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  1. Jun 25, 2023
    0
    Awful game. Side quests in this game is pure fetch quests, you receive bad rewards/loot, main story is boring, combat is stupidly bad. And the dialogue is laughable. I honestly never understood the hype around this game.
  2. Mar 15, 2023
    0
    Bosses with insta kill abilities ruin all end game content. Apparently things like yelling really loud is enough to kill you in this game. Makes perfect sense
  3. Feb 2, 2022
    0
    Absolutely broken mess. PvP is dead. No interesting new features. Nothing. Just same boring repetitive crap again and again.
  4. Apr 19, 2021
    0
    Full of glitches, hackers, bugs, indestructible enemies, your abilities sometimes randomly turn off. Absolute trash...
  5. Dec 5, 2020
    0
    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 compensation althoughThe 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
  6. Sep 26, 2020
    4
    Didn't play it long enough to max out the limited inventory size in the base game ( like F076 ). I was not impressed by the performance. It wasn't as bad as FO76 for frame rate and latency, but the frame rate was poor by today's gaming standards. After playing the Division 1/2 online and how smoothly those run well I know who knows how to optimize online games better, Ubi-soft.

    Visually
    Didn't play it long enough to max out the limited inventory size in the base game ( like F076 ). I was not impressed by the performance. It wasn't as bad as FO76 for frame rate and latency, but the frame rate was poor by today's gaming standards. After playing the Division 1/2 online and how smoothly those run well I know who knows how to optimize online games better, Ubi-soft.

    Visually this would of looked like a nice PS3/360 game, but for a PS4 game it looks kind of dated and ugly, The graphics and lighting looked so last gen for sure.

    Played TES ARPG Oblivion, Morrowind and Skyrim in that order, I'd take Oblivion hell even old Morrowind over playing another minute of TESO. The game play did not pull me in all and I didn't get that open world TES vibe. The areas I played in was just smaller zones with loading screens.

    Then I looked at TES plus option and the in game currency BS and I was like oh wow. I could get a Xboxlive game pass or EA play and have access to hundreds of games for the price of this one games subscriptions model and in game currency options. Which will obviously be needed to cut down the mmo style grind fest.

    I still play Skyrim on console and PC. I have four versions of that game. Fallout 3/4 and NV I replay a lot on console and PC. Bethesda online models for TES/Fallout are really restrictive unless you cough up beyond the base games. I picked up a preowned copy for 25% of the current PSN store price so I don't even feel burnt. Summing up TESO is just meh.
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  7. Jun 28, 2020
    2
    doesn't feel like a proper elder scrolls game, the graphics are simplistic and oddly cartoony feeling for a franchise where every other game looks great for its time, and characters you don't give a toss about, very basic combat making just press the attack button and doing nothing else as the enemy barely scratches you. however, I do like the setting of starting in Coldharbour and havedoesn't feel like a proper elder scrolls game, the graphics are simplistic and oddly cartoony feeling for a franchise where every other game looks great for its time, and characters you don't give a toss about, very basic combat making just press the attack button and doing nothing else as the enemy barely scratches you. however, I do like the setting of starting in Coldharbour and have one of the main villains is molag bal themself and I am very disappointed at the fact you are stuck on the starting island and cant explore ALL of Tamriel and was almost the driving factor of downloading this game from xbox game pass but sadly you just drown in the water and left me with great disappointment Expand
  8. Jun 17, 2020
    0
    For a week they can’t deal with Russian localization. Tired of seeing a crooked translation.
  9. Apr 23, 2020
    1
    Server performance is ruining this game beyond belief, skills dont fire off, unless you press the button 6 or 7 times, massive desyncs, every maintenance they have seems to make it worse not better, been a day 1 player, but seriously considering quitting now, had enough of the lag, memory leak and overall rubbish performace.
  10. Sep 14, 2019
    0
    Pongo un 0 por la falta de respeto a la comunidad española, patético de no estar ni con subtitulos en español.
  11. Jun 25, 2019
    1
    Game is trash! Donate, terrible fighting system! The worst pvp ever! 80 % players have dps below 20 k, because fighting system is idiotic!
  12. May 23, 2017
    0
    ESO is filled with players running cheat engine and other 3rd party apps that allow one to cheat, Resource pool, attack power, speed, regen, ect all remains on the client side and are able to be manipulated. Most of the cheaters hide in trials/grp dungeons were they are less likely to be spotted there are many cheaters in each of the pvp campaigns.
  13. Apr 13, 2017
    0
    Tried it for about 10 hours during the free play week, possibly the worst MMO I've ever played, very glad not to have wasted even 10 dollars on the incredibly discounted version. Collecting ingredients is tedious when you constantly have to do slow grabbing/mining/chopping animations on the large quantities of insects, plants, rocks, runestones, trees, and other harvestable things in theTried it for about 10 hours during the free play week, possibly the worst MMO I've ever played, very glad not to have wasted even 10 dollars on the incredibly discounted version. Collecting ingredients is tedious when you constantly have to do slow grabbing/mining/chopping animations on the large quantities of insects, plants, rocks, runestones, trees, and other harvestable things in the game world. Having the base Elder Scrolls option of just clicking a single button to collect something would help a lot. Guard AI is very bad, and the problem is exacerbated by their aggression and invincibility. In the first little bit of play after exiting Bleakrock Isle, which was my starting zone, enemies were in the middle of the friendly camp and attacking people. I was playing as a templar focused on crowd control and healing, and shot my movement speed reducing attack at one of the caster enemies. A guard ran in between us during the casting animation and I instantly got 37 bounty and was killed on sight. Attack cycling feels the same as every other MMO out there with not much unique, and the hitboxes are completely out of proportion so that if the enemy swings at you you're probably going to get hit even if you're 10 feet away and they're swinging a dagger. Bethesda is involved with it but it hardly feels like it is, comes across as an uninspired junky WoW clone. I wouldn't play this thing for a large quantity of time for free, much less for 10 dollars, or the normal non-discounted 30. Did I mention the leveling up process is so choked that I hit level 6 halfway through the beginning zone and then spent another hour of running around completing quests to get halfway to the next level. Not only do I not consider this one fun, but I don't even see it becoming enjoyable without major overhauls. A huge fail that really tarnishes a fun world. Expand
  14. Jan 7, 2017
    0
    A bad time for casuals.

