The Elder Scrolls® Online

A game with tremendous potential, but too much focused on pay-to-win system. It's a shame, because I have a lot of sentiment for The Elder Scrolls series.

Better than anything Bethesda has made in about 19 years.
I would recommend it (on sale)... But... Like all other MMOs, the premium shop is overpriced. They charge $25 for ONE name-change token.
The game itself is playable. But they've still got very predatory financial practices, seeking to pinch every penny out of every possible person for any reason or desire or want or need...

Certain features (like crafting, especially at a large scale and for writs) are clearly designed to be done only with a plus membership. It doesn't seem like they even tried to balance it for non-members.

They throw a lot of useless crap in your inventory which is confusing, not well designed... (If you get the right mods and have the know-how, you can know which ones are useless enough to delete/sell/give away and not bother storing.) Probably intended or at least left alone because there's SOME chance a sucker will buy a 10 slot increase to inventory or bank for $10 worth of crowns instead of the miniscule amount of gold in-game it costs. Also the increased demand for the storage upgrades even with gold slows a lot of players down, incentivizing premium purchases and membership subscriptions.

I can't recommend it for those reasons, the clear BS. But, if you can look past that, it's actually got a lot of positive sides to it.

It's kind of like navigating a minefield, but the journey is arguably worth it. Much more-so than many other MMO's IMO.

I wouldn't recommend anyone get pressured to invest money in memberships or anything in this game. Only if it's a convenience you think is worth your time and money, and if this is that kind of game for you. There are arguably many better things to spend that money on. And I feel a bit guilty even saying I situationally recommend this product given the amount of predatory practices and mistakes people can make on it, especially without good financial prudence. (To reiterate though, it's not all that different from your standard MMO's scumminess as far as I can tell.)

I guess that's that then. If you aren't good with finances, stay clear from this game. If the minor inconveniences the game throws at you tempts you to buy a membership... Or spend money on some terribly priced upgrade... This isn't the game for you. Save yourself, your time, and your money. (There are simply going to be some activites, some features that you are not not TECHNICALLY locked out of but they're really tedious to manage without a Plus subscription.)

If you are responsible with your time, your money, etc... Go for it. It's not bad at all. The game isn't well-designed FOR the consumer in many aspects (which is why I can't recommend it generally,) but if you can hold your own, and are willing to learn what the traps are and when and how to avoid them, how to take alternate routes... It's got some fun and worthwhile content to offer. That which would make the general time investment worth it, even with all the negatives (assuming you didn't fall for them.)

It has a lot of solo content and some decent group content. And really interesting class design and variability. I just would be wary of getting too attached to the product. Playing as more than 1 character is hell, skyshards only save per character and not account-wide... Because they gotta sell those "buy all 16 skyshards in this area for 10 bucks."

It sucks because a lot of the game's core gameplay mechanics and core gameplay loop is really, really well designed. A lot better than a lot of other MMOs.

But, this game is pretty much the epitome of the monkey's paw dilemma. For every good thing, there are 3 bad things. Which granted, is a better conversion rate than most MMOs.



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EXTRA: Beyond The Concise Review: (in progress)
Though of course it still has your standard MMO's dated design of: "Pop a potion or consumable (or equip an armor set with XP boosts) before turning in repeatable quests and/or grinding a dungeon or boss or whatever, to get a 150% boost to rewards and xp and blah blah blah" Just your typical lazy dated design. God forbid they balance a competent cohesive progression system that inherently values your time without having to jump a million and one hoops to maximize your efficiency, which may meet or exceed the expected progression, who the hell knows. The devs probably even don't. Just more items, more consumables, more buffs, more (boring ass) stuff to do and account for, more = more good.

The armory was a GREAT addition, being able to seamlessly change your builds free of cost... Too bad they only give you two slots. And to buy more it's $15 each. Per character... That's right, not even per-account. So they give the community what they asked for sure, but with EXTREME caveats, and with a clear intent to milk the pay-piggies and poor suckers. So it's like wishing upon the monkey's paw. You're only going to get what you ask for if they can profit off of it, and you're gonna get only a fraction of what you wish for every time because you'll only ever get a sampler platter without shelling out the big bucks. Oh and if you want to change your build on the fly, not at your base/house, it's $50. For a dude you can summon almost anywhere. At the cost of... $50. And if you ever want a different cosmetic? You gotta shell out another $50. No they didn't even hide the feature behind a paywall and then put the cosmetics on top and interchangeable... They hid the feature behind a paywall locked to each cosmetic variant. Because money.

