Recent reviews by Shiny Cloud

Game is very enjoyable, albeit has performance issues and those God-awful mictrotransactions...

EAC dropped and removed all mods, including accessibility mods used by deaf/mute/HH ppl to play a game, rendering this social VoIP service game ableist to their own community as of Update2022.2.2 which I find very disturbing it was seen as good idea by devs. They do claim they will add these mods into game, but in the meantime, game is ableist and discriminating against major part of their community. After backlash reaching all the way to the media, they decided to go along with this anyway, along with making fun of disgruntled users. This makes me extremely sad as I have found so many friends and fun, they helped me with becoming better person, now some of them can't even play anymore.

TL;DR VRChat removing community based mods, causing havoc and mass leaving despite voices of disapproval. They show how much they don't care for their community and inclusivity.

Good sci-fi FPS game.

The Elder Scrolls Online is MMORPG, which makes you almost feel like part of Tamriel.

Variety of skills and its ways you can combine them really surprised me. You can be mage with greatsword or warrior using healing staff, if thats your style.

Crafting is important at the beggining of game, later becoming useless when you discover magic of dungeons and loot. Still, you can craft good gear if you want or need and there are about 6 crafting skills, few working in different way and for honest player its still fun discovering new poiton ingredients and its powers.

PvP was taken by completely new and great concept. Once you get lvl 10, you can go into Cyrodil, ONLY PvP area in game(that means you can travel into capital of other 2 factions without any problem). First time you get here, game introduces you to its main concept, siege engineering. You can own 3 types of ballistas, catapults or trebuchets, each has own pros and cons. Destroy outer wall or gatehouse door, then inner walls or doors and conquer keep. Or defend keep against enemy trying to conquer yours keep. From my experience I can say its always the best to find a group, there is always some group in need of good people and as long as you obbey orders and act in time of need, you will have fun. :)

As much as other game, even here are micro transactions. Besides DLCs it doesnt affect game much. There are mostly cosmetic items and mounts, which make no difference. DLCs give you access to a great new aspects of game, like Thieves Guild, which I recommend to thieves, their skill line is really useful, but it all costs Crowns, which you can buy by IRL money.

About level, Im not sure where is cap. Usualy it goes into lvl 50, then something happens and you get champion level, which is most like Skyrim skills. Cant tll much about this, cause I never been there yet.

Combat is taken by trend, which is active combat system, when you must move to dodge most of enemy spells or attacks.

Dungeons are with story, mostly divided into 2 levels, 1st, which is mostly easier one, then 2nd, which is mostly harder, longer, but more rewarding. Loot is mostly to sell or deconstruct to gain more crafting XP.

Guilds are solved way I never seen. You can be member of 5 guilds, but its for whole account. There are 5 types of guilds from my point of view: RP, Trader, PvP, PvE, General. What will you probably want is to be in trader guild. They almost always have guild trader, which is like auctions in other games, but here you need to be guild member to use it. Then it works like enywhere else. You put item, someone comes, buys it and you are richer. Pretty simple.

Overall, TESO is great game, which is limited a little by paid stuff, but in the end its very playable even for poor guy who barely affords to buy this game. In numbers, I would say 8/10.

If you are into medieval RPG, this is the one. You can be the most powerful king, lord, merchant, or even bandit. Live your own medieval life.

Mods creates even more fun with professional modders. Thanks to them can change game into zombie survival or even other crazy stuff, like fight with Romans, defend Holy Roman Empire or be in present time.

Downside... I dont think there is one. Still I recommend to download demo before buying, so you know more for yourself.

Awesome game. Have companions, mounts, intense combat, and more. It used to be better game, but still great one. If you like MMORPG, this is your game.

Fun to play with friends. Its hard to go to the public servers, cause there are mostly newbies, but anyway its nice game to play.