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

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

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

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

    ESO has gone in a Bold New Direction, the management at Zenimax Online Studios now wants that sweet, sweet WoW money. And we all know how well that worked out for Champions Online, Wildstar, Warhammer Online, et al, right?

    So don't bother with ESO and ignore the promises made about it. It used to be a casual game, not any more.
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  15. Nov 22, 2016
    4
    Really boring to play with friends. could even go trough max leveling a character. Maybe lore fan will like this more but 0h30-1h quests of just talking to npcs is too boring when you're trying a game with friends. Character customization was great tough!
  16. Sep 21, 2016
    4
    After spending more than 8 months on this game and aprox 180$. I can say I gave this game a fair chance so my review counts for something. So here we go...

    When you first log on, you appreciate and marvel at the density of this game. The big towns and the architecture and lore lead you to believe this game is going to be epic. It looks really good on the outside. In addition, you
    After spending more than 8 months on this game and aprox 180$. I can say I gave this game a fair chance so my review counts for something. So here we go...

    When you first log on, you appreciate and marvel at the density of this game. The big towns and the architecture and lore lead you to believe this game is going to be epic. It looks really good on the outside. In addition, you realise you aren't leveling up your character without purpose: you will eventually go PvP so it makes feel like a huge world.

    The problem?

    It's kind of boring... no actually it's really boring. After 10-20 hours of constant questing and repeat fetch quests, kill quests... you start to get a sense that this is really just a chore. The novelty of the world and the MMORPG aspect start to dwindle as you realise there is no real social community. It's just a single player mmorpg where you grind out quests...repeatedly...over and over again.

    Then you get to PvP and think... well it's a realm versus realm game. It should be epic and have nostalgia factor of being part of a big universe. Then.... you realise it's just a HUGE map but it looks very bland and boring. You just end up doing another version of.... run for 4-5 minutes to get to a fight... die. Repeat until you realise how boring it really is. There's nothing about the world pvp that is engaging or fascinating. I remember the old days when I played Dark Age of Camelot. Pvp was never boring, it was extremely exciting and nerve wrecking. You felt you were part of a real community.. a living world. But in ESO, it's just a plain map with keeps and you drudge through the terrain to get to another one and join the zerg. There's nothing there... after the novelty wears off. It's boring as hell... Another aspect that ruins this game is the PvP mechanics are heavily based on getting stunned repeatedly. It's quite annoying and you get stunned virtually every 2-3 seconds in a fight. Finally, it seems EVERYONE wants to be a Nightblade. They are incredibly overpowered. They will virtually vanish constantly as soon as they die and come back to full health. It would be ok if they died faster but no they are just as tanky as you lol.

    In summary, I spent alot of money and time playing this game but as I reached level 40, I realised I was bored to death. The Dialogue from the quests are just that...dialogue. There's nothing there.

