I bought it and I'm having a blast with it, way more fun than I've had with the last two "REAL" Elder Scrolls games.
As far as his gripes go. I find a lot of them to be rather off the mark
When this game was announced I was surprised that they were going to make it, I had zero interest in it since I haven't liked an Elder Scrolls since Morrowind the game pleasantly surprised me and has me nicely hooked. Is the game perfect? Hell no, is the game good? I'd say that it is.
Captcha: Fire + Brim Stone I feel like its trying to warn me about getting burned at the stake since I like this game when so many people seem to hate it
As far as his gripes go. I find a lot of them to be rather off the mark
- Grouping. Sure it isn't mandatory to walk around with a full party all the time but there's no reason not to since you get a nice xp bonus and lets you clear everything faster. It's only pointless to those who want to play it as a single player MMO.
- Linear Questing is a toss up, it's been feeling more linear the more I play, some quests feel linear while others less so. But that's also something I find in all the recent Elder Scrolls games and those aren't even MMO's
-Can't help friends, you can help friends complete quests if you've done them. The only instance I've noticed that I can't is when I've done something like save a town by doing its entire quest chain so it sets me up in a different instance. Even then I'm not 100% sure its supposed to do that, it probably is but I don't know.
-Tons of glitches and bugs. I haven't ran into anything I would remotely classify as "game breaking" But I'm normally lucky in this department. I've only fallen through the world once and gotten stuck inside someone else's spot when I fast traveled. Both instances required a /stuck and that was it. almost everything I've encountered can also be fixed by a /reloadui or logging in or out. While very annoying it could be much worse and possibly is, just not for me.
-Enemies drop barely any gold. Not exactly a big deal about that, only thing I spend my money on is inventory upgrades, the rare repair and that's it. Just because the game doesn't throw money at you like most others doesn't mean it doesn't give you enough. Had I saved my money for a horse I could have easily bought it with a few hours of farming/crafting since that's where most of it comes from, that and questing.
-Imperial behind 20 dollar paywall, good mounts almost impossible to grind for, urging you to pay real money to get them, etc. I will agree that the Imperial thing being a preorder or CE bonus is rather stupid and serves zero purpose other than to be a dick. The mounts being impossible to grind for is just a straight up lie.
-Floaty first person combat, and overall the combat doesn't have as much impact as he'd like. Eh, I play in Third Person mostly, the combat feels the same as normal Elder Scrolls so sure I guess?
-Graphics are 'passable', not even 'good'. While this one is somewhat (and I use that term very loosely) a personal thing, He must have had the game set to minimum because I think the game looks great when it's cranked up to max. I have no idea what he's bitching about there.
-PvE has a lot of pointlessness and underwhelming 'bosses' for normal quests. Level design is apparently pretty poor later on. A sense of discovery and wonder is only rarely found. I've been somewhat over-leveled in PVE so the "bosses" were kinda easy, but that's also my fault. My friends have had some trouble but not much to my knowledge. Level design seems to be fairly standard. As for the sense of discovery and wonder, that's a personal thing. I'm loving exploring Glenumbra and Stormhaven looking for every little lorebook and skyshard I can find.
-Game constantly breaks immersion, mostly because it's an mmorpg. This one is self explanatory, I don't think this is really a point at all, kinda hard not to break immersion in an MMO too many variables.
- Linear Questing is a toss up, it's been feeling more linear the more I play, some quests feel linear while others less so. But that's also something I find in all the recent Elder Scrolls games and those aren't even MMO's
-Can't help friends, you can help friends complete quests if you've done them. The only instance I've noticed that I can't is when I've done something like save a town by doing its entire quest chain so it sets me up in a different instance. Even then I'm not 100% sure its supposed to do that, it probably is but I don't know.
-Tons of glitches and bugs. I haven't ran into anything I would remotely classify as "game breaking" But I'm normally lucky in this department. I've only fallen through the world once and gotten stuck inside someone else's spot when I fast traveled. Both instances required a /stuck and that was it. almost everything I've encountered can also be fixed by a /reloadui or logging in or out. While very annoying it could be much worse and possibly is, just not for me.
-Enemies drop barely any gold. Not exactly a big deal about that, only thing I spend my money on is inventory upgrades, the rare repair and that's it. Just because the game doesn't throw money at you like most others doesn't mean it doesn't give you enough. Had I saved my money for a horse I could have easily bought it with a few hours of farming/crafting since that's where most of it comes from, that and questing.
-Imperial behind 20 dollar paywall, good mounts almost impossible to grind for, urging you to pay real money to get them, etc. I will agree that the Imperial thing being a preorder or CE bonus is rather stupid and serves zero purpose other than to be a dick. The mounts being impossible to grind for is just a straight up lie.
-Floaty first person combat, and overall the combat doesn't have as much impact as he'd like. Eh, I play in Third Person mostly, the combat feels the same as normal Elder Scrolls so sure I guess?
-Graphics are 'passable', not even 'good'. While this one is somewhat (and I use that term very loosely) a personal thing, He must have had the game set to minimum because I think the game looks great when it's cranked up to max. I have no idea what he's bitching about there.
-PvE has a lot of pointlessness and underwhelming 'bosses' for normal quests. Level design is apparently pretty poor later on. A sense of discovery and wonder is only rarely found. I've been somewhat over-leveled in PVE so the "bosses" were kinda easy, but that's also my fault. My friends have had some trouble but not much to my knowledge. Level design seems to be fairly standard. As for the sense of discovery and wonder, that's a personal thing. I'm loving exploring Glenumbra and Stormhaven looking for every little lorebook and skyshard I can find.
-Game constantly breaks immersion, mostly because it's an mmorpg. This one is self explanatory, I don't think this is really a point at all, kinda hard not to break immersion in an MMO too many variables.
When this game was announced I was surprised that they were going to make it, I had zero interest in it since I haven't liked an Elder Scrolls since Morrowind the game pleasantly surprised me and has me nicely hooked. Is the game perfect? Hell no, is the game good? I'd say that it is.
Captcha: Fire + Brim Stone I feel like its trying to warn me about getting burned at the stake since I like this game when so many people seem to hate it
