a long time Elder Scrolls fan and have played Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim with such enjoyment and fun. I have also played some brilliant MMO's like WoW and Guild Wars 2 however ESO is nothing on this and is painful to play. Even though its nowNot worth your time. If it isn't the bugs or glitches closing your game, you will be because it is amazingly boring and dreadful. I am a long time Elder Scrolls fan and have played Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim with such enjoyment and fun. I have also played some brilliant MMO's like WoW and Guild Wars 2 however ESO is nothing on this and is painful to play. Even though its now free-to-play it is still glitchy as ever and the loading times have gotten even worse. I highly recommend NOT getting this game. Bethesda and Zenimax have really taken a massive **** on their fans with this one.… Expand
  2. Rouce
    Sep 29, 2015
    0
    I had terrible white artifacts/jaggies around all objects in the game, although using a modern gaming PC. The graphical bug was caused because of ESO's poor AA and Lighting engine implentation - there's nothing I could do about it. Game unplayable.

    Contacted the support team, they weren't able to help me other than telling me to send a bug report which I won't get any response to. Asked    I had terrible white artifacts/jaggies around all objects in the game, although using a modern gaming PC. The graphical bug was caused because of ESO's poor AA and Lighting engine implentation - there's nothing I could do about it. Game unplayable.

    Contacted the support team, they weren't able to help me other than telling me to send a bug report which I won't get any response to. Asked for a refund and nada. Bought the game from a third party, so it's somehow understandable. But they neither refunded the Plus subscription of 30 days of which only 3 days were over nor the ingame Crown purchase which was supposedly "used" because spend in the shop. But I didn't even use what I bought there because the game is unplayable..

    Worst game and user care experience since years.    … Expand
  3. Suss
    May 27, 2015
    0
    Do you want a quality MMO with engaging gameplay, attractive visuals and engrossing lore? Then play WoW. TESO felt like a real grind from the get-go, leveling was an arduous task marred by bugs. Enemies leash at pitifully short distances, making combat easy and dull. Combat inevitably ends up being about who can click the quickest. The ambitious removal of cooldowns leaves fighting boringDo you want a quality MMO with engaging gameplay, attractive visuals and engrossing lore? Then play WoW. TESO felt like a real grind from the get-go, leveling was an arduous task marred by bugs. Enemies leash at pitifully short distances, making combat easy and dull. Combat inevitably ends up being about who can click the quickest. The ambitious removal of cooldowns leaves fighting boring and removes the thinking behind how you're going to fight a certain foe.

    The art style of The Elder Scrolls Online is uninspired and bland, a far cry from the engaging, revolutionary graphics of previous installments. While not terrible on the eyes, it's nothing new and certainly nothing to get excited about.

    The lore of TESO is heavily contradictory to the already convoluted intertwining established lore of the series, with Zenimax even having the nerve to say that Bethesda got it wrong themselves in past games. This feeling of confusion brought about by having the world you've grown up exploring and researching cast aside as "transcription errors" or "fanciful tales" is an iron curtain over my enthusiasm to explore this shoddily-crafted world.

    If it's an MMO you're looking for, literally any other MMO does the genre greater justice than TESO does.
    If, however, you're craving Elder Scrolls, I'd recommend any of the other games in the series - they're all great games with more to do than TESO.    … Expand
  4. strangefruit
    Jun 12, 2015
    0
    If you're a big fan of Elder Scrolls, you will more definitely hate this game. If however you're just a fan of MMORPGs, well you'll likely think this is below par at best...who was this game targeted to again? On the plus side, you can play as an Imperial for the low low price of $95 for your first month!
  5. mmdc
    Jul 3, 2015
    0
    I bought this on PS4 on Thursday and prepare to play it on weekend. Played it 2 hours on Friday (game play very laggy), then got disconnected and cannot login for 8 hours. Took the disc off and never want to play it again.
  6. Robo1234
    Jun 24, 2016
    0
    I have never had so much trouble with on online game in all my life. Does the Katzenjammer kids run Bethesda or what? First, I have to disable security measures on my PC just so I can get their web pages to load. I've had a few issues with other sites, but nothing like this. Second, I can't find an option for ESO Plus that isn't non-recurring. They say buy a game card, but that'sI have never had so much trouble with on online game in all my life. Does the Katzenjammer kids run Bethesda or what? First, I have to disable security measures on my PC just so I can get their web pages to load. I've had a few issues with other sites, but nothing like this. Second, I can't find an option for ESO Plus that isn't non-recurring. They say buy a game card, but that's nearly impossible. OK, well I just get the DLCs. But wait! The DLCs are only available using ESO plus and a recurring charge. There is a log in for the game, one for support and one for the forums. But wait!! You have to be invited to the forums!!!! I assume that would AFTER I download the game........ I assume...

