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News from: Elder Scrolls Off The Record
The Elder Scrolls Online is going to fail. At least that’s the general feeling that Paul Tassi conveys in his article posted on Forbes.com on January 2. I disagree, and it’s not just because I write for a site devoted to the franchise, but because I genuinely believe he’s wrong. I’m sure Paul’s a great […]
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The fanboy vs negative troll argument is funny to watch, but not sure that it helps undecided players. Fact is that only alpha testers and staff knows enough about this game at this time.
Waiting for open beta until I make my decision.
I'm trying to picture a world where I would turn to Forbes for insightful video game commentary.. but I just can't.
You know this posted 5 times, right?
It posted like 20, but I just deleted a lot more of those extras just now to help clean things up.
And I think I'm going to ignore all these hype things even if Fog posts them (I think this was automatic because I'm quite sure he wasn't up at 4am) and just go with what I think of it. After all, it is true that only they and the testers let in so far know the real story and those testers aren't going to say boo if they want to keep testing and then play the game.
I'm actually waiting to see what Zenimax will actually let us put in our first magazine issue that comes out a few days before the game launch. But for the next couple months I am IGNORING the hype unless it is info from the horses mouth.
There was a psychology to DAOC classic that I haven't seen in any game since, and I've played all the major MMOs extensively. You fought for your life because it mattered if you died. You fought for realm because your relics mattered. People would actually drop what they were doing for a CTA (call to arms) to defend their relics because they genuinely cared. You got this eerie foreboding feeling just trekking the narrow corridor into your own frontier knowing it was laced with assassins but getting out to the frontier HAD to be accomplished because it had to be defended at all costs. It was masterful on how it played out... bad graphics, cheats, boring pve all considered.
I'd pay any subscription for a game to make me feel like that one did again and I pity the folks that missed it.
That said, I don't know if that was all an accident or genius. If Matt Friror can duplicate that psychology with this larger MMO audience, the game will be a success. And the arguments being made now over success or failure will never be an issue.
If the product is that good, players will flock to it.