And all this is... Yeah all of this is still very much a problem even if you buy the full premium edition of the game. You should probably do a fair amount of research into what those things grant, because the game pay-locks a LOT of content and features behind the in-game store.

After more than 4.000 hours having played this game, I can't recommend this game. Let me explain why.

There are a lot group dungeons in the game, but they all are pointless, because there are a lot people who run like crazy through them because they are only there for leveling up or for an event, which is needed for the rewards of the event. Don't think you get time to do the quest in the dungeons and follow the lore of the dungeons. Because you can't, thanks to the majority of players who just rush to them. There are chests and heavy sacks in the dungeons, but also they are pointless, if you are lucky you can loot a heavy sack, but for chests? Before you have opened the chest, you are already pulled into the next boss fight. And no there will be no communication about it, because the rushers are in a hurry. And there is no option to run dungeons on your own until you are a high level player, but you need the skill points you earn by doing the quest for dungeons just when you are low level. And wouldn't it be fun to know the lore at the start?
And the worst thing which happens a lot in dungeons is that a lot of people are so badly in a hurry, that they take a class like Tank or Healer while they are a DPS and can't heal or tank at all. They change their class so they are faster in a dungeon. Good luck when you are new to the game! Also in trials people try to skip as much as possible.

This rushing behavior does also have consequences for events, people go like crazy for the rewards at the start of the event, while you do get enough time for completing them. But when the ending of the event comes nearby, no one does the required content anymore, so it does take much longer to complete the event because of waiting times, searching for people who want to help you out.

Stay away from the Crown Store, it is a really bad scam! You can buy loot boxes, you don't know what you get and mostly you get trash items. You can trade them for an in-game currency like Gem Stones and that sounds nice but it isn't. For example a mount costs 400 Gem Stones, when you get a mount double it will be automatically turned in for Gem Stones, but you only get 5 Gem Stones for a mount which costs 400 Gem Stones, that's not nice but a scam. There are only in-game currencies shown, so it is never clearly how much money you actually are spending in the Crown Store. For example a house is 14.000 Crowns which do cost you €35,= and after you buy the house you find out that you get far too few slots to decorate it properly. So was that worth your money? And if you do want to buy in the Crown Store read the description very well, there are items which only work on one character and not account wide!!! For example when you like to glamour your gear, you can buy extra slots for real money (expensive) but it will work only on one character!!!

PVP: I like what they have done with the siege weapons, but that's all about it. As a new player you will have not one chance to stay alive over there. Gear is everything in PVP that gives you a fair chance for not getting one shotted over and over again. There was a test a few weeks ago where all players were equal, that was the best experience I have ever had.

Another point I want to make is that the game really demands that you log in daily. Otherwise you miss out on your daily rewards and leveling your mount even slower. (Of course they sell riding lessons in the Crown Store for a lot of real money) It takes 180 days to fully level your mount and that's per character!
And speaking of content that is per character, you can get different companions, but for every character you create you have to follow the exact same quest line over and over again, which are usually really boring and way too long. What is nice is that when you have them leveled to the max, the extra skill you get from them works on every character. The same goes for wayshrines you previously found on another character, you will also have to find them all again on your slow mount. And so the game quickly starts to feel like a job rather than a game you play for relaxation.

When you are playing in the EU during daytime there is a lot of downtime for all kinds of maintenance's even on public holidays! ZOS does not take European players into account. The duration of a maintenance will take most of the time 5 hours, but can be longer.

Is it all bad? No, the lore in the game is good There is a lot to do in the game. If you want to start this game just take your time, the game is really overwhelming for new players and with the upcoming update it won't be easier for new players. Try to find a nice guild, with friendly players, you will need them! Play the game for free! Don't pay a monthly subscription for it, It is not worth it. You get double inventory space and an unlimited crafting bag, but that's really not needed for just playing this game and you are not focused on something like housing or crafting. The game is huge and not all content is immediately playable (most is) as a free player but it will eventually be added to the base game and therefore free to play. Your patience will be rewarded.

I've been playing for a year now, I did play a lot... But also I have cancelled my subscription. From now on I will play this game for free casually with the friends I have made and do all the solo-able content like the stories.
This was my personal opinion, feel mad if you disagree with my opinion.

