The Elder Scrolls Online

[Cat]

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The Elder Scrolls Online, also known as The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited, and commonly abbreviated as ESO, is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) that was announced in May 2012 and was released for PC and Mac on April 4th, 2014. It is the eighth game in The Elder Scrolls series. On June 9th, 2015, the game was released on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
Developed by the team at ZeniMax Online Studios, The Elder Scrolls Online merges the unmatched exploration of rich worlds that the franchise is known for with the scale and social aspects of a massively multiplayer online role-playing game.

The Elder Scrolls Online features a Buy-to-Play model similar to previous Elder Scrolls titles, where one buys the game and play it for free afterwards, but there is also an optional membership program, ESO Plus, which grants bonuses such as increased XP gain and free access to all DLC Packs. The game has an in-game cash shop, the Crown Store, where things such as vanity items and cosmetic mounts are sold for a premium currency called Crowns, but nothing that gives players a significant advantage over another will be sold. Players who have had a subscription prior to the transition will be given 1500 crowns, or more if they have had a three or six-month subscription.

Buying the Imperial Edition gives players the option to play as an Imperial, craft Imperial gear, convert existing gear into the Imperial style, gives an Imperial horse with standard stats, a mudcrab vanity pet and the Pledge of Mara, which allows players to marry.

 

[Xyz]

Ditching the pay-to-play monthly subscription business model helped them out quite a bit.

Their buy-then-play model gave [Starting Jan '15] gave them a significant boost to their player count.
It sharply rose give Oct '15 until it reached Jan '16 from the "Thieves Guild Expansion" [Correct me if I'm wrong]
However during the last couple of months, ESO is beginning to sink back to it's original account from since it's release.
Still a few thousand play it, but it's beginning to sink.

I can't see myself playing it, but it seems alright.

 

[pudsey]

if someone bought it for me
i'd play it

i'm not paying like £50 for something which isn't even a good TES game

 

[Cat]

if someone bought it for me
i'd play it

i'm not paying like £50 for something which isn't even a good TES game

£70-£80

and the devs removed monthly subscription last year

so you buy the game and play it how much you would like without spending another 8.99£

 

[Vasey105]

I played it for a while with a few friends, so we had a full party (tank, x2 dps, healer) which was really fun to play. I've never been into MMOs but I really enjoyed this for the amount of time I played.

Also it's only £70-£80 if you but the Imperial Edition on Steam.
You can buy the standard for £50 on steam, or go to G2A and get it considerably cheaper.
If you want a steam key on G2A it'll still be pretty pricey, I paid £40 for the Imperial Edition.

Honestly, all of the bad reviews are what put me off for so long, but I'm really glad I bought it.

 

[Larom]

I have bought it, great game I recommend it

 

[SnowBone]

I heard it was shit, or have they updated it?

 

[Larom]

I heard it was shit, or have they updated it?

Don't know...When I started playing it it was good

 

[pudsey]

I heard it was shit, or have they updated it?

People say it's shit because apparently it's a good MMO, but not a good TES game.
That's what I heard anyway.