PS4 - First impressions

JD2013 · June 2015

Okay, I've played around with the PS4 version a little. Here are my first impressions -

- Audio - Clearly Michael Gambon and Malcolm McDowell have been brought in to re-record. The dialogue after Coldharbour is all Michael Gambon as The Prophet again, same for Molag and Malcolm McDowell. Why this wasn't fixed way before now is odd.

- Chat with the mic is simpler at times than lots of typing. PC needs voice chat support.

- The graphics are very nice but not as good as PC.

- The game feels more like Skyrim. I don't know how they've done that. It just feels more Oblivion/Skyrim like than the PC version.

- Zones are packed with only the tiniest lag.

- Interface has been very well designed and adapted for controllers and consoles.

That's it so far.

Hawk269 · June 2015

Sounds good. Thanks for posting this so quickly.

How is the texture pop in when you walk up to a NPC and talk to them? That was one of the issues in Beta and they said they fixed it, but just wanted a users impression.

How is the combat lag? Another issue in Beta was that there seemed to be a delay in executing attacks and other moves/magic etc.

ZOS_GinaBruno · June 2015

Glad you hear you're enjoying yourself, @JD2013!

JD2013 · June 2015

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Glad you hear you're enjoying yourself, @JD2013!

Certainly am, thank you @ZOS_GinaBruno

@Hawk269

The Combat is basically like the PC version, though I have noticed momentary delays in attacks *occasionally* and as for pop ins, there have been a couple, but not nearly as many as I have noticed on PC.

navyspeed · June 2015

What time zone or Country are you in?

RenhardtESO · June 2015

So glad to hear! Can't wait to give it a whirl!

Caspur · June 2015

Have the console versions released in certain timezones?

RenhardtESO · June 2015

Caspur wrote: »

Have the console versions released in certain timezones?

I imagine yes over in Europe.

JD2013 · June 2015

I'm in the UK, logged on around midnight, so GMT.

Be good to have even more people jumping in @RenhardtESO

Remag_Div · June 2015

JD2013 wrote: »

- The game feels more like Skyrim. I don't know how they've done that. It just feels more Oblivion/Skyrim like than the PC version.

What does that even mean? lol

BlackguardBob · June 2015

Glad for you to be playing. I am in the UK & still waiting to get on with either servers after 1 hour and 40 mins. Servers won't let me in and there is no way to create or link accounts. (No on-screen keyboard). Sent a ticket to the technical dept.

JD2013 · June 2015

Remag_Div wrote: »

JD2013 wrote: »

- The game feels more like Skyrim. I don't know how they've done that. It just feels more Oblivion/Skyrim like than the PC version.

What does that even mean? lol

I think it's because of the way the UI is designed. That and the default third person camera angle. The menus are very Skyrim like.

JD2013 · June 2015

BlackguardBob wrote: »

Glad for you to be playing. I am in the UK & still waiting to get on with either servers after 1 hour and 40 mins. Servers won't let me in and there is no way to create or link accounts. (No on-screen keyboard). Sent a ticket to the technical dept.

That sucks! I'm sure they'll be able to help. For me it went straight to main menu, and option to link accounts. MMO launch days are notoriously wobbly sometimes.

Remag_Div · June 2015

JD2013 wrote: »

Remag_Div wrote: »

JD2013 wrote: »

- The game feels more like Skyrim. I don't know how they've done that. It just feels more Oblivion/Skyrim like than the PC version.

What does that even mean? lol

I think it's because of the way the UI is designed. That and the default third person camera angle. The menus are very Skyrim like.

Ah, true. They did make the menu's kinda like console Skyrim.

I'm not a big fan how they designed the conversation menu. Seems too boxy. Not like they really needed to change that from the PC version.

JD2013 · June 2015

Remag_Div wrote: »

JD2013 wrote: »

Remag_Div wrote: »

JD2013 wrote: »

- The game feels more like Skyrim. I don't know how they've done that. It just feels more Oblivion/Skyrim like than the PC version.

What does that even mean? lol

I think it's because of the way the UI is designed. That and the default third person camera angle. The menus are very Skyrim like.

Ah, true. They did make the menu's kinda like console Skyrim.

I'm not a big fan how they designed the conversation menu. Seems too boxy. Not like they really needed to change that from the PC version.

I do agree with that too. It is kinda boxy. Learning all the menus again is very odd having to learn to find everything again having played the game for nearly 18 months!