[IdeaMan]

Wow, I don't the developers were expecting this kinda backfire. I kinda feel sorry for them, seeing as they did start development on this game when most people weren't burnt out playing traditional MMOs. But then again, traditional MMOs need to start failing if we are ever going to see some change in this area. I hope for their sake that this game has something that puts it apart from the competition.

Well, developers solutions to reinvigorate this kind of games since WoW reached a monopolistic position are: free to play + social/casual/web-browsing, so it's even worse.

We are desperate for a tempest of fresh air that would spruce up this SO STALED genre.

[strafer]

Announcement Trailer

[matics]

Announcement Trailer

At least the logo looks cool.

Can we kickstop this? I'd pay like £10 to get this game cancelled.

hahahah

[crayman]

Can we kickstop this? I'd pay like £10 to get this game cancelled.

[99%]

Can we kickstop this? I'd pay like £10 to get this game cancelled.

Perfect.

[spirity]

Can we kickstop this? I'd pay like £10 to get this game cancelled.

ouch. sorely tempted to suggest that on the beth blog

[Einbroch]

Oh wow. Those screens are worse than I imagined.

[Htown]

You don't expect them to just make games for the entitled, vocal minority, do you?

Please tell me you're being sarcastic.

[vaelic]

the problem is, I am TIRED of MMOs being the SAME...DAMN....THING..... someone needs to push the technology and game mechanics here.. it's 2012 and the current formula is stale for mainstream MMOs

[Jake Tower]

You don't expect them to just make games for the entitled, vocal minority, do you?

You lose.

Godwin's law for gaming discussions.

[NullPointer]

Can we kickstop this? I'd pay like £10 to get this game cancelled.

Holy shit. Thats cold, but hilarious.

[99%]

Holy shit.

I think "Can we kickstop this?" should be in the thread title.

[spirity]

So who's doing the OT, and is it going to be another shit mountain?

[PK Gaming]

Get the FUCK out of here.

Is this seriously a thing?

AWWWWWWW YEAAAAAAAAAH

[ROBOKITTYZILLA]

This is going to be a disaster.

[Khold]

Just saw the screens and vid...

oh man.

[FLEABttn]

So who's doing the OT, and is it going to be another shit mountain?

Did WoW have an OT back in 2004? Could just copy that one.

[FrontalMonk]

Can we kickstop this? I'd pay like £10 to get this game cancelled.

Get this man a tag. Ice cold.

[razgriz417]

I think "Can we kickstop this?" should be in the thread title.

lol agreed. This is gonna crash and burn so bad :/

[Keasar]

CVG have 11 screenshots up Looks very generic IMO. F2p in a year.

Wow....*looks again*

Just wow, seriously? I can play this game today already, its called Rift.

[TheBioLover]

Is that Michael Gambon in the trailer? (a.k.a. Dumbledore)

[Coverly]

This is sad only.

[UrbanRats]

Frankly, it sounds as bad as it gets. :\
EDIT: looked at the screens, well, officially dead to me now.
That looks incredibly generic and horrendous.

[Mechanized]

I have the perfect nickname for this game but I don't know if it will inspire cheers or boos...

Borrowind

[spirity]

Did WoW have an OT back in 2004? Could just copy that one.

No it didn't.

Holy fuck, this means we have nothing to copy. I know, we can just plagiarize the GW2 OT. No originality required. Nobody will read the ESO OT because they can just read the GW2 one, which will be better, but who gives a shit.

LETS DO IT

[DimmuBurgerKing]

A bit disappointed with some of the details, but none of them are outright deal breakers. Hopefully there'll at least be an open beta weekend or something.

[The Lamonster]

I adore ES, but I'm just not down with this.

Same. I just canceled my SWTOR account. I don't need another bland WoW clone.

Especially with no flying mounts, no dragons, etc

[Cptkrush]

Announcement Trailer

You've mixed Dumbledore in my Elder Scrolls, I'm alright with that though. Not alright with this being a generic WoW clone though....

[Darklord]

This is going to bomb so hard. Everyone will buy it, realize that it's some shit MMO and not like Skyrim and quit before the first free month.

[dancrane212]

Announcement Trailer

Sure does sound like Michael Gambon doing the narration.

I'm really surprised with how basic this game sounds. Sure, exploring the world could be neat but I play ES for the ambitious open design that they've decided to leave behind.

[bjb]

This is going to bomb so hard. Everyone will buy it, realize that it's some shit MMO and not like Skyrim and quit before the first free month.

So Star Wars basically?

[Outdoor Miner]

Wow those screenshots are so disappointing. You could remove the title and show those screenies to 1000 hardcore Elder Scrolls fans and not a single one would guess that's a new game from the series. Putting graphics aside even the gameplay is disappointing in that its sounding like your typical WoW-lite themepark MMO, going against the very spirit of ES' sandbox gameplay.

