The Elder Scrolls Online

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  1. Mizuiro
    Jul 22, 2023
    4
    Mediocre MMORPG not because of graphics ( that are bad and boring style by the way) but because of so POOR and boring gameplay mechanics.

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

    Also the people everywhere doing the same "unic" quests ruins the atmosphere of "you are the chosen one"..
  2. Dimocracy
    Jul 6, 2023
    8
    It's not the best MMORPG, because we all know it's World of Warcraft, but it's a good game!
  3. AAAStudios
    Jun 29, 2023
    10
    As a fan of The Elder Scrolls I am so happy to be able to finally play with friends with The Elder Scrolls Online!!! Thank you Zenimax Online Studios for all of your hard work!
  4. 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.
  5. CollectorRed
    Jun 11, 2023
    10
    I uninstalled Diablo IV and repurchased ESO on steam. Previously I had it on pc. Immediately I am thrust into a huge open world, with players bustling around me. I was so happy that I could level and gain power, that I just ended up fishing for a few hours to get some perfect roe. Even fishing, I could get a valuable item that helped my character upgrade itself. Perfect Roe is worth aI uninstalled Diablo IV and repurchased ESO on steam. Previously I had it on pc. Immediately I am thrust into a huge open world, with players bustling around me. I was so happy that I could level and gain power, that I just ended up fishing for a few hours to get some perfect roe. Even fishing, I could get a valuable item that helped my character upgrade itself. Perfect Roe is worth a lot of gold at guild traders. What a breath of fresh air! To be able to enter an unexplored area, after previously leaving the game for 3 years, this is the type of fun I wanted. Epic crafting system, really good character customization, and social interaction. Thanks for welcoming me back, ESO.… Expand
  6. 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
  7. Kamama
    Apr 15, 2023
    10
    Very cool MMORPG with a huge amount of quest and a beatiful open world. One of my favorites
  8. asdfasdf12456
    Apr 12, 2023
    6
    The combat is too dull. The skill system is too simple, only some handful skills that is usuable. To kill a monster, just keep spamming the same skills over and over again. This makes the combat aged fast. It only lasts for 2 hours long of actual fun, then I have to repeat the same way to kill something because there's not enough skill diversity in the game.

    Feeling bored after playing    The combat is too dull. The skill system is too simple, only some handful skills that is usuable. To kill a monster, just keep spamming the same skills over and over again. This makes the combat aged fast. It only lasts for 2 hours long of actual fun, then I have to repeat the same way to kill something because there's not enough skill diversity in the game.

    Feeling bored after playing it for few hours because what I can do in the game is that doing some fetch quests and get the xp to level up. Killing monster gives me nothing useful, the xp is also neglectable when I am at a higher level. The item drop on the boss is laughable for getting all white and green items in a 15 minutes boss fight. Suprisingly the xp from the boss is also the same as I kill some weaker monsters.

    When I level up, I just don't understand why the attribute point can only increase the base stat instead of increasing the attack power, attack speed and such. There's so much potential content in the game, but everything seems so shallow without any depth to attract me to keep playing.    … Expand
  9. GoR_Noki
    Apr 8, 2023
    9
    2022/23 and people still compare this game to Skyrim... *sights* not even the same engine....

    The Elder Scrolls Online is an MMORPG which plays 200 years before Morrowind, so round about 450 years before Skyrim. So much for the time frame within the lore. TESO is still one of the best MMOs on the market til this date. Well written stories, decent graphics, a big lore, much to explore    2022/23 and people still compare this game to Skyrim... *sights* not even the same engine....

    The Elder Scrolls Online is an MMORPG which plays 200 years before Morrowind, so round about 450 years before Skyrim. So much for the time frame within the lore.

    TESO is still one of the best MMOs on the market til this date. Well written stories, decent graphics, a big lore, much to explore and no player level restrictions for open world maps. The sound with 7.1 is amazing and there is much to do. I needed more than 300 hours to complete all quests of the main game (without DLCs) and there are so many DLCs out by now that you can almost tripple that! The pvp is huge and there is a nice learning curve for raids when you're willing to learn mechanics. Expect it to be hard though.

    It is a very good game but do NOT expect it to be like Skyrim! It's a common mistake people make.    … Expand
  10. MDXV
    Jan 27, 2023
    9
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  11. Giero
    Jan 3, 2023
    4
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  12. Gaming_Bear
    Dec 27, 2022
    4
    I'll start of by admitting that I am not huge into MMOs, but this is game just feels so bland and empty. I came to this game because my friends and I all loved Skyrim, but literally all the elements of what made Skyrim great (the story, the detail of the setting, the beautiful music) are all not here. I am struggling to play this game. At lvl 8 and it all just feels meh.
  13. 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 $60 expansion every year that ends up being free if you buy the chapter next year. They only screw over their loyal base of players. The pvp used to be kinda fun but they completely screwed up the class identity and the pvp content has been the same for 6 years.… Expand
  14. vovik86
    Nov 17, 2022
    0
    I recently tried ESO again and was so disgusted by the direction it has taken that I wanted to leave a warning so hopefully no one else makes the mistake of buying this garbage in its current state. ESO has always been pay to win... unrestricted storage, access to all DLCs as soon as they're released if you pay a monthly fee. In other words you have to pay 15$/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
  15. Kardinal305
    Sep 29, 2022
    2
    Have played ESO since it’s initial and is definitely of my top player games ever. It used to be amazing but over the years became what it is now; a money grab with predatory systems. Also it’s not only the gamble crates I have an issue with, the developers seem to be out to get the PvP community as every single patch or update they screw over pvp players by an array of unwanted changesHave played ESO since it’s initial and is definitely of my top player games ever. It used to be amazing but over the years became what it is now; a money grab with predatory systems. Also it’s not only the gamble crates I have an issue with, the developers seem to be out to get the PvP community as every single patch or update they screw over pvp players by an array of unwanted changes that require a completely new gear set up on a very regular basis. You couldn’t put this game down and come back to it after a year and use the same load out despite after a certain point all gear is the same level to wear. The developers have never listened to their own community complaints but instead do little streams that they refuse to tackle actual issues brought up in the chat. I wish this game was better, again I’ve loved eso for a very long time, it’s just in such a bad spot right now and honestly could use for a change in leadership… Expand
  16. coywow
    Sep 17, 2022
    9
    After roughly 40 hours of gameplay:

    As a long time lover of the elder scrolls games i have always wanted an online experience in this magical world we have all fell in love with, and this game delivers that and more. while sadly compromising some former lore, ESO may not make much sense to the OG elder scrolls purists. This game is still very good. After about 8 years of being out    After roughly 40 hours of gameplay:

    As a long time lover of the elder scrolls games i have always wanted an online experience in this magical world we have all fell in love with, and this game delivers that and more.
    while sadly compromising some former lore, ESO may not make much sense to the OG elder scrolls purists.
    This game is still very good.
    After about 8 years of being out (November, 2022) the game has enough content for thousands of hours, and a fun online experience in a well done MMO experience. The game is very good, has all of the story, content, character building, a good fun leveling system, and everything else you could want from a modern MMO.    … Expand
  17. EptaEpt
    Sep 13, 2022
    1
    Sorry, but positive feedback is not available in your region. At least until your leadership changes the two-faced policy in their actions and statements.
  18. Vitalick
    Sep 2, 2022
    6
    La entrada de la franquicia a los mmorpg no fue la mejor pero empezó a sentar las bases de lo que hoy es uno e los mejores del mercado
  19. OberiousLocke
    Jul 28, 2022
    2
    Not a bad game. GFX are pretty good, story is good, world is awesome.

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

    Too bad the combat is jank garbage that nerfs any interest I have in it. If they'd just nut up and fix their animations so audibly clunky crap like weaving didn't exist, I'd probably be more willing to play the game. There is also the complete lack of a sensible Auction House system, so if you don't want to join a guild, you're SOL.    … Expand
  20. 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
  21. LastContrarian
    Jun 13, 2022
    2
    I think the dev team is full of tools, so I might be biased.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    @ResidentContrarian - former "forum poster" since permabanned by tempermental mods and a dev team that can't take criticism they ask for    … Expand
  22. VegasWarped
    Jun 11, 2022
    9
    This is my favorite game, I love playing with my groups and communities that I have met in game. While this game does have its bugs, the action combat is very entertaining and responsive.
    Lore 10/10
    gameplay 9/10
    pvp 6/10
    community 8/10
    solo play 9/10
  23. SqueekyWheel
    Mar 23, 2022
    9
    Great game for those who like to explore and enjoy well written stories and quests. The world is HUGE, even just the base game will give you months of playtime. The ESO plus subscription gives access to all DLC content plus crowns that can be used in the crown store(ESO version of IRL cash shop) and a craft bag that holds an infinite amount of crafting materials.

