Minor things that in the grand scheme of things don't detract from the game as whole. The lack of a central auction house and the feeling of it being necessary to join a trading guild to sell your stuff as otherwise there is no way to get rid of it and make decent gold from doing so. General criticisms are mostly minor things to do with polish with certain quest dialogue etc. I also can't say much on PvP as I really dislike PvP in games and actively avoid it when I can. I can't say much about trials as I haven't done any and doubt I ever will considering my more antisocial nature. I wish there was some way to reduce the impact weaving has on your damage but I don't dislike the idea behind it.ĭungeons are enjoyable and really are some of the best designed dungeons I've personally seen in a game from both a mechanical and technical standpoint. I can see that it does give the combat a skill ceiling but due to the nature of the game being online and myself living in a rather remote area the combat doesn't always feel very responsive when I'm trying to light attack between using abilities. The only criticism I have is the emphasis on light attack weaving when it comes to doing your rotation.

I enjoy the mix of action gameplay with the ability bars and love that you can have two different weapons with separate ability bars. The game world itself is gorgeous and I love the fact that it's Tamriel long before any of the mainline games which in many ways allows ZOS to play around with the world a little more.Ĭombat is fun. Those lore decisions don't take too much away from the storylines for me though. There are plenty of engaging stories with interesting characters despite some lore decisions that seem a bit off to me. Storytelling is for the most part phenomenal and in many ways feels like your more traditional Elder Scrolls titles. Yet there are many things I dislike about the game that I really think detract from the experience for me.

This time however I went in and did a little research, found a build I liked the sound of and that has helped tremendously. I tried the game a while ago back around the time that the Morrowind chapter was released but I never got into it due to not really understanding the game and it being so different from WoW. However I have played WoW for 10+ years so with the recent hard times hitting that game, I was looking for that fix and decided to give ESO another go. Little bit of background I'm not generally an MMO player and have far more interest in single player RPG's and such. This is my first review style post and first post here but I wanted to share my thoughts on the game after playing extensively for the past 6 months.

The elder scrolls online review