I play this game mostly for classic elder scroll exploration and quest experience, treating it like other elder scroll single player game while ignoring many of it's multiplayer aspects. Experiencing morrowind in the past before ES3 Morrowind release, meeting character of legends mentioned in some elder scroll games. It's been great!

After nearly 300 hours we are unable to get into our accounts. Neither me or my buddy. Any email service from ESO doesn't work so make sure if you play this, you write down all your login details. Forgetting your userID means forgetting your account. They have avenues in place to recover your account, but those avenues don't work at all. Multiple requests and support tickets over the course of days, without even a single email in return. I can't recommend this to anyone in 2025. It is beyond greedy to litter this game with micro transactions and a subscription while simple services like automated emails do not even work.

Good game if you don't mind being nickle and dimed at every corner...
By that I mean the gameplay itself is good but you have to shill out money and they kneecap you in the most worst ways to do so.
To craft you need dozens if not hundreds of items and your storage is very limited so you need their monthly subscription which gives you a specialized crafting item storage with INFINITE space... that's how much of a problem the number of items is, the storage had to be infinite...
Have fun starting a new character that has to train up their mount each time once daily, it's been a while but I think like 3 stats of 70 each, so 210 days... and if they release a new class you need another 270 days, or you know pay them to boost it... or you know just suck it up in the world PVP and trying to keep up with people to get anywhere...
And lastly the icing on this shit cake, the new expansions. The monthly subscription gives you access to all the lil expansion areas, except the new one, which they withhold for 1 month to try and get you to pay for it...
Oh and don't go into PVP expecting to do well as anything but a DPS, the game is heavily skewed in favor of damage.

I wanted to like this game... I really did but the nickle and diming finally got to me.

As you can tell I've got nearly 6,700 hrs in this game, I'm almost CP 2300 ... and obviously I've liked it for quite some time, but let's be frank, this game is expensive af. The yearly updates are expensive, now there is a season pass -.-, the membership is expensive, the crown shop is expensive (paid lootboxes are 100% cringe). This game is a shameless cash grab, and I'm really starting to lose much of the joy I used to have playing it. I've had a serious fomo problem and I feel like this game feeds a harmful addiction. They still haven't fixed the combat bug (and they probably never will), ballgroups run amuck in pvp (would it kill the devs to cap cross-healing ffs?), and there's terrible balancing as well in the pvp theater. I will never enjoy the tanky meta. Thoughts and prayers to all those necromancers that don't get much love from the devs. Transmutes capped at 1k and Event tickets capped at 12 is also a persistent annoyance. Honestly, I've had much more fun single playing Skyrim, Oblivion, or Fallout with a metric ton of mods. It's also a heck of a lot cheaper. Do yourself a favor, if you like the Elder Scrolls Franchise, play those instead. Sincerely, Lydia the Burdensworn.

Great game for delving deeper into the elder scrolls story and if you enjoy mmos, but honestly with the release of the content pass feels that they're trying to kill the game with more in game purchasing and trying to make eso+ useless.

Best MMO game i ever player, and the best thing is that it is designed for players who loves RPG stories and single player games, because in this game you can actually play like that without any hassles

it's my review for this game..

(Strengths)
Skill Progression System
Presentation and Voice Acting
Lore and Storytelling
PvP Content

(Weaknesses)
Combat Mechanics - because of some lags
PvE Content - sometimes is boring
Technical Issues
Old Graphic
and a lot of money needs for get all stuffs in game :)

i like it and i play it everyday but i hope at least the prices should be cheaper...

Until ZOS decides to do something about the people who were scammed out of their money on the Anniversary ESO plus deal, I don't think I can recommend this game to anyone. It's very frustrating to have this happen, and right as I was deciding to pick it up again.

Its pretty fun. PVE is enjoyable and typical mmo stuff is good. Other players are pretty friendly

To start I love this game, it shows that there is passion behind the development team and behind the game's community, it shows that they do care about the game. I have 1k+ hours on consoles, decided to restart on PC. I would like to give thanks to ZOS_Kevin and ZOS_JessicaFolsom. You two are the pillars of the community and we are grateful for all the work you put in.

Now for the bad stuff:

- ZOS please fire the person/people who writes the promotion materials. This is not the first time that something like the ESO+ discount "misunderstanding" (bait and switch in reality) has happened. I wouldn't be surprised if the ECC will send them a letter to compensate the scammed players. Makes me believe that you not only communicate with your playerbase poorly, but also with the different departments in your company. You also need to communicate it better with the new players that the COMPLETE collection doesn't actually give you all the content in the game.

