Well the cries for an Elder Scrolls MMO have been answered, I wonder how long this has been in the works.

Either way its great news and I look forward to more :)

Well, it's theirs to screw up.

We'll see..

Originally posted by whisperwynd

Originally posted by DarkPony

p.s. Zenimax is an ace studio in my book since FO:NV. The writing, story and environmental immersion of that game is much better than what I saw in Bethesda studio stuff (or better than any mmorpg for that matter) in my opinion.

 

Didn't most people say that about BW before SWTOR?

All I could think of was this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03C4tnCFEMQ

As an aside, its interesting how adament Bethesda has previously been against a multiplayer option in their games. I recall phrasing such as "will never happen" and "single player focused" being used frequently.  But I refuse to be a pessimist.

Originally posted by NaughtyP

All I could think of was this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03C4tnCFEMQ

I see it ending up like THIS- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hvn9k8dnhjI

Originally posted by PyrateLV

Originally posted by Wolvards

Originally posted by PyrateLV

Originally posted by GrayGhost79

"The entire team is committed to creating the best MMO ever made – and one that is worthy of The Elder Scrolls franchise."

That right there squashes my hype :( 

Yep. replace "The Elder Scrolls" with "Star Wars" and it sounds just like what the arrogant, egotistical clowns at Bioware/EA said about SWTOR.

 

I also have no faith in anything Matt Frior (aka Mark Jacobs 2.0) says or does.

except for DAoC.

Umm. I still dont understand why everyone hails DAOC as this great game. It was EQs retarded little brother.

Mythic botched that game every chance they got.

Release was shallow. Areas were removed for future expansions (Avalon). Dungeons werent itemized until weeks after release, Open World MoBs were the same static 3-5 we still see today.

RvR was the only thing that was halfway good, but they didnt have doors on keeps for the longest time and it was a lag filled CC-/Mez/Root/Stun = DIE FEST

Darkness Falls sucked

 

DAOC was crap and Matt Frior was a major contributor to its suckiness

I'm not even going to argue with you, go back to what ever E-sport you play, you will be better there.

ESO has potential, just not for you.

Originally posted by musicmann

Originally posted by Zen_Blade

MMORPG.com Hypemeter for this will be over 9000....

Nothing to do with this thread, but i like your icon pic. Better make sure Bruce Lee doesn't rise from the grave and come after you, lol.

 

Thanks, Bruce is the man.  It's out of respect I use the crest of Jeet Kune Do.

Another SWTOR brewing.

Take a popular IP and a company that creates awesome single-player games.

I'm not even going to start talking about ridiculous the idea is that Molag Bal would decide to attack Tamriel all of a sudden.

I have only one question (forgive my ignorance) but who the hell is Zenimax Online Studios?

ED: nvm, Bethesda separating self from online endeavors, yas?

FFS, all I see here is "Elder Scrolls MMo...OMG it will have PvP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Well whoopdie freaking doo folks, I have yet to see a MMO come out that has just been AWESOME because it had PvP.  It seems like no matter what form PvP takes everyone just cries about how much it sucks and could be better.  Newsflash, PvP is just one of many game systems, and is hardly the solid foundation needed for a good MMO.  i know everyone would love to put on rose colored glasses and talk about how epic PvP was in UO or whatever dinosaur of the past, but times have changed.  Hell Pong is a PvP game when it comes right down to it.

Go back over the last few years and look at the upcoming hype of MMO's released here.  I remember DCUO in particular.  Reviewers talked about how bad the UI was, limited character creation was, limited in depth the game was, but then gushed like rabid Twilight superfans about OMG Open World PvP!!!.  That just MADE the game.  Right...how's that game doing now?  Life support?  You mean OMG World PvP isn't enough to compensate for a lack of depth or awful design in a MMO?

I'm sure there are excuses though.  Waaaah Waaaah exploits, or waaaaaah waaaaah PvE to get gear, or waaaah waaaaah who the hell cares. 

I'll get excited about this game when I see solid information that it will be more than crap with a Elder Scrolls skin.  3 faction PvP sure the heck isn't going to do it. because that simply is not a foundation to build a game on.  The MMO market keeps gettimg more stagnent eaxch release, and it is because developers keep doing the same crap and catering to the same minority of players who really aren't happy with anything anyway.

Originally posted by Oldsalt
There must be plenty of forks and spoons laying around in this game so you can drop them on the ground and spell your name,and take a screen shot of it.  Been there? Done that?

I prefer cheese wheels.

Originally posted by DarkPony

Originally posted by whisperwynd

Originally posted by DarkPony

p.s. Zenimax is an ace studio in my book since FO:NV. The writing, story and environmental immersion of that game is much better than what I saw in Bethesda studio stuff (or better than any mmorpg for that matter) in my opinion.

 

Didn't most people say that about BW before SWTOR?

Where Bioware was known for their "Typical Bioware storytelling" (trademark symbol), The Elder Scrolls, Bethsoft and Zeni, are known for their good grasp of immersive, open world, single player, sandboxy games. It isn't hard to see that this fits my (and many other people's) mmorpg gloves a whole lot more.

Ehhhhhhh. I can see that being somewhat true. However BioWare was not one for sandboxy, open world games (sort of). Translating that into an MMO would be a lot simpler then taking a Bioware game and adding people. I can see ESO being a bit like Mortal online with better polish, support, and lore.

Originally posted by Icewhite



I have only one question (forgive my ignorance) but who the hell is Zenimax Online Studios?

 

Zenimax (the guys holding Bethesdas wallet) lured some homeless MMO devs in their basement with promise of frappucinos and locked up the door telling them they'll get out if they make a MMO that would allow them to start printing even more money.

Zenimax Online Studios doesnt really have anything to do with Bethesda other than that they get their paychecks from same address.