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Zekiah
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If you're an old school gamer who loved UO or love Skyrim, do yourself a favor and pick up this game. I didn't buy the game at launch because of the bad reviews but I wish I had. I picked it up on sale at humblebundle.com last week and I can't believe how much fun this game is. Insane.
Anyway, if you have a few extra bucks to kick around and are looking for something old school with amazing Skyrim like graphics, give it a shot.
Anyway, if you have a few extra bucks to kick around and are looking for something old school with amazing Skyrim like graphics, give it a shot.
"Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it, forever." - Noam Chomsky
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Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
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ESO in many ways reminds me of AC
After playing beta I convinced myself that ESO, while having some very strong features for me, was not worth buying. Quite by accident I found myself with a free pre-release and gave it a try 6 months later. Now its the only MMORPG left in my gaming rotation.
I have been incredibly impressed with how well Zenimax has reacted to player feedback and built on the more positive features that I have enjoyed.
Del Cabon
A US Army ('Just Cause') Vet and MMORPG Native formerly of Trinsic, Norath and Dereth. Currently playing LOTRO.
It's the best MMO at the moment.
“Microtransactions? In a single player role-playing game? Are you nuts?”
― CD PROJEKT RED
I self identify as a monkey.
Doesn't take away it is a decent game though.
I picked up this game about a month ago. Cant stop playing it, having a blast. Just wish consoles and PC all played together, other than that, best new MMO I picked up in a good while.
I wish I could remember the word he used instead of "awesome". It was like it was a superlative about 30 years past it's time lmao.
“Microtransactions? In a single player role-playing game? Are you nuts?”
― CD PROJEKT RED
However i feel a game if it is any good,should have the confidence to offer a trial,i only need 1 day even lol.
I might eventually try it somewhere down the road,who knows Steam usually offers some sale price.
For the record ,i never liked Skyrim,one of my biggest let downs of all time.I even went out and bought a PS3 or was it PS4 i don't even remember,just for that game,now that system collects dust.Now in some kind of fairness,i did hear reports that the PC version was way better,i was a dumbass buying the console and game when i could have just bought the game for PC.
Old UO,Skyrim was nothing like old UO and i did like that game.BACK THEN not now.My standards for game design are now MUCH more demanding.
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As for it being old school, its a 100 percent a new school single player mmo. With grouping almost not even in the game. With no open world PVP, no death pen to speak of, and the crafting system is as linear as you can get. Literally the crafting in ESO is grind same a materials to make better stuff, with a slight modification with braking down other items. But in ESO every crafter is the same, vs UO where people look for items based on who made them, because you have to know what your doing to make items in UO.
So please stop spreading this lie about old school UO and ESO, your gonna set people up to fail is what your going to do.
ESO is in my top 3 of all time favorite MMOs.
"I don't give a sh*t what other people say. I play what I like and I'll pay to do it too!" - SerialMMOist
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ESO for an mmo is indeed single player driven but it's done pretty well and the sheer amount of content for a recently released game is pretty mind boggling, especially considering the speed of the new content they are pushing out the door since launching on console.
and it doesn't need a sub anymore? in terms of bang for your buck, ESO is the best in the business in my humble opinion.
As far as old school vs. new school, that's always going to be subjective and you could argue that til the cows come home but that doesn't mean I'm here as a paid advertiser or I'm telling lies so stop with the troll b.s. please.
The game itself is a lot like Skyrim, at least graphically etc. But there is a lot of old school feel to it, at least I sense it. The world itself is beautiful and realistic, I consider that old school these days considering most games are anime or cartoony-ish. It's awesome, feels like you're actually in the game instead of in a cartoon.
Another reason I get that old school feeling is some of the features like opening chests in the world or finding treasure maps, UO was awesome like that.
Overall, I haven't enjoyed playing an MMO this much since UO and SWG. It's a friggin' blast and underrated.
If you disagree, fine, no worries. It's not the end of the world when people do that. No really, it's true.
"Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it, forever." - Noam Chomsky