- The official forums moderators should also get replaced. They are power hungry, they will delete comments, ban anyone who they just don't like. I was considering name dropping some of the scourge of the moderation team, but I'll leave them out.

- ESO+ - That's it, it's just unnecessary. You create the problems and sell the solutions

- The Crownstore. Stop selling Vampire and Werewolf unlocks for 13€ when you can just type it in chat, and someone would happily bite you for free. Also quit selling inventory upgrades. They are unlockable with the in-game currency. I also hope that the EU's new regulation will get rid of your predatory Crown Crate system. It's disgusting that games are allowed to have an in-game casino.

Overall please note that I am not hating just to hate on the game, but rather want to give my feedback to hopefully improve the game. Note that all the negative I wrote isn't about the game mechanics/story quality/design or anything. Your biggest problem are the people making the decisions behind the monetizations or rather how you present them.

craft bags are locked behind a subscription :/
thats the only reason i quit
this world is meaningless if you cant collect crafting materials....
and the game is cheap so they can get you to subscribe or buy dlcs

False advertising and wouldn't correct it the transaction. Steam stating 50% off on membership. After 5 days of contact with them with support. They stated they corrected the wording on the mistake but don't want to offer any money back.

Game itself is pretty good. However, I do not recommend purchasing ESO+. They offered a 50% sale on their website and very clearly stated it was for ALL Steam players. Upon purchasing ESO+ it was not discounted and full price was charged.

I contacted both Steam support and Zenimax support, after a few days they changed the post on the website to say "only first time subscribers", and then they just told me there was no refund, and "apologies for the confusion". ESO had left the post up for several days, and many people bought ESO+ based on this information.

Not much else I can do at this point, but leave this review as a warning for how they treat their players.

Would be such an amazing game if everything didnt cost over 30 bucks.

Also, I resubscribed during a sale, only to pay full price and for steam to tell me that I couldn't get my money back...

PLEASE bethesda, this is like the only fucking game u actively work on.

The DLC peaked with Elsweyr and has been getting worse since. Its super expensive to play any of the fun parts of the game now and yet despite that I can't stop fucking playing.
I really enjoy this game but I can only recommend it when its on sale. Don't make the same mistake I did, the dlc largely isn't worth it especially if you don't plan to get into the game competitively. Too much locked behind paywalls that should be free for all, like the craft bag, jewelry crafting, antiquities, etc. Lots of "Causing a problem and selling the solution" with some of those things, especially with the craft bag.
Honestly if the option was available I'd make my review neutral, I don't despise this game, but unfortunately I can't say I adore it like I used to.

Video gamers need to stop being stepped on by the game developers. They just want to get every bit amount of money from them before nerfing their set-up then hide the overpowered stuff behind a new pay wall. Cyrodiil and dungeons continue to have more bugs each patch, which someone of them instantly kill the player. Example: Steam pipes cannot be turned off in the Volenfell dungeon and will kill the player after about 5 seconds.

Can they finally update the animation?

Like seriously, its 2025. And I know its unqiue.. feel.. is what gives the game its own look and identity, but honestly, I really don't like the very basic character animation the game has. The sound design and effects are great, so are the quest and story lines and NPCS. Now just update the animation and you have a great game.
But in its current state.... gosh I dont get why they stick with it. Its just sooo outdated and even worse than Skyrim which came out 14 years ago...
In addition, I am also, not a fan of the fighting sytem, which is like the chore of the game.
You just feel so weak as a character as you have to deal an incredible amount of damage to even the smallest of foes to kill them (not just like in Skyrim where you could two- or even one-hit a foe with a two handed battle ax - which is turn is very satisfying and rewarding, but nah not in ESO where your foes just seem to withstand twenty hits with a battle ax thats swun by a beefy guy who can split a guy in half with his axe). And even worse, every enemy is levelling up with so whenever you get new items that "increase" your damage, the amount of damage to do compared to your enemies health stays the same, making the gameplay loop quite boring and unrewarding. It also gives room for the question: whats the point in even getting new armor and weapons? Or killing enemies in general? I have often found myself just running through an area filled with mobs and not fighting any of them just so I reach the item or character or whatvever I have to reach for the quest to proceed and not wanting to fight any of the mobs because its rather pointless and boring.