    ESO relies heavily on    Great game for those who like to explore and enjoy well written stories and quests. The world is HUGE, even just the base game will give you months of playtime. The ESO plus subscription gives access to all DLC content plus crowns that can be used in the crown store(ESO version of IRL cash shop) and a craft bag that holds an infinite amount of crafting materials.

    ESO relies heavily on internet content creators to explain the game to players and there is very little info in game about how things work. This makes it confusing for some who expect the game to explain as you play. But there are plenty of great online resources to help you, like UESP, Alcast, Deltia's gaming, Xynode, Hack the Minotaur, Lucky Ghost, ESO-U, Brah we got this, Skinny Cheeks and many more. There are also guilds you can join with players willing to help and explain as you go along.

    The game caters mainly to beginners who are still levelling and exploring, and casual players who enjoy the stories and the questing. The world is beautiful, especially if you have a modern PC with a decent graphics card. There is a lot of artwork done in the world, and just looking around at the environments is a joy in and of itself. It's easy to loose yourself for hours just exploring in this game.

    Once you have levelled out a character and played through the vet DLC content, which is some of the hardest in the game, that's when it starts getting more tricky. There is not much you can do to progress as a player except for score pushing(going for world rankings etc) or PvP battles. With each new chapter coming out there is usually two new dungeons(4-man content) and one trial(12-man content) added, but beyond that there is not much an experienced player can look forward to. The overland questing, which is great and very nice for beginners, is simply mind numbingly easy for experienced players with high level characters. The content is still great, but there is no way to make the fighting challenging as there is no difficulty setting to make overland questing harder.

    So overall this is a beautiful and fun game that will keep you busy for at least about a year of playing, but as you get into end game it will be difficult to find challenging content to keep you interested in the long run. If ZOS ever adds a difficulty setting so experienced players can enjoy all new content the same way beginners can, I'd give it a 10 out of 10, but because it lacks this setting I give it a 9 out of 10.    … Expand
  24. Capellini
    Feb 23, 2022
    4
    the story is **** didnt understand wtf was happening, i was planing a heist and for some reason i was on a ship traveling the world? dialog is garbage and I could not even find the main story after 10h of pure gameplay. there is just a bunch of things trown at you at the same time and a **** ton of menus, nothing like the single player games and also nothing like other mmos, i dont no ifthe story is **** didnt understand wtf was happening, i was planing a heist and for some reason i was on a ship traveling the world? dialog is garbage and I could not even find the main story after 10h of pure gameplay. there is just a bunch of things trown at you at the same time and a **** ton of menus, nothing like the single player games and also nothing like other mmos, i dont no if there are guilds cause i also could not find apparently race or politics dosnt mean anything and no clear instruction. wanted my money back but just the firsts quest already took more than 2h. Also couldn't find any battles that took affort or at least a friend. I dont know how but gtao is better than this ****… Expand
  25. JackPlack
    Feb 11, 2022
    4
    Too much worse than Skyrim, to boring. Too much reading/skipping dialogues. When skipping whole game is too pointless. Level up system unsatisfying. Ai of mobs to much MMO like. Not much graphics/details, Skyrim is still better, a specially with mods.
  26. 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.
  27. sealkv
    Nov 29, 2021
    4
    When I bought ESO , nobody no warned me that in this reality I would be attacked by cretins and trolls, who cause healthy irritation in any normal living person, with their defiant behavior. I'm talking about ostentatious idiocy and trolling. Bethesda not doing anything to put an end to this all these 7 years this ESO has existed. More worse. ZOS( ZeniMax Support) help the scoundrels andWhen I bought ESO , nobody no warned me that in this reality I would be attacked by cretins and trolls, who cause healthy irritation in any normal living person, with their defiant behavior. I'm talking about ostentatious idiocy and trolling. Bethesda not doing anything to put an end to this all these 7 years this ESO has existed. More worse. ZOS( ZeniMax Support) help the scoundrels and trolls when they provoke players to respond and write denunciations about them. And ZOS employees receive their money for blocking game accounts due to the fact that some player said something personally in a private chat to some other player. It is enough to tell the troll in the game that he is a troll, and ZOS immediately block the game account of the one who was not afraid to say out loud what is obvious. This is stealing. If ZOS block game account, they DO NOT RETURN your money. What is the connection between the money paid for the game and a private conversation between two adults in a private chat? I pay $ 500 when buying this product 18+ and lose it due to provocation and trolling. This is how they steal money from people. ZOS wrote a letter to me(automatic mailing robot in response to my complaint about trolling by another player) the following: "If another player said something bad to you (in your opinion), you can add it to the ignore list. If you see harsh words, turn on the automatic blocking of swear words in the game." ZOS made it clear to me that this is how they solve these problems. When I write to ZOS a complaint about the actual trolling in ESO, they send me a spit in my face. ZOS send me a robot letter, where they give advice on how to behave with moral monsters and scum.
    ZOS help the trolls in ESO, that's why they hide their names and positions in ZeniMax because they are afraid to meet me on the street one on one, where they will have to return the money that ZeniMax stole from me when blocked my paid account, just for the fact that I expressed my dissatisfaction with the fact that ESO is propagating abomination. I am sure that ZOS are trolling this game themselves in order to provide themselves with a "job". ZeniMax security service is committed to eliminating threats to "business". And the threat to business is public voice over what you do. And when I say out loud that Bethesda are creating problems in this MMO, ZOS began to fight me. Roughly and effectively, they set provocateurs trolls on me. This happens in ZeniMax "Official Forum". This happens in ESO.
    ZeniMax has created an MMO(product and services on the Internet) that promotes perversions and pathology. Necrophilia,satanism,sexual perversions,drugs. Their bosses receive orders from politicians to reduce the population on Earth. They kill people, kill the health of their soul and mind. What I mean? Here's a simple example. You have made it possible in this game when a player puts on the outer shell of a corpse, and in this form is in the reality of the game among other players. This is a product from in-game Store, the name of this product is Skeleton Polymorph outer shell. There are many such examples. "Scary Clown" shell, or Mount "Rainbow Unicorn", and many others, this is a monstrous abomination created by and for devils anti-humans.
    I am a healthy adult, raised in a traditional strict family, in the correct religious and moral traditions. And I openly say that Bethesda are creating a product that can only please psychopaths and freaks who are actively trying to change this world, making it as ugly and scary as they are. In fact, they create the conflict situations yourself in this game. This is an MMO game. Players kill each other here. All know that. This means ESO is bought by those who want to kill people. That's why they came here.
    Here's what's going on. I meet in the game location another player who has put on a suit of a rotten corpse. Yes. These are the kind of players that walk in your game. And ZeniMax call it "Halloween Party". What kind of holiday is this? It is an abomination that causes anger and nausea, it is a walking corpse, it is a spit in the face of Nature and God. And my normal reaction to that is to destroy this abomination. But they have calculated it all in advance. This is provocation. They have deliberately created this situation. They know perfectly well that walking corpses are an abomination that causes hatred among normal people. And they deliberately create this to incite hatred and conflict in ESO. And when this happens, ZeniMax takes the side of the devils, and block the normal person's game account. I already wrote a letter to Bethesda about this. They are waging a war against normal people. They have created a "troll factory", ESO is a garbage dump, a ghetto for drug addicts, maniacs and freaks and other evil spirits, this is a stinking grave.
    The Bible says, "Judge the tree by its fruit." Judge a person by his actions. So who are Bethesda if these are their actions?    … Expand
  28. MunhozMCM
    Nov 5, 2021
    8
    My Score:

    (8) - Very Good!

