Game magazine review.

PrinceBoru

Yeah get out of the review business.
The tone tells me your mind was made up before you "reviewed" the game.

marcjays

This week has been great. First a "former Silicon Valley CIO" who probably couldn't assemble a desktop PC at gunpoint tried to tell Zenimax how to optimize their maintenance work, now someone with B2 level English skills is trying to tell us he's writing a review for a "magazine".

Welcome to Bizarro Scrolls Online, where we've taken a totally different approach to what "real RP" actually means:
Why not roleplay as a forum user who is successful in real life?

Edit: Thanks for that Google Translate contribution, that was a great read.

Fat-Larry-Makes-All

Guys.. I think the general opinion on this has been made abudantly clear. Unless you've got constructive criticism you can leave OP alone now.

Callous2208

Fat-Larry-Makes-All wrote: »

Guys.. I think the general opinion on this has been made abudantly clear. Unless you've got constructive criticism you can leave OP alone now.

Why waste time giving constructive criticism to an obvious troll post? No, everything from the shoddy review to the rediculous backstory is up for skewering.

Alucardo

Throw some paragraphs and better usage of grammar in there. I'll give it a good read then.

Prabooo

Parrotbrain wrote: »

PVP player killed the injury problem and illness left and watch, not participate in the autumn.

Completely false statistics and personal session with a weapon.

For example, board games, on the condition that to create the insects.

Not many PVP Zerg The play with the free computer and asked him to cut the grass so sick. Or the woman who can not make any part of the cable.

Really, most of you, now I know PvE content dirt forgotten history "PVA". Etc. Mars.

ZeniMax is what they are. Look beautiful smile beautiful interior designer.

Flying ZeniMax study.

These are the reasons why I love this game. And I do agree, Gina has the most beautiful smile

LilyOra

I smell a troll

Thelon

People still read magazines?

DenMoria

Thelon wrote: »

People still read magazines?

Only if they're online or if they have pretty pictures!

SHADOW2KK

Thelon wrote: »

People still read magazines?

What? people read???

Kidding to the ones who do read:D

Sadetius

I tried to send a pm, but apparently I do not have permission for that. Anyway could someone provide with a link to thread that was described as :

marcjays wrote: »

"former Silicon Valley CIO" who probably couldn't assemble a desktop PC at gunpoint tried to tell Zenimax how to optimize their maintenance work"

I've dug trough the forum but I cannot find it.

Shunravi

Sadetius wrote: »

I tried to send a pm, but apparently I do not have permission for that. Anyway could someone provide with a link to thread that was described as :

marcjays wrote: »

"former Silicon Valley CIO" who probably couldn't assemble a desktop PC at gunpoint tried to tell Zenimax how to optimize their maintenance work"

I've dug trough the forum but I cannot find it.

http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/228963/getting-real-with-you-all

Ace_of_Destiny

As with so many thing in life, I think it needs more CHEESE.
There are many fine cheeses you could mention.

marcjays

Shunravi wrote: »

Sadetius wrote: »

I tried to send a pm, but apparently I do not have permission for that. Anyway could someone provide with a link to thread that was described as :

marcjays wrote: »

"former Silicon Valley CIO" who probably couldn't assemble a desktop PC at gunpoint tried to tell Zenimax how to optimize their maintenance work"

I've dug trough the forum but I cannot find it.

http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/228963/getting-real-with-you-all

Thanks for linking that, rereading that made it even better.

Amica

Finally,
No better way to get peoples real in put on a topic. Than to push the buttons of people, who have an attachment issue to the subject.

Btw i do agree with a lot of the comments i read over.

As for the ones who privet messaged me a reply.... I agree most with you most. And one person in particular, i think it requires further information as proof. But i think that you may be able to obtain it easy enough and it would make for very interesting reading.

Ps don't close the topic off ... speak your mind and do not be afraid of what some people may or may not say.

MrDerrikk

Amica wrote: »

Finally,
No better way to get peoples real in put on a topic. Than to push the buttons of people, who have an attachment issue to the subject.

Btw i do agree with a lot of the comments i read over.

As for the ones who privet messaged me a reply.... I agree most with you most. And one person in particular, i think it requires further information as proof. But i think that you may be able to obtain it easy enough and it would make for very interesting reading.

Ps don't close the topic off ... speak your mind and do not be afraid of what some people may or may not say.

I had a feeling that you were being purposefully negative to illicit a response like this, and yet I still replied with a miniature essay...

Hope you got enough information to get a much better view

NobleNerd

MikeB wrote: »

Olivierko wrote: »

Why are people hung up on macroing in ESO?

It's nothing revolutionary, it's been around for ages and it's not a issue bound to the game itself.

Its not about the macroing, its the fact that the macros make animation canceling an after thought. Animation canceling makes a HUGE difference in your damage and healing output. It will make a difference in whether you win a fight PvP or PvE.

Ever since the changes to weapon passives animation canceling does not produce any huge difference in dps than playing other ways. It is just a choice you have if you enjoy that play style.

