Great Metacritic reviews (consumers)

nimander99

All credit to user bcbully on mmorpg.com forums for bringing this to my attention

PS4 - 8.2 http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/the-elder-scrolls-online-tamriel-unlimited

XBOX - 8.9 http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-one/the-elder-scrolls-online-tamriel-unlimited

PC - 9.4 http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-elder-scrolls-online-tamriel-unlimited

The PC rating is what I thought was most impressive, just goes to show how out of touch critics are compared to the consumers themselves.

Molsondry

Reading comment like this :

The amount of bashing this game took is unreal. The competitors must be really afraid. Makes me wonder how games like crappy WoW still manage to live on when it's not even close to ESO.

Excellent online gameplay and fluid combat. The graphics are what you can really expect from a 2014 MMO and the PVP full of intensity. Love it! While it had a rocky launch it has improved so much and is definitely one of the best MMOs currently out there.

GameStarMay 8, 2015
86
The action-based battle system is still a lot of fun. No skill, no kill, that's a lot more entertaining than standing around and clicking to rotate certain actions.

This :

The combat system is broken. The servers are terrible, im unable to play. The world Tamrial is empty and lacks interesting lore and quests. Everything feels like a grind, not once have i come across an interesting quest, even with 9 hours put in the game.

CD-ActionJun 29, 2015
60
Same old grind, same old lags, still no content promised to be delivered “just after the game’s release”. [06/2015, p.58]
All this publication's reviews

Make me think its really biased. !! honestly If you ask anyone playing pc coming from beta. Second part is the one.

Same old grind(even more with cp), same old lag and bugs, still no new content for a year.

And last 2 time I logged in to try to do my vet pledge on my VR14 sorc (DC, NA ..ok I know its less popular) I looked for 30 minute , found no one ... log off. Also there is no one on my friend list and I am in 5 guild,when i look at the roster, they are either low or its the same ppl over and over , like me that are in 5 diff guild. Thinking its a mega-server might give you an idea of the game popularity.

phairdon

Wary of user reviews from metacritic. You see a few very highly rated games get average to low scores from players. Average score reviewed games get high scores. Did chuckle after opening the pc link to see one user score at the bottom of the page sitting at 0.
"critic" reviewers are damned if they do & damned if they don't. Give a game a good score "They're being paid by the game company". Give a popular game a average to bad review & even more childish abuse flows.

rb2001

Every game, good or bad has these overblown reviews to either end of the scale.

A few people will say Super Mario Galaxy is bad because they didn't personally like it, and give it a 0, despite the bulk of 95-100 reviews.

When people of intelligence sit down and really give it a fair chance, and judge the qualities of it for what it is, they generally see a masterpiece.

Similarly with ESO, you need to either find people you trust (by going along with them and following their track record of reviews, etc.), or look at the bulk/average or perhaps median reviews.

The numbers are meaningless. Look at what the well-composed reviews are describing, and determine for yourself if those mechanics/elements are what you want.

nimander99

/sigh

jpatek0501ub17_ESO

PC- 281 User ratings
PS4-684 User ratings
Xbox-504 User ratings

Lets see how it dose if entire player base were to review.

Nestor

Have you ever noticed that if the reviews agree with your view point, they are spot on, if they don't agree, they are biased?

Bottom line, do you like the game you are playing? Then keep playing it. If you don't like the game you are playing, then stop playing it. It does not matter what someone else thinks.

nimander99

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Fartman

Nestor wrote: »

Have you ever noticed that if the reviews agree with your view point, they are spot on, if they don't agree, they are biased?

Bottom line, do you like the game you are playing? Then keep playing it. If you don't like the game you are playing, then stop playing it. It does not matter what someone else thinks.

Just your standard input on ESO forums... Wow.

Elijah_Crow

Well deserved scores and about time the game gets credit for what it does well. With that said most of us realize it still has further to go.

P3ZZL3

In other news, 87.5% of all statistics are made up

Gandrhulf_Harbard

Elijah_Crow wrote: »

Well deserved scores and about time the game gets credit for what it does well.

What, actually, does it do well?

It looks pretty.
Gameplay is quite dynamic.

That's about it.

In every other area it is so far behind the curve of what is expected of a AAA MMORPG that is is, frankly, laughable.

Ok, so this is an extract of my 1 Star review of ESO on Amazon.

The prime cause of most, if not all, of these problems is Zenimax's insistence on "being different". Being different is fine, as long as what you are doing works at least as well as that which you are trying to be different from. Zenimax manage to fail at this with such alarming regularity that the Gaming Industry should have a new term "Zenimaxed" - when a company tries to be so different that they manage to break what should be unbreakable. It would be like a new car manufacturer starting from scratch and launching its headline product with square wheels. Sure, its different, it just doesn't work. Zenimax have failed to learn from a decade of mistakes by other MMO companies, and are now making errors that really should have been long gone from the genre 5+ years ago. It is painfully laughable at times.

And it sums up why I am no longer playing this game.