I guess I just dont like the whole MMORPG elements of the game and am expecting from it to be more of a Multiplayer version of Skyrim, but bro, if that actually were the case. An updated version of Skyrim with better graphics and (even more) smooth animations (if the game had Skyram animations and characters that would already be a massive updgrade)... man that would be awesome.

Instead we got this..
A game with an incredible amount of content, great stories, locations, characters, music and effects.

Yet with character animations that is awfully outdated and a fighting system thats awfully unsatisfying, clunky, boring and quite pointless as there is hardly any progression, making it rather frustrating than fun and which feels more like a burden than actual something you would like to spend more time doing (in a game where you do this 70 percent of the time..)

Had this game for 10 years under the same account name, decided to play some PvP matches one night for the first time and the next day I was perma banned for my account name. Tried working with support, but they wouldn't do anything about it.

The latest news regarding season passes has the severely addicted losing their minds, but it's not that bad at all. The pass will cost less than the expansions that used to drop yearly. This is just a new way of dropping content. The new subclass system will make ESO more like other TES games too, so I don't see anything but good things in the future.

As far as the monthly subscription (ESO+) goes. It's not required. It gives some perks, but you can easily play without them. (Yes, you can be a grand master crafter even without the craft bag.)

The game is fun solo or in groups. So if you haven't played yet, or haven't played in awhile I recommend giving it a try.

I like the game,hate the makers of the game. They promised in the beginning that all Dlc content would be free if you bought the game. They lied!

I got this game on xbox when it first came out, i remember when they promised players wouldnt have to buy dlc if they had a subscription, they lied, and made up some bulsht about it not technically being dlc, i wonder how much all the zones cost today, certainly not free like other subscription games, the marketing strategy of rebuy our game you already payed for several times, these greedy money grubbers use predatory money system of the purchasable items being uneven numbers so you have to buy more, just shamelessly greedy garbage, magic is tied to weapons which isnt lore accurate and kinda sucks too, its a shame theyre so greedy

Season pass???? Really??? Like this comment change!!!
So we need to buy the game, then buy a sub for eso + (that was fine), convenient, you could just unsub if you were planing on a break from the game or you finished the content you wanted, but now they want to CONTENT LOCK BEHIND A PAYWAL (new game price) to see new content and pay for eso + (for old content) and they try to mask that bs with ugly pets and mounts.

ESO starting to get super money hungry, hope they get the UBISOFT TREATMENT, from us the player-base.
The old system worked fine, 1 bigger expansion a year or couple of years, now this bs.
This is the start of the downfall of ESO, it was fun while it lasted.
//We can do this, all just unsub from eso+ for a year.

// PS, i might be wrong about somthing, i just watched the live stream.

Buy to Play, + ESO Plus + Cash Shop + Content Pass, what a Cash Cow, im Out, Goodbye

Game has been slowly dying for years, but now it's announced the kill shot: SEASON PASS

Excuse me, "content pass". They announced they're going season pass mode, which will NOT be included with ESO+. So now it's an extra 50$ yearly purchase on top of the monthly 15$, just to get the same amount of content we were getting years ago, that they decided to cut down on, only to back pedal and revert their model yet again (and again).

No new content for ESO+ subscribers, we are now forced to spend even MORE money for DLC. Bad enough when they pulled something similar with Morrowind and calling DLC "Chapters". At least we were still getting the DLC for "free" included with our subscriptions. Now, everyone has to shell out a ton of money (over 100$ in some countries) for less content. Do not support these insidious business tactics.

The devaluing of ESO+ even more, the laundry list of bugs that have been present since the beginning of the game, the lack of awareness of the devs and inability or refusal to listen to their players makes it increasingly hard to justify paying for ESO+ or their scummy "Content Pass" (season pass), let alone continuing playing at all. Steer clear of this game until they revert some things, however unlikely it is.

bought the game to give it a try, though seems like buying the game does not actually give you access to the game, content locked behind pay walls , monthly membership stuff, would have thought a free to play game had all that poopies but nope here you go buy the game then buy all the content as well , waste of time, waste of money, would not recommend unless you want to be a money whale for them

hell only reason i am even typing this review is my steam showed me the "amazing" content pass for 2025 ummm how about go poopies yourself and release fully complete games instead

