ESO Beta Highlight and personal review
So i'm sure most of you now are fully aware that Elder Scrolls Online has been open up for beta. As a fond fan of both Oblivion and Skyrim i did have many mixed feelings on the idea of a MMO TES type game.
Both the conflict of "YES TES WITH FRIENDS" the other being "By the Nine i hope they don't fuck it up".
Iv played two weekends running now and although i have a loooong list of irritations about the game. As a MMO it is fun to play and addictive in ways that its kept me playing for 3 days straight, despite its many issues.
One of these Flaws for me personally was the Character creation and the design of the models themselves. As i have many Characters from other games i was hoping to re-create them in this, sadly i felt very limited with what i was given. Khajiits despite there less squashed faces being a interesting change, i could not at all alter the markings colouration (them being all black), or feel satisfied with the outcome after trying out many different races. The orcs did not look quite the same as before, in fact alot of the designs made it hard to distinguish a rather pretty looking orc to a dunmer. to me there felt like there were too close to looking human than orc or elf. Leaning towards them looking more LotRs elves or general fantasy where they make everything look cute or hansom. (perhaps that's just me)
I Did love the fact that this game can be played in both first person and third perspective, as well as the fact you are not bound to any type of clothing as other MMOs seam to do. On ESO you could easily be a mage with Heavy armour or even a Warrior with just light clothing. You could choose any weapon you wished to use.
So like i said with many cons are also alot of pros for me personally with this game.
This Week quite a few quest were bugging out alot, but as a beta i expected that. Plus at least with everyone around questioning why the Deadra were late to the party, it was something to talk about and start a convo on during game play. I did find some quest completely incompletable, not sure if it was just he fact i sucked but one solo quest boss just would not die! (curse you Snake lady)
I finely managed to take a sneak peek into the PvP area of Cyrodiil and from the glimpse it did look relay fun.
If there's another Beta..i'd be glad to continue.
Sadly the Game is a little out of my pocket for the moment, as is any Prescription game, iv had to sacrifice games for household bills and food.
Though its not stopped me from thinking of getting the game in the future.
Here are the many screen caps form my Adventures so far, using a rather different looking 'Jeager steel'. Nord, dragon night class and part of the Ebonheart alliance i slowly managed to get up to lvl 13 by the time the servers closed.
The Landscape is nice, though for me personally the graphics are a little low than expected. The Armour didn't quite shine and the textures did feel a but flat. Though you mostly notice the detail when you stop and talk to merchants an quest NPCs.
There was some rather amusing bugs at the start of the game.
I did like the horses, coz without them it takes fooorever to get anywhere. Pluss so many times has having a horse helped escape those awkward when you antecedently stumble into a enemy camp. >_>
...And when you'v had a hard day battling everything under the sky, its always nice to know you can relax at and ... >_>
have a bit of fun during closing time.
So there you have it. With the release date creeping its way here i hope all those who played enjoyed themselves. For me as a TES game...it was a little disappointing, but as a MMO game for multiplying fun with friends, then yer i give it two Thumbs up. If they do free trials after the release i say give it a go.
Recklessjack, Over and out.
