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Am I the only ESO player who never played any other Elder Scrolls game?
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I'm just curious to see if I may in fact be the only one! Everyone I ever talk to mentions the other games as if they're a given. This game is my first Elder Scrolls game, period. I intend to get the others at some point, I feel like I need to catch up now. xD
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Lieblingsjunge✭✭✭✭✭
✭I played them a little bit. But I'm afraid of spiders and there's things you can't avoid in RPGs.
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Hippie4927✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭Yes, you may be the only one! I haven't played many of the Elder Scrolls games, but I did play Skyrim before ESO.PC/NA/EP ✌️3 -
pattyLtd✭✭✭✭✭Of course you are not the only one.
There’s at least two of us
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Dracane✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭There are quite a few. Some people only joined, because they are MMO players and where looking for the next hit.
If those are as dedicated and long living as fans, is unknown to me.Auri-El is my lord,
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Garish✭✭✭You're not. I never played an Elder Scrolls game before ESO, though I have played Skyrim since.PAWS (Positively Against Wrip-off Stuff) - Say No to Crown Crates!4 -
TheInfernalRage✭✭✭✭✭I only played Skyrim before ESO. A little bit of Morrowind and Oblivion, but very very little.2 -
MrGarlic✭✭✭✭✭
✭I never played any Elder Scrolls game before ESO either.'Sharp Arrows'Mr.GarlicHidden by darkness, a shadow in the night,A sped arrow dissecting the gloom,Finding it's target, such delight.1 -
Gythral✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭You're probably not the only one
but I wonder which group is smaller
only played ESO or 25yr vets from Arena on?
Played every Pc game related to TES here“Be as a tower, that, firmly set,
Shakes not its top for any blast that blows!”
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Davor✭✭✭✭✭
✭You are forgetting about the bots. They haven't played either. :PNot my quote but I love this saying
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ChunkyCat✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Ive never played an Elder Scrolls game.
Is it just like solo questing without ever interacting with another person? That just sounds boring to me.0 -
Knootewoot✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭My wife never played an TES game before, but plays ESO. So does my son.
So i guess not the only one
I played every TES game and spin offs except mobile games.٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶
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VaranisArano✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Ive never played an Elder Scrolls game.
Is it just like solo questing without ever interacting with another person? That just sounds boring to me.
Its a role playing game. It would be similar to conpleting ESO's questlines solo, but Bethesda does a really good job of creating rich worlds with good NPCs that really draw you into the story. The storytelling in the single player games is more in-depth than the questing you'll get in ESO.
Similar to ESO, the more invested you get into your character and your role, the more you'll get out of the experience. If you play ESO,for the player interaction, the single player rpgs might not be to your taste.2 -
Knootewoot✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭Ive never played an Elder Scrolls game.
Is it just like solo questing without ever interacting with another person? That just sounds boring to me.
Some NPC's will have better AI then some people.
But questwise and exploration wise the single player games are so much better.
If you like to hang out with other people doing dungeons etc, yes ESO is better because the others don't have that.
There is a multiplayer mod for Morrowind and Skyrim in the works though, but i don't know it's current state.٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶
"I am a nightblade. Blending the disciplines of the stealthy agent and subtle wizard, I move unseen and undetected, foil locks and traps, and teleport to safety when threatened, or strike like a viper from ambush. The College of Illusion hides me and fuddles or pacifies my opponents. The College of Mysticism detects my object, reflects and dispels enemy spells, and makes good my escape. The key to a nightblade's success is avoidance, by spell or by stealth; with these skills, all things are possible."1 -
Delta1038✭✭✭I have been playing a long time, first got into the series with Morrowind ages ago. I got a 360 specifically for Oblivion and upgraded to a nice TV when Skyrim came out. Massive fan of the series personally but I suspect you are not alone to this being the first introduction to the series. A lot of younger players probably got into the series from Skyrim too I would wager.Xbox One NA0 -
Skogsalf✭✭✭I played the heck out of Skyrim, 2000+ hours, and a little less of Oblivion. I sometimes think I should go back and play the old Morrowind, but when I see the grafics I always back out...
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M_Volsung✭✭✭✭✭ESO is literally the only Elder Scrolls game I've ever played...