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  29. Krissy004
    Sep 18, 2021
    8
    If you like the elder scrolls series then you'll going to love this game. This game has a lot of single player content that I question its legitimacy as a MMO. With that being said, this game has a lot of multiplayer content to consider it self as a MMO. There's a ton of dungeons, PVP contents and raids. The main highlight of this game is how flexible it is to theorycraft the best classIf you like the elder scrolls series then you'll going to love this game. This game has a lot of single player content that I question its legitimacy as a MMO. With that being said, this game has a lot of multiplayer content to consider it self as a MMO. There's a ton of dungeons, PVP contents and raids. The main highlight of this game is how flexible it is to theorycraft the best class for your needs. Yes there's the usual class but you can achieve skills from other NPCs too. Even with a level cap, ESO incentivizes you to explore the world to get skyshards and do single player quest or delve quest to get those precious skill points. The monetization of this game is what you expect in a MMO this age. There's the cash shop where you can find exp boost, costumes and other cosmetic items. There's also a premium membership for $15 per month and the game lets you unlock past expansion and a larger loot bag for your crafting ingredients if you're the hoarder type of player.
    Now let's talk about the main issue of this game. Skill and item balance. Zenimax is doing an awful job of balancing the game. Yes you can theorycraft a class but that class that you create might be so strong that you can fight 5 players at once and defeat them. That's the main reason why most ESO players are PVE players. Alliance war and battleground doesn't have that much player that they "simplified" the options. This obvious stems from Zenimax when they first creating the game. They thought it's fun to create absurd skills and item set effects but forget how it will affect the enjoyment of the players in their PVP contents. If you're a PVE player then all of the things that I've said about skill and item balance doesn't matter.
    All in all, the game si good but there are some questionable decision especially the skill and item balance.    … Expand
  30. 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
  31. SgAkErRu
    Aug 13, 2021
    6
    Ну короче ММОРПГ. Гринд и квесты. Квестов много, большинство из них какой-то шлак. Гринд вроде не ядерный, но это я наверное просто недалеко со стартовых лок ушел. В принципе игра ничетак, но как-то не цепляет. Нудно как-то. Пвп не чекал. Пинг бесит, мобы дохнут с задержкой. Локаций много, но как они там заселены - не знаю. В общем, брать или нет решайте сами, на любителя.Ну короче ММОРПГ. Гринд и квесты. Квестов много, большинство из них какой-то шлак. Гринд вроде не ядерный, но это я наверное просто недалеко со стартовых лок ушел. В принципе игра ничетак, но как-то не цепляет. Нудно как-то. Пвп не чекал. Пинг бесит, мобы дохнут с задержкой. Локаций много, но как они там заселены - не знаю. В общем, брать или нет решайте сами, на любителя.
  32. blazinfool
    Jul 26, 2021
    2
    Great story, terribly made game. This the only game that has given me so many issues. The game is built very poorly. Lots of disconnect issues. Lots of crash and lockup issues. Too many bugs, there are quite a few missions that cannot be completed due to bugs, Some are main story quests that you cannot complete. The events they run are so badly done. I think this company must be anGreat story, terribly made game. This the only game that has given me so many issues. The game is built very poorly. Lots of disconnect issues. Lots of crash and lockup issues. Too many bugs, there are quite a few missions that cannot be completed due to bugs, Some are main story quests that you cannot complete. The events they run are so badly done. I think this company must be an inexperienced startup, because they don't know how to build and deploy a working product. Do not invest time or money into this product.....such a shame!… Expand
  33. sulaco426
    Jul 21, 2021
    9
    Its just by far the best mmorpg around. i was sceptical at first, cause i dont particulary like TES. Its not a asia - grinder and leveling is always fun. the combat is really nice. its rather simple compared to other games, but its fun and good for new players. the only issue i have, is the questmarkers. ist sometime hard to follow and to now where you gotta go. qualitywise its on the sameIts just by far the best mmorpg around. i was sceptical at first, cause i dont particulary like TES. Its not a asia - grinder and leveling is always fun. the combat is really nice. its rather simple compared to other games, but its fun and good for new players. the only issue i have, is the questmarkers. ist sometime hard to follow and to now where you gotta go. qualitywise its on the same level as WoW… Expand
  34. wolfaust
    Jul 14, 2021
    8
    Elder Scrolls games have always distinguished itself from other games with its rich and deep content. These open-ended role-playing game elements, a wide variety of character design options and gameplay style always attracted lots of gamers. Hundreds of heroes in its centuries-old story and the impact of each of them on the world has been felt at all times in different eras of ElderElder Scrolls games have always distinguished itself from other games with its rich and deep content. These open-ended role-playing game elements, a wide variety of character design options and gameplay style always attracted lots of gamers. Hundreds of heroes in its centuries-old story and the impact of each of them on the world has been felt at all times in different eras of Elder Scrolls.

    However, I think The Elder Scrolls is successful in the single-player genre. However, when we came across multiplayer, especially in the MMORPG genre, I was quite shocked. The game, which we could play with monthly recurring payments at the beginning, now uses the buy and play philosophy only, which I think is very clever!

    Still, there are many elements in the game that I consider good and bad. After a quick thought about these, I had to prepare a comment like the one below.

    Pros:

    1. True Elder Scrolls experience...
    2. Buy to Play... "Off-topic: Come on, it's 2021 of the 21st century. Playing an MMO with a subscription method is not a good thing. Devs should use their imagination to create a new way to earn money from their games; like monetize cosmetics! It's easy, and all of the players can afford it."
    3. Almost whole Tamriel, and it's immersive, explorable with lots of world events, creatures, and chests to loot!
    4. You can play the game both in First Person and Third Person; however, the first-person mode is not pure as Daggerfall, Morrowind, Oblivion or Skyrim.
    5. As a classic in all Elder Scrolls games, ESO also provides rich stories and its classic factions, like Fighters Guild, Mages Guild, Thieves Guilds and Dark Brotherhood. These factions have their storylines, too. Count side-quests, too.
    6. Play with your style with a customizable skill system; Healer with Khajiit Dragonknight, or Tank with Argonian Nightblade. Of course, you still can create your tank, damage dealer or support character, too.
    7. Deep passive skills system with Champion Points (CP).
    8. Show your allegiance to your faction in large scale PvP Zone, Cyrodiil; capture resource points, castles and outpost. Most importantly Elder Scrolls! Or just go with the Battlegrounds.
    9. Daily dungeon and battleground rewards.
    10. Frequent balance changes with updates and expansion. However, the PvP balance is horrible!
    11. Lots of world bosses, caves with their quests.
    12. Cleverly designed dungeons and trials with good and challenging mechanics.
    13. Leveling is not difficult as they said, it is easy and when you already have CP (like paragon levels) it's getting easier. Example: If you are at 900CP, and if you hit level 50 with your alt-toon then this character, too, will get 900CP right away. Just do main quests, and daily dungeons, you will get to level 50 as soon as possible.
    14. You can be a Vampire or Werewolf.
    15. Crown Store offers only cosmetic items! Yay!
    16. Outfit (like transmogrification) System
    17. AddOn Support
    18. It's not P2W!

    Cons:

    1. Servers... They have latency compared with players around the world. ESO has 2 megaservers; NA and EU. Servers sometimes clumsy, latency may be too high and this leads you to follow players from their back not fight side by side.
    2. Gold is the only soft coin in ESO, and it is difficult to earn. Join Trader Guilds and sold some of the items you loot from the world to other players. Do dungeons, join trials, complete side-quests and main quests, eliminate world bosses, wander around to find chests, you will get used to it.
    3. File Size! Hundreds...
    4. PvP balance is horrible, buggy and there is no balance between classes. Since 2014.
    5. Crown Store items sometimes are not worth a new store update. Literally!    … Expand
  35. 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
  36. 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.
  37. MAX90
    Jun 7, 2021
    0
    the game is filled with toxic LGBT content, it creates a bad image for LGBT people
  38. ruslannikulin
    May 15, 2021
    3
    Постоянные вылеты и отвалы серверов в PvP и в подземельях. Игре уже больше 7 лет, а они ни как не сделают стабильное соединение. Но самое забавное, это когда после отвала сервака вы не можете вновь зайти на очередь подземелья или PvP-арены, так как вам причисляют штраф за дезертирство. То есть за свои косяки они игроков штрафуют. Серьёзно, Зеня, серьёзно?!!Постоянные вылеты и отвалы серверов в PvP и в подземельях. Игре уже больше 7 лет, а они ни как не сделают стабильное соединение. Но самое забавное, это когда после отвала сервака вы не можете вновь зайти на очередь подземелья или PvP-арены, так как вам причисляют штраф за дезертирство. То есть за свои косяки они игроков штрафуют. Серьёзно, Зеня, серьёзно?!!
  39. 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.
  40. 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
  41. 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
  42. Zycomag
    Apr 14, 2021
    3
    I just started playing ESO as a free monthly offer on Play Station. I enjoyed Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim a lot, so I am quite familiar with the ES universe.

