Are people recognizing ARR?

[Allesasi]

Hey there,

I've been reading some gaming news lately and with the new year all the gaming news sites reveal their "top games of 2013" or to be more specific.. "Top 10 upcoming MMOs of 2013" and many sites (read: almost all) don't even mention FFXIV:ARR. Is SE doing enough marketing? The Elder Scrolls Online is the most anticipated game in almost every "Top 10" list I've read and if it works out well for TES:O I'm afraid that it'll be the same story as with XI and WoW.

I would like to hear your opinions
1. Is SE doing enough?
2. What do you think is the best platform to make this game famous (YouTube advertisements, TV, etc..)

I would not worry too much about ESO. Sure they will probably win game of the year but thats because there are a lot of people that like that game for reasons that I can't figure out. I played Oblivion and Skyrim and was both times terribly disappointed at how easy they were to beat. I'm pretty sure the mmo version of those games will be better but I doubt the people who like those game the most surely do not know what they are missing if they have never played XI or XIV. I can bet my life the ESO will not be half the game ARR will be. I think Bethesda has a lot of work to catch up to SE as far as MMOS are concerned. Hopefuly in their online version of those games they have inproved the horrendous combat style or lack thereof and character creation because those things are just ridiculously horrible imo. Im also willing to bet that there will be lost of cheat codes that will render playing ESO pointless like there were on the console and pc versions. Also ESO from what I hear will be a huge cut and paste job as far as the world is concernned since they are stitching all the maps together from previous versions.

[Shougun]

I would not worry too much about ESO. Sure they will probably win game of the year but thats because there are a lot of people that like that game for reasons that I can't figure out. I played Oblivion and Skyrim and was both times terribly disappointed at how easy they were to beat. I'm pretty sure the mmo version of those games will be better but I doubt the people who like those game the most surely do not know what they are missing if they have never played XI or XIV. I can bet my life the ESO will not be half the game ARR will be. I think Bethesda has a lot of work to catch up to SE as far as MMOS are concerned. Hopefuly in their online version of those games they have inproved the horrendous combat style or lack thereof and character creation because those things are just ridiculously horrible imo. Im also willing to bet that there will be lost of cheat codes that will render playing ESO pointless like there were on the console and pc versions. Also ESO from what I hear will be a huge cut and paste job as far as the world is concernned since they are stitching all the maps together from previous versions.

I've never played the console versions (of bethesda's games) because the PC version is superior (puffs chest out) - player mods make those games awesome, for years - even morrowind is still going. Not that ESO will have mods, but that would be why I think they are awesome - also loved exploring.

ESO's combat appears to have more native movement and action then ARR's - ESO's combat is heading the direction of Tera Online (there certainly are those who dont like action twitch skill oriented games, but I find more 'for' then those 'against').

They are attempting some other unique features like 'megaservers' as well, little 'facets' that are unique help draw in players even if they aren't actually that great (doesn't mean the game can retain players though - but it can mean ARR has a worse out of the gate run if something is in the way).

I don't think SE should discard ESO as harmless. Though thankfully / unthankfully a lot of SE players will be visual aesthetic nuts and ESO has little of that (some screenshots look great others look like giant piles of crap lol). Though I still think SE flora sucks and is hurting its aesthetics.. ESO's grass actually looks better..

Oh, ARR will be on PS3 and that is pretty much an exclusive opportunity for SE - still for PC players SE should be aware of ESO and any other up and coming MMOs (for their release date at least).

(Zenimax is working on ESO not bethesda btw)