ESO Release Date

[carli]

4 . 4 . 14

Get ready to begin your adventures in Tamriel—we’re excited to announce that The Elder Scrolls Online will be available worldwide for PC and Mac on 4.4.2014 and for PS4 and Xbox One in June 2014! We can’t wait to get everyone in-game

http://elderscrollsonline.com/en/news/post/2013/12/11/eso-release-plans-announced

YAY!

[Swish]

Wouldn't touch it on a console... I hope this brings a ray of light to the MMO world, my body is ready for it.

[lawll]

Wouldn't touch it on a console... I hope this brings a ray of light to the MMO world, my body is ready for it.

Did you beta test yet? The game screams swtor and will most likely have the same fate.

[Nocsucow]

it will be better on console since it did start on a console............. D3 is 100x better on ps3 than it is PC

[citizen1080]

I beta tested it..and it plays like Elderscrolls games...which is what they are going for. If you don't like that then I suggest you pass.

[FoxxHound]

lots of sex

[Sirken]

it will be better on console since it did start on a console............. D3 is 100x better on ps3 than it is PC

TES started on Console by Bethesda

TESO dev started 5+ years ago for PC only, by Zenimax. Originally there was no plan for consoles, as they knew Xbox360 and PS3 wouldn't handle TESO.

[Rogean]

Velious 4/3/14? :)

[citizen1080]

Velious 4/3/14? :)

I would hate you forever sir

[Nocsucow]

Velious 4/3/14? :)

Would be so fucked up rogean..... my ESO would sit unopened for a year if you done that

[Shaakglith12194]

I beta tested it..and it plays like Elderscrolls games...which is what they are going for. If you don't like that then I suggest you pass.

What part played like an elder scrolls game? I must not have seen those parts in my beta test a couple/few weeks ago. Couldn't pickpocket/steal, couldn't pick up books, linear story, overly easy combat system, stealth was lame, NPC characters were boring, engine was from SWTOR and played like it. Quests were either very linear story line (and not at all engaging), interact with x number of objects then return, kill x number of mobs then return, or kill special mob. Special mobs were extremely easy and since there were ridiculous numbers of people around, you never had to fight them alone. Game was not very buggy for a beta. Invis lasted 2.5 seconds, world looked like sanitized and homogenized crap. I was so bored the entire time I played it. Never once felt like a part of the world, it was just another theme park mmo. Bear in mind, I've sank over 1500 hours into morrowind and oblivion combined (gonna get skyrim one of these days), so I love TES, but at no point did any of this feel like an elder scrolls game to me. The thing that disappointed me the most was the total lack of cool quests like morrowind and oblivion had. Where was the intrigue, the murder, the thievery and double-crossing? Not in that game.

I'll keep playing beta during next round because I really want the game to be good, but in its current state, Zenimax Online would have to pay me at least 20 dollars an hour to play that game.

[Thulack]

Velious 4/3/14? :)

do it!!...will see who the true EQ fans are :P

[HeallunRumblebelly]

Velious 4/3/14? :)

It is known.

[kbnexus]

I beta tested it..and it plays like Elderscrolls games...which is what they are going for. If you don't like that then I suggest you pass.

I've been playing Elder Scrolls game since Daggerfall. I also went through 3 waves of Beta-testing. How does this play like an Elder Scrolls Game? Or just fanboi? Nothing wrong with being a fanboi, but at least I'll know how much value to place on your input.

[HeallunRumblebelly]

I've been playing Elder Scrolls game since Daggerfall. I also went through 3 waves of Beta-testing. How does this play like an Elder Scrolls Game? Or just fanboi? Nothing wrong with being a fanboi, but at least I'll know how much value to place on your input.

If you play in first person it's kinda elder scrolly, but I just didn't find the immersion there :| Hard to immerse yourself in a game where 300 dicks are also going for the same quest mobs.

[MrSparkle001]

I've been playing Elder Scrolls game since Daggerfall. I also went through 3 waves of Beta-testing. How does this play like an Elder Scrolls Game? Or just fanboi? Nothing wrong with being a fanboi, but at least I'll know how much value to place on your input.

