The fantasy MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online looks back with some pride on the past year.
The US site mmorpg.com awarded TESO the MMO of the Year 2015, and this has immediately been included in a PR campaign as a banner. Additionally, they proudly present their successes in 2015 to the fans:
- In March, they introduced the justice system and the champion system , and switched to a Buy2Play model with Tamriel Unlimited
- In June, TESO made its way to the consoles Xbox One and Playstation 4
- In September the Imperial City opened its gates
- In November, the second DLC was released for Orsinium
Furthermore, they highlight these successes:
Of course, it doesn’t stop with the points mentioned above; the list of improvements and additions to the game is long: automatic level adjustments for existing dungeons, the ultimate challenge for solo players with the Maelstrom Arena, two brand new dungeons, subtitles, and controller support for PC, to name just a few. With nearly weekly updates, we managed to introduce a lot of improvements! How else would we have been able to integrate the over 100 new items from the Crown Store or the 33,000 lines of new voiceovers into the game?
In 2016, TESO starts with strong momentum from the 1 million action and aims to release a player expansion each quarter, planning to begin with the Thieves Guild and the Dark Brotherhood in the first and second quarter of 2016.
Mein MMO says: Yes, the success story told in Zenimax’s words should be taken with caution during the first half of 2015. The calendar, which seems to indicate something significant happening in every season, is a thing.
Looking back, it surely sounds more impressive than saying “Well, the champion and justice systems were actually planned for 2014, but they got delayed for a long time and we only introduced the first phases of both systems. Even by the end of 2015, all of this was still piecemeal, and actually, there wasn’t much happening in the PC version of TESO for a good three-quarters of a year.” And well, the launch for consoles was always intended for the summer, originally planned for 2014.
But okay, let’s save such comments for our own year-end review of TESO. We don’t want to play the naysayers here. Overall, Zenimax can certainly look back on the last year of The Elder Scrolls Online with pride. Or what do you think?
