I was seriously disappointed with what I played of the Elder Scrolls Online beta. I found:
1.) Combat was boring and uninspired. Combat has always been a bit boring in TES, especially melee. However, offline TES games usually aren't built entirely around combat. ESO is.
2.) Character and enemy animations were janky and unnatural. This is something that can be fixed, to be fair.
3.) My fiddling for hours with character creation only produced bland (and often grotesque) results with every race I tried. These are some seriously ugly models. And I'm not even one of those people who has to play an attractive character: my go-to race for "classic" fantasy games is DWARF, for cryin' out loud! I did manage to make a Nord that looked amusingly close to Treebeard the Ent from the Lord of the Rings films, though.
4.) The exploration aspect has some potential, but seeing every single treasure chest had already been opened by whatever player had previously stormed through the area got old pretty quickly.
So yeah - definitely passing on ESO, despite being a fan of the world since Daggerfall.
1.) Combat was boring and uninspired. Combat has always been a bit boring in TES, especially melee. However, offline TES games usually aren't built entirely around combat. ESO is.
2.) Character and enemy animations were janky and unnatural. This is something that can be fixed, to be fair.
3.) My fiddling for hours with character creation only produced bland (and often grotesque) results with every race I tried. These are some seriously ugly models. And I'm not even one of those people who has to play an attractive character: my go-to race for "classic" fantasy games is DWARF, for cryin' out loud! I did manage to make a Nord that looked amusingly close to Treebeard the Ent from the Lord of the Rings films, though.
4.) The exploration aspect has some potential, but seeing every single treasure chest had already been opened by whatever player had previously stormed through the area got old pretty quickly.
So yeah - definitely passing on ESO, despite being a fan of the world since Daggerfall.
Yvelont Navarre
Parn Paparn
IC Blog for Yvelont: http://never-your-pawn.tumblr.com
OOC Blog: http://navarre-again.tumblr.com
Parn Paparn
IC Blog for Yvelont: http://never-your-pawn.tumblr.com
OOC Blog: http://navarre-again.tumblr.com