    Since then I got hooked by the Soulsborne/Sekiro serieswhich I absolutely adore - especially Bloodborne - and kind of set as a standard for myself. That said, after playing ESO for a week now (no worries, I spent literally    I just started playing ESO as a free monthly offer on Play Station. I enjoyed Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim a lot, so I am quite familiar with the ES universe.

    Since then I got hooked by the Soulsborne/Sekiro serieswhich I absolutely adore - especially Bloodborne - and kind of set as a standard for myself.

    That said, after playing ESO for a week now (no worries, I spent literally days there due to the pandemic), rising to level 30, I think this is quite a boring game with some really annoying mechanics. Mind you, the landscape is beautifully done, the characters are well designed and the interaction a real progress to the older games. The myriads of tasks and story lines that are thrown at you contain some gems, that make the game fun in the beginning (and even made me buy the Greymoor Addon. I can’t tell if I’ll be motivated enough to play it after experiencing the downsides of ESO. And there are a lot for me).

    First of all it’s the unnerving map. Apart of the (black and white. Why not give them colours at least?) symbols being so tiny and only zoomable to a slightly bigger, but still hardly distinguishable size, I run around a lot, travel to the wrong places, pay to get to another wrong place till finally finding the quest I am looking for. If I don’t get distracted by another task. That in itself can be part of the fun, motivating you to explore the area. What’s off-putting is, that if you accept a quest it’s automatically set as your new goal. Not a huge problem as you can switch your actual quest in the Journal. But more than once I didn’t find the original quest that I went on. So I had to run around and search for the place I was supposed to go to. You get help though to not getting lost totally, as arrows on the quest bar show you the direction. Which still can be confusing as they don’t tell you if the quest is in the same area or in another part of Tamriel.

    The second, and probably for me the biggest issue, are the fighting mechanics. Unlike e.g. Soulsborne games, where you have to time very precise moves to hit someone, which makes a win often so difficult, here in ESO I just run around between foes and push buttons, not really knowing what I’m doing (actually I do more or less, but it feels random). Really infuriating is, that sometimes enemies attack from 10 meters away and still hit me. There is no way you can foresee if someone is able to strike you down or not (not talking about the red AOE markers!). It’s just awful. Well, I don’t blame anyone who thinks a game like Sekiro is too hard. I don’t mind going for something easier, but hell, at least you want a fight to feel a bit more realistic and challenging, no?

    A ridiculous blow to the atmosphere is that if you get attacked standing in a group of people, they don’t bother AT ALL. You swing your weapon in all directions, no NPC gets hit, but hey, why should they, if a fight for life or death doesn’t affect them.

    Then, if you finish a quest by slaughtering enemies, more of them still pop up and attack you even when the quest tells you that you pacified the area. Or, attacking one single baddy, you find them miraculously multiplying into 2, 3, sometimes more enemies. Yes, ridiculous!

    The various guilds and the possibilites to develop and train certain skills like alchemy, cooking, clothing, woodwork etc. are kind of nice in the beginning, but get also kind of boring after a while. I just don’t care anymore to decide if I keep some random plant and throw something else from my inventory, not having enough space (which you can expand and is probably no issue anymore later in the game).

    As mentioned above some quests are more interesting, sometimes even funny, some are short (and often too easy), some quite long (and can lead you into more difficult territory). But did I find any quest up to now thrilling or scary? Making me yearn to go on? Naw. Running through a swamp, fighting crocodiles and hags, looking for a dangerous witch, could be creepy. Not not here. It seems that they really go for quantity at Bethesda, not for quality.

    I can’t say too much about the PVP or groups as I’m in general a solo player. It might be more fun in a group tackling the real baddies that are indeed hard for one alone. So if you are a group person you might have a lot of fun in Tamriel.

    I will keep playing for a while, even have a look into Greymoor. But I guess that will be about it. If I change my mind at some point, I will revise my review. For the moment I’m not a fan.    … Expand
  43. furiouslog
    Mar 3, 2021
    2
    I've played this game for about two years now. Here are the pros and cons:

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

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

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

    Despite the positives, I’m not recommending this game because, ZOS as a company does not listen to their customers. When changes are made, it’s obvious that part of their motivation is to force more seasoned players to keep grinding over and over again to recapture what they had prior to the change. They keep moving the finish line, both to attract new players, while also willfully and needlessly punishing veteran players for their loyalty in the name of increasing veteran player screen time in order to increase the probability of cosmetic sales. These players are essentially exploited.
    If you love the story and world of Elder Scrolls, and want a single player experience with casual multiplayer engagement, then none of this will matter, and I’d recommend the game. But given that it is an MMO, whose ultimate objective is to better your play to a point where you can clear difficult content and/or play against excellent players in a competitive setting, the journey is ultimately not worth the destination.    … Expand
  44. 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
  45. iaai1001
    Jan 23, 2021
    2
    So many bugs that absolutely nothing works properly!
    It is now January 2020. I have played this game for 1.5 years and yes it is very entertaining. But what about its future? as it costs money to play. It can be played for free but, imo, there is that appeal for addicts, which costs money.
    Shortly after starting my adventure, the Patch for "threading" came out. After several months, it    So many bugs that absolutely nothing works properly!
    It is now January 2020. I have played this game for 1.5 years and yes it is very entertaining. But what about its future? as it costs money to play. It can be played for free but, imo, there is that appeal for addicts, which costs money.
    Shortly after starting my adventure, the Patch for "threading" came out. After several months, it basically works but currently players complained about the increased "lag," which ZOS said they would fix but 1.5 years later the same lag is there. ZOS has a tendency to say that they will fix something but that may never occur and be down the road many years away. There are still serious problems with threading where consecutive actions are out of order, e.g. there is an execute ability that can be used when your enemy's hit points are less than 25% and frequently the execute ability occurs out of order giving damage at 1/300 of what it should be: there are many more examples.
    The last major patch is Update 28, which was advertised as an inventory overhaul. There was no overhaul but a significant inventory UI improvement. There are many minor inventory problems like doing a writ quest where the searches are inaccurate (you have an item but the game doesn't know it), increasing your armor rating from 4 stars to 5 and getting a 20% reduction in DPS where the displayed base weapon damage has increased by over 100 plus many increased damage increases.
    But I digress, as the key problem today is what I describe as "the bug threshold." With the Update 28, it appears that ESO has hit the "bug threshold," which I define as the point where a software package has so many bugs that programs can no longer code normally as everything they now write is a work-around the existing bugs to accomplish a stated function. And the end result is a choice between the new bugs and the old bugs, which does the most damage to the game. Recently ESO had an Undaunted Event where they delayed the launch by more than a week to fix dungeons. They did significantly improve the dungeon queueing system that works most of the time but left the dungeon CTDs (crash to desktop). Then ZOS announced that they couldn't fix this. Also during these famous/infamous Updates a slough of fixes are announced. Often after a few days some or many of these so-called fixes are removed because they cause CTD"s or more significant other problems. These removals are not acknowledged by ZOS and may never be addressed again except possibly by luck. As Microsoft has purchased ZOS and has a software personality where bugs are fixed instead of writing work-arounds (of course they don't fix all bugs for games), what will happen to Bethesda's beloved Elder Scrolls? Where does one start with trying to fix the massive amount of bugs and obvious work-arounds to create a working game? First you would have to delete the work-arounds, recording and retesting what actual bugs you have, which would be an awesome task. Plus the new chapters and DLC's that are now composed of significant work-arounds would basically have to be rewritten from scratch.
    The current status of Daily Dungeons is that CTD's occur frequently and ZOS said they cannot be fixed. There is a player work-around from your CTD and that is to log out of the game completely and then relog and rejoin your team: takes about 2 minutes, which can occur to any team member in a dungeon that is experiencing this bug and multiple times as long as your teammates have not kicked you from the team. But of course this is better with the current dungeon queueing system, which generally works, tha it worked before.
    Regards,    … Expand
  46. Xonerix
    Jan 15, 2021
    3
    Garbage mmorpg, a very bad gimmick of Elder scrolls games. Nothing in the game is interesting enough to keep you playing for long.
    The world map is huge in ESO, but it's literally blueprint copy paste regions everywhere, if you fully completed at least 1 region, then you can count it as if you played the whole game.
    Even though PVE is not p2w, PVP is pay to win, because you can buy DLCs    Garbage mmorpg, a very bad gimmick of Elder scrolls games. Nothing in the game is interesting enough to keep you playing for long.
    The world map is huge in ESO, but it's literally blueprint copy paste regions everywhere, if you fully completed at least 1 region, then you can count it as if you played the whole game.
    Even though PVE is not p2w, PVP is pay to win, because you can buy DLCs that you can complete to gain more powerful skills to use in combat, which gives you unfair advantage over other people that didn't buy that specific DLC.    … Expand
  47. GreenPufferFish
    Jan 12, 2021
    7
    not as good as skyrim but still a fun game to play its also quite cheap could play for a while withot getting bored
  48. 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.
  49. Cell1e
    Dec 30, 2020
    8
    This game has improved a lot since I first reviewed it 4 years ago, its now has lots more customisation, leveling is easier and so is making money in game. In fact this game has now become one of my favourite mmos to play on a regular basis but much of that has to do with the quality of life improvements that the modders have made to the game. Funny but true and very typical of a BethesdaThis game has improved a lot since I first reviewed it 4 years ago, its now has lots more customisation, leveling is easier and so is making money in game. In fact this game has now become one of my favourite mmos to play on a regular basis but much of that has to do with the quality of life improvements that the modders have made to the game. Funny but true and very typical of a Bethesda game. Still I can now recommend that you try this game, add a few mods to it as well and you will love it. :)… Expand
  50. R3DTHR3AT
    Dec 17, 2020
    4
    Очень слабая мморпг с отсутствием мотивации как в пвп и пве. По сути не мморпг вовсе, что в итоге признали и сами разработчики.
  51. PenguinForSale
    Dec 13, 2020
    8
    First of all: Of course I haven't played every MMORPG in the world, but in my opinion this is the best one out there!

