Hope you weren't too excited about that Elder Scrolls MMO

[Fallere825]

well at first i was interested, then i realized that calling it an elderscrolls game is abit of a joke, then again, if it ends up free to play after it falls face first, I would definatly give it a go...... well prehaps if it didnt fall face first, but maybe a little stumble or something that makes it give up competting with WoW.

 

[Gatx]

I'm actually not too surprised. The whole Empire falling apart, Skyrim rebelling, and the Aldmeri Dominion breathing down everyone's necks storyline in Skyrim seemed to be the setup for something. At first I thought some epic Elder Scrolls game where the player gets to travel to all the lands, like Daggerfall...

Now, it's just some shitty Mummorpuger. wonderful.

I can't wait 'til Guild Wars 2 is released. If nothing else to give devs something else to copy as they butcher their IPs.

Story seems to be advancing in an interesting (or at least unexpected) direction, not really reason enough to play it though.

http://www.ign.com/wikis/elder-scrolls-online

The Imperials try to retake Tamriel by allyng with a necromancer and serve as the antagonists for the game. There are three other factions with three species each, including the Aldmeri dominion, that are for the actual players to join, who are all fighting against the Imperials.

 

[SajuukKhar]

I'm actually not too surprised. The whole Empire falling apart, Skyrim rebelling, and the Aldmeri Dominion breathing down everyone's necks storyline in Skyrim seemed to be the setup for something. At first I thought some epic Elder Scrolls game where the player gets to travel to all the lands, like Daggerfall...

Now, it's just some shitty Mummorpuger. wonderful.

I can't wait 'til Guild Wars 2 is released. If nothing else to give devs something else to copy as they butcher their IPs.

The MMO is set 1000 years in the past

this is LONG LONG before Skyrim

can no one read anymore?

 

[Someone Depressing]

Well, ProjectV13 or whatever has been canceled, and Bestheda isn't interested in the old CRPG model that is, 1, 2, Van Buren, and all the other games employed. So, Fallout Online has pretty much went down the shit-hole. But if you're wondering if Fallout gets an MMO is this style, it'll be equally as shitty - even worse, probably.

 

[minimacker]

I'd like an MMORPG where there's actual role-playing.

Of course, it won't happen. There are too many 12 year olds with too much money.

 

[Mudkipith]

You guys are always the last people I'd expect to almost unanimously dislike something terrible; and it pleases me greatly that this is an exception.

 

[RoBi3.0]

Meh, still invoking the same amount of interest as it was before I read this thread. Oh NOOOOOOOOOO! an MMO is going to use MMO Tropes! END OF THE FUCKING WORLD!

I am not at all disappointed or surprised.

 

[Tahaneira]

Well, I might still play it if it has an intriguing story.

...

I'm sorry. I can't say that with a straight face.

MMO stories suck.

 

[maturin]

Also, trashing the lore in the name of PvP balance.

 

[Andaxay]

My god, they JUST announced it and already it's being ripped to shreds. I'm going to wait until it's done before leaping to any conclusions.

 

[Legion]

My interest peaked when I heard about an Elder Scrolls MMO.

Now it's gone again.

 

[jhoroz]

Yeah, it looked like an extremely generic Fantasy MMO when I saw those first images released and now I can confirm it with what Zenimax has just said. Seriously, why can' they just release a co-op option for a new Elder Scrolls game, where you can invite a friend of yours online to play with your character? Why does it have to be WoW masquerading as Elder Scrolls?

 

[SajuukKhar]

Also, trashing the lore in the name of PvP balance.

anyone who says it is trashing the lore doesn't know the lore.

 

[karloss01]

well thats probably put a bullet in the back of the game's head before it could even get out the door. should have stuck to the franchise's roots and not just make "another generic MMORPG".

Catpcha: piggyback

pretty much what this game is doing with the TES name.

 

[Atmos Duality]

It's going to copy WoW and fail. Because WoW is the best it gets with this mechanics and has already a TON of content in its favor.

WoW succeeds because everyone else already plays WoW.
It has the player base with the most time investment already in place, not just the most content.

When your primary target audience already plays WoW, most are going to try your game, notice how similar it is to WoW, lose interest, and then go back to WoW because they already have everything there.

Given that they're basically saying (and showing) "We're cloning WoW, because that's what our target audience is familiar with", you are correct in stating that this is destined to fail.

Star Wars couldn't kill WoW, and Star Wars is one of the largest franchises in history.

 

[Knight Captain Kerr]

I'm annoyed that they are making a WOW clone. They would be better off setting a big pile of money on fire. Also it will be horrible to the lore. Not planning on buying this one, I don't like MMOs anyway.

 

[SajuukKhar]

I think people should actually.... I dont know read the game informer leaks before they comment.

the list of gameplay features are so close to Guild Wars 2 that calling it a WoW clne is laughable.

 

[ckriley]

The funny thing about this article and everyone's reaction to it is that people always talk about the lack of innovation in the MMO genre. Yet whenever an MMO comes out that does actually try to do different things, it fails. I mean, literally fails. As in they shut down the servers fail.

Games like Tabula Rasa, The Chronicles of Spellborn, and SWG all failed. Now, SWG was around for quite a while but they lost a lot of people with that infamous CU/NGE. But what people fail to realize is that SOE implemented those features because they were bleeding subscriptions to WoW. The SWG as it existed before the Combat Upgrade and New Game Experience was, as I hear veterans tell it, really bad. These veterans don't really look at the game through nostalgia-colored glasses. There was a reason Sony did what they did.

There's also Darkfall and Eve Online which are hardcore, sandbox PvP MMOs. Eve has a niche market nailed down while you hardly ever hear about Darkfall.

Innovation in MMOs simply DOES NOT WORK. It has been proven time and time again by YOU the gamer. This is why I'm never too critical of game developers or even Hollywood studios and television networks for putting out the same stuff seemingly over and over again. People always claim to want something different, innovative, etc., yet when a developer or studio/TV network takes a chance on something, it fails more often than not and ends up costing them a whole lot of money in the process.

If you want something different, then you need to vote with your feet (read: pocketbook.) You are getting EXACTLY what you asked for based on your actions.