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Game Informer's June 2012 Cover Reveal shows the next issue of the magazine will offer the official unveiling of The Elder Scrolls Online, finally fulfilling long-time speculation that Bethesda would one day create an MMO based on their popular RPG series. They say the game will come to Windows and OS X next year, and that a teaser trailer a screenshot will be posted tomorrow. Here's what they reveal so far: Developed by the team at Zenimax Online Studios, The Elder Scrolls Online merges the unmatched exploration of rich worlds that the franchise is known for with the scale and social aspects of a massively multiplayer online role-playing game. Players will discover an entirely new chapter of Elder Scrolls history in this ambitious world, set a millennium before the events of Skyrim as the daedric prince Molag Bal tries to pull all of Tamriel into his demonic realm.
"It will be extremely rewarding finally to unveil what we have been developing the last several years," said game director and MMO veteran Matt Firor, whose previous work includes Mythic's well-received Dark Age of Camelot. "The entire team is committed to creating the best MMO ever made – and one that is worthy of The Elder Scrolls franchise."
An in-depth look at everything from solo questing to public dungeons awaits in our enormous June cover story – as well as a peek at the player-driven PvP conflict that pits the three player factions against each other in open-world warfare over the province of Cyrodiil and the Emperor's throne itself.
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Verno wrote on May 3, 2012, 13:18:
Jdrez wrote on May 3, 2012, 13:12: All I know is I've been wanting this for years and I hope like hell it stays first person and real time, and that they don't try to go WoW and give us more boring fucking hotbar 'combat.' I don't know, I've always felt like combat was the weakest aspect of the TES games. While I don't think hotbars are necessarily the way to go, I would welcome some changes to make things more interesting. Bethesda games (to me) are mostly about exploration and making yourself into a walking death machine since the combat mechanics are so poorly balanced. The former is easy enough to do but I'm not sure how they will keep the combat balanced and interesting without user modifications.
Yeah. I just don't trust a company that comes out and says their game is going to be ready next year when the public hasn't even set eyes on a single aspect of the game. I guess we'll agree to disagree, I think a year is plenty of time to show off and market the game. At some point they just have to shove it out the door, it's more a question of what state its in. I agree with all of this, too. I somehow enjoyed combat in Oblivion but got very tired of it very quickly in Skyrim, which ultimately stopped me around 30 or so hours (I want to go back, plan to, but... not certain I will actually.) But any MMO I've played has had far worse combat, so I'm not sure this will be anything more than a step back, at least it can't be an enormous one.
As for the walking death machine, I just don't think MMOs can communicate that well as there's always someone more powerful than you. Not "better," which is why I hate MMOs, but more powerful. Or at least as powerful. |
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