Damn, they really should have said something about that! Now I'm completely bummed, but that does answer a lot of questions!

Hmm, lets see, I've been on since Beta. I expected another Elder Scrolls, non of them has been the same, but they have always out did themselves. Sorry that I expected something like, Morrowwind, oblivion, skyrim, then online. I'm bummed because how I play isn't in the game, and they keep saying they are working on it....

Surprised these people are still around even after the hate bandwagon around launch.

Lorewise it feels like it belongs in the Elder Scrolls universe. In many ways the combat is a vast improvement and more interesting (really hate vanilla melee in Skyrim, this game adds some much needed variety and depth). In typical ES fashion there is a lot of flexibility in what your character can do (though not as much as a single-player ES game admittedly). Most of the skills and skill-lines still exist in some form. Much of the game is solo or soloable content, so you don't feel too out of place.

I guess my only issues with the game in the context of this thread are the following.

The game feels too cartoony and exaggerated. The races and atmosphere have in large went from being serious to almost being patronizing, entirely losing the feel the other games had. I particularly hate the way Nords are portrayed in this game. Compare the reserved Greybeards or solemn Companions to the silly voiced Nord in Shadowfen talking about the hist being a dungheap and you'll see what I mean.

I also can't quite understand how the various classes fit into the lore. If Dragonknights are a lost akaviri art, how does my character know it, and more importantly how does every enemy NPC also know it? Probably just my ignorance talking, but seems odd to me.

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I feel like this game is a version of WoW! I've been a ES fan since Morrowwind, but this does not feel the same!! Hell its missing huge guilds that make it worth playing, and it does not even compare to Skyrim. If I could find my copy I would rather go play it, instead of loging on this game! With all the money I put into this game, its been release almost a year and I still can't play the way I always have! C'mon with all the ppl that is running/devel this game full-time, I think you can do better!!

I play the game you mentionetd at the beginning.

Lets me tell you that the difference in favor of TESO is abysmal.

They have no point of comparison.

From the beginning, the developers made it clear that was not the idea to create a Skyrim Online.

The idea was always to create a MMORPG game based on the story of Elder Scrolls, not carry the Elder Scrolls as it is known to the world Online.

In that respect, the work is almost perfect.

By playing TESO you can feel the atmosphere of Elder Scrolls.

Existing references are undeniable.

The music, art, works worthy of admiration.

Many professionals did their best to create unique pieces.

This game is among the few that make the interaction with NPC pleasant experience both a visual and hearing.

The profile of the art aesthetic remains in a very similar to that given in last chapter of Elder srolls line.

The game has no cartoon atmosphere with silly movements and ridiculous phrase or pseudo tasteless jokes and uncreative as the games you mention.

Got the geographical references, races, the historical background, the ambience, music ....

Yes, for me it is more than obvious that it is based on Elder Scrolls game.

Of course it is not the continuation of the single player Elder Scrolls saga.

It's Elder Scrolls Online.

I love this game and what it represents.

In my humble opinion, I am a person unable to create something similar.


I can think and have ideas, but would be unable to coordinate and carry out a project of this magnitude.

So, sometimes I find things to improve or which'm not totally agree, but I dare not destructively criticize a huge group of people who managed to give life to something that meets the promised basic objectives and that neither my dreams could create.

It's very much an ES game, it's just not the ES game the OP wishes he was playing instead. That's fine, we all like different things and if a MMO isn't the OP's preferred form of ES then it's easy enough to switch, lost disks or no.