Good review.

Blackwidow

nerevarine1138

Stopped when he said "fanboy."

I literally can't take anyone who uses that word unironically even a little bit seriously.

Blackwidow

nerevarine1138 wrote: »

Stopped when he said "fanboy."

I literally can't take anyone who uses that word unironically even a little bit seriously.

Too bad. you are missing a good review.

You should try to not let certain words bother you so much.

nerevarine1138

Blackwidow wrote: »

nerevarine1138 wrote: »

Stopped when he said "fanboy."

I literally can't take anyone who uses that word unironically even a little bit seriously.

Too bad. you are missing a good review.

You should try to not let certain words bother you so much.

People posing as professional reviewers should try to use professional words.

Blackwidow

nerevarine1138 wrote: »

Blackwidow wrote: »

nerevarine1138 wrote: »

Stopped when he said "fanboy."

I literally can't take anyone who uses that word unironically even a little bit seriously.

Too bad. you are missing a good review.

You should try to not let certain words bother you so much.

People posing as professional reviewers should try to use professional words.

He's not a professional reviewer. As a matter of fact, it is shoddycast. Shoddy, get it?

danreckerpreub18_ESO

nerevarine1138 wrote: »

Stopped when he said "fanboy."

I literally can't take anyone who uses that word unironically even a little bit seriously.

Words and term use evolve, but to each their own.
Also, I read 'unironically' as 'unicorn-ally' ... I like my version better.

Just thought i'd share

Saltypretzels

Josh from shoddycast has some strange hate against this game. It is weird. He spent a year following it on the shoddycast and then played it for something less than two weeks. I don't take his words too seriously.

Blackwidow

utzpretzels wrote: »

Josh from shoddycast has some strange hate against this game. It is weird. He spent a year following it on the shoddycast and then played it for something less than two weeks. I don't take his words too seriously.

He played the game for over a year. He does not have hate for the game. He has frustration for the final product.

I think he was a fanboi at one time, which is what makes him so bitter now.

AlexDougherty

nerevarine1138 wrote: »

Stopped when he said "fanboy."

I literally can't take anyone who uses that word unironically even a little bit seriously.

He was clearly using it ironically!
Or are you being ironic?

Blackwidow wrote: »

nerevarine1138 wrote: »

Stopped when he said "fanboy."

I literally can't take anyone who uses that word unironically even a little bit seriously.

Too bad. you are missing a good review.

You should try to not let certain words bother you so much.

Yes it's a good review, very fair.

Jeremy

I watched the first half of the video and I will admit this review seemed to have a much better perspective and was far more fair than some of the others I have seen (such as that Angry Joe nonsense that was popular on these forums while back).

I would disagree with it strongly though on his criticisms relating to exploration and questing. Though I should point out I have never played any of the other previous Elder Scrolls games. So it's possible the reason I feel this way is because I was never spoiled in this regard by those games.

But when compared to other MMORPGs - this game is miles above the other games out there when it comes to offering interesting quests and open-ended exploration.

piotreb17_ESO4

Good review and it somehow shows how ZoS approach towards the game can frustrate even the biggest fans and early supporters...

Wake up guys!

FrauPerchta

I like Angry Joe's review on YT. Pretty much sums up ESO in it's current state

Jeremy

FrauPerchta wrote: »

I like Angry Joe's review on YT. Pretty much sums up ESO in it's current state

I thought it was ridiculous ^^

He actually complained about having to walk and traverse vast spans of nothingness while questing on a game that literally has a way shrine every few inches on the map.

As I said, ridiculous. Impossible to take seriously.

AlexDougherty

Jeremy wrote: »

I watched the first half of the video and I will admit this review seemed to have a much better perspective and was far more fair than some of the others I have seen (such as that Angry Joe nonsense that was popular on these forums while back).

I would disagree with it strongly though on his criticisms relating to exploration and questing. Though I should point out I have never played any of the other previous Elder Scrolls games. So it's possible the reason I feel this way is because I was never spoiled in this regard by those games.