    You want an MMORPG, go play something on PC where people actually use the chat bar and where the world feels like a living and breathing universe.... But on console MMORPGs are bland and boring, lonely experience.
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  17. Aug 31, 2016
    0
    this game is horrible,badly done and tarnishes the saga of the elder scrolls, a real scam. I was impressed in all the bethesda games, but this game is a disgust esception
  18. Aug 13, 2016
    4
    if you loved Oblivion and Skyrim, this game still may not be for you. It's like a generic mmo where people talk more and you can pretend you're fighting like you were in the other games. if you go into it thinking "ill start playing a new mmo" you'll probably like it, but if you go in with "the elder scrolls" expectations it'll bore you to death.
  19. Jul 30, 2016
    4
    An interesting attempt at Bethesda to claim the MMORPG market for consoles; unfortunately, due to the lack of competition, they will probably succeed in this endeavor despite creating one of the most stereotypical and uninspired cookie-cutter games of all time.

    You know how at the Redbox they'll have a famous movie like (for example) Saving Private Ryan, then they'll also have a Russian
    An interesting attempt at Bethesda to claim the MMORPG market for consoles; unfortunately, due to the lack of competition, they will probably succeed in this endeavor despite creating one of the most stereotypical and uninspired cookie-cutter games of all time.

    You know how at the Redbox they'll have a famous movie like (for example) Saving Private Ryan, then they'll also have a Russian knock-off called Rescuing Sergeant Johnson or something? This is the Russian knock-off to a game like World of Warcraft. The exact same gameplay, but in the Elder Scrolls environment. Character classes and skills make zero difference because the game scales the difficulty based on what level you are anyway. It is suspiciously impossible to find enemies that are a much lower or higher level than you. You will never find that one great piece of equipment because it might throw you outside of the difficulty band Bethesda carefully manufactured for you. The game is a horribly disappointing walk through missions and locations forced to be the exact right difficulty. You simply pound your different attack buttons to kill the enemies fed to you and pick up the gear they drop which is either your level or one level above you, but is never magical or unique. The flash and sparkle of crafting, other characters, big cities, the auction house and other MMORPG staples will hold you over, but after about ten hours the curtain is lifted and you realize the game is not challenging; it never lets you fail, but it also never gives you any moments of glory. Items are uninteresting. Missions are uninteresting. Let's just try again on the Elder Scrolls 6, shall we?
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  20. Feb 14, 2016
    1
    Hated it. I loved skyrim.. Elder scrolls online was horrible. The graphics are poor.. The whole place feels like a card board cut out with characters that are unengaging.
  21. Feb 3, 2016
    3
    Elder Scrolls Online Tamriel Unlimited is a plain cash grab, designed to trick people who bought a PS4 or Xbox One into buying this slightly improved re-release. Tamriel Unlimited barely improves from the original, and i mean, BARELY. The only improvement they've made is that co op quests work properly now. THATS IT! something that should have been there in the first place, they only putElder Scrolls Online Tamriel Unlimited is a plain cash grab, designed to trick people who bought a PS4 or Xbox One into buying this slightly improved re-release. Tamriel Unlimited barely improves from the original, and i mean, BARELY. The only improvement they've made is that co op quests work properly now. THATS IT! something that should have been there in the first place, they only put it in the re-release. Nice, Zenimax, that's so kind of you. How generous. Seriously, don't buy this piece of **** buy Witcher 3, or MGSV, but please i am begging you please do not buy this, it just what they want, please don't buy it, please. Expand
  22. Jan 1, 2016
    0
    Grinding, unbalanced, crappy combat... no reasons at all to play this game.
    Even if it wasn't enough, is still bugged and they're adding only more grinding...
    PvP could have saved this title, but is even more buggy and unpolished. Truly a lost cause.
  23. Dec 20, 2015
    0
    That unlimited is a joke for me personally..I bought something unlimited while I have to pay PSN account to play the game..So where is the unlimited...To me unlimited is bullsh1t.Cuz not only u have to pay for PSN account but also for all the extra DLC sh1t and then goes the system with extra cash..No no and again no..Stealing the idea of a really nice atmospheric game to make somethingThat unlimited is a joke for me personally..I bought something unlimited while I have to pay PSN account to play the game..So where is the unlimited...To me unlimited is bullsh1t.Cuz not only u have to pay for PSN account but also for all the extra DLC sh1t and then goes the system with extra cash..No no and again no..Stealing the idea of a really nice atmospheric game to make something that will give u much money.No thanks.At least I bought it for 22 euros and I can resell it used bit higher.Simply 0 Expand
  24. Sep 29, 2015
    3
    Tonnes of bugs, crashes, freezes, lock ups, loading screens, missing items, missing quest targets. This is the best Zenimax can do 2 years after release. Seriously all the top ratings are fan boys without any critical merit.
  25. Sep 22, 2015
    2
    Between clunky controls, a surprising lack of features, and the gutting of everything that made Elder Scrolls interesting I don't see how anyone can give this game a mark above 5.

