- #RPGS ARE BAD NOW BECAUSE OF THE ELDER SCROLLS GAMES PC#
- #RPGS ARE BAD NOW BECAUSE OF THE ELDER SCROLLS GAMES SERIES#
But, given that many MMOs nail their worlds down with railroad spikes the size of whaling harpoons, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that I could swipe individual objects off tables, shelves, and things of the like. Hoard ALL THE THINGS - OK, OK, Elder Scrolls Online is actually a big step back from Skyrim, Oblivion, Morrowind, and co in this respect. "CooOme adventshfur wifth meeeee HEre is yooUr friend Cyrodial ThE Daedracrab." A few elements, however, made me feel almost at home. "NaaAaaathan," I thought it'd say, spitting wet chunks of its own mouth in my general direction. Based on previously released gameplay footage, I feared the worst: Elder Scrolls' names and locations - the series' face, in essence - grafted onto some soulless MMO shell.
#RPGS ARE BAD NOW BECAUSE OF THE ELDER SCROLLS GAMES SERIES#
So then, with TES charging into MMO territory under Zenimax Online's steady whip, can it hope to adapt the elements that keep the series from simply blending in with a suffocatingly samey fantasy pack? I ventured to Zenimax's frigid Baltimorian lair and went hands-on with The Elder Scrolls Online to find out.Īlright then, first the good news: I actually came across quite a few more traditionally Elder-Scrolls-y elements than I was expecting. "I'm gonna punch horses until an army of hooved hellions chases me across the countryside." But the very fact that Bethesda's games actually allow for that is a key reason many of us love them so much. As players, we expect that we should be able to fly careening off-rails from the get-go, ignoring whatever fantasy story domino chain the writers have conjured up in favor of venturing off into any three-eyed gorilla murder cave we please. 11.The Elder Scrolls is kind of an odd series, when you think about it. One of them is played with a mouse and keyboard from two feet away. I know every cross-platform developer loves to say "All three versions are identical," to wash their hands of the platform wars, but guys: they're not. If you seriously don't have anyone who can do that before release, hire those modders.
These aren't huge issues, but look: modders fixed them in a day or two. Same goes for the map - if Bethesda have any idea how important a really good map can be to the sense of being in a fantasy world, the size of the damn thing in Oblivion didn't show it.
Oblivion's interface is capable of listing between THREE and SIX items at a time before you have to scroll.
#RPGS ARE BAD NOW BECAUSE OF THE ELDER SCROLLS GAMES PC#
A proper PC interfaceĬome on, nerdy stats and inventory lists are what the PC was made for. That's why there are hordes of Morrowind fans who never accepted Oblivion - that and: 10. But I hope Skyrim has some regions that are just a little off, a little alien, a little non-Tolkeinian. Then Alteration? Spells that alter things? Don't all spells alter things? And Mysticism - as opposed to scientific magic? Some of the spells are great, but the schools themselves are well overdue for an overhaul to make them more logical, distinct and exciting. Even Illusion - invisibility and whatnot, great. The Destruction school of magic I inderstand.