The new ESO Direct, their re-branding from Chapters (Large Expansions) to a "Seasonal Format" is abysmal. Not only is their likely to be less content now but they are still charging near the same amount while also trying to get you to be on a subscription if you want Previous DLC access and a infinite bag for materials in the game (Which without that infinite materials bag the game is an absolute nightmare to micro manage those materials if you at all want to get into crafting or selling materials). Not even Destiny 2, for all its issues for which their are many, doesn't try to do both a seasonal model AND weasel in a subscription fee on top of that if you want full access to the game and the amount you'd have to pay for to get access through purchasing those DLC's is even more than Destiny 2 its insane. Very anti Consumer. This change was done in order for them to have more time to work on improving the game, which tells me they have leadership completely unwilling to invest in the game and hire more talent to keep the same content cadence AND fix the game (which they barely keep up with bugs, bugs for which have been there for years and yet to be fixed).

I think the game is a decent value to new players though based on what's available from the base game, but not at all for current veterans or returning players. What you get in story of the base game which originally could all be completed in a couple months back in 2015, so about 30$ if you subscribed those two months to do all the content, compared to these 50$-80$ DLC's which give you no where near the same amount of content, you could see why players begin to feel scammed. And these DLC purchases thus far have appeared not even to put a dent into their primary revenue stream that comes from the crown store purchases. So why on the Gods green earth would we still be nickel and diming with a around 15million a month coming in the crown store, with what appears to be very little investment being put into hiring additional resources to maintain the health of the game. If they charged 500$ an expansion we would STILL not see them invest back into maintaining the game and upgrading and improving it in significant ways like several other MMO's have done for their engines and servers. Or was the coding for the engine done so poorly that its really impossible to maintain the game in this way? Yeah it will be a constant butterfly affect within the code to make changes even having to go so far as the root coding, but that's taking care of the product, its hard. That's the job....

I'm sick of hearing from game devs saying how expensive it is to make video games meanwhile completely free to play games made from Inde studios are crushing it in terms of maintaining and improving their games and the amount of content they give their customers which is SO plentiful you see players investing back into the game themselves knowing their purchases and their time are respected. Worth investing into. Their excuses are bullsh*t. Coming from what actually is mismanagement, bureaucracy, and crippling unwillingness to invest back into the game for improvements/maintenance.

Sven of Larian Studios nailed the problem we have with current Game Development studios who prioritize profit before the product itself. If the product is priority, and has vision and passion at the helm in leadership positions, the revenue will follow. Funnily enough he echo's very similar sentiments Steve Jobs had about why companies that create products fail over time. Financial Suites get into decision making positions, instead of Product Development who are the ones with actual passion and vision for the product, and then you see the product being great NOT being the #1 prioritization anymore. Profit becomes #1. It's a business after all they say. And then we all get to witness the gradual degradation of that product.

The most recent examples of this for live service games that I've played? Well ESO obviously, SWTOR, and Destiny 2. Which all followed the same trends downward and produced the same excuses. Which would be believable if it weren't for these other VERY successful live service games from Inde Studios even which are not following those downward trends and give an unreal and unexpected amount of content FOR FREE. I'd add WoW as another one of the severe disappointments, though with what my main complaints are, Blizzard surprisingly does VERY well with maintaining the game and improving it. Their struggle is listening to players feedback for the games content.

ESO needs ACTUAL investment from its leadership, those in decision making positions who likely are not driven with passion for the product nor have a vision for it. So it appears to be pretty bleak that this will happen unless its at the expense of the product itself which is arguably happening now with their re-branding to Seasons which likely will be less content (the entire seasons content cumulatively being less than chapters we were getting in comparison), so that the development team could focus more on upgrading and improving the base game. Rather than hiring more talent to keep the games development cadence with Chapters AND improve/upgrade the game. This game is crippled by greedy leadership. Or maybe just the lack of passionate leadership with a vision.

With all of this said. I do NOT hate the game!! I loved it!!! I don't want to hurt the staff who are diligently working on it. I just want what used to be my favorite game to get the love and investment it deserves, I sincerely believe it could be the TOP MMO if it did ever get that level of investment towards improvements and upgrades but damn will it need leadership with passion and vision still too. I want the game to succeed. But it's not getting the investment it needs to do so and it doesn't appear to have the leadership that truly has a passion and vision for making this game the best MMO out there, or at the very least the greatest game that they've ever made, which I'd hope is their goal.

I have played ESO across 2 platforms and almost 9,000 hours total. I loved this game.