Combat is similar to Skyrim if simplistic right now (they're working on it), camera and compass are similar to Skyrim, you can open containers to find crafting material, you can explore the world for treasure chests that require a minigame to open, there are lots of books to read even if you can't pick them up (and why would you want to? this isn't single player where you can place them anywhere you want to call home), classes are necessarily more restrictive than single player but still leave a lot of room for customization, there's mage's and fighter's guilds.

What you can't expect is TESO to be multiplayer Skyrim. It's similar but MMOs cannot have all the features of a one-character single player game where your character can be an expert fighter, mage, healer and pickpocket all in one.

I do need to stress that TESO plays more like Skyrim than any other ESO title. Can't draw many parallels to Morrowind and can't draw any at all to Daggerfall.

[Thulack]

If you play in first person it's kinda elder scrolly, but I just didn't find the immersion there :| Hard to immerse yourself in a game where 300 dicks are also going for the same quest mobs.

sounds like p99!! :D

[liveitup1216]

Elder Scrolls: World of Old Republicraft.

[Swish]

People trolling probably don't belong in a beta test. You're not looking at the finished product etc.

[carli]

Velious 4/3/14? :)

I'll murder you, Boston.

[iiNGloriouS]

Velious 4/3/14? :)
Rogean. Pls. Don't do this. Much Sorrow. No play.

[Nocsucow]

I'll murder you, Boston.

Shit just got real

[Lune]

People trolling probably don't belong in a beta test. You're not looking at the finished product etc.

I'm fully aware what to expect from a beta, and at the same time you can't go overboard with letting it gut your standards and expectations.

Technical issues, poor tuning, and unfinished content aside, a beta should function as a proof of concept. At this point in development, they aren't going to uproot and rework large swathes of the game's mechanics and fundamental concepts.

Having participated in beta, I'm ambivalent about this game. The class system and world pvp mechanics did leave me with a sense of wonder and novelty, but the world itself, the art design (design, not graphics), social interaction mechanics, phasing, pacing, and story left me feeling disappointed and bored.

I very much want this game to succeed, but I don't think it's going to greatly appeal to me unless they make lots of very good choices in the next 4 months.

[dwightgeary]

I'm fully aware what to expect from a beta, and at the same time you can't go overboard with letting it gut your standards and expectations.

Technical issues, poor tuning, and unfinished content aside, a beta should function as a proof of concept. At this point in development, they aren't going to uproot and rework large swathes of the game's mechanics and fundamental concepts.

Having participated in beta, I'm ambivalent about this game. The class system and world pvp mechanics did leave me with a sense of wonder and novelty, but the world itself, the art design (design, not graphics), social interaction mechanics, phasing, pacing, and story left me feeling disappointed and bored.

I very much want this game to succeed, but I don't think it's going to greatly appeal to me unless they make lots of very good choices in the next 4 months.

well actually i beta tested realms reborn on PS3 for months and just started playing the actual game 2 weeks ago and its freaking night and day from beta to launch version

[Auvdar]

What part played like an elder scrolls game? I must not have seen those parts in my beta test a couple/few weeks ago. Couldn't pickpocket/steal, couldn't pick up books, linear story, overly easy combat system, stealth was lame, NPC characters were boring, engine was from SWTOR and played like it. Quests were either very linear story line (and not at all engaging), interact with x number of objects then return, kill x number of mobs then return, or kill special mob. Special mobs were extremely easy and since there were ridiculous numbers of people around, you never had to fight them alone. Game was not very buggy for a beta. Invis lasted 2.5 seconds, world looked like sanitized and homogenized crap. I was so bored the entire time I played it. Never once felt like a part of the world, it was just another theme park mmo. Bear in mind, I've sank over 1500 hours into morrowind and oblivion combined (gonna get skyrim one of these days), so I love TES, but at no point did any of this feel like an elder scrolls game to me. The thing that disappointed me the most was the total lack of cool quests like morrowind and oblivion had. Where was the intrigue, the murder, the thievery and double-crossing? Not in that game.

