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Re: The Elder Scrolls Online
« Reply #300 on: May 04, 2014, 03:08:28 PM »
Use your own damn senses to figure out whether you like something or not, you lazy bastard.

Your point is well made. I can only wish you luck in trying to figure out which mushrooms are poisonous.
Its simple: dont eat wild mushrooms.
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Re: The Elder Scrolls Online
« Reply #301 on: May 04, 2014, 11:22:32 PM »
Your point is well made. I can only wish you luck in trying to figure out which things to eat.

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Re: The Elder Scrolls Online
« Reply #302 on: May 06, 2014, 08:43:05 AM »
The reviews for this game are really demonstrating, once again, why the numerical rating system is so flawed.  Most of the reviews I've read are just shitting all over it, but they're still giving overall scores of 6/10 or 8/10.  Then websites like Wikipedia and Metacritic summarize the reception as being positive.

The numerical system can work well in tandem with the full review. There are some games which have serious flaws but are still really fun gmes. 007:Everything or Nothing comes to mind.The single player is pretty bad and the competetive mode sucks big hairy balls, but the co-op mode is one of the best co-ops I'veever played. It's hard as nailsand you both really need to work together to survive.. My main review would slate the game, but I'd still gie it 6/7 out of 10 just for the huge amount of fun in the coop.

Re: The Elder Scrolls Online
« Reply #303 on: May 06, 2014, 08:18:58 PM »
That would require reading and thinking about how the game might fulfil one's gaming needs.

THE NUMERICAL RATING SYSTEM IS FLAWED!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Re: The Elder Scrolls Online
« Reply #304 on: May 09, 2014, 01:25:10 PM »

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« Reply #305 on: May 10, 2014, 02:16:28 AM »
ESO, the game no one actually wants to play.

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Re: The Elder Scrolls Online
« Reply #306 on: May 10, 2014, 05:32:07 AM »
ESO, the game no one actually wants to play.
Or just some people?

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Re: The Elder Scrolls Online
« Reply #307 on: May 11, 2014, 06:11:57 PM »
It looks like ZeniMax does indeed care about the lore:

13:50   beardo   Here is the most accurate map of Tamriel http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130730213646/elderscrolls/images/3/3c/EmpireOfTamrielMap_Daggerfall.png
13:51   Saddam   Imperial Province
13:51   Blanko   Is that desert in the south?
13:52   Blanko   Oh
13:52   Saddam   No, that's just the parchment being faded or something
13:52   Blanko   I guess it's just shitty background
13:52   Saddam   It captures the lore element well, at least
13:52   Saddam   Better than Skyrim's fucking GPS-style map
13:53   Saddam   Way to spoil the mood, Bethesda
13:53   beardo   http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140304125449/elderscrolls/images/8/8e/Stros_M%27Kai_Map.png
13:53   Blanko   b-but muh user convenience
13:53   Blanko   BAAAAWWWWWWW
13:53   Saddam   At least with the earlier games it felt like you were looking at a map
13:54   Saddam   Rather than taking out your smartphone and looking up Google Earth
13:54   Saddam   beardo: That map is accurate
13:54   beardo   Does this exist in Redguard? http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130621142813/elderscrolls/images/6/6d/Stros_M%27Kai_%28Online%29.jpg
13:55   Saddam   Oh, yes, it does
13:55   Saddam   That's the statue of Hunding, it looks like
13:55   beardo   Okay
13:55   Blanko   w0w
13:55   Blanko   The developers of TESO actually played Redguard?
13:55   Saddam   Only in Redguard, it looks a lot shittier
13:55   beardo   I bet it looks just as goot too, eh?
13:55   Blanko   shit tier
13:55   beardo   and good
13:55   beardo   okok
13:56   Saddam   I think TESO depicted Stros M'Kai quite faithfully to Redguard
13:56   Blanko   Can we ever talk about anything else
13:57   beardo   Yes. They're depicting the world from one of the least well known TES games fatefully.
13:57   Saddam   Power armor and energy weapons
13:57   beardo   Instead what do they do to Windhelm
13:57   Saddam   Hey, maybe they were fans

Re: The Elder Scrolls Online
« Reply #308 on: May 11, 2014, 08:43:53 PM »
TES is the least interesting fantasy series I've ever played.

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Re: The Elder Scrolls Online
« Reply #309 on: May 11, 2014, 10:26:13 PM »
TES is a deep and engaging fantasy series with lore lore lore.

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Re: The Elder Scrolls Online
« Reply #310 on: May 12, 2014, 12:05:38 AM »
Lore galore.

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« Reply #311 on: May 12, 2014, 03:17:07 AM »
13:53   Saddam   At least with the earlier games it felt like you were looking at a map
13:54   Saddam   Rather than taking out your smartphone and looking up Google Earth

Wow. You are literally the worst.

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Re: The Elder Scrolls Online
« Reply #312 on: May 12, 2014, 03:27:36 AM »
13:53   Saddam   At least with the earlier games it felt like you were looking at a map
13:54   Saddam   Rather than taking out your smartphone and looking up Google Earth

Wow. You are literally the worst.

Yeah Saddam me and Rushy like literally can't even
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Re: The Elder Scrolls Online
« Reply #313 on: May 12, 2014, 03:49:35 AM »
That's just one of numerous reasons why Morrowind and Oblivion are far better than Skyrim.

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« Reply #314 on: May 12, 2014, 04:08:32 AM »
That's just one of numerous reasons why Morrowind and Oblivion are far better than Skyrim.

Name three other things that make Oblivion superior to Skyrim.
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Re: The Elder Scrolls Online
« Reply #315 on: May 12, 2014, 05:12:55 AM »
Immersion for one. Maybe I'm biased. I think the setting is significantly superior to Skyrim's. Cyrodil is a lush wilderness full of color and verve, Skyrim is a mess of greys and whites. I'm more partial to the way talking with NPCs was handled in Oblivion. Also, like others have stated... The UI is absurd for an Elder Scrolls  game. It felt like I was playing some weird sci-fi Fallout or Star Trek game where you visit primitive planets. The quests were amazing, with the exception of the main quest. The characters were more believable and had much more personality than the ones in Slyrim, that's mostly the writers fault however. And I just like the entire engine better. The only thing Skyrim improved on was combat, but combat isn't really that important in an Elder Scrolls game.

Oblivion is x10 better than Skyrim.
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« Reply #316 on: May 12, 2014, 05:16:50 AM »
Quest design alone makes Oblivion significantly better than Skyrim.

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« Reply #317 on: May 12, 2014, 05:28:02 AM »
I assume you're only referring to the Dark Brotherhood questline, because everything else in the vanilla game was pretty standard or tedious. Also, let's not forget that the level-scaling system is unbelievably broken.
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« Reply #318 on: May 12, 2014, 05:40:21 AM »
The only thing Skyrim improved on was combat, but combat isn't really that important in an Elder Scrolls game.
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Re: The Elder Scrolls Online
« Reply #319 on: May 12, 2014, 06:18:45 AM »
Quest design alone makes Oblivion significantly better than Skyrim.

How so, exactly? It's been a long while since I've played Oblivion, but I don't remember the quests being a whole lot different.
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