Review: The Elder Scrolls: Blades (Nintendo Switch) | Digitally Downloaded

The Elder Scrolls: Blades is a woeful insult to the intelligence.

[Relientk77]

Damn, a zero lol

[VenomUK]

Thank you Matt S. for the honest review. I love the Elder Scrolls but couldn’t play Blades on my iPhone for more than an hour because I hate the mobile gaming mechanics that keep you waiting or pushing you to buy gems that cost up to £100! It’s disgusting and predatory and it’s why I stay away from most mobile games. I really hoped Bethesda would have changed things for Switch and the other editions that will come, sadly not.

[indysurfn]

I'm one of the first to defend Sony and Nintendo games. But mobil "free to play" games. Pawned. I wish that real life reviews for products allowed me to give a zero. (you hear that amazon?) Id be clicking that 0/5 too!

[Karambit]

I think you hit the nail right on the head.

[bacrec1]

Hot damn! lol

[Wetpapertowel]

Such a horrible review to read.

[Cikatriz_ESP]

It was definitely hard to follow. The reviewer should’ve had the presence of mind to make succinct points and then move on.

[SegaSaturn669]

Apparently the game was so bad that the reviewer ejaculated blood.

[VivaChe]

Oof. But I can't argue with what it says.

[Kran]

Okay 0 out of 5 or 10 reviews need to be banned.

You're telling me that there's absolutely nothing redeemable about this game? Like absolutely NOTHING? Environments all look terrible, the gameplay is completely broken you can't progress, music is like nails on a chalkboard, and so forth?

I'm not clicking the review, but you're telling me the game is literally unplayable? Because that's what justifies a 0/5, and TESB is playable. It's not great, but it's not a 0/5. 2/5 maybe

[Tacoboto]

"Even if Bethesda removed the microtransactions, and allowed progress to move at a reasonable rate without microtransactions, Blades is a conceptually and intellectually nothing more than trashware."

They go on to explain the mobile-esque grindy nature of the game and generic A-to-B dungeons. It reads as if they expected a free-to-play game intended to be played on the toilet to offer the content depth of a full premium AAA 100+ hour RPG.

[Elda]

The first IOS versions got a user score of 1.8 so it's not surprising.

[VenomUK]

@Kran. For a normal game a zero out of ten review may have been written to garner attention, however judging from my short time with Blades on iOS I feel this score is warranted. Traditional games are designed to give the player as much enjoyment as possible, but this was designed to monetise the player to extract as much extra spending from them as possible. Literally here the mechanic is playing the gamer.

[Profchaos]

I never progressed much further than the tutorial or player crafting screen the game seemed fun enough but those gems and chest mechanics were an instant red flag the fact that I hadn't even progressed past the tutorial and it had encouraged me to spend real world money a handful of times was enough of a red flag.

[st_vex]

The game needs to be a literal prank to receive 0, that score is a shame.

[esherwood]

The game is a shame and deserves the score

[TheColbertinator]

Bethesda has been pranking us for years

[Servbot41]

Nah. We need to stop babying shovelware cashgrabs full of lootboxes and give the the score they deserve.

[esherwood]

The game literally designed around getting you to spend money. It’s predatory and a rip off

[traumadisaster]

If it has gems and wants you to spend more than $100 in a recurring fashion I could prob see a zero. I’m not sure, pick your favorite game of all time but tied a micro transaction scheme onto it, would that drop the score for you?

[esherwood]

If I can’t experience everything in a game for a set amount of money I’m not touching it. These games are literally designed by teams of people on how best to make you spend money, why would you even play that

[spicelicka]

I agree with you technically but I would accept a 0 if an already 1/5 game was blatantly trying to rip you off with monetary practices that are beyond horrible. I mean just to set an example.

[CDbiggen]

People need to lighten up and stop being so fucking stiff. It's funny to see that zero. We all know how cheap and nasty mobile games like this are.

[Rachel_Alucard]

I remember when this was released originally it was one of the worst time wasting apps around. You'd try to open a chest and had to wait 2 hours to do that and they would constantly bombard you with ad spam and trying to get you to skip the time outs they put on in the first place. Don't know why they felt the need to port it.

[Elda]

It was basically garbage on IOS.

[CrimsonWing69]

Look, I get the game probably isn’t good but a 0/5...?

That’s a bit hard to take seriously.

[CosmicTurtle]

They are making a point. A game that sets out to take your money at the expense of entertaining you merits rejection.

[Kabaneri]

They would have made more money just porting Skyrim to mobile.

[esherwood]

I doubt it, there’s tons of idiots out there dumping hundreds of dollars into that game because they have no self control

[Ashunderfire86]

Ouch!!!

[porkChop]

0/5? What a joke. No game is a 0/5 unless it's literally unplayable and broken.

[CosmicTurtle]

It’s paying to be robbed. If you want to bump that up to a one, knock yourself out.

[porkChop]

Paying? The game is FTP.

[Rachel_Alucard]

You mean Free to Pay

[AnotherGamer]

Holy crap lol

[Gatsu]

LOL

[Tross]

I wasn't aware that this was a thing. I guess it's just as well though as it sounds like I should avoid it like COVID.

[BrainSyphoned]

I feel 0 out of 76 would be more appropriate. Two games i tried to get excited for before the ToddRays revealed the heaps they actually are.

[XxINFERNUSxX]

A new record for a review score :D

[Zool 08]

We've had 2's and 1's before but 0?, that's rough

[Muigi]

Sheesh lol

[MatrixxGT]

I tried it because it was free and I agree it’s garbage. It doesn’t even run smooth on switch. I expected nothing and received less than nothing.

[DragonWarrior19]

Same boat. Had a TES itch that needed to be scratched figured at the very least this could be something but kept expectations zero and boy was it terrible. Moving around the world wasn't too bad but the combat was TERRIBLE. Not to mention everything is so limited. It's just bad across the baord.

[Profchaos]

Here I was thinking as long as your game boots past the menu you get a 1.

[NotoriousWhiz]

It would probably be a better game if all it did was boot to the menu.

[esherwood]

The game is strait garbage and can’t believe it’s allowed on switch. It’s worth $20 at most but if you spent that in the game you wouldn’t get crap. I really hope they make laws limiting them because if not it’s going to ruin gaming

[Cikatriz_ESP]

If they made laws limiting games that take advantage of consumers Bethesda would go bankrupt. It’s a shame, because the developers themselves are insanely talented.

[esherwood]

If they have to rip people off to be in business then maybe they shouldn’t be in business

[MasterCornholio]

Developers should pay us for our time when we play this game.

:P

[TheGamez100]

Just Bethesda trying to milk for money as usual.

[Darkborn]

I remember downloading it once on my phone and I deleted it about 10 min in. It just wasn't for me and it was nothing like elder scrolls combat which is already pretty dated as it is

[DaniMacYo]

Finale score an incredible 0 out of 5
phft hahah LMAO

[Kubark]

Sounds like a well desrved score. Trash like this deserves to be called out for what it is: a cynical money grabbing exercise.

[Exvalos]

I've never seen a game get a 0 lmao

[lellkay]

Mobile trash

[Pughski]

I downloaded it, played that tutorial thing at the start. Said nope. Uninstalled.

[gold_drake]

wow haha
that is the first time ive seen a zero as a score haha.

[JokerBoy422]

Now that's a big OOF!