Past tense - because Bethesda are now just taking the mickey with this season pass crap!

i've paid $150 annually for my ESO plus subscription SINCE THIS GAME CAME OUT! I did so because they advertised it as ensuring that the membership would include ANY AND ALL FUTURE CONTENT - except that is now a lie.

The ESO plus membership is now $150 for effectively just bag space and a few bank slots.

And now $84.95 for the 2025 content pass, on TOP?!?!!!

Absolutely not.

Get bent Bethesda!

Let me get this straight, instead of balancing the game and bringing outdated sets up to date and lifting up left-behind classes they will just blend everything into a huge nothingburger? I love this game I WANT to love this game, but patch after patch it just keeps on getting worse and worse.

More variety, you say? I say 1-2 build that will be effective endgame, and if you do not comply with it, you will be left behind.

If you are a quester, roleplayer or metanerd, good for you, this update is peak, but if you just like to play your class (which will not exist anymore) and like to have any sort of individuality that is left in this game it's over.

Incoming blandness, monotone nothingness, balancing nightmare, unplayable pvp, either obey the new meta in pve or be left behind, the end.

Today marks the death of ESO, words I thought I'd ever say. Cancelled my sub and uninstalling for the first time ever, it's been a good ride while it lasted, hate to see it end this way. When the June 2025 update comes out this game will be no longer recognisable or recommendable to anyone.

The game is solid. MMO's aren't really my thing but as a fan of the Elder Scrolls, I am really enjoying the stories and additions to the lore. I really appreciate that most content in the game can be done solo, thus it is able to feel somewhat like a main-line TES game.

Although I'm a little bummed that the game went on sale two days after I bought it.

Yes. One of my favorites, Can play solo, with friends, guild or companions. It can be dicey after not playing for a while with updates and changes but overall, solid game.

It's like Skyrim but MMO. The base game is very cheap while on sale and has a lot of content. Surprisingly, there are still plenty of people playing this thing to this very day and it seems to be getting updates. Not sure why a game from 2014 is so large (100+gb) tho, also the updates are super large.

ESO is a lore hunter's wet dream. It goes into deep lore, serious deep lore on the regular.

Is it the best elder scrolls game ever made? No.
is it the best MMO ever made? No.

But it is a /good/ game.

It has a solid gameplay loop, a mountain of content over the years of active development, and more than enough stuff to keep you busy while you hunt down all the story and make your perfect vestige.

If you love playing the Elder Scroll games like Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim, you will love this. You can play solo or with friends. Some quests and areas might be too hard to face alone, but there is plenty to do by yourself. I love it. Didn't think I would, since I'm not social and don't normally play online games.

This game is absolutely amazing. I have been playing religiously for the last week. Every quest, every side quest, guild and people I've met have been absolutely amazing. The fact we can use Add-ons to help simplify and enhance the game makes it even more fun.

The Elder Scrolls Online – More Disappointment Than Expectation

After all the hype and anticipation for an online version of the legendary series, The Elder Scrolls Online leaves a lot to be desired. On paper, it sounds great – a huge world, quests, combat, but it just doesn’t deliver.

Gameplay: Boring and Uninspired
The combat is a mess. Attacks feel delayed, and enemies don’t die even when you’re hitting them correctly. The mechanics are repetitive, and the animations are clunky, making battles more of a chore than fun.

Story: Not What You’d Hope For
The story is weak, even though the lore is solid. Sure, there are a few interesting moments, but most quests boil down to “kill all the monsters” or “fetch this item.” Compared to the main Elder Scrolls games, the story takes a back seat, and you never really feel like a hero.

World: Beautiful But Empty
The locations are beautiful, but they quickly feel lifeless. Instead of getting immersed in the world, you’re reminded that it’s just a game – too many players running around, and NPCs with no depth. The immersion suffers because of it.

Monetization: Enough Already
The game is technically free to play, but you’ll have to pay if you want a comfortable experience. Most useful features, like extra inventory slots, are locked behind paywalls, and the constant need to buy new expansions gets old fast.

Should You Play?
Only if you’re a die-hard TES fan and don’t mind MMO annoyances. But if you’re looking for the depth and excitement of Skyrim or Oblivion, look elsewhere.

Final Verdict: 4 empty wallets out of 10.

🌸🎮 From Console to PC: A Fresh ESO Adventure! 🎀✨

OMG, moving from ESO on Xbox Series X to PC has been such a fun change! 😍💖 I already loved the game on console, but now I get to experience it in a whole new way!

