@RFlagg i hear ya man.im excited but hope it doesnt suck.

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Elder Scrolls online: the arrival trailer has been added as a related post - related requested by enoch on that post.

elder scrolls online-actual group gameplay has been added as a related post - related requested by enoch.

Okay, based on the last 3 stress tests. I don't think ESO should launch in June. I don't think it is nearly ready to call for a subscription. It's not bad, but its not as good as say Guild Wars 2, and what I'd expect of some of the upcoming "next gen" MMOs. I'm not in the WildStar beta, sadly, but based on what I've seen in Twitch streams and talking to people who are in (who don't seem to have a friend key to spare, grr. ) it seems far more polished than ESO, and I can see myself subscribing to that one. Of course who knows how much more polished the real beta is compared to the stress test betas, since the game is still under a full NDA, and I only made it to level 6 or 7 during the time. Of course those first 10 to 15 or so levels is when you need to hook the player and convince them that it will be worth $15 a month. There are several MMOs coming out that I feel will make ESO fall back, beyond Wildstar, there's Everquest: Next (and EQ:Landmark), the semi-mmo games like Destiny and The Division... If they used the GW2 model, of buy the box, play online free, I think it would do okay, and they will still get a lot of short term subscriptions from people who don't care, so long as it is an Elder Scrolls game, but I think they'll be too disappointed to stay beyond a quarter. I hope the real betas are that much better than the stress tests...

Anyhow, nice to see the conclusion of their older trailer, and an upvote for its quality alone.

Quite a few have fallen past me, I have no console, only play PC.

New Austin - Red Dead Redemption
Bullworth Academy - Bully
City 17 - Half Life 2
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New York - Mafia
Trevelyan's Bunker (Cuba) - Goldeneye
2Fort? - Team Fortress 2
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Nos Astra, Illium, Crescent Nebula - Mass Effect
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Mario somethingorother
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Panau - Just Cause 2
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Rapture - Bioshock
San Andreas - GTA:SA
Skyrim - Elder Scrolls V
USG Ishimura, in orbit around Aegis VI - Dead Space
Vice City - GTA-VC
Midway - Battlefield 1942
XEN - Half Life
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Meh. Keep yer X-Playwiis.

cant wait till spring.
you gonna come play this game with me?
http://videosift.com/video/first-look-elder-scrolls-character-creation

what if, beyond all negativity, they DO keep it true to elder scrolls? kinda like an ultima online system. Ultima Online was more like elder scrolls in its execution with no levels and only skills. so it could very well work. and if its just skyrim multiplayer. so what! i wished i could go online and raid towns with a buddy. or dungeons if thats your thing

All that the Archer/Assassin act in the middle needed was an Oliphant or two. And the elven female mage was HOT (yes, pun intended).
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What bugs me about this is it's where Bethesda's attention is going to go for the next four years instead of concentrating and putting out the next quality single-player chapter in what is all of a mature and proven franchise, a genre that they own, and a immersive play experience that they are the absolute benchmark in. MMO's where the money's at, sure, but they made a KILLING with Skyrim and its single-player sequel would have been an absolute sure bet to do same.

Makes me sad as they've been very consistent at releasing a new chapter every 5-6 years for the previous 3 chapters, and this means Elder Scrolls VI is now likely to be much further out than 2016.

Epic bearded guy would be wearing Nordic Carved Armor. So, yeah, Ebonheart Pact.

I completely agree about Elder Scrolls being a single player experience. For me anyway. I've never enjoyed MMOs and there's no chance that this is going to sway me. About the only thing I'd like added to the TES games is a little more micromanagement of my companions. Dragon Age: Origins got that right.

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Great trailer. Shame the actual game won't be anything like that .

My favorite thing about Oblivion and Skyrim were the mods. To begin with it was just fixing bugs Bethesda missed, then it was tweaks to balance some aspects of the game but eventually you could get mods that put some professional DLC to shame.

Anyway, they promised to stay true to Elder Scrolls with this MMO, but I don't really see how they can.

Pretty cool trailer... Sadly, I find "Elder Scrolls" and "MMO" to be an oxymoron, so I'd say there is about a snowball's chance in hell of me actually being interested in playing it -- despite the fact that I'm a huge Elder Scrolls fan.

On a different note, anyone want to wager a guess as to what the different groups were in the vid? I thought it was Aldmeri Dominion attacking an Imperial fort of some kind, but then the 3-way Mexican stand off at the end seemed like Dominion vs. ??? (Dark Brotherhood or Thieves guild?) vs. ??? (braided beard dude in Dwemer armor = return of the Dwemer?)

You know, just because it's an ad for a video game, doesn't mean it's all CG. After all didn't they use a fair amount of live action in the Skyrim TV spots?

Anyway, as impressive an ad as it is, by the looks of it, it's just going to be WoW with a different art style. I just hope this doesn't mean an end to Elder Scrolls single player games.

Sounds like an Elder Scrolls faction.