Elder Scrolls MMO Announced

[Mr. Laz]

Elder Scrolls Online Announced
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Posted 13 minutes ago - By Stephen Johnson

The Elder Scrolls Online has been announced by Bethesda. It is being developed for PC and Mac under the leadership of Matt Firor, who has spent the last two decades working in online game development.

“We have been working hard to create an online world in which players will be able to experience the epic Elder Scrolls universe with their friends, something fans have long said they wanted,” said Matt Firor, game director of The Elder Scrolls Online. “It will be extremely rewarding finally to unveil what we have been developing the last several years. The entire team is committed to creating the best MMO ever made – and one that is worthy of The Elder Scrolls franchise.”

Details are scant at this time, but expect a screenshot later today and a teaser trailer tomorrow.

[ModSocks]

I like the idea of stealing DAoC's PvP System. Their PvP system was soooo much fun.

[ChiefFripp]

Hopefully they have more than 5 people doing the character voices.

R.I.P. MCA.

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by ChiefFripp

Hopefully they have more than 5 people doing the character voices.

R.I.P. MCA.

Or get people who can at least change up accents, speaking styles, etc. How hard can it be, especially if you're reading prepared material?

[Valiant]

Originally Posted by kaplin42

As epic as skyrim was, it was also buggy as hell. They better clean that kind of nonesense up quite a bit if they want to be even remotely successful.

That being said, ****ing giggity giggity, I'm in.

Uhh that is how mmo's are. Buggy as **** when released. The crowd is used to it. They could be 10x buggier then skyrim and it is fine the procedures.

[Valiant]

Originally Posted by QuikSsurfer

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If they can recreate daoc, then awesome. But they will have to leave it somewhat difficult.

[kaplin42]

Originally Posted by Valiant

Uhh that is how mmo's are. Buggy as **** when released. The crowd is used to it. They could be 10x buggier then skyrim and it is fine the procedures.

Rift was not, in fact buggy as hell. Class balancing issues sure, but not buggy as hell.

TOR on the other hand, OMFG, it's just terrible.

I've been playing MMO's for over 10 years, I know what the genre is like. I also know that a single player game is a lot easier to design than an MMO. And Bethsada can't even put out one of those that is within the accpetable realm of buggyness, I honestly fear their MMO will be nye unplayble due to the bugs.

[jspchief]

Originally Posted by Detoxing

Oh yay. I get to hear more people harass me about how "X" game is the new WoW Killer.

There will never be a single "wow killer".

WoW will die a death by a thousand cuts, most of them self inflicted.

[drunkie]

Originally Posted by jspchief

There will never be a single "wow killer".

WoW will die a death by a thousand cuts, most of them self inflicted.

if wow doesn't kill itself off with the easy mode crap there will be a wow killer. it is code named titan. the company has such a blind following that there next mmo will break records. an for anyone that doesn't know that company is blizzard. titan is there next mmo being worked on

[Quesadilla Joe]

Bethesda confirms business model for upcoming fantasy MMO game; monthly subscription will cost $14.99/€12.99/£8.99.

http://www.gamespot.com/gamescom/eld...n-fee-6413369/

[jd1020]

Originally Posted by drunkie

if wow doesn't kill itself off with the easy mode crap there will be a wow killer. it is code named titan. the company has such a blind following that there next mmo will break records. an for anyone that doesn't know that company is blizzard. titan is there next mmo being worked on

Every hyped MMO coming out reaches like 1-2M subs and then dies off. I wouldn't be surprised if Titan follows the same fate, especially after seeing the recent offerings from Blizzard. People wont play a game that sucks no matter who puts the stamp on the front. Hell... even Blizzard thought Titan sucked and scrapped it to start over. It must have been pretty ****ing awful for them to do that while releasing D3.

[hometeam]

Originally Posted by jd1020

Every hyped MMO coming out reaches like 1-2M subs and then dies off. I wouldn't be surprised if Titan follows the same fate, especially after seeing the recent offerings from Blizzard. People wont play a game that sucks no matter who puts the stamp on the front. Hell... even Blizzard thought Titan sucked and scrapped it to start over. It must have been pretty ****ing awful for them to do that while releasing D3.

Guildwars 2 is still kicking extremely strong, after Chinese launch I expect it to dethrone WoW with concurrent players.

Of course, GW2 has no subscription fee, and MMO developers that are not taking notice of this are doing themselves a disservice.

[Pants]

Originally Posted by hometeam

Guildwars 2 is still kicking extremely strong, after Chinese launch I expect it to dethrone WoW with concurrent players.

Of course, GW2 has no subscription fee, and MMO developers that are not taking notice of this are doing themselves a disservice.

I'd rather pay $15/mo for something as amazing as Ahn'Qiraj-age WoW.

[Setsuna]

If anyone is interested in this game, then watch the videos of Shoddy Cast. Those guys are diehard Elder Scrolls fans and exclusively have videos about ESO development and content.

[Imon Yourside]

Originally Posted by hometeam

Guildwars 2 is still kicking extremely strong, after Chinese launch I expect it to dethrone WoW with concurrent players.

Of course, GW2 has no subscription fee, and MMO developers that are not taking notice of this are doing themselves a disservice.

I love the GW2 model but the game kinda blows. Free to play is the wave of the future, I mean Warframe has better graphics/gameplay/reward system and you don't have to spend a dime.

[MTG#10]

Got to play this for a couple hours yesterday for a beta stress test. Still needs some touching up but it was ****ing great. Still don't think Im going to buy it though, I cant get myself to pay $60 for a game then have to pay $15/month just to play the damn thing.