The Elder Scrolls Online - Page 12

On May 29 2013 05:59 eviltomahawk wrote:
Oh, interesting that they managed to get the first-person combat animations finished. The first-person combat that was shown in the leaked video a month back wasn't very impressive at all, but probably because it was obvious that there were a lot of placeholders involved.

Tbh, I'm not sure if Skyrim's first-person combat is a good thing to emulate. Even though I found the combat is better than that of Morrowind or Oblivion, there are some better implementations of first-person melee combat in other games outside of the Elder Scrolls franchise.

And I'm also worried about how the art direction in certain regions of ESO may affect those of future real Elder Scrolls games. On one hand, they could always retcon whatever was made in ESO, but on the other hand, the discrepancy will always be bothersome, especially since there are some lore enthusiasts who are unhappy that Bethesda retconned Cyrodil from being a jungle that was described in some early lore books to being a standard European fantasy forest setting in Oblivion.

On June 12 2013 15:13 Infernal_dream wrote:
Don't really think graphics are that much of an issue. When has a TES game looked particularly good? It'll come down to if they can actually make the game good without depending on the community to make a million great mods for it.

On June 20 2013 00:34 ragz_gt wrote:
It seems PC/XB1/PS4 gonna have separate servers... that's just lame.

Why can't companies figure out what FFXI figured out 10 years ago?

On June 20 2013 01:00 MaestroSC wrote:


did u play FFXI?

when playstation users were admitted on to the same servers it ruined a lot of the game for a lot of the people who played before.

You were stuck in groups 99% of the time with people who didnt even have a keyboard setup, and in a game where grouping and communicating actually mattered... PS players were a nightmare with their 2 words per minute typing...

I like that they do this, especially since we dont even know how TES will be controlled yet... like in a FPS if you mixed PC users with console users.. it would be a laughable experience for the PC users, you have infinitely more aim control with a mouse than with a console controller.

idk im excited to actually try/play this game... havent enjoyed a MMO since TBC, but i really love playing MMO's

On June 20 2013 01:02 Stratos_speAr wrote:


? IV and V looked fucking great. III looked like it was made in the 80's, but hey, it's still one of the best RPG's of all time.

On June 20 2013 03:03 ragz_gt wrote:


Did you play FFXI? How could you possibly stuck with people who can't type, when it require a ton of communication just to get a group? Or were you one of those people who just blindly invite everyone who seeking party?

On June 20 2013 03:15 Talin wrote:


Morrowind had breathtaking visuals on release, it was one of its major selling points and a big part of what made it into one of the most successful RPG titles.

The only comparable game on the market around that time was Neverwinter Nights (which looked quite a bit worse, and felt a lot clunkier and limited), and Gothic 2 (which looked pretty good, maybe slightly better, but it also came out a year or two later iirc).

Every TES game since Daggerfall has looked really good on release and scored a LOT of review points on visuals and technology alone, even though they all had questionable (to say the least) game design.

Other than that, I agree with what the guy said. The modding community bailed out the last 3 TES titles and refined the content and mechanics up to what should have been the standard out of the box.

On June 20 2013 08:09 MaestroSC wrote:



cause u could type out one macro and save it to Look for Group, but it was after you invited them to group that u figured out they were PS users, then u would have to drop them and search again.

When the game released on PS it was like this for everybody.. getting stuck in groups with PS users was a nightmare.

On June 20 2013 10:20 ragz_gt wrote:


I've played from PC NA release and never had any problem. I always had a conversation with whoever I want to party, what sub, skill, location etc if not partying with people I know. I played with plenty of people on PS2 but all of them had a keyboard.

And that was 10 years ago. I don't see how that stops people from playing cross platform now.

On June 20 2013 11:21 MaestroSC wrote:



well i still dont have a keyboard for either of my consoles.

and also when i played FFXI it was... 6+ years ago lol.

but also ill point back to my point about aiming/control mouse vs controller

On June 20 2013 01:02 Stratos_speAr wrote:


? IV and V looked fucking great. III looked like it was made in the 80's, but hey, it's still one of the best RPG's of all time.

On June 20 2013 21:22 Vaelone wrote:
I for one don't have time to play all these mediocre MMO's that are 10 years behind the times. They should have just implemented multiplayer in Skyrim even if as a DLC, but hey I guess they couldn't charge monthly fees from that...