Glad someone posted the screenshots because I just ran across them and was not impressed. Not because of the graphics, I get that it's an MMO and it must have lower spec graphics so more people can run the damn thing at reasonable stability over the internet connected to hundreds of other people. But by the fact that it's just another generic third person, hotkey combat, subscription based, questing grindfest MMO with nothing different. It will be the exact same as ToR, meaning success at launch and a massive fall off a few months later. Paid subscriptions simply do not work anymore. They absolutely have to follow the Guild Wars 2 model of "But the actual game, play online for nothing, but there's paid content in there that's completely optional to generate revenue." They won't do that though and it'll fail because of it.
Also being that this is out before other Elder Scrolls games in the provinces of Black Marsh, Elswyer, Valenwood, Summerset Isles, and the half of Morrowind that isn't Vvardenfall I have to wonder if they'll even be featured (and before anyone mentions it Arena doesn't count since it was procedurally generated). Because if they are it can pretty much be assured that they will be original designs and not those of Bethesda actual. And in saying that I have to also wonder how true they will be to the ideas that Bethesda had for those places. It's a perfectly acceptable conclusion to think that they'll put on their own creative spin and end up fucking it up. Let's not forget that this game has been in development since 2007, and during that time Bethesda could have advised them but I'm sure they were busy will Fallout 3 and eventually Skyrim. So really just how much "advisement" went on?
And it's pretty safe to assume that this is going to be the war between the Thalmor and Empire. So again, what's the point of playing? We already know what happened there, the Empire got fucked up and the Thalmor made them their bitches. Then the Nords got all pissy. There's no point to this.
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