RATE ESO

Palidon

2 STARS

Too many server and game performance problems.

raglau

6 STARS

I play this game as it's an Elder Scrolls game and I'm waiting for my new single player fix, I am also part of an excellent guild who I enjoy doing content with.

But the game is highly flawed in many ways and ZOS seem to have no vision for it, it feels like it could be so much better in the hands of a smarter developer, there's a lot of potential going to waste IMO.

The persistent weak performance and bugs mean this game can't really be considered anything other than mediocre in my view. This is compounded by a lack of content and what content there is offers zero challenge. The dungeons, which for me are core to a high fantasy game, are mechanically some of the most bland I have ever encountered in an MMO.

This is a shame, because in terms of story, questing and world creation, ESO has to be one of the best MMOs out there. The thing that really saves this game from oblivion (amazing pun intended), is the community. I have met just ONE nasty person in game in my entire time of playing since beta - PC-EU server - now that's some kind of record for an online game.

andreasranasen

7 STARS

Vaoh wrote: »

Truly a 10 imo .....

..... if the game didn't perform so terribly

I've had friends contact Sony regarding certain PS4 errors they've gotten recently, to which they were told only poorly optimized and very buggy games could cause.

I feel like it's to the point where SONY gotta suspend sales of ESO to teach Zenimax a lesson.

chaserstorm16909

Given how laggy the game has been during the double AP event, I hope Wheeler doesn't say that their tests prove performance has improved without CPs. Because clearly it hasn't improved at all. I'd hate to lose all my CPs in PVP because ZOS needs a scapegoat.

LorDrek

7 STARS

Game need balance.

Seraphayel

5 STARS

It's pretty hard to rate a game when the performance is so overwhelming negative that it overshadows the good things of the game.

Without lags, disconnects, frame rate issues and all the other bugs this game would be a 9 for me. But all of those issues drag it down and turn it into a 4 or 5.

d0e1ow

7 STARS

The game has way too many hiccups for its age and their business model has gone from one of the best to total garbage, but other than those things it's a great game.

Unsent.Soul

1 STAR

JinMori wrote: »

Seems i was wrong.

Like most things recently...

Sovaso

Meh it's 10/10

Turelus

7 STARS

Same issues as any other big MMO, gameplay and story are still worth enough to keep playing.

Could get a 8/9 if they had better speed at addressing issues, 10 if they did the previous and stopped insulting customers with Crown Store shenanigans.

mtwiggz

4 STARS

Terrible development, poor customer service, lack-luster patches, ignorant ways of solving issues, hot fixes take too long - to the point where they are no longer considered hot fixes, performance issues in every part of the game, no transparency, etc.

All issues you wouldn't expect from a "AAA" game. Perhaps one or two would be fine, but all of the above? No. Never.

Heck, this is the first game I've played with weekly maintenance that has their servers completely crash every week regardless. It's two, sometimes three or four, server outages a week. Not typical of a game that claims to be this caliber

Vipstaakki

10 STARS

There is only one option.

Inhuman003

8 STARS

love to hate list of the truth.
1. Group finder
2. A lot of lore on small scale PVP
3. The lag is bad Cyrodiil
4. Crown crates
5. Man oh man my eyes bleed looking at loading screens talk about Hang Time.

To me that's how I feel about this game but I'm not going to leave ESO just because of little flaws here and there but if they ever do pay to win I'm out 100%.

jedtb16_ESO

10 STARS

i play every day.

whiteshadow711jppreub18_ESO

8 STARS

I think the game is great, other than the Technical aspects, LAG, Drops, etc.

When the Addiction kicks in, it can be a "9/10 or a 10/10".

As I play almost every day.

Jim_Pipp

5 STARS

The game is popular because it is an elder scrolls game. Even though it stands on the shoulders of giants it consistently fails to have the vision or scope of any elder scrolls game.

10 out of 10 for the idea of an elder scrolls online game, 5 out of 10 for delivery.

notimetocare

8 STARS

Unsent.Soul wrote: »

JinMori wrote: »

Seems i was wrong.

Like most things recently...

Hey, he tries to seem smart. He tries hard

MarkusLiberty

9 STARS

Giving it a 9. There's a few quality of life features i would like to see added, but otherwise I'm loving the game and where it's heading.

Though as others have sad, more Orcs would help.

menedhyn

7 STARS

There's an awful lot I like about this game, but then I spend a significant amount of my time exploring, wandering, roleplaying, questing and enjoying the stories and characters / players I meet. The folk who created the world as we see it, and hear it, did a pretty good job. I wanted ESO to feel familiar to previous Elder Scrolls games, and in some respects the game designers have done that. I don't play PvP, and no doubt my score would be different if I did.

There's also an awful lot of things I find frustrating, or simply don't like - the lack of 'proper' spellcasting, the overuse and reliance on magicka skills (why is there no feasible way to play as a melee-based character?), ignoring established cultural lore for the sake of gameplay, to name but a few. The lack of regular communication by developers with the player base continues to frustrate, though the return of regular ESO shows is a step in the right direction. And then there's the ridiculous limited time availability of Crown Store items. It might be a minor thing to many, and not a thing at all to many more, but to me it's irritating.

But overall, i'm fairly happy and reasonably content. If my score had been five or less, I would probably ask myself what I was doing here when I could be enjoying or trying out other games.

