The Elder Scrolls® Online Reviews

Although the pvp which is an endgame for most MMO's is certainly forgotten by devs, ESO it is the only MMO I can come back to and play again after some time

I didn't even install this game yet and I can tell you I am already having a horrible experience. After spending the entire day downloading it via steam and finally getting the "your game is ready to play" notification after downloading a crazy 119.6 GB of bulls*** the Zenimax launcher launched, what I expected to be a "PLAY" button turns out to be a "DOWNLOAD" button. and guess what? it wants to re-download 97.35 GB ALL OVER AGAIN.. WHAT THE F-U-C-K?

It is non-functional. I only paid $2 and I want it back but I can't because the burned my 2 hr return period with 100 GB of ingame downloads prior to starting. The game ran once. I finished the tutorial and it hasn't let be back in since. I get a 307 error and booted off the server both North America and Europe. Play Path of Exile

Wide as an ocean, deep as a puddle. I did enjoy walking around the areas I had access to, and there were a few "Oh it's that character, fun!" moments throughout the story. But so many parts of this game are locked behind paid content, even if you have ESO+, and it is not worth a monthly subscription + the price of DLC. The combat is a lamer version of Elder Scrolls mainline games, though the varied enemy types are appreciated. The crafting, guilds, currencies, etc. are all incredibly confusing. I found myself Googling something every fifteen minutes while playing. It just gets boring so quick. The style of combat actually is to its detriment, as something like LOTRO or Runescape feels clunky, so its okay that the UI is clunky. The combat in this game makes you expect a smooth gameplay experience, but there is nothing smooth about inventory management, submenus, etc. Go download more mods for Morrowind / Oblivion / Skyrim and play a better game!

Honestly if I could leave a neutral review on this game that would be better, but it's still a playable experience. Is it an extremely fun one? No. Should it be 130 gigabytes? Definitely not. But if you want something to sink time into, this could do worse. A lot of people complain about the microtransactions, but if you really WANT to play a game, you can ignore them well enough.

As far as modern lore entries into pre-existing franchises from decades past, ESO does an excellent job staying faithful to the roots we fans all know and love while also growing the varied stories and lore in plausible, entertaining ways. The game itself is fairly typical as far as MMO go, I am not an avid MMO player much myself outside of ESO and SWG so take my word such as it is. Just the same, the combat and mechanics satisfy my more casual requirements, but there are some complexities that are lost on me that many other players enjoy to utilize such as in PvP and endgame PvE. All in all, if you are a fan of the Elder Scrolls franchise of games and stories I think it is worth your time and money to explore the stories of ESO. My cynicism was dashed years ago, at least as far as Elder Scrolls goes, largely in part thanks to ESO.

🌸🎮 From Console to PC: A Fresh ESO Adventure! 🎀✨ OMG, moving from ESO on Xbox Series X to PC has been such a fun change! 😍💖 I already loved the game on console, but now I get to experience it in a whole new way! The biggest difference for me? Keyboard & mouse controls! 🎯💻 It took a little getting used to, but once I adjusted, it felt really natural! Also, chatting is SO much easier—no more painfully slow virtual keyboard! 💬✨ Now I can actually type fast and communicate without struggling! One thing that really surprised me was how active the PC NA community is! 😲🎉 The Xbox NA servers were always super lively, so I was expecting PC to feel emptier since some YouTubers said it doesn’t have as many players… but it doesn’t feel that way at all! 💖 There are always people in towns, world events are packed, and finding groups is easy! 🏹✨ If you’re thinking of switching? Go for it! 💕💻 It’s a different experience, but still the same amazing world of ESO! ✨💖 See you in Tamriel, Champion! 💖✨

---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☐ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☑ Big ☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☑ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☑ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☐ Average ☑ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☐ Never heard of ☑ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☑ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10

ESO is a game that tells you that a subscription isn't required, and then super glues a crafting bag to you with a big combination lock with enough tumblers to put your credit card info in. ESO is also a game that, at every level up, feels like it's jingling keys in your face, your character screaming in what i can only hope is excitement, as a new dungeon unlocks for queue. but most early dungeon queues are terrible to sit through, highly recommend doing quests while you wait. Elderscrolls online feels like a world that doesn't want you here, but since you've bothered installing is trying to entertain you just enough that you'll pay the monthly sub.

I just wish i would live in a timeline where microtransactions have been outlawed. They ruin every single online game. All of these games are designed to convince you to pay money for ingame content or in many cases just to make the game not frustrating to play. I hate it so much, I would easily pay 30 dollars a month just to play a good online game without this parasite behavior....games have adapted a parasitic concept and thus literally turned into a social economical parasite. But i guess the parasites of the industry win....not a single online game out there that is worth playing and not a microtransaction garbage pile.