I have tried again and again to get into this game and it just doesnt click for me. Not only am I a huge elder scrolls fan but MMOs are one of my favorite genres, this should be a god tier combo for me. But its not.

It just fails to capture me in so many ways, the stories feel bland and uninteresting - just generic MMO stories ive seen a million times, the combat is really clunky and delayed feeling, and the game offers little challenge. Its unfortunate because I was really enjoying re-exploring Vvardenfell again since I played morrowind last, and only got 1/4 of the way through before dropping the game again. I've tried to get into this game at least 5-6 times now. Im done, im just accepting this one isn't for me unfortunately.

I've played a few F2P MMORPGs that have come in the early 2010's, including too much Neverwinter. I've played this on-and-off again from 2015 until now and saw significant developments and expansions - from the janky mess with poor quality of life, to something that loads and feels much better 10 years later. Also, I've never played The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion, Morrowind or Skyrim, just Daggerfall.

This feels like a good MMORPG, while suffering from the typical MMO problems. There's daily quests that can completely absorb players into unfun loops, fetch quests and an unchanging landscape littered with other distracting players.

However, there's some seriously good questlines in here. Knowing a little bit of Elder Scrolls lore helps to understand what's going on, but the precursor to Daggerfall storyline is new, making this a good introductory point for the entire series. While some of the stories are very interesting and requires player choice for how some areas end up - while creating no significant impact on the landscape, just NPC interactions - is a pleasant relief from these kinds of games. There's also some interesting change-ups from the usual MMO quests of "find this," "slay this," or "get this and bring it back", including a time I had to solve a murder based only on hints that ghosts gave me.

The combat feels much better than other third-person MMORPG systems, where hitting, blocking or getting hit actually have a feel of weight to them. Maybe not as much as a Dark Souls, but it does make a game like Neverwinter feel like an arcade cabinet version of an action-RPG.

For people looking to get into this game on a free weekend, I highly recommend avoiding uninteresting side-quests or daily quests, especially at early levels. Running on a second character in a different starting location was definitely improved by focusing on the interesting story arch of their faction's region.

I'm not a huge MMO fan, so I can't speak on it through that, however as an Elder Scrolls fan I loved this game.

It really expands on so much lore that the OG Bethesda team doesn't bother giving us, and its content sometimes feels like a love letter to fans. Considering TES 6 is still probably light years away, this game has been doing the heavy lifting of expanding the world and keeping the community engaged, in a much healthier way than 7 new re-releases of Skyrim.

It has a lot of solo content, so I can easily recommend it to anyone just looking to get their TES fix.

An amazing MMORPG, and the best I've played so far (I played WoW, Metin2 and Neverwinter). There is a lot to do, a lot to explore, you can make new friends in guilds, it has a varied Crown Store (although a bit overpriced, opening Crown Crates is kinda addictive), the ESO Plus is also good, there are Guild Markets to buy stuff for gold, mains and side quests are amazing, World Bosses and Dungeons are fun, there are always daily rewards. I just wish Cyrodill had a PvE mode because I'm not really into PvP.