    Not just that you buy the game and then can play it whenever you want (no ESO Plus needed, DLCs not necessary - base game is fine, it will take a while for normal players to get to max level) but the game itself is worth the initial price you pay. It is big, it has    First of all: Of course I haven't played every MMORPG in the world, but in my opinion this is the best one out there!

    Not just that you buy the game and then can play it whenever you want (no ESO Plus needed, DLCs not necessary - base game is fine, it will take a while for normal players to get to max level) but the game itself is worth the initial price you pay. It is big, it has heart, it's fun, full of life thanks to an amazing community, ever evolving, there is always something new to find, you can play whatever kind of combat style you want and change it later on, graphics are neat, active support, etc.
    Addons make this game even better so now i have nothing to complain about the core experience.
    Played it on PS4 first and switched to PC. Why? Just because community is a huge part in MMORPGs (imo) and it was annoying to communicate on console, also the addons made sense to me at higher level and if you play regularly.

    ESO Plus is expensive for what you get though (that's why 8/10). And unfortunately if you play ESO with "purpose" at least the crafting bag is needed, regular bank and inventory space is not enough for a chronic looter... also the cosmetics or whatever you wanna buy from the crown store are also a little expensive. But that's optional, so, there you go.

    Over 6 years on the market in a fast paced industry and ESO is still relevant and highly enjoyable to play. Other MMORPGs could never hold my attention this long. Good job.    … Expand
  52. 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.
  53. gman321
    Dec 5, 2020
    1
    The game was a very good, fun Game. Great for solo or group. However in the last year the quality of the game's servers and customer service has dropped. After their recent update very few players, including myself, can play a dungeon or even log in to the game due to the constant freezing and crashing. Sadly Bethesda has already said only pc players will receive any compensationThe game was a very good, fun Game. Great for solo or group. However in the last year the quality of the game's servers and customer service has dropped. After their recent update very few players, including myself, can play a dungeon or even log in to the game due to the constant freezing and crashing. Sadly Bethesda has already said only pc players will receive any compensation although xbox and ps4 players also pay the $25/ month.… Expand
  54. Volevanya
    Dec 5, 2020
    0
    Its even worse then PerfectWorld you know. I will prefer to play minesweeper on windows 7 than this
  55. Pitchyburdell
    Dec 4, 2020
    3
    It's a good game if you live in 2006. Bad graphic, bad animations, bad quest and bad immersion, totaly waste of money, buy it if you like to farm everything everyday in a ugly world.
  56. 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
  57. drusmanbashir
    Nov 15, 2020
    4
    This game is the video game versioh of a clickbait.. the trailers will show you amazing visuals and paint a picture of an immersive adventure with danger lurking in every corner, super-powers etc.. whereas in reality this is a vast traipse through a landscape filled with monotonous battles - nothing new here from Bethesda which has never disappointed to disappoint. If you're into visualsThis game is the video game versioh of a clickbait.. the trailers will show you amazing visuals and paint a picture of an immersive adventure with danger lurking in every corner, super-powers etc.. whereas in reality this is a vast traipse through a landscape filled with monotonous battles - nothing new here from Bethesda which has never disappointed to disappoint. If you're into visuals and vistas exploring an open world, better pack your bag and go out in real-life. If you're looking for an immersive RPG with intelligent combat, play the Witcher3 or (the outdated) world of warcraft. I have been fooled by this games trailers several times and ended up buying several DLCs only to uninstall it an hour later.… Expand
  58. Filipmr
    Sep 5, 2020
    1
    The most boring game i've ever played. Do not buy it, I regret buying it......
  59. 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
  60. PCGamingGhost
    Aug 25, 2020
    9
    My history with The Elder Scrolls franchise may not be as expansive as some here and I can honestly say that I've never played a game in the series before jumping into The Elder Scrolls Online, but I'm glad because I didn't have any real expectations going into this game. First off I want to say that I've been playing ESO on and off for several years and I consider it to not only be one ofMy history with The Elder Scrolls franchise may not be as expansive as some here and I can honestly say that I've never played a game in the series before jumping into The Elder Scrolls Online, but I'm glad because I didn't have any real expectations going into this game. First off I want to say that I've been playing ESO on and off for several years and I consider it to not only be one of the best MMORPG's available on the market today, but one of the finest MMORPG's of all-time. I'm serious when I say that. This game has everything a fan of the MMO genre could possibly ever want. You want a huge and ever expanding world to explore and discover? This game has it. You want thousands of quests and adventures to solve? This game has it. You want challenging group content such as dungeons and PvP? This game has it. In other words your not going to be short on things to do in The Elder Scrolls Online and at times it's going to feel like after hundreds of hours played that you've barely put a dent into what this game has to offer.

    Now, does all this content and activity mean that this game perfect and has zero flaws? No. Far from it. Like with most games there are little things that stand in the way of pure perfection. There are moments where sometimes you feel like completing a certain task is impossible, or you feel lost and have no idea what to do next, but as a whole I would say that this game is one of the best RPG experiences I've ever had and definitely worthy of players giving it a solid effort if you're a fan of the MMO genre or a fan of The Elder Scrolls in general. The world is vast and exciting, the player base is booming and extremely helpful, and the story you'll encounter as you play through the game and it's expansions is enjoyable and intriguing.

    I've put over 1,100 hours into The Elder Scrolls Online and have enjoyed it's many expansions (chapters) and feel like this game gives me the closest feeling to my early days playing World of Warcraft as any game I've played since. The feeling of adventure and wonder and not knowing what you'll come across next as you make your way through the world. It's truly a remarkable experience that should be one click away on everyone's hard drive. Jump on in and experience the magic for yourself!
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  61. PatMc1896
    Aug 1, 2020
    7
    A lot of content definitely improved since release , crown store crates and that with rng can be annoying and basically having to purchase eso plus to experience things better isn’t great but I still enjoy the dungeons etc can be challenging and fun
  62. Lizarino
    Jul 16, 2020
    9
    As someone who doesn't particularly enjoy MMOs, I really enjoy this game a lot.

    I've tried getting into a lot of other MMOs in the past and either not liked the controls, the the graphics or something else. Out of the about 10 or so MMOs I tried last year, ESO was the only one I could get into. It looked great for an MMO, I liked the art style, it had controls I liked and was used to    As someone who doesn't particularly enjoy MMOs, I really enjoy this game a lot.

    I've tried getting into a lot of other MMOs in the past and either not liked the controls, the the graphics or something else.
    Out of the about 10 or so MMOs I tried last year, ESO was the only one I could get into. It looked great for an MMO, I liked the art style, it had controls I liked and was used to and already like the world and lore from playing the single player elder scrolls games.

    Classes:

    There are currently 6 classes in ESO (4 free and 2 are with DLCs - warden and necro). All of the classes can do good damage, tank or heal, some better than others if you want to min-max.
    Each class has 3 skill lines and each skill has 2 morphs to choose from, which alter how it works. There's also skill lines for each weapon in the game as well as guilds, like fighters guild, mages guild, undaunted.