    Rather than variety, everything in the game is cookie cutter and boring. No more intuitive combat system with criticals, no more stealth viability, and goodbye to ranged in general. How do you take a game
    Between clunky controls, a surprising lack of features, and the gutting of everything that made Elder Scrolls interesting I don't see how anyone can give this game a mark above 5.

    Rather than variety, everything in the game is cookie cutter and boring. No more intuitive combat system with criticals, no more stealth viability, and goodbye to ranged in general. How do you take a game where ranged meant ranged, and make it so bows and spells only reach a couple feet further than a spear swing? Oh right- you make it a cookie cutter WoW clone.

    The trading system is obtuse on PC, but in ps4 with zero chat support it's downright atrocious. How do you make a game where trading relies on more personal interactions, and not have any form of chat box. At least on PC you could reliably trade. Oh, but they're adding a chat box- for a companion app. Why!? Keep in game features IN GAME, what is this Destiny?

    The store is one of the worst parts. Items have menus and sub menus, sometimes, but it's unreliable, and the confirm buy button is the same as the 'try on' wardrobe feature, making it painfully easy to lose real money due to lag or double pressing- problems the game is now famous for. No store should be this bad- if you buy something in an mmo like SWTOR on their shop, it goes to a store 'mailbox' where you can choose to refund it immediately, completely eradicating the possibility of errors.

    It gets worse though- if you do make an error due to their poorly made store- they REFUSE TO REFUND YOU. You can put in a ticket detailing the mistake and they will not refund the crowns spent- it's not even you asking for your money back, but the currency you buy with money. That's downright shady, and perhaps the worst customer service I have ever seen in a AAA title.

    The game is buggy, you start to suffer more and more loading time issues the higher level you get- not unlike Skyrim, but in this case there's really no excuse.

    The combat itself is clunky and simple, making it grow very, very boring very, very quickly. I'll give some credit to a more in depth crafting system.

    If you want a very poorly made WoW clone with atrocious customer support and none of the features that make MMOs more convenient and tolerable- this game's for you. If you were hoping for Skyrim online, this game is absolutely nothing like it. At least the PC version has the option for mods, and the social experience is there.

    Graphically- look at the glass armour for my opinion on this. It's not even remotely green, did Zenimax even look at the source material? It might be an ok game if they hadn't focused on making everything look as bland and ugly as possible. This is the ps4, I don't care if it's an mmo it shouldn't look this bad. The worst part is the animations- I haven't seem anything this stiff since WAR, and that game fell apart in a year.

    I feel pretty generous giving this game a 1/10. It's playable, though not enjoyable, it might get a 2 or 3 but I always take away marks when customer service is this bad and their poorly designed game literally costs people money that they don't even entertain refunding. May there be better parts later on? Perhaps, but after I reach double digit hours on a game, if there's not a single thing worth praising I'm not going to keep going in the hopes of finding it.
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  26. Sep 5, 2015
    2
    Plenty of F2P MMO's which will scratch that MMO itch you've probably got. If you've got an Elder Scrolls itch, sorry, this won't do it. Traded this game in for $20 and I'm happy with that value, not worth any more than that.

    Questing is as generic as it gets with MMOs; voice acting is frustrating since you can probably read a lot faster than they are speaking. After the first few
    Plenty of F2P MMO's which will scratch that MMO itch you've probably got. If you've got an Elder Scrolls itch, sorry, this won't do it. Traded this game in for $20 and I'm happy with that value, not worth any more than that.

    Questing is as generic as it gets with MMOs; voice acting is frustrating since you can probably read a lot faster than they are speaking. After the first few mundane hours of listening to a crappy script read-through, I found myself skipping all the voice acting and having no idea what I'm fetching and for whom - which comprises around 99% of the quests. Combat - generic plus a manual aim crosshair which was /shrug worthy, PvP - maps too big and really unsatisfying. Graphics - nice, but too much glow effects makes it feel like a cartoon and not anything like the bleak/darkness typically seen in the Elder Scrolls Saga.