Not very proud of that fact, but I've never had a computer that could run any decent games on until I got this second hand craptop.
I'd love to play Skyrim... I just can't."In the Deep Halls, Far from Men;
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Dithieon✭✭✭✭This is my first Elder Scrolls game also."There is a beast in every man and it stirs when you put a sword in his hand" - Ser Jorah Mormont
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ADarklore✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭I had played a 'bit' of Skyrim but never finished it. I was mainly having fun creating various mods for it... like being able to summon a group of Amazon warriors, and I even created a summonable Kratos but he was too OP and killed everything before I could get a shot in. Then made the mistake of attacking him out of frustration, which caused me to spend the next five minutes trying to stay alive until his summon time expired. Good times.Edited by ADarklore on August 19, 2018 2:19PMCP: 2078 ** ESO+ ** ~~ ***** Strictly a solo PvE quester *****
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Sevn✭✭✭✭✭
✭I played MAYBE 30 minutes of skyrim and could not get pass the floaty combat. Tried morrowind or oblivion for about 10 minutes, can't remember which one and didn't like it. Avoided eso thinking it would be like the others, finally decided to try it while looking for a current gen dungeons and dragons type game to replace my Dragons Dogma and instantly fell in love with the gameplay/combat and been playing steadily for almost 3years now.
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Sibenice✭✭✭✭Lieblingsjunge wrote: »I played them a little bit. But I'm afraid of spiders and there's things you can't avoid in RPGs.
Don't worry. There's a mod for that.
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/26468/1 -
fgoron2000✭✭✭✭You're probably not the only one
but I wonder which group is smaller
only played ESO or 25yr vets from Arena on?
Played every Pc game related to TES here
i'd guess that the prior ES players would be at least a little bit bigger than the ES newbies at ESO. I came in around the middle...my first ES was oblivion, liked it so much i played morrowind, and was a bit disappointed (only played it about 3 times or so <g>), probably due mostly to the graphics, then i played skyrim. I eventually downloaded arena & daggerfall also. I finished arena after several tries, but daggerfall is the only one i never finished, gave up after about a half dozen starts, because of it's awful early implementation of a 3D map...
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There's some mods out there that make Morrowind look awesome. The trick is choosing stuff that doesn't make it crawl to a stop! But even with just a few things like nicer grasses, trees and general engreenification, better heads, illuminated windows and improved animations it can really look vastly improved.I played the heck out of Skyrim, 2000+ hours, and a little less of Oblivion. I sometimes think I should go back and play the old Morrowind, but when I see the grafics I always back out...
Oddly enough, after playing modded Morrowind and Oblivion (the latter with FCOM for balancing and assorted graphics improvements) I actually found Skyrim to be the most lacklustre of the three (I know there's more than three, but Daggerfall gave me horrible headaches and I never played Arena nor Redguard) and in some regards ESO improves on it. Too much functionality has been pared away but at least it isn't quite so empty and bleak (except for Cyrodiil, pretty much) and the NPCs aren't the surly, unwashed dullards who populated Skyrim. Not even the ones in Skyrim.3 -
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Beardimus✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Same.
I played ten mins of Skyrim and killed a chicken that's about it.Xbox One | EU | EP
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Kiralyn2000✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Ive never played an Elder Scrolls game.
Is it just like solo questing without ever interacting with another person? That just sounds boring to me.
Have you never played any kind of solo RPG or adventure game? O_o
(Also, no, it's not entirely like playing an MMO solo, because - since it's designed to be about a single Hero played by a single player - the game can react more to the things the player does.)
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✭✭✭✭✭Lieblingsjunge wrote: »I played them a little bit. But I'm afraid of spiders and there's things you can't avoid in RPGs.
afaik, only Daggerfall and Skyrim had actual spiders. And in Skyrim they could be modded out of the game (plus I found a way to limit the spider spawns in Daggerfall to just 1 or 2
)Same.
I played ten mins of Skyrim and killed a chicken that's about it.
That chicken in Riverwood is evil I tell ya! EVIL!
Edited by Tryxus on August 19, 2018 4:51PM"Stand strong, stay true and shelter all."
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