[Column] Elder Scrolls Online: Why Would a Non-Elder Scrolls Fan Play ESO?

SBFord

The Elder Scrolls Online is set to be one of the “big” games of 2014, something both marvelous and frightening at the same time. ESO comes with both the boon and the burden of Skyrim behind it. Luckily, the development team seems to be taking that challenge to heart. What about those of us who dearly love both RPGs and MMOs who have never plunged headlong into Skyrim and don’t know much about the whole universe? What will compel us to want to play Elder Scrolls Online? 

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orbitxo

I loved Skyrim, never played their past games.

I will say that the experience form playing ESO so far for me has been as exciting as playing Skyrim.

i hope i didnt break any rules.

im looking forward to offcially building a character in ESO!

 

InporylemQQ

Becasue

Celdryn

Played through 2 beta weekends at this point. Solid story, character customization is awesome and it really does look good.  PvP is epic...I'm afraid to say more for fear of being burned at the NDA stake. hah.

Mirslp

Loved the playtime i got at the last beta weekend. It was a blast and would recommend this game to any fellow TES fan Well done Zenimax! ... cant say more due to the NDA.

jdlamson75

Played a few beta weekends, enjoyed the hell out of them.

 

As far as the question posed in the opening paragraph, I ask this:

 

What would make a non-Warcraft fan play World of Warcraft?

 

meddyck

Good question. Maybe to earn whatever bonuses will be given to people who buy the retail version at launch when it converts to freemium at the end of the year?

RelGn

Nothing as soon there is crapy combat and no seamless world.period

bcbully

Combat and PvP.

fantasyfreak112

Kind of a silly Column. TESO is nothing like Skyrim. I think the more appropriate question is why would a Skyrim fan play TESO?

Quesa

We'll see what happens.  I'm glad they have a semi-in-depth crafting system and great lore however, as it stands now, I'm not sure I'd buy it at the get-go without some kind of trial.

I played a couple of beta weekends myself.

Dreamo84

I'm just here waiting for the comments about Zenimax finally buying "ads" on this site now. Since every time this site starts writing articles about an upcoming MMO someone always says it.

Hatefull

I only took a cursory look at Skyrim, and past ES titles and frankly did not like them one bit.  I played a ESO BETA weekend and did no think much of the game.  I played this last BETA weekend and decided I would buy the game at release.  It had improved that much.

 

It is just a well made, solid, FUN game.  In my opinion.  And while I generally don't care for SB ford's writing(s), (this one included) I felt it wasn't a bad idea to post what I could, being a former 'hater' of the title.  If you like MMO's you will enjoy this game, no need to be a long running fan of the IP.  Again, just my opinion.

 

azzamasin

I don't see many non-Elder Scrolls players playing this game.  But then again I don't see many fans of the single player RPG's playing for very long either.

 

I honestly think the only people who end up playing are DAoC fans, what few remain, and megalithic fan boys with an agenda.

JJ82

Originally posted by fantasyfreak112
Kind of a silly Column. TESO is nothing like TES. I think the more appropriate question is why would a Skyrim fan play TESO?

 This after the fix.

The word "Non-" should be removed from the title because that is one of the biggest questions being asked on every TES related site. The quality of the story is low with a heavily restricted themepark design leading to a PvP focused area that appeals to few of the many fans of the IP.

No amount of articles pushing the game is going to change that and doing it on this site that is swarming with former DaoC fans is just preaching to the choir.

rickalodeon

Couple friends and I played it. Felt cheap and sloppy. Maybe that's just us.

Skeeter50

Originally posted by Hatefull

I only took a cursory look at Skyrim, and past ES titles and frankly did not like them one bit.  I played a ESO BETA weekend and did no think much of the game.  I played this last BETA weekend and decided I would buy the game at release.  It had improved that much.

 

It is just a well made, solid, FUN game.  In my opinion.  And while I generally don't care for SB ford's writing(s), (this one included) I felt it wasn't a bad idea to post what I could, being a former 'hater' of the title.  If you like MMO's you will enjoy this game, no need to be a long running fan of the IP.  Again, just my opinion.