    I never downloaded this game and from what I can tell, I'm not missing anything. I doubt I'll get a refund, but if I don't, I will find a way to gift it to someone.

    Searching the internet, I find A LOT of people willing to pay for ESO Plus, but can't. They don't have Credit cards (a pre-paid doesn't work) and can't find Game cards. Bethesda is one of the dumbest companies I think I've ever seen. I'm shocked at the stupidity of these people.    … Expand
  7. Dementia
    Dec 4, 2018
    0
    Of course is not a 0 out of 10 game, but when the login-password thing doesn't even work propertly and don't let me log into the game, then is not even a f*cking game, so here goes the 0. I've tried to reset my password, it worked, after a while, then when I tried to log in with my new flagrant f*cking password the game blocked my PC, nice, send me an email with a code to put on the loginOf course is not a 0 out of 10 game, but when the login-password thing doesn't even work propertly and don't let me log into the game, then is not even a f*cking game, so here goes the 0. I've tried to reset my password, it worked, after a while, then when I tried to log in with my new flagrant f*cking password the game blocked my PC, nice, send me an email with a code to put on the login menu to unlock the **** and guess what. Oooops, doesn't work. So **** it.… Expand
  8. megabear
    Oct 23, 2017
    0
    Edit: The game has been taking a spiral downward and the crashing of game is so frequent that I've had to adjust my score. I've tried taking the mods off, use repair function, even reinstalled the game. I built my PC using compatible parts. I'm guessing the issue specifically has to do with hardware compatibility with the game however. Note that the issue I'm experiencing is ratherEdit: The game has been taking a spiral downward and the crashing of game is so frequent that I've had to adjust my score. I've tried taking the mods off, use repair function, even reinstalled the game. I built my PC using compatible parts. I'm guessing the issue specifically has to do with hardware compatibility with the game however. Note that the issue I'm experiencing is rather common in PC servers.

    Pros:

    - Immersive gameplay full of lore, beautiful world and life
    - Subscription is not required
    - Base game has tons of content
    - Voice acting everywhere
    - Has the most roleplayers I've seen
    - Can turn into werewolf/vampire, and can steal/kill innocents
    - Diverse build potentials

    Neutral:

    - Toxicity level of community hovers at average. Better than WoW, but worse than FF14

    Cons:
    - Too, many, bots
    - Plenty of bugs
    - Character models are pretty bad
    - Housing that serves no utility aside from DPS dummy and craft stations if you are incredibly fortunate or wealthy enough to afford them
    - Content development lags while introduction of cash items are unrelenting
    - Randomized cash "crate" (like Korean MMO's) that produces duplicates of undesirable items at a very high rate
    - Overpriced and inflating cash shop items
    - Starving players of inventory space then offering inventory space for subscribers
    - Dressing Morrowind as an "expansion" when it's actually the size of DLC, then announcing DLC's tied to the said "expansion", preventing subscribers from any future DLC content tied to the "expansion"    … Expand
  9. antihax
    Jun 7, 2016
    0
    I've been playing for six months and this game just keeps getting worse. This latest patch was the last straw since the PvP is now unplayable due to all of the bugs and exploits.

    1000+ ms lag spikes, abilities which don't fire, being flung across the map, repeated crashes to desktop, random load screens 2-3min long. Rampant cheating (unlimited ultimates, flying in the air, invincible    I've been playing for six months and this game just keeps getting worse. This latest patch was the last straw since the PvP is now unplayable due to all of the bugs and exploits.

    1000+ ms lag spikes, abilities which don't fire, being flung across the map, repeated crashes to desktop, random load screens 2-3min long. Rampant cheating (unlimited ultimates, flying in the air, invincible players, keep jumps) only to get a slap on the wrist because they are paying customers. Exodus of players (recent merge of servers and reduction of pvp campaigns is a clear sign). Getting decent gear requires months of grinding the same dungeons over and over.

