The Elder Scrolls Online

[Lantyssa]

So what will suck the most? TESO, NWN or DAOC2? I really can't decide they all seem to be developed so poorly.

Its a fucked up world where FFXIV might end up being the best game of that bunch.

NWN will be the best of the three by far.  It's a simple game, but it's actually not bad for a little mindless fun.  DAoC2 won't get made, so TESO wins the suck contest by default.

[Modern Angel]

I'd switch those two for my tastes. I'm invested enough in Elder Scrolls lore enough* that I could enjoy a mediocre product if it was given to me as a gift. For, like, a month. NWN isn't cutting it, I don't think.

But, no, DAOC2 is soooooo not getting made. Mark Jacobs would ruin it, anyways.



*I'm really not rooting for TESO to fail. REALLY really. I don't really root for too many games to fail. I love Elder Scrolls. A well-done TESO would have me for years. This isn't it.

[Signe]

NO NO NO!  I want this game to be wonderful.  I love Bethesda games and I want it to be funny like Fallout New Vegas, too.  I am heartbroken.  I know, I should have read the rest of this thread because it's already a million years old  but I only recently got something in the mail about a beta.  And what about The Evil Within?  Is that going to be4 awful, too?  God, I hope not.  The trailer looks so fucking good and very very ceepy.  Like Silent Hill creepy. 

Ok.  Panic attack over.  At least tomorrow is Kush Day and a reason to celebrate God and Nature.

[Draegan]

This isn't a Bethseda game.

[Signe]

Oh. 

[Soln]

/hug

[Rendakor]

Neither is Fallout: New Vegas.

[raydeen]

I still have some hope for the game. Unless things have changed or I grossly misinterpreted things I read a while ago, I like how they're approaching PvP. Higher levels won't necessarily be able to steamroll lower levels. Sure, there will be an advantage but several lowbies have the chance to take down a higher level. That's what I hate about WOW. I like the idea of world PvP but I don't like that a 90 can just roll up and curb stomp a 30. What's the fun in that? I've never felt the need to massacre players far below my level as it just seems unfair. I'd be happy with either the level range that EQ had for PvP or the direction that TESO seems to be taking with level scaling.

Of course I could be completely wrong in my assumptions as I usually am. I'll still be giving the game a serious look as I'm a sucker for anything Elder Scrolls. Arena hooked me in '94 and Daggerfall sealed the deal in '96.

[Signe]

Neither is Fallout: New Vegas.

WTF am I talking about then?  Fuck me!  I've gone insane! 

[calapine]

Neither is Fallout: New Vegas.

WTF am I talking about then?  Fuck me!  I've gone insane! 

Bethesda released New Vegas, but it was developed by Obsidian. You know, the guys that made Kotor 2, NWN 2 (and in a former life: Fallout 1 and 2).

Everything is alright, no need to worry!

[Signe]

Thanks, Cal.  I was worried I was getting the early onset Old Timers! 

[Yegolev]

When you get it, you won't worry.

[Signe]

True.  Everyone else gets to worry and I have a feeling I be one of the sort who wanders off.

[rk47]

Everything is shit in the MMO scene.

[Signe]

It's weird.  Up until a few years ago, I knew everything that was going on with games, especially MMOs. I even knew a lot of the people making them.  Now, I don't bother finding out anything except how to play them and whether or not people here say it's good.  I still know a lot of the people making them but I know them mostly in a non-game way.  The two years or so I spent not playing games at all has made me game-dumb.

[Pennilenko]

Far as i am concerned, all that makes you one of the lucky ones.

[Triforcer]

I finally got around to actually reading about this game (and not just ingesting snark from the forums).

Judging by the website, this IS Daoc2- I had no idea the game was pvp-centered at all.  The website really plays up the three-faction pvp, "become the emperor through pvp" angle. 

[Falconeer]

Not trying to snark you, but that is really old news. Literally first page of this thread.

[Triforcer]

Nobody reads threads when they are only a page long.  They generally aren't worth the trouble until at least page 20.   

[Soukyan]

I finally got around to actually reading about this game (and not just ingesting snark from the forums).

Judging by the website, this IS Daoc2- I had no idea the game was pvp-centered at all.  The website really plays up the three-faction pvp, "become the emperor through pvp" angle. 

Yep. Mark Jacobs' attempt at Camelot Unchained is likely to be too little, too late if Bethesda can manage to make ESO a hit.

[Paelos]

Nothing about this game gives any indication this will be a hit.

[Nebu]

Nothing about this game gives any indication this will be a hit.

The leaked video killed any interest I had.

[Threash]

If they do realm wars at least semi close to Daoc it will be a hit for a certain segment of the population.

[Paelos]

If they do realm wars at least semi close to Daoc it will be a hit for a certain segment of the population.

I think Nebu declaring his dead interest speaks volumes on that fact.

[Nebu]

I think Nebu declaring his dead interest speaks volumes on that fact.

I would rather play a vaporware Kickstarter abomination from Mark Jacobs than try to deal with the combat mechanics in this game in a PvP situation. 

Does that make my stance clearer?

[Soukyan]

I think Nebu declaring his dead interest speaks volumes on that fact.

I would rather play a vaporware Kickstarter abomination from Mark Jacobs than try to deal with the combat mechanics in this game in a PvP situation. 

Does that make my stance clearer?

As a fellow DAoC fanboy, where is this leaked video? I need to see if it kills my hopes and dreams as well.

[Nebu]

As a fellow DAoC fanboy, where is this leaked video? I need to see if it kills my hopes and dreams as well.

To the best of my knowledge it got yanked.  Perhaps someone has another link?

[amiable]

As a fellow DAoC fanboy, where is this leaked video? I need to see if it kills my hopes and dreams as well.

Let me set the scene for you:  Visualize graphics, gameplay and interface similar to WoW circa 2005 only browner and less interesting.

[Merusk]

No, it makes less sense than that.  Guy had to target when running forward but running backward/ facing away everything was auto-aim/ tab-target hit chance.

[Evildrider]

Soo.. TESO to Xbone and PS4 and release date pushed to Spring 2014. 

[Brennik]

Soo.. TESO to Xbone and PS4 and release date pushed to Spring 2014. 

Well, at least I don't have to keep my hopes up any longer.

[Falconeer]

if anybody cares.

[Lucas]

Boring, horrible trailer. Same old, same old.

[Paelos]

The faster they just release and murder this thing, the better.

[Miasma]

Still going to buy it and treat it as a single player game.