IGN give ESO 7.5 out of 10
http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/03/31/the-elder-scrolls-online-review
Angry Joe give ESO 5 out of 10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov3B26h12C4
1) Graphics..... I think IGN got it wrong I have played a lot of MMOs and to me ESO has best graphic second only to Guild wars 2. But if you were to say the graphic in ESO could been a lot better, I would agree with you! And I think the only reason it was not a lot better, is because they are prepping this game for PS4, and in order to satisfy the console crowd, ESO game designer had to lower the graphic requirement!
2 ) Veteran Dungeons..... Both reviews did a poor job of making good explanation why the Veteran DUNGEONS suck in ESO. To me the bread and butter of a good MMO is Veteran dungeons. A MMO without a good Veteran Dungeon is like a prostitute without a pimp, or a car without a driver. So what does make a good Dungeon? here is my list.
A) Scaled dungeon that give good reward for your level.
B ) Difficulties for each player crowd, one for elite player and another level for the casual.
C) In the higher difficulty dungeons reward should drop twice as fast as the lower difficulty dungeon!
3) Imperial edition.... To be honest I dont really mind the Imperial edition even though I would never even consider buying it.
4) Horses are too expansive... After hearing this from Angry Joe I can only conclude he is a MMO noob, it is not hard to purchase the GOOD 44000 horse. I bought the standard edition and it only took me 4 days to accumulate enough money. And how did I do it? Questing! No fixing my gear and wasting the money on repair cost! Not buying new leveling gear from anybody! Its easy!
5) PVP only players should get same experience as PVE players! I think this is completely wrong, why is WOW such a bad game now? One the main reason is PVP gear, ever since WOW added PVP power and PVP resilience in myst of Pandoria, WOW has become a PVP gear grind, I mean tell me how is it fun to fight in a 2v2 battle for 10hrs stright just so you can get enough coins to buy your pvp pants! Its stupid! I believe in a good MMO if a PVP player wants the best gear or level fast he has to do PVE stuff first!
6) Voice Acting.... To be honest I think voice acting in a MMO is great, However I feel ESO has over done it, after about LVL10 I no longer cared to listen to any dialogue accept maybe for the beautiful QUEEN Arayne of the Aldmeri Dominion. So I strongly feel they should have just limited the voice acting to the main quest and instead shift their limited resources on creating more endgame content.
7) Botter.......... This is something I agree wtih Angry JOE!
8 ) This game is not like Skryim.... To be honest I never wanted it to be like skyrim, I just want it to be a good MMO with tons of endgame content that suit all players!
9) Veteran level........ non of the reviewer did a good job of talking about this. I am veteran level 8 and I can tell you veteran levels are boring, and here is what I did to level up my veteran rank, I went on chat and advertised LFG vt 1,2,3, world boss run. And I would kill world boss with 6 or 7 people I never met. and we would do this for 12 hrs and then go to sleep, and wake up and do it all over again! You have to be kidding me! THIS IS SUPER BORING!
Inconclusion, Since the review of the major game reviewing site are out, I question the longevity of this game, I am not a pvp player by heart, and I do not want to invest time in a sink ship. I dont know if I should stay or move on