If Zeni give clear evidence that they are actually learning from past mistakes, both by themselves and from the wider industry, I may be able to be convinced that the game is worth a 2nd chance.

All The Best

nastuug

nimander99 wrote: »

All credit to user bcbully on mmorpg.com forums for bringing this to my attention

PS4 - 8.2 http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/the-elder-scrolls-online-tamriel-unlimited

XBOX - 8.9 http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-one/the-elder-scrolls-online-tamriel-unlimited

PC - 9.4 http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-elder-scrolls-online-tamriel-unlimited

The PC rating is what I thought was most impressive, just goes to show how out of touch critics are compared to the consumers themselves.

Actually, let me give you a better example of paid shills providing "professional" reviews:

http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/call-of-duty-advanced-warfare

nastuug

FYI, here are the original ESO reviews before they legally changed the game name to ESO:TU to avoid those harmful ratings: http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-elder-scrolls-online

parpin

the game is ok right now..but this game has so much potential to become much better..it is an ES after all..we just need developers with passion like bethesda..all zos need to do is to allow bethesda to take over the game..and game director must be one of the bethesda's people and not zos chosen..if that happens then this game is going to be the best mmo on the market for real.

Samadhi

nastuug wrote: »

FYI, here are the original ESO reviews before they legally changed the game name to ESO:TU to avoid those harmful ratings: http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-elder-scrolls-online

5.7 from 2307 people.

Wonder how that would impact the shiny 9.4 from less than 300 people.

nastuug

Samadhi wrote: »

nastuug wrote: »

FYI, here are the original ESO reviews before they legally changed the game name to ESO:TU to avoid those harmful ratings: http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-elder-scrolls-online

5.7 from 2307 people.

Wonder how that would impact the shiny 9.4 from less than 300 people.

And now they can masquerade around with false ratings for a game with the same flaws...

Samadhi

nastuug wrote: »

Samadhi wrote: »

nastuug wrote: »

FYI, here are the original ESO reviews before they legally changed the game name to ESO:TU to avoid those harmful ratings: http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-elder-scrolls-online

5.7 from 2307 people.

Wonder how that would impact the shiny 9.4 from less than 300 people.

And now they can masquerade around with false ratings for a game with the same flaws...

Used the contact page of the metacritic site to drop in a notification that they are doing a disservice to people who visit their site for honest information by masking the overall ratings, and advised they merge the pages for a more accurate representation.
Do not think they will take the time to actually alter their website based on a single site feedback response, but hey why not.

Never know though, the Xbox and PS4 reviews could drop once players start to actually hit Veteran levels and get the real picture of the game, as opposed to the honeymoon of the pre-vet zones.

The original PC version has had a lot longer to develop an honest picture of player feedback.

nastuug

Samadhi wrote: »

nastuug wrote: »

Samadhi wrote: »

nastuug wrote: »

FYI, here are the original ESO reviews before they legally changed the game name to ESO:TU to avoid those harmful ratings: http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-elder-scrolls-online

5.7 from 2307 people.

Wonder how that would impact the shiny 9.4 from less than 300 people.

And now they can masquerade around with false ratings for a game with the same flaws...

Used the contact page of the metacritic site to drop in a notification that they are doing a disservice to people who visit their site for honest information by masking the overall ratings, and advised they merge the pages for a more accurate representation.
Do not think they will take the time to actually alter their website based on a single site feedback response, but hey why not.

Never know though, the Xbox and PS4 reviews could drop once players start to actually hit Veteran levels and get the real picture of the game, as opposed to the honeymoon of the pre-vet zones.

The original PC version has had a lot longer to develop an honest picture of player feedback.

I believe it's a legal thing. I assume that while you may be able to target them with those same ratings from the end-user perspective, they are most likely legally allowed to advertise under the ratings for the new/adjusted name.

Samadhi

nastuug wrote: »

Samadhi wrote: »

nastuug wrote: »

Samadhi wrote: »

nastuug wrote: »

FYI, here are the original ESO reviews before they legally changed the game name to ESO:TU to avoid those harmful ratings: http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-elder-scrolls-online

5.7 from 2307 people.

Wonder how that would impact the shiny 9.4 from less than 300 people.

And now they can masquerade around with false ratings for a game with the same flaws...

Used the contact page of the metacritic site to drop in a notification that they are doing a disservice to people who visit their site for honest information by masking the overall ratings, and advised they merge the pages for a more accurate representation.
Do not think they will take the time to actually alter their website based on a single site feedback response, but hey why not.

Never know though, the Xbox and PS4 reviews could drop once players start to actually hit Veteran levels and get the real picture of the game, as opposed to the honeymoon of the pre-vet zones.

The original PC version has had a lot longer to develop an honest picture of player feedback.

I believe it's a legal thing. I assume that while you may be able to target them with those same ratings from the end-user perspective, they are most likely legally allowed to advertise under the ratings for the new/adjusted name.

