Board Thread:Online Discussion/@comment-26290745-20150518114340/@comment-26356342-20150622182307

I know it's been a few days But I figured I'd give my 2 cents, see if maybe I can help anyone still on the fence. I recently bought a PS4 and have been making a dent in the list of games I've been wanting to play, and I've finally hit ESO. Starting as a Breton Sorcerer, I can best describe the experience thus far in 2 ways. 1) A lot of people say it's like Skyrim, but I've personally seen more of Oblivion in it than Skyrim. 2) You know how when you play the Hero, you go into dungeons and such, loot everything and kill everyone? Then you think about the hypothetical "next hero" coming in to adventure only to find the place looted and all the monster's killed? Well, you kinda get to play as that Second guy. Frequent enough I find myself exploring someplace that has all the chests marked empty and dead bodies everywhere. NOW! the chest and enemies do respawn after some time (the enemies appear to be faster at the respawn, appearing in like 20 seconds or so). I am having a lot of fun tho... more fun then I thought I would.


 * Controls: The controls (at least for console players, I can't speak for PC) are very similar to Skyrim's except things like, Running isn't R2 any longer, it's L3, minor things you get used to. But things such as sneaking is the same as it was in Skyrim (R3) So from the start it's familiar enough to just pick up and play.


 * Playing with Others: I was a bit apprehensive at first to play with others, as typically Elder Scrolls is a single play story/experience. But seeing everyone out in the field fighting, kinda adds to the aesthetics of an era of strife. Very few people on the PS4 seem to communicate via the voice chat, and if you find that annoying you can just shut it off. Also worth a note, I personally didnt find this annoying but my fiance did; when completeing quests that involve you fighting a specific enemy, occassionally someone else doing the same quest may come along and attack that enemy, or vice versa, you standing there while someone else killed the enemy "counted" as completeing.


 * Exploration: The random Enemies feel more like an MMO, but discovering new places definetly still feels like Skyrim. By that I mean, theres an over abundance of enemies, that respawn rather quickly. Discovering new locations is just as fun as the first time I played Skyrim.


 * Nirnroot sounds exactly the same


 * Overall: I say give it a shot. Keep expectations realistic, it's not ES6, but if you've got a new console, you love elder scrolls, and want something new to play, it's worth a look. I'm having the most fun just exploring places previously I hadn't seen in-game, and meeting people (like Shalidor) previously I had only read about.