Forestd16b14_ESO

Olivierko wrote: »

Why are people hung up on macroing in ESO?

It's nothing revolutionary, it's been around for ages and it's not a issue bound to the game itself.

The problem is unlike most other MMOs ESO has no cool down system or delay between skill use which means the macros for ESO can literally fire off all 5 of your skills in a second or two and in a game where highest DPS wins over everything else that's kinda a big deal. So yes macros have been around for as long as MMOs them selves there just really bad blight in ESO.

Which IMO more skills need the bolt escape treatment to stop this nukeing cause some players can still melt players in pvp even with this damage reduction which is totally unfair to the other players who don't use macros or the nuke builds out there cause they have no chance of defending or even reacting cause they just die cause some player just has to hit 1 button to use all there skills not thinking about the fight at all while the other guy/gal has to mess around pressing what and actually think about what to do in the fight. Cause if some how the player lives through the barrage they can fight back cause they still have resources while the macro spammer does not because they all got drained from the spam because of the increases cost.

NobleNerd

Amica wrote: »

So a few months back i was asked by a close friend to play and do a write up on the Elder Scrolls Online for his magazine. Something he gets me to do when the work load gets a bit swamped for his team. Some of you may or may not recognize the name Amica as the author for reviews in previous games like: Age Of Conan, War Hammer, Rift and Guild Wars 2.
Even if you don't know the name i still need your help as i'm caught between a rock and a hard place at the moment. I need both, sides of the story when it comes to the Elder Scrolls Online to make a fair and accurate write up. Put in your two cents ... likes and dislikes. What you agree with and disagree with.
Many thanks Amica....

"Draft"
Greetings fellow gamer's,
To play or Not to play Elder Scrolls Online.
I have been playing ESO for awhile now, and have even run through the latest DLC Orsinium that takes you into the world of the orcs. To date my emotions have been mixed with this game.
So much potential yet so much disappointment:
Not including the balance issues or deaths from random fall damage when players hit you during PVP.
The combat animation canceling that lets you fire off a plethora of ability's in seconds when using any standard macro.
Armour sets that are completely ridiculous both in looks and stats.
Game patches that create more bugs than fixes, for example. Player grey bar during combat, so ability's will not fire. The Inability to get through keep doors in pvp unless you go to the store and preview a costume and spin your character around.
Alternatively the dreaded pvp zergs *Shudders* we all saw it in GW2 and have our own gripes or positive comments on the matter. But something we can all agree on. Is the lag the servers go through during peek play times and Elder Scrolls Online is no exception and has been battling this issue for some time. At times namely the weekends when a beer and some pvp is a sure fire way to round off the week. It becomes so bad, that even with a good computer it's not worth playing and you find yourself out mowing the lawn. Or actually not making yourself scarce when the wife ropes you into some random task.
Lets talk the PVE content, now as most will know that is a dirty word to me "PVE". After games like "Unleash The Fury" Which was PVP only. I reluctantly do Pve content to get to the level cap or to obtain an item i require from dungeons etc. And it has to be a really really really really good item for me to go through the torture. But i found myself at first glance saying "you know what, this game might actually draw me into the Pve aspect for a change.... oh how wrong i was. The painfully repetitive delves that have you going left the entire time as if one leg is shorter than the other, got old after the first zone.
The story main story line was good and they did nail the build up to the final boss. But once again i was disappointed when simply strafing left or right for the whole fight saw you easily down the boss with little too no effort.
Then came the EPIC loot, after hours of game play your story came to a close... for a "BLUE" item (Since been changed to a equally useless purple item) that you vendor or broke down for resources to craft better gear. Yes Elder Scrolls Online is not the only MMO that has almost made us grown men and women cry with the end game loot items and im sure it will not be the last.
Zenimax, DO have one thing going for them. Amazing zone designers that really make the world look nice visually. Exploring is something that just happens naturally during your course of leveling. I often found myself having to back track after a "hey whats that down their and over their" Detour.
The dreaded Vet levels...
Once you do your first character you really never ever want to lvl a toon again. Each veteran level requires the almost complete completion of an entire zone to go up just one level in advancement. Which means more delves, Run left, grab the sky shard (3 sky shards to obtain a skill point to spend on ability advancement) Kill the boss and leave through the same door you came in. Yes repetitive is an understatement, But for your first character its not so bad if you have some tunes playing a fridge full of beer and or some friends to just pug along with.
Game patches:
Zenimax falls VERY short on fixes. Now i'm not too sure what is worst a company that just does not fix something that is broken or one that puts in a fix that comes with a multitude of new bugs and exploits. Zenimax to date has been my 20 years of gaming winner when it come too putting in a patch that makes class "A" under powered and Class "B" OP. meaning entire new builds that often destroy your play style just to remain competitive.
Final thoughts.
Its worth a shot to anyone that loves repetitive pve content or likes spending 180 days leveling a mount .... per character you have. yes every new character the mounts needs to be leveled again, meaning your small group will get half way across the map leaving you painfully trailing behind to the point fights are often over by the time you get to there location. But alas you can pay $150 to buy the mount upgrades in the store.
So for elder Scrolls Online i give Stars out of 5 for the game .... A dismal 1 star and that is just for the pretty zones.