The biggest difference for me? Keyboard & mouse controls! 🎯💻 It took a little getting used to, but once I adjusted, it felt really natural! Also, chatting is SO much easier—no more painfully slow virtual keyboard! 💬✨ Now I can actually type fast and communicate without struggling!

One thing that really surprised me was how active the PC NA community is! 😲🎉 The Xbox NA servers were always super lively, so I was expecting PC to feel emptier since some YouTubers said it doesn’t have as many players… but it doesn’t feel that way at all! 💖 There are always people in towns, world events are packed, and finding groups is easy! 🏹✨

If you’re thinking of switching? Go for it! 💕💻 It’s a different experience, but still the same amazing world of ESO!

✨💖 See you in Tamriel, Champion! 💖✨

Super flexible MMO, not a ton of mental energy required. If you liked questing in TES games, this is worth a try.

You don't need a sub to play, but I recommend one if you're going to play at all.

I've given the game 871 hours. That's a fair trail time, me thinks. The game is not for me. I did and do however love Oblivion and do not want this review to be a punch in the nose to the incredible creators.

It is non-functional. I only paid $2 and I want it back
but I can't because the burned my 2 hr return period with 100 GB of ingame downloads prior to starting.
The game ran once. I finished the tutorial and it hasn't let be back in since. I get a 307 error and booted off the server both North America and Europe.

Play Path of Exile

The game is trash.
UI is overloaded.
The game doesn't provide you with a proper tutorial and explain what are the mechanics.
Pay to win, since if you not willing to pay for the subscription and DLCs you won't use all content in paid model game.
Also it's not integrated with Steam, You download ~130 GB and after that ~90 GB of content (Why not integrate and download all at once?)

Amazing game, hundreds of hours worth of content. can be played alone or with some friends, either or the experience is spot on. I found it to really scratch the want to play Elder Scrolls: Skyrim, but trying something new. if you haven't played before I'd highly recommend giving it a go but give it some time as can take a while to get used to!

I didn't even install this game yet and I can tell you I am already having a horrible experience.

After spending the entire day downloading it via steam and finally getting the "your game is ready to play" notification after downloading a crazy 119.6 GB of bulls*** the Zenimax launcher launched, what I expected to be a "PLAY" button turns out to be a "DOWNLOAD" button.

and guess what? it wants to re-download 97.35 GB ALL OVER AGAIN..

WHAT THE F-U-C-K?

Stupid freemium game that takes up almost 200 gigs.

I paid 2 dollars for the "starter edition" and just the launcher is 160. It now wants to download 90GB just to update.

The game doesn't even look that good! How bloated is this piece of crap?

All this just to dip my toes in a stale MMO that nickels and dimes you to access the content that's rotting on my hard-drive. Optimize your garbage.

Maybe when I become old fat and retarded I'll recoup on my $2 investment.

I just wanted to copy/paste the ticket i sent to the Developers:

"I just downloaded 135gb of game files via steam.
Tried opening the game, but instead opened a launcher with another 96gb of download data. I let the launcher run for 30 minutes just to make sure it wasnt verifying files instead of downloading, but no.... its redownloading the game. Searched online for an answer and found out that you first make me download the old game files without the patches and everything.... OLD GAME FILES THAT NEED TO BE CHANGED, then you update it via launcher. WHY DID I DOWNLOAD THE GAME FILES THAT ARE GOING TO BE CHANGED IN THE FIRST PLACE?????

I was ready to play the game after 16hrs of download, got fucked in the face instead.
If you think its not a big deal, in the remote area where I live... I dont have unlimited optic cable internet etc. i have to pay for my data just like mobile data.... so every 100gb is is another 11 euros. So thank you for taking my money without giving me nothing in return.

This is not a ticket i need help with. I just wanted to say fuck you to the developer and the employee reading this. I hope you have a terrible launch of every new game or dlc and you go bancrupt.

fuck you"


the end

0/10 I decline to spend another 11 euros to play the game i got scammed by. Blacklisting the developer. And on more for the road: fuck you

ATTENTION: EVEN THOUGH IT SAYS I REVIEWED THE GAME AFTER 10 HOURS OF GAMEPLAY, I DID NOT PLAY FOR AN HOUR!

Idk. i needed to download the game 3 times and then it didn't even let me connect.

Although the pvp which is an endgame for most MMO's is certainly forgotten by devs, ESO it is the only MMO I can come back to and play again after some time