A solid week of good entertainment

morg2625

I liked this game. It was visually stunning and easy to play.  But  it didn't hold my interest for very long. Not sure why but it became boring after level 15.  If your looking for something to keep you occupied for a week this is a good choice maybe you will get more out of it than I did.

Viadric

Originally posted by morg2625
I liked this game. It was visually stunning and easy to play.  But  it didn't hold my interest for very long. Not sure why but it became boring after level 15.  If your looking for something to keep you occupied for a week this is a good choice maybe you will get more out of it than I did.

Meh i'm good Dark Souls 2 is coming out in 10 days. 

Korusus

Agreed.  Once you get over the newness of it and the (imo) gorgeous graphics and realize its just another themepark MMO with linear uninspired quests and almost no resemblance to an actual Elder Scrolls game outside of the tacked on at last-minute first-person...

I will admit this MMO held my attention for the least amount of time of any recent MMO I can think of except maybe Guild Wars 2...which now that I think about it both games are similar in a lot of ways.

And I'm an Elder Scrolls lore buff so by definition I should be enjoying this game...

JonnyBigBoss

It certainly has some moments early on. However, it was on my 5th day that I grew tired of it.

morg2625

Originally posted by JonnyBigBoss
It certainly has some moments early on. However, it was on my 5th day that I grew tired of it.

About a week for me too.

 

 

alexhpy98721

I`m still playing and everyone i know is still playing and having fun most are not even veteran rank...

 If you don`t like the lore or  game play then sure it sucks but a lot of people(myself included) think its a very good game with more content than i imagined.

CoffeeBreak

Originally posted by morg2625

Originally posted by JonnyBigBoss
It certainly has some moments early on. However, it was on my 5th day that I grew tired of it.

About a week for me too.

 

 

You are the one that made the OP.  Forget to change accounts?

crasset15

And remember, if you liked this game, be sure to buy Wildstar as well, because nothing says 'more please!' better than a bunch of sheep falling in the same hole repeatedly.

The sad thing is, most people who complain that ESO is boring will go ahead and buy Wildstar, because we all know that unreleased games are the savior of the genre.... until they get released... then they somehow convert into a turd.

Atrigo

How many hours did you log in the week/2 weeks you guys have played. I have had the game for about 2 weeks now but have only played about 5 -6 hours total and am really having fun when I am able to play. 

CoffeeBreak

Originally posted by crasset15

And remember, if you liked this game, be sure to buy Wildstar as well, because nothing says 'more please!' better than a bunch of sheep falling in the same hole repeatedly.

The sad thing is, most people who complain that ESO is boring will go ahead and buy Wildstar, because we all know that unreleased games are the savior of the genre.... until they get released... then they somehow convert into a turd.

 

DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME TWICE!!!

 

Actually I'm gonna mess around in the beta again this week.  Haven't touch Wildstar and a few months.   Want to see if there is any spark there....I like the combat but part of me thinks the overall layout may be too generic to keep me interested.  But those raid bosses are tempting...

 

Oh crap didn't realize you a sandbox person being sarcastic...OH found you a game. Most bestest Sandbox there is.

 

 

Cuppett5

I didn't even make a week. After playing three days and running from A to B is just a waste of time. You don't even feel the progress of your character as the game walks you through every area and you don't need a group or talk to anyone to accomplish everything. Why can't we just get an MMO that gives you an experience like AC, DAOC, EQ, or UO instead of these junk games they release now? Don't waste your money on this or WS. 

Bladestrom

Enjoyed first week here too, got my plugins sorted, now researching to find a good guild. The part that finally clicked it for me was at level 7, where I had to go to the realm of the mad god - that got me researching on wiki about daedric princes, now I want to delve more into this story - pretty old school and awesome so far - next step, just about to leave the city for the firs time and start exploring.

Bladestrom

Well cupp why didn't you just strike out on your own or setup your ui with plugins to report that spence of progress? mmorgs is about discover anf story, if you can't engage, what will?

Metrica

Weird.  I've put in hundreds of hours on PTS over the last few months and have been playing every day since early access started, and I'm still enjoying it more than any MMO I've ever played.  But whatever, you can't please everyone - especially those who want the game to be impeccable at launch.  It's in better shape right now than GW2 or SWTOR even is right now... 

killion81

Originally posted by crasset15

And remember, if you liked this game, be sure to buy Wildstar as well, because nothing says 'more please!' better than a bunch of sheep falling in the same hole repeatedly.

The sad thing is, most people who complain that ESO is boring will go ahead and buy Wildstar, because we all know that unreleased games are the savior of the genre.... until they get released... then they somehow convert into a turd.

 

I'm not sure how the quality or entertainment over time that Wildstar will or will not provide has anything to do with ESO.  ESO and Wildstar are completely different games.  One can be boring and other can be entertaining, as there is no relationship whatsoever between the two games and their respective entertainment value.

fivoroth

Originally posted by Korusus

Agreed.  Once you get over the newness of it and the (imo) gorgeous graphics and realize its just another themepark MMO with linear uninspired quests and almost no resemblance to an actual Elder Scrolls game outside of the tacked on at last-minute first-person...

I will admit this MMO held my attention for the least amount of time of any recent MMO I can think of except maybe Guild Wars 2...which now that I think about it both games are similar in a lot of ways.

