deanb Posted May 3, 2012 Report Share Posted May 3, 2012 http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2012/05/03/june-cover-revealed-the-elder-scrolls-online.aspxSo it's coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madbassman39 Posted May 3, 2012 Report Share Posted May 3, 2012 I have a problem with this. The concept seems really cool to me, but in all honesty, I don't want another MMO. I really just want to be able to go online and have friends join me in my world or I in theirs. Hell RDR's multiplayer freeroam mode would be perfect for TES, especially if we could have all of Tamriel at our finger tips. The three factions (Wolf dragon and bird) see really neat to me, very game of thrones-y, but I just can't get excited over all the MMOs that are coming up in this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted May 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2012 It would be nice to have drop-in co-op. The biggest problem will be it's a PC TES without mod support (beyond UI n such). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connorrrr Posted May 3, 2012 Report Share Posted May 3, 2012 All very well and good, the thing I'm most curious about at the moment is the combat. I can't imagine it's going to remain the same as single player Elder Scrolls combat, especially if there's PVP. The whole first person "click to swing" thing probably won't work in an MMO setting. I could be wrong. Who knows. Anyway, I'm vaguely interested but I don't really buy into subscription based MMO's so we'll have to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted May 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2012 http://imgur.com/a/fO9Ty#10 Scans. (I can't read them atm though) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted May 4, 2012 Report Share Posted May 4, 2012 I'm hoping for a next-gen console version, it's time MMO's stopped being computer only. How long has it been since Final Fantasy proved that MMO's can not only work on consoles, but also work extremely well. If not, maybe I'll pick it up on my Mac, but that just seems like such a hassle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted May 4, 2012 Report Share Posted May 4, 2012 Bethesda also released a promo video. It really didn't tell you anything about the game, just showing the 3 dragons coming together to form the circle logo. I know they have a year still, but that just left me cold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted May 4, 2012 Report Share Posted May 4, 2012 If this really does feature the entire continent, what does that mean for The Elder Scrolls VI or any Skyrim expansions, since we'll already have seen these countries? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted May 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2012 Well this is 1000 years in the past, pre-Septim era. Things will be different. Like the few hundred years between TESIII and TESV, going to Morrowind is gonna be a rather different area even though it already featured in a previous game. And I'm sure by now we've been to 80% of Tamrial already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Pirate Posted May 4, 2012 Report Share Posted May 4, 2012 I wonder if that means there will be a bunch of dwemer/dwarves, also the possibility of a lot of clockwork monsters like you'd find the ruins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connorrrr Posted May 5, 2012 Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 The art style reminds me of another game in the MMO genre..... Conscious decision? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted May 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 If we're talking SWTOR, they're both using the Hero Engine. As for the Dwemer they disappeared in the First Era, roughly three thousand years before Skyrim, this is a fair bit later so Dwemer are somewhat unlikely. Going through the timeline, Dark Brotherhood are just about 1000 years old though... (Skyrim = 4E 200. Oblivion = 3E 433 (And the end of the Fourth Era). Second Era lasts 800 years, so move back on that the remaining 400 years and you end up in 2E 400~) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baconrath Posted May 5, 2012 Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 This on top of the Fallout one that's supposedly floating out there somewhere? I'm not sure what I think about this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted May 5, 2012 Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 World of Elder Scrolls? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted May 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 Me thinks you give too much credit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted May 5, 2012 Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 Still, a little more cartoony than I think people like their Elder Scrolls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Pirate Posted May 5, 2012 Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 Well if you think about it if they put a glorious amount of detail in the monsters, world, and objects and then made it online, the game would be an ultra lagfest. I would probably play it if it they had it without a monthly fee. But that's probably not going to happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted May 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 Detail on client-end doesn't really effect lag (though can reduce fps). Lag is a network thing, and that can be slow even on the shittiest looking of games, or speedy on the shiniest looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Posted May 6, 2012 Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 Art style looks more RIFT than WoW to me. Though I'm not sure what they are going for with this game. The strengths of Elder Scrolls and the strengths of MMOs do not overlap much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted May 6, 2012 Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 I think they're missing the point. How many people have really been asking for an Elder Scrolls MMO? I've always felt that people (myself included) just wanted to take a romp through Skyrim with a buddy, co-op style. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maritan Posted May 6, 2012 Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 HERO engine http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=gvdf5n-zI14 This will fail so miserably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted May 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-05-18-the-elder-scrolls-onlines-main-story-is-100-per-cent-solo Which brings me to the question of: And so you made it an MMO why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdventureRidge Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 I honestly can't see why it wouldn't be more cost effective, and popular, to simply create drop-in co-op in Skyrim, maybe with a few extra maps thrown in there as an expansion pack, standalone even. The engine is there, albeit I guessing not particularly designed for it, the assets are there, the mechanics would need a little tweaking unless it was simply co-op and not PVP. It just seems they're making a whole other game to sate the ravenous calls of Skyrim fans for a co-op mode. Could they not just modify the Creation Engine to facilitate co-op play? The fact that modders have managed to get part way there with some scripting leads me to assume that Bethesda could do it without too much trouble, and wouldn't need to dedicate the finances and manpower to creating a completely new title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted May 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 See co-op would work fine, be cheaper and actually not be totally crap and potentially expensive n flop n such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted November 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 I've yet to watch it mind, so no opinions to post at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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