    Each successive patches adds more bugs and exploits.

    Do not waste your time and effort, there are better games out there with much better communities.    … Expand
  10. hulkmaster
    Apr 21, 2019
    0
    Typical
    Non-intuitive
    Overcomplexed
    Laggy

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

    I guess i'll go back to my beloved GW2 and will be waiting for Ashes of Creation to come
  11. MrEddie26
    Apr 23, 2020
    0
    Broken crap! Developers don't fix anything. Player desync, lag, bugs, performance issues since «performance improvement» patch.
  12. AmarnaSunrise
    Nov 20, 2016
    0
    As a long time player, who started in Alpha/Beta, here are my reasons for negative review;

    1:) A complete change from the original design concept. Those who take the time to look back on the promised 200+ player RvR PvP and in fact, any meaningful faction rivalry at all, will find that has been now watered down/is unplayable with lag and bugs/generally no longer developed. The devs    As a long time player, who started in Alpha/Beta, here are my reasons for negative review;

    1:) A complete change from the original design concept. Those who take the time to look back on the promised 200+ player RvR PvP and in fact, any meaningful faction rivalry at all, will find that has been now watered down/is unplayable with lag and bugs/generally no longer developed.

    The devs have unofficially admitted this by suggesting that Arena's and smaller PvP environments are under way. However I believe it to be a testament to their terrible engine.

    2:) The recent advent of One Tamriel and level scaling in all content. Whilst I can understand the general idea of keeping content relevant for longer by introducing this, as well as creating more of a 'skyrim'esque' feel, the result is a very trivialized and casual progression system. With scaling you are essentially just as powerful at level 1 as you are at endgame. Sure in the very start you may lack access to a few abilities but with how bad the animations are in this game and the poor balance, it scarcely matters. This is compounded by the absolutely terrible 'champion points' system, which has replaced leveling. Essentially once you hit endgame this is the only thing you work towards. Tiny % increases to what you already have, complementing skills and builds.

    I disliked the effect on progression personally then but in other area's the games previously linear story lines no longer make any sense. It the vanilla game, quests were designed (scripted) to be completed in a certain order, with a sense of progression in the story line. This is also now trivialized and makes little sense, as a level one character can go to any zone out of sequence and find every challenge the exact same difficulty as the first.

    3:) The anti-social nature of the game. Yes you CAN socialize under your own steam. However unlike traditional mmo's the game is 90% solo with no real NEED to play with others. I think this creates a potentially lonesome and pointless experience. One where the trivial nature of the fairly boring classes and animations, makes you feel like you have very little worth in the game world.

    4:) The horribly slow content release rate. This caused the games veterans to ditch the game and ZoS themselves stated that One Tamriel was for new players (likely realizing that with the game direction change many vets would leave anyway). I however, feel that the horribly slow trickle of content stems from the payment model change (sub to cash shop rip off ...I mean a mount costs more than a DLC pack lol!) and how it no longer sustains the bills for expensive content (voice over and so forth).

    This has meant that new zones and other game releases have been very very tiny. One DLC pack only consisted of the addition of two dungeons! with no more planned for release for well over a year.

    Granted the developers focus on designing content for solo players, but this was supposed to be an MMO not a glorified single player game with co-op and few dungeons. The game punishes you for playing with others during questing, because of the story based quests with voice over and dialogue that are unique to each player. It means that you almost don't want to interact with others during that time, because of not being in sync with other people.

    I could go on and on. And whilst this game offers some novel modern features, it suffers from a massive identity crisis and a constant lack of developer vision. With being b2p now (free weekends are dragging in lots of f2p gamers) you wont find the game empty.

    However it was built around a very incoherent design philosophy, one where it becomes clear that the designers had no clue who or what this game was aimed towards.

    It doesn't know whether its audience is anti-social solo player, or MMO group orientated player. So it tries to appeal to all and ends up delivering sub par content for all.

