So I've been playing pretty steadily since early release - meaning, almost every day. I have a character in each faction and I've raised one to level 19. I've done a lot of quests, some PvP (limited) and explored several areas.
But I feel like I don't want to play any more. In fact, it's starting to feel like a chore to play this game. And I feel somewhat obligated to both like it and play it because I paid $80 for the IE and now I'll shortly be paying a monthly fee I committed to.
I have some disappointments, which I've pretty much kept to myself. Sure, the map is wonderful, but after awhile every things starts looking the same. The dungeons are shallow and not well developed. And so on - I don't want to turn this into a hate thread.
As I mentioned before, I've played every instantiation of the Elder Scrolls going back to Daggerfall - and I've poured hundreds of hours into Morrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim. This is the most expensive video game I've ever bought and I really, really wanted to like it. And I did like it - for a couple of weeks.
To be fair, the game wasn't buggy for me. It played well on my Macbook. ZeniMax delivered the smoothest release for an MMO ever (or so I'm told - I've only played one MMO, WOW, and that for about four hours total - hated it). The story line was, all things considered, fairly satisfying - but not compelling enough that I want to finish it.
But now the new car smell is gone and I'm missing the depth and magic of the other Elder Scrolls games. I can't say it any better than that. This game feels like it has a lot more in common with the Dragon Age series than TES, particularly in the area of character creation and gameplay mechanics. I like Dragon Age well enough, but I only put a few dozen hours into that game. Which is maybe while I feel the way I do today.
Which is ... I'm kind of wishing I hadn't bought it.
"Funny that magic doesn't work when a mace caves in your skull."
Playing on a PC, NA Server, since that very first day ...