 

You know what? I never really got into the single player RPG myself. [mod edit]

The combat revolving around the mouse is AWESOME.

monochrome19

...because its awesome?

Belgaraath

Originally posted by azzamasin

I don't see many non-Elder Scrolls players playing this game.  But then again I don't see many fans of the single player RPG's playing for very long either.

 

I honestly think the only people who end up playing are DAoC fans, what few remain, and megalithic fan boys with an agenda.

Funny, I think ESO fans and non ESO fans will play it. In fact I think many like you who claim to hate it will too. What insulting baiting title similar to megalithic fan boy should we call that?

Belgaraath

Duplicate post for some reason

versulas

The game, although certainly not revolutionary by any means, is very solid in its concept.

A combat style that is both basic and complex. Graphics that are top notch. Crafting and storylines that will involve players long after their first month subscription is up. RvR that will captivate PvP gamers and which also has a lasting effect on their factions. The ability to join multiple guilds to compound the social interaction.

Honestly, I've never played Skyrim, but I'm burned out enough on what's out now that I'd be willing to try just about anything. The fact that ESO is starting to show real promise is just a bonus.

cruzader18

I dont like teso so far, the game feel like a cheap version of skyrim, everything in the game that looked like something from skyrim was only there for the show nothing in the depth. Yes i know its an not easy to make an MMO out of a game like skyrim, but i think they never should make elder scrolls to an mmo the game loses so much of the brilliant gameplay.

Lanfea

well, lets start with this: i pay 50$ for it and have maybe 100-150 hrs of playtime fun. but tbh i bought single player games for the same amount of money and only had around 50 hrs until i was done with the story. i don't have any problem paying my share for a ~100 hrs game.

but TESO is a mmo(rp)g and we can ... no we should ... expect more, especially with a budget around 250 million $. honestly, i don't know where zenimax spend this money. lets compare the feature list of TESO with wildstar (150 m $ budget) or archeage (100 m $ budget) and again, where did the money went? more bitter taste is left behind if you compare it with the feature list of independent mmogs like shroud of the avatar, star citizens or repopulation. and again, what did they do with the money?

the question shouldn't be: "why would a non-elder scrolls fan play eso?" it should be: "why should we pay for it?"

Arglebargle

Originally posted by JJ82

Originally posted by fantasyfreak112
Kind of a silly Column. TESO is nothing like TES. I think the more appropriate question is why would a Skyrim fan play TESO?

 This after the fix.

The word "Non-" should be removed from the title because that is one of the biggest questions being asked on every TES related site. The quality of the story is low with a heavily restricted themepark design leading to a PvP focused area that appeals to few of the many fans of the IP.

No amount of articles pushing the game is going to change that and doing it on this site that is swarming with former DaoC fans is just preaching to the choir.

That'd be my question too.   There will be folks who like it just fine, happy to be running around in any ES type enviornment.  At least for awhile. But I just don't like the Devs distrust of the players. 

They don't trust us to choose alliances, tieing alliance to race.  Simplest fix would be to allow any race to be a member of any alliance.  But apparantly, that's too hard.   I guess  they don't trust people in the PvP zones to be able to tell the factions apart either. 

 

Still think it'll do gangbusters at release.  I wonder about down-the-road though.

Tamanous

For me it is simple: Single player games bore me to death.

 

I play games that allow me to play along side friends. Even if Skyrim allowed a few friends to pop into the world and adventure together I would have bought it. Bethesda didn't get my money because you can't do that. That is the ONLY reason.

 

TESO doesn't even need to be a true mmo (Even the pvp angle of it can be a separate entity to the pve side of the game and the only real component online). I just want to adventure along side some friends. If more companies clued onto this they would sell a ton more games. This is why I firmly believe the smaller group and more localized game Shroud of the Avatar will do better than most mmo lovers predict here.

 

On a side note: There sure are a lot of "I played TESO in a limited spectrum beta for few hours and therefore know everything!" experts in this thread. lol

Octagon7711

From what I hear it's a common theme park mmo.  I'll pay for a month just for the experience but no long term subs. as  there are to many theme park  mmo's out there already that don't have monthly fees.  If I want might and magic, I'll go back to AoC.