    To those joining knew, I will understand much of the above will seem like nonsense. So bare in mind this is a veterans reasoning. I do however believe that with the incredibly rapid leveling process now in game, the trivial ease of gaining gear - and a rapid realization of how shallow the games dungeons and content is, that any semi competent hardcore MMO fan will get rapidly bored.

    No new skills since launch pretty much. Along with Dungeons that are so woefully poor next to offerings such as FFXIV make this game (with its constant flipflop development) one I'd highly recommend avoiding now that the funding is low and the cash shop RNG boxes are on the way.

    This game couldn't cut it at launch and whilst it has improved, the lack of continuing development really shows. All they have planned for the future is housing... as you can imagine as someone who came for the PvP that was the last straw.

    An average PvE game at best, a unsupported laggy PvP experience at best - pick other games in the genre, or stick to solo play TES. You wont regret it.    … Expand
  13. EpicGhost
    Aug 21, 2019
    0
    Le pongo un 0 por falta de respeto a la comunidad española al no tener ni sustitulo en español. Editado: 3 años después y sigue sin estar subtitulado, directamente el juego es una basura.
  14. Tragedy
    Mar 4, 2020
    0
    New update has ruined the game.
    Lag
    Crashes
    Skills delayed
    Cast times on ultimates
  15. JavaSquirt
    Oct 1, 2018
    0
    15 баксов за ремесленную сумку? Вы bleat серьёзно? Bethesda stupay nahooy.
  16. Mnobody
    Feb 23, 2021
    0
    Im a major ES fan. I tried this game in 2014 when it first released. I hated it then. I tried it again recently in 2021 thinking it might have improved and bought the heavily discounted expansion set. It did not.

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

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

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

    In short. I hate this game. I wish it never was made. It feels like a game made for an iPad and I can only imagine the depraved people who enjoy playing this. I guess if you never had video games before nor got over the WOW addiction, this seems like heaven. For me, the resources that went into this junk game should have beenspent making a proper tribute to Elder Scrolls in the traditional RPG format. At any price, this game is a fail.    … Expand
  17. Kadirov
    May 10, 2021
    0
    Бездушное говно. Играя не чувствую себя как "дома", в отличие от Skyrim. Какое-то отторжение к игре испытываю, что-то очень коммерческое и не ламповое. Своих денег не стоит. Дропнул на 15ой минуте, ибо очень скучно и нет сил дальше проходить.Бездушное говно. Играя не чувствую себя как "дома", в отличие от Skyrim. Какое-то отторжение к игре испытываю, что-то очень коммерческое и не ламповое. Своих денег не стоит. Дропнул на 15ой минуте, ибо очень скучно и нет сил дальше проходить.
  18. Andizzzzy
    Apr 19, 2021
    0
    I've thought about whether to give this game a good review or not. I almost did, but it would be unfair to the gaming community as a whole, as I would be advocating online gambling and loot boxes essentially saying that it is OK to include that in games. The most painful issue I have with this game is the in-game shop and the way that this game has been monetized. ZOS claim to only sellI've thought about whether to give this game a good review or not. I almost did, but it would be unfair to the gaming community as a whole, as I would be advocating online gambling and loot boxes essentially saying that it is OK to include that in games. The most painful issue I have with this game is the in-game shop and the way that this game has been monetized. ZOS claim to only sell cosmetics and conveniences, however both of these things clash with the core gameplay of ESO.

    There are a number of rewards which are only obtainable through purchasing crowns with money, and with extremely expensive costs too. The game is objectively worse off by the existence of these things. I can count on one hand the number of mounts you can collect in game, but the number of mounts you can buy or obtain through ZOS's loot boxes is closer to 100. This gives players less things to actually play for, less things to collect and fewer targets to set for themselves.

    In addition, you can buy time-savers which grant you ability points (if you've collected them on other characters), experience scrolls, mount training and the research scrolls for professions. The issue I take with the existence of these items is indicative of the fact that ZOS are aware that these grinds are a slug. They are literally time-gated; you can learn one mount training skill every 24 hours, of which there are 180 skills to spend. That is half a year of spending points to max out your mount training. This grind must be done on each character. The research scrolls speed up the rate at which you research a trait in a weapon. When researching a trait, you must wait an increasing amount of actual time before unlocking it and researching another. My main character has gotten to the point that she must wait 20+ days to learn a new trait in some professions. Or I can throw my wallet at ZOS and get it done instantly. ZOS, I want to enjoy your game, but you're making it so hard. This game has become a chore for people who cannot afford pay-to-win "cosmetics", but has become a breeze for new players who have the money to spend in the Crown store.