    This brings me into one big problem I have with the game: stamina builds and how limiting they are for what skills you can use. If you don't want to be forced into using a stave with a magicka build (another con for me) then you can do a stamina build. This forces you to only use 2 or 3 of your class skills at most which heavily limit your options and make your character much more boring, as well as having more than one stamina character pretty much the same as any other.

    Another thing I like about ESO is how you can solo most of the content in the game, if you hate other humans like me.    … Expand
  63. Sphinxmoth
    Jun 21, 2020
    9
    Well, ESO had a really bad start back in 2014.
    But for now the game is far not bad: really good side quests (There are 5 or 7 "go-and-kill-10-monstername-oh-ye-fabled-hero" quests in all game. And the game have few hundred quests.), good-written main quests. Honestly this game comfortably plays as single-player, which is very rear for an MMO an which is really awesome for The Elder    Well, ESO had a really bad start back in 2014.
    But for now the game is far not bad: really good side quests (There are 5 or 7 "go-and-kill-10-monstername-oh-ye-fabled-hero" quests in all game. And the game have few hundred quests.), good-written main quests. Honestly this game comfortably plays as single-player, which is very rear for an MMO an which is really awesome for The Elder Scrolls series veterans.    … Expand
  64. TheWaffle
    Jun 20, 2020
    4
    I have to watch the company logo animation and accept 4 different end user license agreements every-time I log on? No thanks.
  65. 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
  66. npace
    Jun 14, 2020
    2
    I participated in the beta testing, I barely spent a week, the game is terrible and has almost nothing similar in the gameplay with its predecessor Skyrim. This is a complete disappointment.
  67. Artok1488
    May 28, 2020
    10
    Советую играть только тем, кто не боится общаться с людьми. Потому что в соло игра откроется вам по другому.
    По поводу графики всё очень хорошо. Локаций много и квесты на 7. Но игре ставлю 10 потому что задания тут не главное.    Советую играть только тем, кто не боится общаться с людьми. Потому что в соло игра откроется вам по другому.
    По поводу графики всё очень хорошо. Локаций много и квесты на 7. Но игре ставлю 10 потому что задания тут не главное.
  68. Mistforged
    May 26, 2020
    5
    Had the game two weeks.
    Overall impression: good game hidden beneath a coating of bugs glitches time gates and unrealistic requirements for all content types. NOTE: extremely poor server quality. The bugs: being sent into the floor by enemy attacks, dungeon bugs where I cannot enter, enemies bugging into walls/ the floor preventing progress in dungeons, skills failing to cast due to server    Had the game two weeks.
    Overall impression: good game hidden beneath a coating of bugs glitches time gates and unrealistic requirements for all content types. NOTE: extremely poor server quality. The bugs: being sent into the floor by enemy attacks, dungeon bugs where I cannot enter, enemies bugging into walls/ the floor preventing progress in dungeons, skills failing to cast due to server lag.

    Time gates: one of the main parts of the game is PVP or BG(battlegrounds) both require to be fully geared, and PVP requires either 810cp or a maxed out horse speed, which takes 60 days minimum to get. Other time gates on ridiculous things also exist, for example a werewolf bite can be only given once a week, I guess their jaw aches or somthing? Nooo, you’d be wrong, it’s because ESO wants to sell werewolf bites on the store for money, aswell as horse speed scrolls.

    Not only all this. But having had the game two weeks and paying for ESO only monthly subscription I’ve now encountered a day where I cannot log in at all due to an endless ‘requesting character load’ due to poor server quality and size, this has occurred on a day where a new expansion has been released. TERRIBLE for new players like me who immediately regret their purchase and feel ripped off. If you can ignore justa. Few of the issues mentioned above the PVP is fun and the questing is all fully voice acted and fun. Just a shame the dev team seems like they don’t give a shi* about the player base.    … Expand
  69. hypnopaedia
    May 1, 2020
    7
    Though this game had a rough start in 2014, I can safely say in 2020 that the game is playable, stable, and actually quite fun.

    I'm a long-time WoW player unfortunately, and this MMO is one of the only ones that differentiates itself from being a WoW-like experience. It does so through a number of innovative features, either borrowed from Elder Scrolls' past or completely new,    Though this game had a rough start in 2014, I can safely say in 2020 that the game is playable, stable, and actually quite fun.

    I'm a long-time WoW player unfortunately, and this MMO is one of the only ones that differentiates itself from being a WoW-like experience. It does so through a number of innovative features, either borrowed from Elder Scrolls' past or completely new, including:

    + interactive combat (blocking, block bashing, dodging, being required to actually hit enemies with your attacks)
    + semi-deep quest and world lore that, while interesting, is entirely skip-able if you are not interested, and doesn't get in the way of gameplay if you are interested
    + a reduced number of abilities and active ability hotkeys, with swappable weapon / ability sets, making each individual ability more central to your core strategy, and allowance for swapping between combat "roles" (tank, healer, dps, etc.) quickly and fluidly.

    In addition, with a large world that can be explored at your pace (no level-specific requirements), no questing hubs, quick access between continents, and fast travel to and from cities, exploration and adventure are given incentive. The player is not railroaded into the main quest, specific cities, or anything else for that matter.

    Playing with friends is fun and easy, as players' stats scale to the current content, meaning that all players (except max level players) compete on an even playing field. This ensures that players can maintain cooperative play, even if leveling separately, and reduces queue times for PvP and dungeon content. At the same time, however, players of higher level are still rewarded in these situations, as better gear tiers and new active and passive abilities still provide an edge, and make you feel more powerful than those around you.

    Server and performances issues are at an all-time low. I play on a high-performance gaming PC, while one of my friends plays on a crappy Mac, and another plays on a mid-range Windows laptop. None of us have experienced issues with connectivity or performance beyond singular outliers, separated by hours of stable gameplay.

    Now, on to the negatives.

    ESO used to have a subscription model. However, following a subpar launch and declining subscriptions, they switched to a free model with an in-game store and an optional, perk-based subscription. This can be mostly avoided, but the biggest "incentive" to purchase an ESO+ subscription is the inventory management. Dear lord, is your inventory the most difficult part of the game. Inventory fills up basically immediately, then the bank goes too, and upgrades for both are rare and expensive. Due to the sheer number of crafting materials, daily rewards (which can't be stacked), and gear you're holding onto in order to research it when a slot opens up, you'll constantly be destroying less valuable items (to the point that you're destroying things of value) in order to make room. You'll have to break between almost every dungeon in order to do inventory management. You can't explore for more than 15 minutes without running out of room. It's INSANE. ESO+ gives you unlimited room for crafting supplies. They know how bad the inventory management is, and they're keeping it that way to pressure you into a subscription. A crafty but also extremely low blow.

    Crafting is NOT INTUITIVE. You will most certainly require an outside guide or a friend's explanation in order to understand it. However, when you DO get it, it's extremely deep, unique, and fun (when you're not shifting your inventory around).

    Enemy AI sucks, and attempting to challenge yourself more by pulling more enemies in a dungeon or otherwise often results in some enemies just waiting for other enemies to die in order to reduce server load. It sucks to watch your group pull 30 enemies just to see about 5 of them wait in the back for others to die like the bad guys in an action movie that attack the protagonist one at a time.

    Everything is so easy to access that the community mindset has become, like most other MMO's, grind grind grind. One reason people love WoW Classic is that you can't just grind; you need the involvement of the community to play. This is NOT true in ESO; player communication is shallow, and it's not much of an MMO in reality unless you are playing with irl friends. Players often don't wait for tanks to pull in dungeons because they're trying to grind quickly, and since nobody waits for the lore, if you're interested, you'll be holding up others regularly.