But when compared to other MMORPGs - this game is miles above the other games out there when it comes to offering interesting quests and open-ended exploration.

Yes, but if you had watched a bit further, you would have seen him say that it was good it terms of MMOs, just not in terms of TES games.

The problem is that this is both an MMO and a TES game, and previous TES games have been blooming marvelous.

Crisscross

nerevarine1138 wrote: »

Stopped when he said "fanboy."

I literally can't take anyone who uses that word unironically even a little bit seriously.

Yay, a pet peeve!

Jeremy

AlexDougherty wrote: »

Jeremy wrote: »

I watched the first half of the video and I will admit this review seemed to have a much better perspective and was far more fair than some of the others I have seen (such as that Angry Joe nonsense that was popular on these forums while back).

I would disagree with it strongly though on his criticisms relating to exploration and questing. Though I should point out I have never played any of the other previous Elder Scrolls games. So it's possible the reason I feel this way is because I was never spoiled in this regard by those games.

But when compared to other MMORPGs - this game is miles above the other games out there when it comes to offering interesting quests and open-ended exploration.

Yes, but if you had watched a bit further, you would have seen him say that it was good it terms of MMOs, just not in terms of TES games.

The problem is that this is both an MMO and a TES game, and previous TES games have been blooming marvelous.

Perhaps I misunderstood him. But I thought he referred to the questing/exploration on ESO as average when compared to other MMORPGs. And that's where I disagreed with him. Because I think ESO is far superior to other MMORPGs in this respect.

As far as how it measures up to previous Elder Scroll games, I can't say. I never played those games so he could have valid points about that. I just don't know.

Ohioastro

This reviewer has made it clear, repeatedly, that he wanted Skyrim online. There is nothing new in this review - he's flogged his unhappiness with it over and over and over. Old news is old; let the thread die.

And, pro tip, the people who really dislike the game always seem to preface links to attack reviews by calling them "honest" or "good" or "nailed it". It's old.

michaelpatrickjonesnub18_ESO

Ohioastro wrote: »

And, pro tip...

Whoa, whoa, whoa...

There is nothing professional about peering into a computer monitor, stalking Betty Netches, for copious lengths of time.

Nickdorlandb16_ESO

What a stupid review, he indeed wanted skyrim online.. and not a MMO.. Its more of a MMO then it is rly like the singleplayer ( co-op ) He has already a wrong view to look at this game to start with..

Like 80% of the people that did a review btw

anakaki

Kind of honest and all reviews seems to decide on a score of 5-6. It's truthful and well deserved. One thing in this review is that it doesn't bothered with the balance of classes. I.e. It seems as though he hasnt played trials or the review is old.

Viblo

oo oo oo I found something on the internet that matches my opinion so I'm going to link to it and call it "good".

[edited for zero reason by an unfair moderator that picks and chooses what to edit based on personal opinion rather than their code of conduct]

Blackwidow

Nickdorlandb16_ESO wrote: »

What a stupid review, he indeed wanted skyrim online.. and not a MMO.. Its more of a MMO then it is rly like the singleplayer ( co-op ) He has already a wrong view to look at this game to start with..

Like 80% of the people that did a review btw

I agree, he did start as a famboi simply looking for the next TES game, but I did not and I still agree with most of his review.

This game could have had an real open world to explore.

This game could have had a bunch of caves and secret areas to find.

This game could have had underwater swimming and things to find under the water, like secret dungeons or lost treasure.

I personally feel the game should have launched with at minimum a basic legal system. I can't think of another MMO that has this missing.

Is this a good MMO? Well, that depends of what features you like and don't like. I like the combat system. I think it is the best for an MMO I have seen, except for maybe DDO.

On the other hand, the tiny bank system with lack of any user friendly tools, the lack of guild permissions, the lack of detailed descriptions, the lack of a real open world, the horrid grouping system, and much much more really holds this game back from being great, IMHO.