When was this horrible excuse for writing written? It is full of inaccurate examples and over blown personal emotion that does not represent the state of the game since update 7.

Yes the game has had its bugs and issues, but many of them have been fixed since update 6 and 7.

As I struggled to read through such a poorly written review I felt more and more like you were playing a completely different MMO than me. Trust me I have had my complaints and still do about this game, but ZOS has my respect for producing solid content in the last 2 DLCs and getting them out on time. Every MMO has issues, gltiches and bugs when new content and changes are added.... they work themselves out and Orsinium launched beautifully with little bugs and add on conflicts.

CapnPhoton

If this were in an actually magazine or in print I would have made it through about a 3rd of it before clicking the back button. You may benefit from reading through several professional articles from reputable sources first and examine not only the structure and flow of this type of journalism, but also the content. Opinions are part of a review, but most reviews have 2 things that are missing from this one. They will have good and bad points with merit and explanation besides the opinion part of it. Articles that make points, explain elements of good and bad even if its a one line followup. They don't simply make a list and call it enough. The best articles will skate along the middle line regarding good and not so good elements. It won't be a one sides all negative effort unless of course the game is awful, which ESO is not.

Besides all of that, it does not seem very fair to me since I have experienced very few of these issues, and for others consider them very minor. There are plenty of us out there and its probably the majority that see none of this. Its also a little bit irresponsible to make something 95% negative when truly the game is not. I would conclude from reading this is that the OP would be happier playing something else and probably should, and everyone reading it should think of it just as a rant or a grain of salt.

JD2013

Ah the Silicon Valley CIO and now a "reviewer."

With all of this and Orsinium coming out, it's certainly been a big week for Zenimax. Matt Firor must be so proud.

Actually, where is Matt? He hasn't been seen in a while. Rich Lambert seems to be handling most things with Gina.

But I give the reviewer's review 1/5 for effort and personal bias (he really does not seem to like PVE!)

UltimaJoe777

Please note that these game reviews were made back when TESO: TU was PC only and have many biased opinions, usually negative. This is what tends to keep people away honestly because those that actually do bother giving it a try actually enjoy it!

Never trust a game review, even if the review is positive.

MrDerrikk

UltimaJoe777 wrote: »

Please note that these game reviews were made back when TESO: TU was PC only and have many biased opinions, usually negative. This is what tends to keep people away honestly because those that actually do bother giving it a try actually enjoy it!

Never trust a game review, even if the review is positive.

I tend to trust game reviews only when I read 10-20 of them. You can usually get the overall good/bad points by then.

UltimaJoe777

MrDerrikk wrote: »

UltimaJoe777 wrote: »

Please note that these game reviews were made back when TESO: TU was PC only and have many biased opinions, usually negative. This is what tends to keep people away honestly because those that actually do bother giving it a try actually enjoy it!

Never trust a game review, even if the review is positive.

I tend to trust game reviews only when I read 10-20 of them. You can usually get the overall good/bad points by then.

Getting opinions from others can oft times lead to misleading results though. Those very same people could all be in cahoots for all you know! My advice when checking out a game is to look into actual gameplay footage and unbiased data and then be your own judge.

tino.antoninieb17_ESO

U simply dont like a game. Your opinion is not bringing nothing positive about game on the table which is ok coz u are entitled to your opinion.
Do u like playing games at all ? Perhaps u should try some other hobby. In my opinion u should avoid writing coz u are not good at it.

Tors

"The dreaded Vet levels..."


Really, takes me 2 days from VR1 to 14


I am nothing special, so its a case of just doing it instead of wasting time crying about it. If you hate leveling then MMORPGS are not for you stop writing about them and go play a different genre

Amica

"Yes the game has had its bugs and issues, but many of them have been fixed since update 6 and 7".

"Try this one out .....Chew up your stam use dodge roll etc, hit crouch and then block and move forward for instant FULL stam recovery back to 100%"

Yeah you might not all agree with the things i have said. But a bug and exploit ridden game it is. I stand firmly by what i have stated.

Someone mentioned i did not go into the pve side. This is true it is not my thing never has been, that is why i only wrote about the parts i experienced. And it is a draft only ... With the exception of a few people, i have yet to see any good input that i had over looked or need to reconsider.

anitajoneb17_ESO

That's because that's too much of a chore : you need to reconsider *everything*, basically ! That is, if you're really willing to "publish" it...

pirate3

So which magazine is it that you contribute to? Would I be correct in guessing that it's No High Scores?

With regard to your review, it may be your earnest opinion but it's not particularly informative. You seem more interested in venting your spleen than providing useful information. I do agree with your remarks about ESO's patching though.

RatedChaotic

I call bs. I want that magazine name, issue number, and all other details so I can personally read this article. Otherwise your full of it.