    TLDR - Game was a little late to the MMO party and brings nothing new. Plenty of completely free to play games on PC which have been around for years do a better job. If you like MMOs, play one you already have. If you like Elder Scrolls, sorry, you're **** outta luck
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  27. Sep 2, 2015
    0
    It's a very hard game to learn there isn't enough skill points so if you want to craft you'll need several players. Also my main complaint with this game is the lack of bag/bank space there is so much stuff in this game and I spend over an hour a day just organizing my bank/character mules etc instead of having fun. Plus there is no centralized selling place it's all done through guildIt's a very hard game to learn there isn't enough skill points so if you want to craft you'll need several players. Also my main complaint with this game is the lack of bag/bank space there is so much stuff in this game and I spend over an hour a day just organizing my bank/character mules etc instead of having fun. Plus there is no centralized selling place it's all done through guild stores so you spend a lot of time trying to find things as well. the economy is also a mess. Stay away! It's a beautiful poorly designed game. Expand
  28. Aug 29, 2015
    1
    this must be the most broken game i have ever played on playstation, from ps1 to ps4.
    it just crashes often (over 100 error reports submited) and the lag is horrible for an online game.
    pvp is just 1 shot and your dead lol. the story mode is average even with 3 factions and it is really not in the same class as witcher 3. dungeon crawling is also not rewarding, etc the loot you
    this must be the most broken game i have ever played on playstation, from ps1 to ps4.
    it just crashes often (over 100 error reports submited) and the lag is horrible for an online game.
    pvp is just 1 shot and your dead lol.

    the story mode is average even with 3 factions and it is really not in the same class as witcher 3.
    dungeon crawling is also not rewarding, etc the loot you picked are usually useless.

    group finder for a dungeon is also painful and clumsy.
    not having in game text chat makes the experience frustrating too.
    what is an mmo if it lacks proper communication?
    as an mmo it really lacks that experience of playing your character, interacting with others, having a unique purpose or even loot finding....
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  29. Aug 1, 2015
    4
    TESO is a very deceptive game in that despite it's packaging claiming you need no subscription to play it, unless you regularly purchase Playstation Plus membership, the game turns into an eighty dollar drink coaster and PS.Plus advert. Until after you buy it and try to play there is no hint that it requires a Plus membership, which it needs to even function past the main menu (which uponTESO is a very deceptive game in that despite it's packaging claiming you need no subscription to play it, unless you regularly purchase Playstation Plus membership, the game turns into an eighty dollar drink coaster and PS.Plus advert. Until after you buy it and try to play there is no hint that it requires a Plus membership, which it needs to even function past the main menu (which upon to trying to leave the only thing it does is scream to buy PS.Plus or screw off) and I am sorely disappointed with Bethesda for that.

    I have nothing to say for the gameplay or functionality, as without Plus I can't even touch the game in the first place, but if you're looking to buy the game, be warned. Unless you can (or are willing to) purchase Playstation Plus membership with any regularity, don't even bother with this game. Try Realm Reborn if you're looking for a free MMORPG.
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  30. Jul 29, 2015
    1
    This MMO is a running simulator to start. The quests you run 15 minutes to are very boring and don't get me started on the dialog... It's like trying to rush through a zoo not seeing all of the zoo animals but trying to find the restroom. But that restroom has a great soundtrack. Angel from Angel's Erotic Solutions recommended this atrocity to me and I immediately gave it a chance (alongThis MMO is a running simulator to start. The quests you run 15 minutes to are very boring and don't get me started on the dialog... It's like trying to rush through a zoo not seeing all of the zoo animals but trying to find the restroom. But that restroom has a great soundtrack. Angel from Angel's Erotic Solutions recommended this atrocity to me and I immediately gave it a chance (along with many of my friends that are also selling the game as we speak). I was hoping for less cartoony graphics and even less ridiculous quests. ITS SOOO BORING. I want to rip a fetus out and send it to zenimax online. Thanks for the pepperoni pizza -yours truly-Shrek Expand
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74

Mixed or average reviews - based on 30 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 30
  2. Negative: 0 out of 30
  1. Aug 16, 2015
    80
    A couple of lines of dialogue can often be all you’re given before being plunged into whatever mundane task is expected of you; rare are the significant characters and even rarer are the ones you care about. It just doesn’t maintain the same depth of exploration or profundity that the series is known for, leading to a much quicker-paced Elder Scrolls experience.
  2. Aug 12, 2015
    86
    Even simple quests cause a chain reaction of new incidents and it's possible to see how the player affects Tamriel. But if you expect something like Skyrim with coop-mode you still have to wait for another game.
  3. Aug 3, 2015
    65
    This is a nice RPG and a bad MMO. The game is playable without subscriptions and it offers a lot of content to explore. Playing together with other gamers still is not really working properly. It is too bad this game does not impress, even though the development system for characters and the PvP are fun.