    Ignoring Bethesda/Zenimax as money-grubbing companies who have proven themselves to be nothing but slaves to their corporate overlords, and ignoring the absolute departure from the Elder Scrolls as a whole, ESO is a really fun, standout MMO with unique systems and a beautiful, realized world. The biggest shame is how long it took to get here; I can only imagine the reception this game would've received if it was released as it is now.    … Expand
  70. 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
  71. zakoH
    Apr 27, 2020
    5
    Куча невидимых стен и постоянные ошибки на сервере 3 раза за месяц это перебор.А решать эти проблемы не торопятся
  72. MrEddie26
    Apr 23, 2020
    0
    Broken crap! Developers don't fix anything. Player desync, lag, bugs, performance issues since «performance improvement» patch.
  73. T-Babyboi
    Apr 7, 2020
    4
    I give it a 4 because I'm below indifference, I call it negative. Let me point out I enjoy the feel of combat, the world looks cool, it's awesome running around with the realization real people, maybe even a group of friends are there with you, but the kicker for me is this.
    The game I think could be played for what it is, spending hundreds of hours getting mostly everything you want out    I give it a 4 because I'm below indifference, I call it negative. Let me point out I enjoy the feel of combat, the world looks cool, it's awesome running around with the realization real people, maybe even a group of friends are there with you, but the kicker for me is this.
    The game I think could be played for what it is, spending hundreds of hours getting mostly everything you want out of the game with very little real money besides base game and maybe major DLC, what phucks my brain is being in a game with options for the indulgencies such as housing, furniture, dyes and more.......only to find out that **** is blocked up behind a formitable grind wall, one so high it is designed, obviously to make you pay for it all.
    Housing things like an in house banker, crafting stations, must be purchased from grind gold or crowns, one phucking the other because both are designed to prevent one or the other.... Making it a loop of mediocrity and tedious trash.
    Idk about anyone else, but when I sit down to play a game in the back of my mind I need to know everything will be accessible to me within a reasonable accomplishment accommodation., otherwise the whole story is mucked with the background noise.... CROWNS.
    It is truly pathetic, the world as we know it cannot function without micro transactions and little schemes, so much time wasted for so little gained.
    I know it's as pathetic I sit here and rant over time lost, expectations let down with general mediocrity, I should move on and not even give this the time of day... And you're right, but I'm so at loss with how ****ty the silver lining of this world really is, I'm better off just **** until I'm dead.    … Expand
  74. Pugatow
    Mar 29, 2020
    5
    To many dlc/expansions. which imo. Doesn't add enough gameplay. I liked the base game, but overall think its lacking in many ways
  75. chekb
    Mar 25, 2020
    3
    ESO is rather strange and ambiguous. On the one hand, NOT BEING a bloody copy of Warcraft, this is a very good MMO game. ZoS made it good (not great) for quite some time. On the other hand, it would be great if they continued to do it better. Of course, they release DLC that increase the number of hours spent in the game, as well as the amount of money that ZoS earned. However, this isESO is rather strange and ambiguous. On the one hand, NOT BEING a bloody copy of Warcraft, this is a very good MMO game. ZoS made it good (not great) for quite some time. On the other hand, it would be great if they continued to do it better. Of course, they release DLC that increase the number of hours spent in the game, as well as the amount of money that ZoS earned. However, this is all unimportant, because they only complement the game, and not improve it. I spent almost 700 hours at ESO. During this time I received a lot of pleasure, but also disappointment. In fact, I do not remember the moment when ZoS did something that could improve the game. I don’t remember more than one damn patch that saved us from bugs. Seriously. I started having problems with ping, downloads between locations only after the last NOT LARGE patch. And what will happen after Greymoor? I used to have a stable ping (90 - 120), but now I have a stable 300-999 +. Great, isn't it? For all my 700 hours, this is my first ping. And why did I pay them money? Is this game worthy to be paid when it is not worthy of it? Thank you for making at least some DLC free. They would have made it so that everyone could use the jewelry machine, and not those who have Summerset; generally there would be no price. But I think I forgot something. Oh yes. I forgot about server crashes and group searches. For those who don’t know, ZoS has been trying to solve this problem for so long. Event associated with the search for groups, only means that there will be a breakdown of the search. Players will still try to do something, find a group. All this will cause server failure and subsequent technical work, which can take a very long time. This game has a lot of disadvantages. Most offensively not for the fact that they are present, but for the fact that it is quite possible to fix it.… Expand
  76. Tragedy
    Mar 4, 2020
    0
    New update has ruined the game.
    Lag
    Crashes
    Skills delayed
    Cast times on ultimates
  77. Archemer
    Feb 13, 2020
    10
    It had issues at launch but the alternative games are definitely less enjoyable.
  78. LounaCassair
    Feb 2, 2020
    7
    I've played this game since 2015 and enjoyed dozends of hours playing it. When i was new, i liked the fact that you could do this as a single player, focus on the stories and avoid other players. Later I came to enjoy the group content, the then "new" pvp battlegrounds and so on.
    So actually I'd say this is a game for almost everyone or at least it used to be.
    But and now comes the big    I've played this game since 2015 and enjoyed dozends of hours playing it. When i was new, i liked the fact that you could do this as a single player, focus on the stories and avoid other players. Later I came to enjoy the group content, the then "new" pvp battlegrounds and so on.
    So actually I'd say this is a game for almost everyone or at least it used to be.

    But and now comes the big but.: the longer you play the more bugs you will notice, bugs that block progress, make group content sometimes impossible to complete. And by now unfortunately in stead of focusing on fixing those issues and helping their current player base, Zenimax and Bethesda flood us with more DLCs bugged from day 1 and ridiculous micro-transactions, aiming for more players but without taking care of the ones actually playing the game. Or they come up with "class balancing" - ideas that do everything to simply move the "problems" of so called "OP classes" to other classes and races. In 2019 they changed abilities, races, passives, so often it was barely worth it to react to the changes, knowing in 3 weeks time they would have come up with more.... (Which gave me the final reason to stop playing and take a prolonged break from ESO)

    And then there is the lack of depth in their storytelling (honestly, every "decision" you can make will have exactly no impact on the world (which I can understand if you run a massive MMORPG but then again... I am still frustrated if i am offered a "choice" for example:
    *******SPOILER********
    In one quest you are given the option to "sacrifice" one of the main characters of a particular story arc: Razum-Dar . However, if you save him, well surprise: he lives, if you leave him in the collapsing cave, after a dramatic "leave me _ go on without me"- scene, he manages to escape on his own.

    This game simply offers you constantly 2 ways to achieve exatcly the same, which is kind of sad in my opinion.

    All in all, it is an ok game, which has suffered from a ton of bad dicisions lately. I can only hope for the best in 2020. However, if you are an easy-going, single player- person, you will most likely not notice any of those issues.    … Expand
  79. 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
  80. CynicalFurry
    Dec 26, 2019
    8
    Not fantastic, but not bad either.

    First off, I love Fallout and Elder Scrolls, and I play both of the franchises RELIGIOUSLY. I am generally not very fond of MMO RPG's, but this one plays well, and I dont feel like an idiot for playing it. RPG Elements are a lot more limited compaired to its sibling games, but it is understandable, it is an MMO RPG, so they cant exactly have you be    Not fantastic, but not bad either.

    First off, I love Fallout and Elder Scrolls, and I play both of the franchises RELIGIOUSLY. I am generally not very fond of MMO RPG's, but this one plays well, and I dont feel like an idiot for playing it. RPG Elements are a lot more limited compaired to its sibling games, but it is understandable, it is an MMO RPG, so they cant exactly have you be free to do whatever, but it still is worth some time. I got bored a few times while playing, and found some of the quests to drone on just a little too long for my personal liking, but as soon as you start getting into it, the game becomes a joy to play. I really did enjoy my time playing it for the most part. I loved exploring some of the wonders of earlier tamriel than weve seen, and seeing some of the historic moments that the other games were built apon was definitely enjoyable. The only reason why i lost enjoyment in some parts is because of the limitation, But overall, i do reccomend this game greatly.    … Expand
  81. 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.
  82. kira84
    Oct 30, 2019
    3
    This was bad at release, turned okay after 1.6 but since then the game is worst with every new release. Server crash, game crash, lag, the dungeon finder tool which is a basic feature in every mmo is bugged and the developper are unable to fix for almost a year now. Trial (raid) runs at 25 fps with a High end PC (1080 TI and 8700K). Cyrodiil (the big pvp area) have lag spikes of +999 ms,This was bad at release, turned okay after 1.6 but since then the game is worst with every new release. Server crash, game crash, lag, the dungeon finder tool which is a basic feature in every mmo is bugged and the developper are unable to fix for almost a year now. Trial (raid) runs at 25 fps with a High end PC (1080 TI and 8700K). Cyrodiil (the big pvp area) have lag spikes of +999 ms, frame rate drop there too to less than 20 fps on the same RIG, players with average PC play on a slideshow. Crown store is full with overpriced item (+30 € on average), skill tree are sold so you don't have to grind them because Zenimax made them to be inncovenient on purpose. Loot boxes are sold too where the chance to get the best item is less than 0.01%. Expansions turned into chapter with half the content of previous ones but with the same price. What can you expect from a company like Zenimax who own Bethesda (yeah the one that made Fallout 76).… Expand
  83. 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.
  84. Rsharp254
    Sep 28, 2019
    4
    I have played from the very beginning, all the way back to Beta when the game looked horrendous. While the overall game and gameplay has improved 1000% - the combat still sucks the life out of me every single time I try to play again. It's...simplistic and borderline stupid! At level 5 you spam 3 basic attacks, at level 30 you spam almost the same type of attacks and even at max levelI have played from the very beginning, all the way back to Beta when the game looked horrendous. While the overall game and gameplay has improved 1000% - the combat still sucks the life out of me every single time I try to play again. It's...simplistic and borderline stupid! At level 5 you spam 3 basic attacks, at level 30 you spam almost the same type of attacks and even at max level / max champion level - you are still spamming the same damn 3 type of attacks you were when you were level 5. Sure those attacks morphed and got better...but the simplicity of the combat is just the worst combat I have ever seen, in any MMO!!!
    Now the other parts of the game, stealing/sneaking/chest hunting - I could almost play this entire game for that and nothing else. That is until I am forced to fight and I quickly remember why I quit very shortly after coming back.

