Yes because I enjoy it. This skin/engine/ with a LOTR lore would be equally, if not more appealing tbh.

That's a difficult one to answer for me. The fact that it's an Elder Scrolls game is probably what initially drew me in, but lately I feel that same thing has been holding it back.

WalkingLegacy wrote: »

DaveMoeDee wrote: »

I've never played any other MMOs and I would not have played this one.

Not that I haven't been interested in trying MMOs before. I had heard so many good things about GW2 at launch that I considered trying that in the past. I actually installed WoW like last week just because it gets mentioned so much here and I tried the initial quests for a few minutes. Geez, what a horrible UI. I am assuming that the newer expansions clean the game up. I liked Warcraft 3 a lot so I thought I might enjoy the WoW story, but it is hard to get past that UI and the dated graphics.

It is likely that I would have returned to solely playing single player games if I wasn't looking forward to visiting all the other zones in Tamriel.

Elektrakosh wrote: »

No. It said Elder Scrolls in the title and I had been duped. Loved the character creation though 10/10 for that. Story was good, lovely scenery got to meet some creatures of lore and I thought it would have some freedom like single player games only with a multiplayer element. In this game I have found that you have to rely on others to help you. The classes are restrictive and so are some racial passives especially if you want a great avatar that can manage enemies. This is my first and last MMO I will ever play as I never knew how MMOs played. I prefer single player gameplay due to having more freedom in your abilities. I made a mistake and boy, did I pay for it.

First MMO and Firor says he can turn you into an online gamer with ESO.
It’s really up to you to figure out how you want to play it, as we don’t enforce a play style one way or the other. In fact, ESO has been super-successful at taking gamers not used to massive online games, introducing them to the concepts of group play by making it fun and optional, and turning them into online gamers.


I also don't know what game he is playing but I had to pick a play style when I created my toon.

The way the game is developing it is really forcing us down those rails yes. It wasn't like that at the outset.

I'll usually play any MMO if it looks good.

To be honest, I was never an ES fan until I played this game. Actually, to be correct, I'm still not a real ES fan. I enjoy MMOs far more than any RPG to date. I hate endings to stories and to a journey. I love being able to keep going, regardless of how small and miniscule that progression is. The way PVP is in this game, I most definitely would have played this anyways, but that of course is only if the reviewers and marketing teams did a good job to get its name out there.

New IP's rarely get my attention and I doubt the lore would be as interesting.

Despite all the hate, this game is an elder scrolls game at its core. Without that... It'd be just another forgotten MMO with far less features than it has now.

I probably wouldn't have even heard of it if it wasn't elder scrolls since this is the first 3d mmo that played this much.

Only console MMO i could find at the time lol

WalkingLegacy wrote: »

TES stories have consequence. They have choice.

ESO has no consequences and the only choice you have in ESO is your starting zone, character and class.

I dunno what Elder Scrolls games that you are playing, but ESO is pretty typical as far as choice and consequences go. Typically, in an Elder Scrolls title, my "choice" amounts to choosing to not do a quest.

If I ignore Dagoth Ur in Morrowind, nothing different happens. If I kill Vivec, no one else seems to notice, or care. If I do not save Raven Rock, it is still there in Skyrim. About the only "consequence" to be had in Morrowind resulted in the message, "with this character's death, the thread of prophecy is severed. Restore a saved game to restore the weave of fate, or persist in the doomed world you have created."

If I ignore the Oblivion Crisis, Mehrunes Dagon never wins. The Emperor dies no matter what I do. Whatever I do in the Shivering Isles to stop the Greymarch does not really change anything. I did not even get a chance to live in a doomed world.

In Skyrim, I get to choose the winner of the Civil War. This is the first big player decision in any of the last four Elder Scrolls titles, and it does not matter which side I pick because merely picking a side determines the outcome, I cannot lose. If I ignore Alduin and let the dragons roam free, the world does not end as foretold by the wall.

I came for Elder Scrolls lore, and stayed because of the Elder Scrolls lore. The quests are nice, the world is beautiful to explore, and I still have not run out of things to do.

When TES VI is launched though... I'm not sure which game I'll play predominantly.

I might not have started playing it, but it is good enough for me to continue playing it without it being an ES game if for some reason I picked it up.

I would never have bought the game if not for being part of The Elder Scrolls franchise.

However, I've grown to enjoy the PVP so much that I'd keep playing even if it had nothing to do with Elder Scrolls.

Hmmm hard question there.

While i like the game and the way it plays, It is the Lore that drew me in.

I love the Elder Scrolls lore.

lordrichter wrote: »

WalkingLegacy wrote: »

TES stories have consequence. They have choice.

ESO has no consequences and the only choice you have in ESO is your starting zone, character and class.

I dunno what Elder Scrolls games that you are playing, but ESO is pretty typical as far as choice and consequences go. Typically, in an Elder Scrolls title, my "choice" amounts to choosing to not do a quest.

If I ignore Dagoth Ur in Morrowind, nothing different happens. If I kill Vivec, no one else seems to notice, or care. If I do not save Raven Rock, it is still there in Skyrim. About the only "consequence" to be had in Morrowind resulted in the message, "with this character's death, the thread of prophecy is severed. Restore a saved game to restore the weave of fate, or persist in the doomed world you have created."

If I ignore the Oblivion Crisis, Mehrunes Dagon never wins. The Emperor dies no matter what I do. Whatever I do in the Shivering Isles to stop the Greymarch does not really change anything. I did not even get a chance to live in a doomed world.

In Skyrim, I get to choose the winner of the Civil War. This is the first big player decision in any of the last four Elder Scrolls titles, and it does not matter which side I pick because merely picking a side determines the outcome, I cannot lose. If I ignore Alduin and let the dragons roam free, the world does not end as foretold by the wall.

You could kill off important NPC's in morrowind and disturb the weave of time (whatever the message was). I am pretty sure some quests had different routes you could pick in it.

I don't remember much of Oblivion as many hours as I played it came out a few months before I went to boot. I know it had impactful choices though.

Skyrim you had choices such as picking Stormcloaks or Imperials, plus many more I have forgotten.

Probably like many just really like Elder Scrolls. This game is just ok... Coulda passed on the DAOC portions , just like I did when it was out

Unfortunately for me, yes I probably would. I love that fantasy stuff more than Sci-fi or real world war esque games which is generally how RPGs are divided. I also really love min/maxing builds and the combat is much more complex almost to a fault than most games... I mean I tried picking up Skyrim again and the dumbed down combat bored me to death.

Also there's just so much to do... I hate this game, it's kind of like meth, it drains my freaking soul but I really love it too. I won't be leaving it for another game anytime soon, but if there was an MMO for Dragon Age I'd probably uninstall this yesterday haha.