I'll keep playing beta during next round because I really want the game to be good, but in its current state, Zenimax Online would have to pay me at least 20 dollars an hour to play that game.


This. I've invested thousands of hours into TES games, and this plays nothing like one. It's more of a generic MMO with a Elder Scrolls skin on it. Hell they even went out and butchered a lot of the lore. The only thing combat has in common with any TES game is the horrible animation (which we all come to love and respect..)

Also clamouring that "Hey guys, it's just beta its not done aaarrrrgg!" nonsense.. It's under 5 months from release. No huge overhauls are going to be done from now until then. The game you played, outside of some minor bugs/network problems, is going to be pretty much the same game you get on release.

Yet, box sales will happen. The game will sell. Profits will happen. And more poor quality MMOs will be pushed out. This is why we can't have nice things. The game is horrible, yet people keep their eyes closed because 'OMG its Skyrim online guyz!!" without seeing the true game. I'm praying it pulls a FFXIV. Flops completely, people at Zenimax get fired, and the entire game gets a overhaul to become something decent. It's what it needs. However Zenimax isn't SE,.. so yeah there is that.

I'll come back a few months after release with a huge "told you so!", but until then keep dreaming. And keep feeding the bad MMO train.

[liveitup1216]

well actually i beta tested realms reborn on PS3 for months and just started playing the actual game 2 weeks ago and its freaking night and day from beta to launch version

I don't think anyone's claiming TESO will be buggy, just that it will be the same generic MMO crap. Just as Realms Reborn from beta to launch remained a generic theme park michael bay McMMO.

Floor's still open for someone to eventually make an MMO that's actually new.

[Swish]

Floor's still open for someone to eventually make an MMO that's actually new.

When is an MMORPG not an MMORPG? What would you change that would make something truly innovative/immersive and set it apart from the current ones?

[liveitup1216]

When is an MMORPG not an MMORPG? What would you change that would make something truly innovative/immersive and set it apart from the current ones?

EQN / Landmark will shake things up quite a bit, although I'm sure Sony will butcher EQN in other ways.

At least the voxel tech and restructured AI tech will still make it better than any McMMO in the works. Star Citizen looks promising if it ever becomes more than vaporware, although I'm not too keen on sci-fi space themes.

[citizen1080]

EQN / Landmark will shake things up quite a bit, although I'm sure Sony will butcher EQN in other ways.

At least the voxel tech and restructured AI tech will still make it better than any McMMO in the works. Star Citizen looks promising if it ever becomes more than vaporware, although I'm not too keen on sci-fi space themes.

Unless I am reading the website wrong they have raised 34m for Star Citizen so far..so it better end up being more than vaporware.

[liveitup1216]

Unless I am reading the website wrong they have raised 34m for Star Citizen so far..so it better end up being more than vaporware.

Haha I guess vaporware is a misnomer in this case. I should say that its a similar fear with EQN: whether or not they can deliver on the tech they want to pull off.

[Auvdar]

Unless I am reading the website wrong they have raised 34m for Star Citizen so far..so it better end up being more than vaporware.

Could you give a clift-note version of Star Citizen? Everyone I know is talking about it...

[citizen1080]

Could you give a clift-note version of Star Citizen? Everyone I know is talking about it...

I am no expert by any means...but from what i've seen/read its Wing Commander + Eve + Gods gift to MMO Gamers.

https://robertsspaceindustries.com/about-the-game

Apparently the trailer on the page I linked is in game graphics. Which are insane. Like, really insane.

[MrSparkle001]

I am no expert by any means...but from what i've seen/read its Wing Commander + Eve + Gods gift to MMO Gamers.

https://robertsspaceindustries.com/about-the-game

Apparently the trailer on the page I linked is in game graphics. Which are insane. Like, really insane.

That looks fucking unbelievable, and I mean that in both a good and bad way. I almost can't believe those are actual in game graphics. Holy shit I thought the days of space flight sims were gone.

[citizen1080]

Yea..the graphical quality is the best ive ever seen, like James Cameron quality. And the fact that they are building VR right into it...that is pretty damn exciting.