ESO: Console Edition - Your initial review

AdamBourke

So - what do you think guys? Good? Bad? Give a rating of your INITIAL IMPRESSIONS of ESO on console! Vote on the poll below, and then leave more detailed feedback in the replies :-)

coryevans_3b14_ESO

1/10

AdamBourke wrote: »

So - what do you think guys? Good? Bad? Give a rating of your INITIAL IMPRESSIONS of ESO on console! Vote on the poll below, and then leave more detailed feedback in the replies :-)

Asking for a review already? I expect the end result to be interesting for sure.

Lynx7386

Well I havent been able to play yet, so I'm going to have to hold my vote for now. We'll see soon enough.

Skwor

3/10

Posted my experience already, honestly just not that impressed considering the game has been in beta on pc for a yea.

AdamBourke

8/10

As a game by itself - I'd say it's a great game. IT's essentially the same game as on PC - but It feels very different sometimes. Here are some pluses and minuses (Note that these are all based on the changes from the PC version):

The Good Changes:

• Finally, crafting materials are sorted by type! (And other items in the inventory)
• NO accidentally using ultimate :-D.
• Overall the controls make sense, and I like them. the abilty buttons work well for how I use them at least. back buttons for Toggle abilities, Triangle for crowd control, square for a heavy ability, circle for a light ability.

The Bad Changes:

• The Map. It's so slow to move between zones. And when you come back up, your cursor is back above you - not where you came up from. It also seems very small on the screen.
• The Font size! I don't know about other people, but I have a large TV and that font is huge! I mean... Games have had a trend of getting smaller and smaller writing - so this is better than that... but it could be a little smaller...
• The categories for some UI elements are too wide. Actually, some have been reduced from the number of categories in the PC version! For example, achievements. Trying to find the one you're looking for is not easy unless you know the exact name of it. And even then, it is hard to tell if you've passed the divide between say, the Dominion and the Covenant achievements. I'd like to see more structure here.
• Things react too slowly. Map zoom, lockpick sliding, etc.

The Neutral Changes that you'll have to get used to:

• The attack button is not the left button, but the right button. I keep trying to left click - which uses my fifth ability. Daedra appears. Daedra disappears. Deadra appears. Daedra disppears... I think they make the right call here - but it will take some getting used to.
• Sprinting is a bit weird. IT makes logical sense... but feels a bit weird. You sprint by pressing the L3 button (on PS4) and then it will sprint until a) You press L3 again, b) You run out of Stamina, c) You leave go of the analogue stick. IT's that last part that is confusing. It feels like autorun - but it isn't. On a similar note - you can't run while viewing the map, for example.

And of course...
The Bugs:

• The loading screens are smaller than the game screen
• Eyevea is not accessible on the map anymore.

I'll try and update this as I come across more things in the next 24 hours...