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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Raphael on May 10, 2012, 11:27:20 AM
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It's been confirmed: company close to bethesda IS developing an MMO in the elder scrolls universe. in Skyrim.
http://store.steampowered.com/news/?appids=72850
hell yeah! :D
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I have never played Skyrim, but it seems to have a healthy following. I'm not surprised at this at all, I figured it was a matter of time before they took it online.
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Pfft. 90% of what makes Skyrim popular is the game play. Unless they do something vastly different from what I've seen proposed so far, it will have more traditional MMO gameplay (ie-press 1 to use this ability, then 2 to use this ability, autotargeting, no need to aim spells/arrows, etc etc) I can't speak for others, but I know for myself that's not what I would want to see it turn into.
Wiley.
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Pfft. 90% of what makes Skyrim popular is the game play. Unless they do something vastly different from what I've seen proposed so far, it will have more traditional MMO gameplay (ie-press 1 to use this ability, then 2 to use this ability, autotargeting, no need to aim spells/arrows, etc etc) I can't speak for others, but I know for myself that's not what I would want to see it turn into.
Wiley.
Ditto
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHbF9ynGZV0
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I played Elder Scrolls 3 and loved it.
I bought Oblivion and it never really did anything for me. Just seemed too cut and dry after ES 3.
Was planning on buying Skyrim, but found out it is only available with a rootkit and whatnot (Steam), so I'll be passing on it.
Guess I'll have to pass on the rest also as I avoid Punkbuster and friends like the plague.
Sad end to a great series for me. :(
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHbF9ynGZV0
:rofl I hadn't seen that one yet!
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I played Elder Scrolls 3 and loved it.
I bought Oblivion and it never really did anything for me. Just seemed too cut and dry after ES 3.
Was planning on buying Skyrim, but found out it is only available with a rootkit and whatnot (Steam), so I'll be passing on it.
Guess I'll have to pass on the rest also as I avoid Punkbuster and friends like the plague.
Sad end to a great series for me. :(
It's not that bad. It actually is better because all your mods are neatly organized and uninstalling/installing is a breeze. I remember having troubles deleting mods in Fallout 3 (which used the same engine/mod system), and had to hunt down the exact file that was corrupt or causing bugs. I like the Steam Workshop for Skyrim.
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Pfft. 90% of what makes Skyrim popular is the game play. Unless they do something vastly different from what I've seen proposed so far, it will have more traditional MMO gameplay (ie-press 1 to use this ability, then 2 to use this ability, autotargeting, no need to aim spells/arrows, etc etc) I can't speak for others, but I know for myself that's not what I would want to see it turn into.
Wiley.
Everything that made Elder Scrolls will not be in Elder Scrolls Online, it's going to be a cookie cutter MMO using a modified HERO engine (same engine used by SWTOR). The only interesting aspect maybe it's PvP.
ack-ack
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Fallout = Best RPG in human history.
Thread ended.
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Mass Effect 1, 2, and 9/10ths of ME3. Best RPG series.
Neverwinter Nights -2nd best
Fallout series -3rd
Elder Scrolls -4th
Diablo series - 5th
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Mass Effect 1, 2, and 9/10ths of ME3. Best RPG series.
Neverwinter Nights -2nd best
Fallout series -3rd
Elder Scrolls -4th
Diablo series - 5th
All great games!
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All great games!
NWN was my first RPG. I spent 4 years playing that religiously. So much fun it's impossible to take into account that it's 10 years old. My Cleric/Ftr/Arcane Archer wrecked just about everybody at level 40, even if a Wiz/Sorc decided to debuff me. Too bad my old server that I played on for 5 years died. :cry Haven't touched it in 2 years.
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Didn't you guys hear me.
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SoYHzbwyzlg/Tc6dPWHIAII/AAAAAAAAAKg/fj-eiOwa4wg/s1600/fallout-new-vegas.jpg)
:rock Thread over.
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I am still waiting for the sequel to Fallout 2. It's going to be a long wait.
Oblivion, except for some improved mechanics was a league lower than Morrowind. Skyrim I have not played, but it still seems dumbed down - I must give it a try before judging more. Turning it online in MMO form seems like a bad idea in an attempt to cash in on the singled player success. It will have nothing of those things that made the single player series so good.
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Bethesda isn't doing Elder Scrolls Online. It is just a license for another company.
And I agree, what makes the Elder Scrolls series fun is stuff that cannot be done in an MMO.
Sadly, the last one I really liked was Daggerfall. As soon as they started doing them on consoles they started sucking.
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Didn't you guys hear me.
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SoYHzbwyzlg/Tc6dPWHIAII/AAAAAAAAAKg/fj-eiOwa4wg/s1600/fallout-new-vegas.jpg)
:rock Thread over.
What's that? Never heard of it :)
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I am still waiting for the sequel to Fallout 2. It's going to be a long wait.
Oblivion, except for some improved mechanics was a league lower than Morrowind. Skyrim I have not played, but it still seems dumbed down - I must give it a try before judging more. Turning it online in MMO form seems like a bad idea in an attempt to cash in on the singled player success. It will have nothing of those things that made the single player series so good.
I played both, but am curious. I see a lot of people online talking about how Morrowind was head and shoulders above Oblivion. I'm curious. Why was it that much better? The only thing that really sticks out in my memory was the custom spells aspect of Morrowind.
Wiley.
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Bethesda isn't doing Elder Scrolls Online. It is just a license for another company.
And I agree, what makes the Elder Scrolls series fun is stuff that cannot be done in an MMO.
Sadly, the last one I really liked was Daggerfall. As soon as they started doing them on consoles they started sucking.
Zenimax owns Bethesda
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Zenimax owns Bethesda
Yup. That doesn't affect that it isn't being done by Bethesda and is just an IP license for another developer.
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Yup. That doesn't affect that it isn't being done by Bethesda and is just an IP license for another developer.
Yeah it kind of does. I mean it is not some random company from Russia. These companies work together.
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I played both, but am curious. I see a lot of people online talking about how Morrowind was head and shoulders above Oblivion. I'm curious. Why was it that much better? The only thing that really sticks out in my memory was the custom spells aspect of Morrowind.
Wiley.
The overall package was much "tighter" so to speak. I totally hated the main story in Oblivion. Never followed it, because closing the "gates" was not fun and it just kept repeating. Didn't like the theme of it at all. The worst thing about Oblivion was the "scalable" encounters. Morrowind gave you no slack. When you wandered into a cave you never knew what you may face - it could be encounters designed for players 20 levels above you, or below you. That created suspense and a feeling of advancement when you return later to take your revenge upon the critters that whooped you 10 levels ago. Instead, in oblivion everything was the same difficulty - never above you and if you returned later the puny starving bandits were wearing golden plated armors that would not shame a prince. WTF? they won the lottery while I was away?
Morrowind had more weapon categories than Oblivion. Spears and other polearms for example disappeared from the world of Oblivion.
Oblivion, beyond the much improved graphics and animations, has the ability to operate magic and melee while in Morrowind you had to switch modes, so it was either or thing. That's the biggest thing I'd give in favor of Oblivion.
Morrowind still has an active moders comunity. There are som amazing mods that improve the graphics beyond what I could believe possible. The animations are still **** though.
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Didn't you guys hear me.
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SoYHzbwyzlg/Tc6dPWHIAII/AAAAAAAAAKg/fj-eiOwa4wg/s1600/fallout-new-vegas.jpg)
:rock Thread over.
Good game - way too short and way too easy to just follow the main story line.