F2P within 6 months, this shit will fail bad. If we can already see that why can't the devs or the publisher? SMH.

[Principate]

Wow those screenshots are so disappointing. You could remove the title and show those screenies to 1000 hardcore Elder Scrolls fans and not a single one would guess that's a new game from the series. Putting graphics aside even the gameplay is disappointing in that its sounding like your typical WoW-lite themepark MMO, going against the very spirit of ES' sandbox gameplay. F2P within 6 months, this shit will fail bad. If we can already see that why can't the devs or the publisher? SMH.

TBF we have the gift of hindsight back in 2007 when it was pitched it likely did seem like a good idea. After spending all that money most probably on this thing (most AAA mmo's aren't cheap to make), it was probably too late to cancel anyway.

At worst they make profit on box sales and maybe second month subs.

[stryker1138]

I have the perfect nickname for this game but I don't know if it will inspire cheers or boos... Borrowind

Approved.

[Deacan]

Well this game deflated like a balloon.

[daveb234]

Not gonna lie I'm interested in the PvP.

[Scirrocco]

I've never actually played an Elder scrolls game, and have a long history with MMO's. I guess this makes me their target audience.

It's nice their trying some things differently from WoW (3 faction pvp, being able to become emperor, public dungeons) but still looks fairly generic. I'll keep an eye out for some videos, to see if it can change my mind, but i doubt i'll ever pick it up, even if it goes F2P, if only because Medieval Fantasy MMO's have burned me out at the moment.

Come 2013 I think i'll still be able to say i've never played an elder scrolls game.

[Mammoth Jones]

It's the state of the MMO genre since WOW launched actually (besides some exceptions). A real missed opportunity, a case of study for this young industry.

Yea, but it's like MMO's these days have completely ignored the concept of a perpetually changing, dynamic, persistent online world.

Technology has progressed so much to really allow for a different experience. It's sad that MMO's that came out nearly 10 years ago had more forward thinking ideas (no matter how poorly implemented they may have been at the time).

[Bisnic]

Why couldnt they stick with the Skyrim engine and just improve it instead?

[AuthenticM]

Why couldnt they stick with the Skyrim engine and just improve it instead?

That engine is already so fucked that if they tried to make an MMO with it, your computer would explode in your face.

[ezekial45]

This looks so generic.

[Hellsing321]

-Third person perspective -The game uses a hotbar to activate skills like other traditional MMOs -Visually it looks like other Hero Engine MMOs like SWTOR -The general art style is kind of like RIFT or Everquest 2

Interest killed.

[ezekial45]

That engine is already so fucked that if they tried to make an MMO with it, your computer would explode in your face.

I do recall modders making an online version of Skyrim, but I haven't heard anything from it in awhile.

[Blue Ninja]

As much as I love Bethesda and TES...

Dead on arrival.

[Vesper73]

Notice how in the screenshots they didn't show any sweeping vistas. Hero Engine = Shitty draw distance with static bitmap in background to simulate distant terrain.

Get ready to zone from one province to another instead of seamlessly walking across.

DOA, do not want, stop this right now, someone!!

[mnannola]

So it looks like this game is borrowing mostly from Wow, but also a bit from GW2, EQ(public dungeons) and DAOC(3 faction PvP).

Is there ANYTHING this game is doing that is original? Just one thing?

Elder Scrolls has always been about being innovative and trying to push the envelope on what an open world RPG could be. Arena, Daggerfall, and Morrowind may not have been polished, but it would be hard to make an argument that they were not innovative.

Now it seems they have gone to a studio and said "Make me a really generic MMO, just make sure to use Elder Scrolls lore and locations." WTF! I hope they are saving the good stuff for E3...

[Vesper73]

This is just one of those things that really makes you angry, because you know that if done right this could have been awesome!

I'll tell you one thing, after having more active combat system, ala Tera, good luck with your '1','4','2','1','4','2' combat system. You better bring something original to this or its DOA.

Why would a company waste its money in such a manner?? We're not analysts, but we all know this is DOA already. I don't get it....

I wonder what Todd Howard truly thinks about this.... Todd?

[RooMHM]

Can we kickstop this? I'd pay like £10 to get this game cancelled.

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[cartoon_soldier]

I don't know what you guys expected an MMO to look like

It is an MMO set in Elder Scrolls world. It is not another Elder Scrolls game.

Judgement will be passed once I play (hopefully beta test) it.

[mysteriousmage09]

We need a sandbox ESO with an intricate crafting system & economy, player houses & towns, a lot of community/social things + of course a huge continent to explore with tons of group quests & dungeons. A way to immerse yourself in the Elder Scrolls universe, live the daily occupations of an adventurer in such setting, with some friends.

This man gets it!