    The largest houses you can buy typically sell for around 14,000 crowns (a whopping $140 JUST FOR A digital HOUSE!) and are unobtainable otherwise... - just stop and think about that. On the other hand the housing system in the game is alright. However, it suffers when considering how expensive furnishings actually are, especially when compared to how little gold you actually get for just playing the game. While players can obtain some furniture pieces through playing the game, these are extremely few and far between when considering just how many furniture pieces there actually are in the game (majority of which are sold in store - because "cosmetics". The nicer furniture pieces are often priced at 10,000 gold, up to 100,000 for the fanciest pieces. When you only get 300 gold for completing a quest, as a player, you must look to get money through other systems if you want to engage fully with housing and furnishing. ZOS, PLEASE increase the amount of gold you get from quests. This leads me to the auction house in-game, and ESO plus.

    The best way to obtain money in this game, is by engaging in the auction house. I love the auction house system in the game, and the way it forces players to be a part of a guild(s). One thing to help you make gold is the use of the extra bank storage and (literally infinite) crafting bag you get when subscribing to ESO plus. If you plan to sell any crafting materials and you don't have the crafting bag, be prepared to have a full inventory every 10 minutes. It's like ZOS are aware that not playing with the crafting bag is a handicap, and so they move it to a pay-wall. There are other ways to make money in the game, such as farming for rare item drops for hours on end, hoping that one will eventually drop which you can sell for a lottery cash out

    ZOS are masters at creating problems and selling you the solution - if there is a way to make money, ZOS will find it. The in-game store and the monetization is in direct conflict with the soul of this game, and I never feel satisfied playing this game. I want to engage in the housing, but the rate at which I can actually buy furniture, if I just do quests is extraordinarily slow. The crowns I get with the ESO plus subscription make it a bit better, as they allow me to buy furniture and housing with crowns instead of gold, but I can't help but feel like this doesn't have to be a problem at all.

