The Elder Scrolls Online Will Finally Bring The Elder Scrolls Online

It has potential.

@sagebirt said:

Where's the enthusiasm people? We haven't played it yet! imagine being able to go to all these places in Tamriel, it's going to be huge!!

Yeah, the world will be huge. And there will be loads of assholes there to ruin it for everyone else, the downfall of every single online multiplayer game where you can't just play with your friends exclusively ever.

No, I can't be excited because it's going to be a MMO, it's going to not be a TES game. If I wanted to play World of Warcraft I'd probably have done so by now, setting it in a universe I like won't change that, see my total lack of interest in The Old Republic. Now if it was an actual evolution in the whole MMO stick & changed the formula I might be interested, but who is going to take that risk?

If they use the same engine as in Skyrim, it will be buggy as hell. Although I kinda hope for a console port...

I don't even care if it's a WoW clone, I just want to see Elsweyr and Valenwood.

I am actually very excited to see what this looks like. I love the Elder Scrolls and their gameplay style but a more expansive game set in the same universe with other players could turn out to be very cool.

I see a lot of people saying no one wants this but I highly doubt this is the case. MMOs are very popular and the Elder Scrolls is a hot property at the moment. I'm not saying it's going to take down WOW but I can see it carving its own niche much like Guild Wars and The Old Republic did. I even suspect a large number of the naysayers on this site will come around if the game actually looks good.

Can't help feeling underwhelmed here... the last thing I want in a Elder Scrolls experience is tons of other dudes running around jumping up mountains while I'm exploring. It's the whole thing about those games, you are running about solo, at your own pace doing exactly what you want when you want.

Only form of multiplayer I could get behind would be a co-op and maybe a pvp surprise drop in like Demon Souls, that would spice up an Elder Scrolls game by a fair margin but still keep it where i think it has its greatest strenghts. Will keep my fingers crossed that someone makes a serious effort to make a good elderscrolls game that is also an MMO in some way, but I'm not expecting that to happen.

Whatever happens, I wish the devs the best of luck!

@forkboy said:

@sagebirt said:

Where's the enthusiasm people? We haven't played it yet! imagine being able to go to all these places in Tamriel, it's going to be huge!!

Yeah, the world will be huge. And there will be loads of assholes there to ruin it for everyone else, the downfall of every single online multiplayer game where you can't just play with your friends exclusively ever.

No, I can't be excited because it's going to be a MMO, it's going to not be a TES game. If I wanted to play World of Warcraft I'd probably have done so by now, setting it in a universe I like won't change that, see my total lack of interest in The Old Republic. Now if it was an actual evolution in the whole MMO stick & changed the formula I might be interested, but who is going to take that risk?

There are different types of MMO's such as EVE, which is much more of a sandbox/simulation that hopefully this willy copy.

And then there's Guild Wars 2, which is similar to the WoW but makes some pretty drastic changes.. Particularly to the gameplay and overall structure not being completely bad/dated.

Hmm... I don't know. Bethesda has become legendary for their terrible game engines and for releasing buggy games, imagine that in an MMO. Not only that, I always felt like there wasn't much gear in TES games, that's not something that would be acceptable in an MMO. How do they plan on using their mediocre (to say the least) combat in an MMO setting? Lots of things remain to be seen, but like most people here, I'm expecting a trainwreck or a mildly entertaining "other MMO" to add to the list of MMOs in the world. I don't understand the difficulty in making an original game that just so happens to have lots of people playing it. Why do they all revolve around raids and fetch quests?

PvP in TES game? Why would someone want to punish themselves so much?

Please do not be like WOW.

PLEASE be good. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE.

I don't know if you're up there, and I know I don't pray to you very often...

...but please, Superman, make this game good.

Yours,

Splodge

As much as I love The Elder Scrolls, I'm not too optimistic about this one. I really hope they try something different instead of creating the all too familiar WoW-esque MMORPG. Unfortunately, different rarely sells well.

Please be a sandbox, please be a sandbox.

I think it's safe to say that, if you see a group of 2 or more Khajiit's or Argonians, you should just walk backwards slowly in the direction you came from and for god's sake, hope that they are speaking in a private channel.

Here I am praying for a modern day UO. Which is who I believe MMOs should be.

