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Elder Scrolls Online, beta sign-up
Sir Nate:
Im start playing oblivion again
Ian:
PC Gamer's closed beta impressions (the impressions seem pretty consistent across the board):
linear, bottle-necked, not really open-world, and it's missing the soul and feel of what makes ES great.
Sir Edward:
--- Quote from: Ian on 2014-02-11, 18:20:28 ---PC Gamer's closed beta impressions (the impressions seem pretty consistent across the board):
linear, bottle-necked, not really open-world, and it's missing the soul and feel of what makes ES great.
--- End quote ---
That's really a shame. I'll play it a little, but clearly the expectation at this point is that I won't stick with it for a long time.
I'd probably be a lot more disappointed if I had played the more open-ended single-player games in the franchise. Maybe I should take the hint and really dive into Skyrim at some point. ;)
Sir William:
I generally don't do the online versions of games...not since Counterstrike (was a lot of bs going on, I got tired of it) which was a shame because that was "Testosterone Thursdays" game of the night more often than not. Then some friends got me involved with Call of Duty which was a lot of fun but it got old after a while...once you realize its just a bunch of idiots running around and blasting eachother in different environments with interchangeable loadouts, it gets old. GTA Online is much the same, except the world's a lot bigger than a 9v9 pvp map...but any of these online games are much more fun with like-minded friends than alone, or with strangers.
Sir Douglas:
I agree, Sir William. I really have a hard time getting into any kind of multiplayer game, not just MMOs. They're fun every once in a while -- I like the occasional TF2 match, and LotRO is my one major MMO exception -- but I get much more satisfaction from playing alone. It lets me play the game how I want to play. If I'm playing an RPG like The Elder Scrolls, sometimes I like to play it realistically. Walking instead of running everywhere, eating food, sleeping at night: roleplaying. It kind of breaks the immersion when some goofball runs up to you, starts jumping around all over the place, and generally acts silly. Other times, I like being that goofball, and it's a lot easier to do that when you don't have those super-serious spreadsheet gamers calling you a n00b.
I grew up playing games mostly alone, so I just prefer single-player games. I don't like how so many games are starting to favor the social features over a solid single-player experience. Maybe I'm just grumpy and anti-social. ;)
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