User blog comment:Deyvid Petteys/ESO is a WOW clone?/@comment-75.72.184.248-20140208220328

The game may not be a clone of WoW, but it does belong in the WoW category more so then the TES category.

The world is restrictive. You have a bazillion worthless sidequests to achieve. At least early in the game, everything feels linear. I cannot just go off and adventure and happen upon some spooky cave... nay, instead im stuck running around doing boring erran quests for npcs i dont care about. Much less freedom.

Combat is a wonky cone targeting system. If you dont have the enemy targeted, you will not hit. If they are targeted, you will hit. Previous TES titles had a great, fps style of combat... ESO is like WoW with number keys for special attacks.

I had planned to pre-order 2 imperial copies. After trying the beta and seeing this is just a generic MMO reskinned as Elder Scrolls, I will not be buying anything.