    ZOS, fix... no improve your monetization such that the game still has a soul, that it still offers players many more chances to obtain amazing loot by just playing the game, reward players - stop putting every damn thing in the Crown Store! I paid for this game and like many/every other PERSON that has also paid, we keep paying for every new chapter as well, let us play it without locking features behind time-gates and pay-walls.    … Expand
  19. Minix
    Nov 19, 2019
    0
    Im played this game since closed beta up to may 2019... And all i can say about this game its a trash, zos team can ignore game breaking bugs or exploits for a year or two but if its a crown store (cash store) bug they gonna fix bug in 0.4 seconds and even take servers down.eso team is a garbage which don't care about balance or anything else besides cash store.
  20. Macleres
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    In 2020 i played this game for more than 3000 hours and all i have to say is LAG LAG BUGS CANT CAST SKILLS DEVS DONT LITSEN **** SETS P2W SETS
  21. No_LGBT
    Nov 23, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Присутствует ЛГБТ( мало, но есть). Только из-за этого ноль… Expand
  22. Volevanya
    Dec 5, 2020
    0
    Its even worse then PerfectWorld you know. I will prefer to play minesweeper on windows 7 than this
  23. CyberPUK
    Jan 8, 2021
    0
    Played for a whole year. I do not advise, too lazy to explain what is the matter, but the game does not develop, the developers are mediocre.
  24. dontezz
    May 4, 2021
    0
    I would only recommend this game to my enemies..
    I am a returning player from 2015. Played since Beta for a yr or so.
    Heard some good and some bad about returning.. Took my chances and lost, this game is not worth coming back too or starting new. It is plagued by so many GAME BREAKING bugs, Severe Lag, and Disconnects. The Mail System Bugs and Inventory Bugs are a few of these. All of    I would only recommend this game to my enemies..
    I am a returning player from 2015. Played since Beta for a yr or so.
    Heard some good and some bad about returning.. Took my chances and lost, this game is not worth coming back too or starting new.
    It is plagued by so many GAME BREAKING bugs, Severe Lag, and Disconnects. The Mail System Bugs and Inventory Bugs are a few of these. All of these start on PC then get pushed to Consoles without getting fixed creating new problems. While ESO pushes that next big Release. This game is a Bugged Hollow Shell of what it use to be.    … Expand
  25. MAX90
    Jun 7, 2021
    0
    the game is filled with toxic LGBT content, it creates a bad image for LGBT people
  26. Fergusonz
    Jun 20, 2021
    0
    This game is trash in terms of a combination of bugs, lags, ping for people live in "wrong" part of earth. The release of monotonous content, the lack of pvp and arcade pve, etc.
  27. Dan224
    Jun 26, 2021
    0
    this game evokes hatred of the LGBT community, there is a lot of LGBT content in the game, the developers and their streamers launch streams where they subscribe streams for gay, LGBT, gay, if someone asks they immediately block it, all this toxicity causes aggression towards LGBT
  28. OceanoPiTi
    Aug 17, 2021
    0
    acho que ja vi aquele veio do flame ( um tal de pandinha) falando sobre esse tal jogo, deve ser um lixo iogual a ele
  29. JakeFoxUwU
    Jan 22, 2022
    0
    Я как бы всё понимаю, но почему лаунчеру нужен исключительно диск C? Купил в итоге в Стиме за 824 рубля, так и не поиграл.
  30. Markski1
    Jul 2, 2022
    0
    Things have improved a lot since launch, and now that it no longer requires paying a subscription, this games makes a looooot of sense to try if you're into TES
  31. vovik86
    Nov 17, 2022
    0
    I recently tried ESO again and was so disgusted by the direction it has taken that I wanted to leave a warning so hopefully no one else makes the mistake of buying this garbage in its current state. ESO has always been pay to win... unrestricted storage, access to all DLCs as soon as they're released if you pay a monthly fee. In other words you have to pay 15$/month if you don't want toI recently tried ESO again and was so disgusted by the direction it has taken that I wanted to leave a warning so hopefully no one else makes the mistake of buying this garbage in its current state. ESO has always been pay to win... unrestricted storage, access to all DLCs as soon as they're released if you pay a monthly fee. In other words you have to pay 15$/month if you don't want to run weaker suboptimal builds and use your characters as storage banks. I've found ways around this but it's very tedious. It gets worse, though. ESO also changed how loot works to make it much more grindy. Now you have to run the same dungeon up to 30 times (more if you're unlucky) if you decide to use a weapon that you can't craft. There's no other way to get loot that's dropped in dungeons and only the final boss drops weapons. Even players from eastern MMOs would consider this level of grind inhumane.

    The worst part is recently they changed TOS to allow them to sell your user data. And in usual bethesda anti-consumer fashion (think fallout 76) they are very secretive about it. And if you ask too many questions they will ban you (again, think fallout 76). Pretty sure I'm still banned from posting about this on official forums but it doesn't really matter. Any post on their forums that hurts their bottom line immediately gets locked and deleted anyway... I mean, it's bethesda so why would you expect anything else?    … Expand
  32. Rickyboblin
    Dec 26, 2022
    0
    They ran this game into the ground. Their “DLC” is like stacking more trash onto a teetering garbage heap with a loose foundation. I played 1000’s of hours and the game has only gotten worse since 2017. It was salvageable if they could have focused on gameplay instead of creating more “content” behind paywalls. Their content is just reskinned zones with fetch quests and a few must havesThey ran this game into the ground. Their “DLC” is like stacking more trash onto a teetering garbage heap with a loose foundation. I played 1000’s of hours and the game has only gotten worse since 2017. It was salvageable if they could have focused on gameplay instead of creating more “content” behind paywalls. Their content is just reskinned zones with fetch quests and a few must haves to stay in the competitive loop. You just feel used for your money when you are paying $15 a month and you have to buy a $60 expansion every year that ends up being free if you buy the chapter next year. They only screw over their loyal base of players. The pvp used to be kinda fun but they completely screwed up the class identity and the pvp content has been the same for 6 years.… Expand
  33. zcat5
    Jun 26, 2023
    0
    A mediocre MMORPG that wasn't even as good as SWTOR or TERA (lol). A complete failure by Bethesda to compete in the MMORPG genre.
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#4 Most Discussed PC Game of 2014
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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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