ESO: Tamriel Unlimited a Big Step in the Right Direction

Zenimax released Update 6 for Elder Scrolls Online which featured some major gameplay changes. Is this a comeback for a once fleeting MMO?

[ScubbaSteve]

A step in the right direction, but you're still standing on a giant mound of poop so no matter which direction you go, you're still stepping in it.

[MONOLITHICIDE]

Damn you scubba steve! Time to pop in twisted metal 3 now thanks. Haha i was watching that movie the other day.

[awi5951]

I play mmos all the time its not that bad it was more fun than lord of the rings for sure.

[JamesBondage]

lol i spent 2 hours downloading LOTR Online, spent 2 minutes playing. Even ESO's beta was better than that game

[awi5951]

Dont get me wrong lord of the rings is a good mmo its just way to hardcore and grindy. I got really bored and it takes a stupid long time to lvl up and the monsters your lvl hit way too hard. It reminds me of FF 11 in the way the monsters seem to be so cheap lol. But as a free to play model it's the best because you can grind out everything in the game even the expansions.

[DougLord]

It really is a lot better then Beta. I'm champion level 1, and I don't think I've ever felt like I was grinding. I was doing major story line quests.

[RJ92009]

I want to play this just because I love elder scrolls games so much

[Jalva]

After playing this you won't love them as much any more.

[RJ92009]

I'm hoping for at least a good coop game with my wife with elder scrolls lore. I'm loving that she in to games just got her own ps4 and now trying to find the white xbox one she wants to play halo but hates split screen lol

[JamesBondage]

dont let the haters stop you, it looks like a decent elder scrolls experience. just don't set your hype bar too high

[DarkBlood]

Since It's free to play and coming in a physical copy plus not too long ago finally got unlimited data i'll be getting this to try out

[joab777]

Well, it's not technically f2p. But no sub anymore. Though, of you do sub, you will level faster etc.

[DarkBlood]

Thats good enough for me for now anyways

[Roccetarius]

It's pretty much like any other game without a subscription. A buy to play model, not F2P.

[slinky123456]

I just wanted Skyrim in an online world, with some extra endgame content like Raids and stuff. We seem to never get that when a series decides to go online. And that always seems why they fail imo.

[Roccetarius]

Star Wars and Elder Scrolls are great examples of MMO's just not working well, at least not in the hands of these developers. Both games play like Single Player games, but MMO's are more about the community aspect.

[JamesBondage]

i've been waiting for this, now it just needs to go on sale for %50 off again haha

[Roccetarius]

I still think things like weapon swapping is terrible, but i know it was in preperation for the console versions. At least another action bar would've been great on PC. At least i only got a cheap copy of it, so not much lost on this until Witcher 3 releases.

[lemoncake]

They are doing a good job turning this game around, they have made so many decent changes. I think this will be a big hit on consoles now especially if they continue making changes like they have been doing.

[Lon3wolf]

Has grouping improved as in beta (last time I played this) it was odd and you kept losing group to very frequent instanced quests?

[the_Nard]

Okay so to address a few comments:
- The Beta experience was nothing like the game, in fact the game has completely changed since launch and is likely change more over the next few months. The overall experience has been consistently improving for the last year.
- Don't expect ESO to be Skyrim. Although Zenimax is doing its best to get closer with each update, there are certain sandbox elements that are a signature of the elder scrolls series that are impossible to put into an mmo...or at least not all at once.
- The grouping tool has improved since beta. Although it tends to be just as easy to do a zone shout in chat or invite people that you come across in game.