Yaaaaaaaaay /sarcasm

If it has a monthly subscription charge, which it will, I could not give any less of a fuck. I already played Arena so the novelty of knowing how big the world is isn't there for me. The only thing it has is the Elder Scrolls name in it and I refuse to pay a monthly fee for that.

I think 2013 is a bit too early for another Elder Scrolls game. I think everyone who has put like several hundred hours into Skyrim will just get the Skyrim DLC.

Hire some role-playing nerds to be the in-game vendors. Hell, i'd play that game.

I'm skeptical.

Hmm, I don't mind the idea, as long as it's executed properly. Though I'd rather have heard news about FO 4. I don't mind Multiplayer in my TES games, but I'd rather have seen it in the form of Co-op.

I say good luck but I don't really play mmo's anymore and used to a lot. All of my friends that used to play quit as well. I don't want an Elder Scrolls MMO but I would like a co-op Elder Scrolls game.

Great, another fantasy MMO. Because we needed one. I'll be waiting for the next Fallout game in the meantime.

Seems interesting I guess.

Imagine the Hoarding Possibilities this will present.

An mmo basically means that they wont be making single player Skyrim games anymore.

I hope that the mmo will be everything that we expect from a Skyrim game but I have a sinking feeling that it will be something like Swtor. A decent mmo but no substitute for a great single player experience.

An MMO would only work for these games if they kept servers really small. Like - 100 people per world. So it'd be a real event when you ran into someone else. And possibly with open PvP, as well. That would fit my image of the Elder Scrolls. Add too many people, and then the world can't be dynamic enough and that feeling of exploration is lost because you're only going over well-trodden territory.

I don't care one bit for MMOs, but since I love the Elder Scrolls series I'll probably give it a shot.

Negative gut reaction, but I can see this potentially having creative combat mechanics for an MMO. Count me as curious.

I will admit I'm not necessarily interested in this, but as long as the crazy single player rpg itch gets scratched one was or another, I'll be pleased.

Given I'd rather have the announcement been about Fallout 4.... but... ya know.

I guess Will Smith was right

Can't wait to go to Hammerfell and Elsweyr!

Sigh....where's the beta sign up link?

I'm going to hold off to see how they implement it. I'd be interested if it's more like a giant version of an Elder Scrolls game with lots of people rather than a standard MMO. I doubt that will be the case, though. I'm expecting a game that's going to be another WoW.

Great, at least there is a chance of not being the worst Elder Scrolls game ever.

@Getz said:

I don't even care if it's a WoW clone, I just want to see Elsweyr and Valenwood.

But do you really want to see them in sub-par visuals in a world that's incredibly rigid with 20 other players queuing for a spawn whilst jumping up and down constantly? Because unless it is revolutionary, that's what it'll be

I'll reserve judgment until more information comes out. I'd be down to play an Elder Scrolls MMO.

Yes, but will it have better-bouncing-boobs?

My futile email to Bethesda:

Dear Bethesda,

As a longtime fan of the ES series (I've played every game: Arena on release, played through Daggerfall 5 times, bought Battle Spire and Redguard but ran into technical problems with each, played Morrowind a dozen times and load it up every year, and Oblivion and Skyrim), I would just like to say I could care less about your new Elder Scrolls MMO. I think the ES games have degraded since Morrowind, with the environments getting more homogenized and the combat system unchanged since the 1990s. Please don't devote resources to an area that is so hard to develop successful games for, and drag TES series down while yr at it. Thank you for your time.

I think this is the worst idea ever. The appeal of TES's open world is that I'm the only one playing in it...

I would have taken good two to four player Elder Scrolls co-op over an MMO any day.

If it were the next TES game with co op ala Dead Island, this announcement would be FANTASTIC news. I'm really worried that this is going to be a typical MMO that just swaps warcraft terminology with elder scrolls terminology. If the gameplay systems are nothing but right clicking and hotbars, count me out.

Well the Elder Scrolls series definitely has the Lore and the vast open world to support an MMO, it also has the traditionally terrible combat and mechanics as well, for an MMO.

I am a huge fan of the Elder Scrolls. This seems like a terrible idea.

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mite b cool

Well, this could be awful. It was only a matter of time.

I really hope this is amazing simply based on the fact every other comment is about how no one is interested in this.

Sounds dumb.

Why....

Probably not a great idea.