Sharee

8 STARS

ZOS needs to sort cyrodiil out (population imbalance, lag, class balance), other than that the game is in a good shape.

Unsent.Soul

1 STAR

Sharee wrote: »

ZOS needs to sort cyrodiil out (population imbalance, lag, class balance), other than that the game is in a good shape.

This will never happen.

shauny.gibbsb16_ESO

8 STARS

Am i the only one thinking anyone voting 5 or less really should look for a new game..

My score included a comparison to other games I've played over the last year or so.

Tandor

9 STARS

It's an outstanding game, and one with which I've never had any significant performance issues. Open up the trading system to every player instead of a handful of billionaires defending the present restricted supply-based system and it would be a 10 star near-perfect game - subject, of course, to the performance issues some undoubtedly do experience being resolved for them to be able to enjoy the game more alongside those of us without the issues.

Tommy_The_Gun

7 STARS

I would give 10.. but game has some flaws:
1. LAG spikes, no matter your internet connection speed is (most often in PvP, but also can happen in PvE).
2. FPS drops & performance issues (no matter your computer specs, it always happens, mostly in PvP, but also happens in PvE).
3. Game is way to grindy and RNG dependant. It is also way too "second new character unfriendly". Much more things should be account wide.

Tandor

9 STARS

Tommy_The_Gun wrote: »

I would give 10.. but game has some flaws:
1. LAG spikes, no matter your internet connection speed is (most often in PvP, but also can happen in PvE).
2. FPS drops & performance issues (no matter your computer specs, it always happens, mostly in PvP, but also happens in PvE).
3. Game is way to grindy and RNG dependant. It is also way too "second new character unfriendly". Much more things should be account wide.

The problem with your last point is that there are two ways of defining "second new character unfriendly". Those who seek to get a second character to endgame with minimal "grind" (as they see it) will indeed want more things to be account-wide, while those who seek to run a second character through the game in exactly the same way as their first don't regard it a "grind" but rather as playing the game with equal individual characters, not a main plus an alt. For them "account-wide" means "shortcut" and removes some of the second character's content and therefore the enjoyment and purpose in playing that character.

I can understand that you'd like more things to be account-wide, while I'd far rather nothing was account-wide, but the game currently has shared champion points, bank inventory, dye unlocks and some achievements, so is probably fairly well balanced at present between our two different perspectives.

Mercutio

10 STARS

Best MMO I've played in 20 years, hands down.

Banana

I like the game. It's just the server and its location that's *** for me.............and rng

kevlarto_ESO

5 STARS

I used to give the game a 9 now down to a 5, maybe with the testing this week they can gain a few points back if we see a return from the testing that improves the game.

Jemcrystal

10 STARS

I am old. We played this game when I was young:


Which sucked.

Or we climbed trees. That was not so bad. Old trees have a voice. It's not one you can hear with your ears. Now I am old I can only lean up against them. No more climbing.

I *** LOVE BEING A DARK ELF! And TESO is pretty. It does not hurt my eyes. It does not give me motion sickness. It does not look like someone colored it with a freakn crayola set.

Am I upset that last night I could not log in? Well, yeah. But until I can make a game like ESO with my own programming and artistic skill (or slaves: slaves work nicely for building games: esp artistic slaves but they *** and moan they want more coffee and KFC) I am not that upset. I was suppose to be working and not gaming anyway.

aetherial_heavenn

6 STARS

6. A few months ago, 7.

First time through i enjoyed the main story, despite never playing any ESO based game before. I liked the alt friendliness of shared gear and later, CP. I enjoy the common MMO aspects of socialising, playing groups, learning to beat harder content and I've enjoyed discovering bits of the lore but a few things have irritated more and more.

In no particular order these are ten of my least favourite things:
1 performance degradation. Noticeable since I started in may 2016. This is not a good sign
2 basic QoL stuff missing form game...no search box in bank or bag, no search box in the guild store, no minmap for crying out loud! You need an add on for everything provided as standard in other F2P games. I think this is a cause of the issues mentioned in point 1
3 the cosmetic system is about 10 years behind other older MMO's. You cannot multi dye gear (ie same piece, different colours to choose between) because you cannot cosmetically equip armour. You cannot craft fluff like fireworks, special dyes, cosmetic weapons, etc. There is no wardrobe system.
4 the housing system actively prevents socialising and sharing, ie you cannot share all housing rights with your partner. Seems weird for game that has a marriage service. (Speaking of which, what a dud that is in terms of a RP experience.) You cannot port to your house directly. You cannot let friends share decorating rights...ie actually place new decorations, you cannot paint the walls, you cannot set up a proper guild house and of course...NO HOUSING STORAGE
5 there is no music system, so no bands, and the in game music is pretty awful and totally repetitive.
6 PvP is broken, both balance and performance wise.
7 crown crates and the gambling addiction is promotes. Watching a guildie drop 100's of dollars on the chance of fluff depresses me. The game should have a warning that it promotes gambling.
8 RNGeesus, especially for end game drops...who decided to include preposterous and training FFS?
9 the side quest writing is thin and repetitive compared to other 5 star MMO's. The moments of wit and the great voice acting of the main quest lines is let down by the appalling accents and repeat dialogue elsewhere.
10 No gifting. Cannot gift a sub, fluff from the crown store or crowns. I understand the gold selling reasons for the latter, but other games let you do the former with no issues.

edited for typo and sentence construction