Yeah, that is the most likely case.
A quick name change can be the loophole on a lot of things.

nastuug

Samadhi wrote: »

nastuug wrote: »

Samadhi wrote: »

nastuug wrote: »

Samadhi wrote: »

nastuug wrote: »

FYI, here are the original ESO reviews before they legally changed the game name to ESO:TU to avoid those harmful ratings: http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-elder-scrolls-online

5.7 from 2307 people.

Wonder how that would impact the shiny 9.4 from less than 300 people.

And now they can masquerade around with false ratings for a game with the same flaws...

Used the contact page of the metacritic site to drop in a notification that they are doing a disservice to people who visit their site for honest information by masking the overall ratings, and advised they merge the pages for a more accurate representation.
Do not think they will take the time to actually alter their website based on a single site feedback response, but hey why not.

Never know though, the Xbox and PS4 reviews could drop once players start to actually hit Veteran levels and get the real picture of the game, as opposed to the honeymoon of the pre-vet zones.

The original PC version has had a lot longer to develop an honest picture of player feedback.

I believe it's a legal thing. I assume that while you may be able to target them with those same ratings from the end-user perspective, they are most likely legally allowed to advertise under the ratings for the new/adjusted name.

Yeah, that is the most likely case.
A quick name change can be the loophole on a lot of things.

The War Z changed theirs to Infestation: Survivor Stories in an attempt to shake the god-awful reviews. Didn't help as the game still sucked, lol.

Moonscythe

Too many people looking for outside validation.

Pman85

went to the first negivtive comment and check out their profile:

This is why the internet NEEDS IQ tests!

lol

bertenburnyb16_ESO

all in all its not a bad game (otherwise I wouldn't have put a couple 1000 hours into the game since prerelease xd)
but theres some pain points that really hurt the game like:
- countinued miserable state of pvp on pc (lagg, fall damage bug, nirnhoned,....) wich makes it reeeeeeal hard to enjoy at times
- lack of new content (real playable stuff) for a loooong time now, long time players are really starving for half a year or so

Robbmrp

nimander99 wrote: »

All credit to user bcbully on mmorpg.com forums for bringing this to my attention

PS4 - 8.2 http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/the-elder-scrolls-online-tamriel-unlimited

XBOX - 8.9 http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-one/the-elder-scrolls-online-tamriel-unlimited

PC - 9.4 http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-elder-scrolls-online-tamriel-unlimited

The PC rating is what I thought was most impressive, just goes to show how out of touch critics are compared to the consumers themselves.

ESO is a really fun game to play WHEN there are others on to do so. The lack of new content and platform release has slowed some of the PC population it seems. There are less and less people doing dungeons. People are getting really bored with doing things over and over again with nothing new. The only reason my wife and I are still playing is we've moved into PVP and had never done that before. It's a lot of fun, provided you can get a group. We've already completed all of the skyshards, delves and dolmens there. Fighting with other players is a lot of fun when the servers not lagging out causing issues. If something isn't added soon for new content or something isn't fixed on the server lag issue, people will continue to stop playing and move over to something else. That rating will go down and pretty soon.

Chelo

This game is too expensive to attract new players... Its been almost 2 years and still $60 on Steam, mean while FFXIV is just $20 and sometimes it get discounts...

What is happening to this game is more like quality/price

Most people would give it a shot for less than $30, but not for $60...

bertenburnyb16_ESO

Chelo wrote: »

This game is too expensive to attract new players... Its been almost 2 years and still $60 on Steam, mean while FFXIV is just $20 and sometimes it get discounts...

What is happening to this game is more like quality/price

Most people would give it a shot for less than $30, but not for $60...

its just over a year fyi

Rosveen

Chelo wrote: »

Its been almost 2 years

Huh?

SorataArisugawa

Chelo wrote: »

This game is too expensive to attract new players... Its been almost 2 years and still $60 on Steam, mean while FFXIV is just $20 and sometimes it get discounts...

What is happening to this game is more like quality/price

Most people would give it a shot for less than $30, but not for $60...

#

It is 2 years out?... You are kidding. I hope.
before you had to pay 60$ and a monthly fee. Now you just have to pay 60$. There a lot of players who play 100h and more in this game. If it not worth it for the people to start the game, then they should not buy it. It is B2P after all. If the lower the prize more, they have to put even more of their power into the gamestore. That is not needed!

Sallington

nastuug wrote: »

FYI, here are the original ESO reviews before they legally changed the game name to ESO:TU to avoid those harmful ratings: http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-elder-scrolls-online

The best part is that the only difference is that they added a cash shop.

The console crowd will really feed into anything a dev/publisher says.

"Our game is amazing and ground breaking!"

"Holy crap!! This game is so amazing and ground breaking bro!"

All while most of the PC crowd that have been here since launch are just shaking our heads in disbelief.

rb2001

Fartman wrote: »

Nestor wrote: »

Have you ever noticed that if the reviews agree with your view point, they are spot on, if they don't agree, they are biased?

Bottom line, do you like the game you are playing? Then keep playing it. If you don't like the game you are playing, then stop playing it. It does not matter what someone else thinks.

Just your standard input on ESO forums... Wow.

He's correct.