    Not considering the combat - this game could easily be 9/10
    But...since the combat is something you'll be doing 100,000 times over and over, it's a 4/10.    … Expand
  85. strangermoon
    Sep 27, 2019
    6
    its kinda between morrowind and oblivion quality if it can be played like alone. enemies like every poinless mmo just sit there you can carfully and after while always run or going around the corners. ı feel like star wars old repbulic mmo in this game not more than 7 ı think if you play alone.
  86. neytirix77
    Sep 15, 2019
    10
    Interesting world
    Fun combat
    Great leveling experience Interesting and varied systems Really cool PVP Tons of quests that are ACTUALLY REALLY INTERESTING Lots of endgame content with tons of challenges for all the veteran kids! Lots of stuff to collect and hoard A very active trading market A very active community Super social! What else can I ask for? Been playing for 3 and a    Interesting world
    Fun combat
    Great leveling experience
    Interesting and varied systems
    Really cool PVP
    Tons of quests that are ACTUALLY REALLY INTERESTING
    Lots of endgame content with tons of challenges for all the veteran kids!
    Lots of stuff to collect and hoard
    A very active trading market
    A very active community
    Super social!

    What else can I ask for? Been playing for 3 and a half years.    … Expand
  87. 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.
  88. 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
  89. 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
  90. Rcarlos3
    Jun 25, 2019
    3
    At first this game looks awesome, cool quests, interesting skill system, a lot of dungeons and raids. PvE content is fine. PVP has lots of different builds, game modes, Cyrodiil, skilled players can 1v6 win fights. But there is one problem, because of which all recent reviews are negative. DEVELOPERS AND PERFOMANCE. The lags are unbearable, and they last in Cyrodiil for 3 years with 0At first this game looks awesome, cool quests, interesting skill system, a lot of dungeons and raids. PvE content is fine. PVP has lots of different builds, game modes, Cyrodiil, skilled players can 1v6 win fights. But there is one problem, because of which all recent reviews are negative. DEVELOPERS AND PERFOMANCE. The lags are unbearable, and they last in Cyrodiil for 3 years with 0 fixes. In prime time you literally have 3000 ping, buttons are not working etc. it is hard to believe that this is possible in such a game. Even in 4 man dungeons and raids you have 130 ping and sometimes buttons are not working. Pvp is impossible. Group finder is broken for years and you have to press ready for 40 mins to get into a battleground. Now when ppl stormed the forums, devs implemented a new mechanic: spam left mouse button for 20 secs to get into a queque, there you will spam ready only for 1 minute. It is way better, but there is a 30% chance that you will be kicked from server...
    You cant believe this? Than how about the fact, that ultimate from psijic skill line (it is live for a year and a part of a paid dlc) is working only in 50% cases. You just press it and you lose ult points but nothing happens. And devs are not fixing it. Everyone is like ok, it is a nice ultimate, but it is not working, so put it for passive effect, but never press. So forget it, the game will never get fixed. It is a pity, without lags and broken skills this game would be perfect. Dont pay for it, pls.    … Expand
  91. 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
  92. JinxterMeta
    May 13, 2019
    6
    Seems like Bethesda is incapable of developing a game which has a high technical polish and good designs. As always we need to install a tone of add-ons to give game proper functionality and make it a bearable experience. Sure there are good things about ESO like the story, questing, world exploration or character development but then everything is ruined by utterly difunctional UI, crappySeems like Bethesda is incapable of developing a game which has a high technical polish and good designs. As always we need to install a tone of add-ons to give game proper functionality and make it a bearable experience. Sure there are good things about ESO like the story, questing, world exploration or character development but then everything is ruined by utterly difunctional UI, crappy character gear implementation and failure to properly design materials like metal so gear won't look like plastic rubber. Bethesda is doing halfassed job with expectation that we players will fix their game.… Expand
  93. xrobhal
    Apr 29, 2019
    2
    Once again another 'MMORPG' with the same repetitive mundane quests. The story is just a mess that can't be followed, the classes are tasteless, the rewards aren't satisfying, the graphics are dated and the overall feel of the game is just depressing. ESO just feels deflated, it brings nothing new to the table and flopped on launch as well as after the 'new update'.
  94. 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
  95. muzmuz
    Apr 11, 2019
    4
    A 2014 game that looks and feels like a 2011 game. Feels even worse to play in 2019. Five years later and the game still looks like a visual bugs galore noticeable at the very first hour of gameplay. Did I forget to mention that this game doesn't have a single Asian server? I'm not a big fan of MMORPGs and Elder Scrolls Online definitely didn't help change that.
  96. Latorn
    Feb 25, 2019
    10
    Greatly improved since launch. One of, if not THE best MMORPGs of 2018/2019.
  97. game_over
    Jan 31, 2019
    8
    Poor inventory management, bad pings unless you happen to be close to their _one_ server location in the US, slow zoning, crates(gambling), slow loads (even with an SSD), and sometimes unforgiving group play.

    v.s. Great graphics, compelling quests, lush and diverse zones, and (generally) large amounts of content. This was one of the last AAA mmorpg(s) to be made before companies    Poor inventory management, bad pings unless you happen to be close to their _one_ server location in the US, slow zoning, crates(gambling), slow loads (even with an SSD), and sometimes unforgiving group play.

    v.s.

    Great graphics, compelling quests, lush and diverse zones, and (generally) large amounts of content.

    This was one of the last AAA mmorpg(s) to be made before companies decided they could make a crapload more money from mobile gaming at a fraction of the upfront/maintenance costs.

    ****The game is better now than it was at release. You can group with any friend, in any alliance, and any level in PvE. You can port to any zone, in any alliance and do quests there. The horrid grind after 50 isn't really that much of a grind anymore.

    If you are a subscriber the inventory management hell is somewhat mitigated.    … Expand
  98. YaLich
    Jan 28, 2019
    2
    + Игра выглядит красиво в статике
    - Уродливые анимации
    - Унылая боёвка - Исковерканный лор свитков - Донат торчит изо всех щелей - Нет официально локализации и не будет - Все игровые механики реализованы через жопу (БГ, данжи, маунты, крафт, собирательство, личные дома)    + Игра выглядит красиво в статике
    - Уродливые анимации
    - Унылая боёвка
    - Исковерканный лор свитков
    - Донат торчит изо всех щелей
    - Нет официально локализации и не будет
    - Все игровые механики реализованы через жопу (БГ, данжи, маунты, крафт, собирательство, личные дома)
  99. zoob_m
    Dec 18, 2018
    8
    There isn't much to say here. Do you like modern Elder Scrolls games such as Skyrim or Oblivion? Do you like high fantasy MMOs such as World of Warcraft or Guild Wars 2? Do you ever just wish you could get both in the same game? Well lucky for you, this game combines those two things seamlessly. It would be just another MMO or just another Elder Scrolls game, if not for doing theThere isn't much to say here. Do you like modern Elder Scrolls games such as Skyrim or Oblivion? Do you like high fantasy MMOs such as World of Warcraft or Guild Wars 2? Do you ever just wish you could get both in the same game? Well lucky for you, this game combines those two things seamlessly. It would be just another MMO or just another Elder Scrolls game, if not for doing the remarkable task of being both.… Expand
  100. 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
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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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