And I'm an Elder Scrolls lore buff so by definition I should be enjoying this game...

Gorgeous graphics? I found the graphics very disappointing. When I was playing Skyrim, I had so many Wow moments and there were so many beautiful places. This game has worse graphics than Skyrim and the zones I have experienced so far are a bit dull for me. They use too much gray/brown and it all looks dull and grim compared to Skyrim. 

Mirokeshi

 

ESO is my filler MMORPG to hold me off until WoW's expansion.

We probably won't see another great MMORPG until Everquest: Next (Landmark?) or Camelot Unchained. 

That's a little bit a hopeful thinking anyway.

 

 

Speedhaak

I can it's a good game, but it's just not for me. If I wanted to listen to an audio book I'd have bought one. Just my two cent.

morg2625

Originally posted by Metrica
Weird.  I've put in hundreds of hours on PTS over the last few months and have been playing every day since early access started, and I'm still enjoying it more than any MMO I've ever played.  But whatever, you can't please everyone - especially those who want the game to be impeccable at launch.  It's in better shape right now than GW2 or SWTOR even is right now... 

What's PTS?

Jagwar_Fang

Originally posted by morg2625
I liked this game. It was visually stunning and easy to play.  But  it didn't hold my interest for very long. Not sure why but it became boring after level 15.  If your looking for something to keep you occupied for a week this is a good choice maybe you will get more out of it than I did.

You are not the norm. 

Korusus

Originally posted by fivoroth

Originally posted by Korusus

Agreed.  Once you get over the newness of it and the (imo) gorgeous graphics and realize its just another themepark MMO with linear uninspired quests and almost no resemblance to an actual Elder Scrolls game outside of the tacked on at last-minute first-person...

I will admit this MMO held my attention for the least amount of time of any recent MMO I can think of except maybe Guild Wars 2...which now that I think about it both games are similar in a lot of ways.

And I'm an Elder Scrolls lore buff so by definition I should be enjoying this game...

Gorgeous graphics? I found the graphics very disappointing. When I was playing Skyrim, I had so many Wow moments and there were so many beautiful places. This game has worse graphics than Skyrim and the zones I have experienced so far are a bit dull for me. They use too much gray/brown and it all looks dull and grim compared to Skyrim. 

Indeed.  Gorgeous by MMO standards.  I would never compare it to Skyrim visually.  Heck if you install the Morrowind Graphics Enhancer you can make Morrowind look better than Oblivion, Skyrim, and ESO combined.

 

Originally posted by Bladestrom
Enjoyed first week here too, got my plugins sorted, now researching to find a good guild. The part that finally clicked it for me was at level 7, where I had to go to the realm of the mad god - that got me researching on wiki about daedric princes, now I want to delve more into this story - pretty old school and awesome so far - next step, just about to leave the city for the firs time and start exploring.

I can sympathize with this feeling.  But that's only because I had that experience playing Daggerfall, Morrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim.  And after Shivering Isles and Skyrim for me that quest was more like "Oh yeah...there's the obligatory Sheogorath appearance.../yawn"

ESO just doesn't fit the lore to me.  The worst offender is the architecture in the game...no way would the Dark Elves ever have buildings that look like medieval castles...there are even windmills (lol).  Maybe a minor point, but as an Elder Scrolls lore buff those things grate on me.

Svarcanum

I am bored now as well. As long as i can avoid the quests (run around and press E gets old) I'm usually fine. But when I have quests that I feel the need to do for skill points and what not I usually can stomach only an hour of play per day.

winter

Originally posted by Svarcanum
I am bored now as well. As long as i can avoid the quests (run around and press E gets old) I'm usually fine. But when I have quests that I feel the need to do for skill points and what not I usually can stomach only an hour of play per day.

 Some people don't like books, some people don't like stories, that's cool.

 If your just looking for a MMO to sit in one spot and kill monsters over and over till you level there are no doubt better MMO's for that type of experience.

winter

The whole "I can't be bothered to move around in the game and explore or listen to the story to know why I'm doing something so the game sucks" QQ sure is funny guess they need to make a game easier where people don't have to move or explore at all, and get instant gratification to make some of these posters happy.

AstroCat

If you like lore, questing, exploring, reactive combat, gorgeous (for mmo) graphics, slower pace, deep crafting, more "mature" style and setting then ESO is for you.

If you want, cartoon graphics, pop culture reference, "kiddie" humor, endless grinding combat, etc... then you bet look elsewhere asap.

burmese

Keeping my friends and I happy and busy.  Definitely different structure than most other MMO's (TSW is even further out in left field, though).  Environment is similar to AoC, but a different flavor,  and more accessible (less invisible walls). Quests that look pretty 'stock' at the start, often have complex developments and quest branch decisions made early can come back to bite you 10 levels later in how another quest develops.  And, of course, a good 60% of the content cannot be found if you just follow the connect-the-dots main quest line and visible city-based side quests.  Combat is a bit lame early but gets a lot more complex by around lvl 15-20.  Crafting is deep, inventory slots are not.  Waiting to see how well Zenimax puts a lid on the botters, some stuff promised (dungeon locks, etc) but not in place yet.  Speed hacks need to be eliminated via coding - bans won't slow that down.  There are less spammers at higher levels but that's just a function of how much effort they feel the need to put in to get to those higher zones.