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[Kaathe]

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[the7thguest]

I play both, got fun in both, at the end it's you who decides what is fun for you. SWTOR you can try for free, so no harm done if you just go and test it.

[Eminem]

yes

[Arthursa]

For story both are good, just depends on your preference for setting. ESO is much more expensive in the long run though, and it can start to feel like a struggle trying to keep the game feeling "complete" especially if you don't sub.

[shademoooon]

I would say that for personnel character story swtor wins but when it comes to world story's and NPC story's ESO wins hands down.

[Berserkr]

You can get the whole ESO collection for 67-70% off at a few times during the year I would play swtor f2p for now and grab eso Necrom collection for that sale price when it goes on sale

[stokz treeface]

I play both, and definitely swtor. Eso has many strong points and wins on many scores in the checklist.. but ultimately feel stale and stiff in comparison.

Having said its worth playing both at some point. Eso is better than wow and all the rest.

Also if you're they type of player who cares more about features than immersion, willing to pass narrative just because its there, definitely eso wins.

[TheS1X]

I have played ESO for a long time and I would not recommend it.

1. Eso is too easy, you can switch off your brain and never die.
2. It has difficult content too but it's 5 or 10% of the game. (Vet dlc dungeons and trials)
3. PvP in ESO is most unbalanced pvp you have ever seen in a videogame. It's a game where 20 players chase one player around 30mins because this one player just doesn't die. "Benny Hill music on background"
4. ESO has nothing cool to give you by completing quests or dungeons etc... Everything that might interest you is in crownstore.
5. ESO's story is most dull and boring and generic I have ever seen. Problem with ESO's story is that it's all over the place and most quests feel same.

Here is accurate review of ESO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo7a-X05BD8&t=1897s

SWTOR

1. Good story, actually love it and I like if I play with friend he/she can join with quest conversations.
2. Star Wars
3. It's old mmo, like wow or something, no fancy action combat.
4. I don't know man, it's just good but old.

[Dethlane]

Originally posted by TheS1X:

PvP in ESO is most unbalanced pvp you have ever seen in a videogame. It's a game where 20 players chase one player around 30mins because this one player just doesn't die. "Benny Hill music on background"

Doesn't sound any worse than PvP in FF14.

[RTX 5080 FE(Mr Happy)]

Originally posted by Eminem:

yes

ignore the dumbass here.


SWTOR has more content, and is SW lore. Second to none story telling.

ESO has its lore set in elder scroll lore. Both are great mmorpgs.

Question you need to ask yourself.

DO you want a mmorpg space theme or fantasy themed? Personally I like SWTOR, I find ESO boring-despite loving skyrim

[mylene.pc]

Storywise, SWTOR is way better than ESO no doubt.
Did not know some people think ESO story was "better than average", Storywise its just bland and borring as world of warcraft or gw2

The only MMORPG that a good story like SWTOR is FF14 but you should enjoy JRPG and Manga/kawaii/japanese visual, thats not for everyone.

[Nain]

another one that plays both casually.

i would say swtor, even tho i played more of eso. the big issue with eso is, and this is going to offend someone id wager, the ever so slightly more inserted "modern ideology" of white man bad/stupid/incompetent.
the basegame is mostly just standard tropey badguy with no additional politics added.
but the later chapters/dlc tend to add at least one or two per zone of "incompetent male" (and i am not speaking of some poor farmer whole crops are beeing destroyed by bandits).
for example, the very first sidequest you can take upon entering the high isle (chapter) harbour is a passedout drunken male and his stro.. wife. outside the city gates theres immediately one farmer that lose his "beloved" sheep.
its not much, and theres not overwhelmingly many, but you notice that everytime once you see it. and it does not fit in a fantasy setting thats not known for this.

the other issue with eso is the "comically bad badguy of the week". starting with the greymoor chapter. there is basically nothing compelling about any of the villians, and it does not help that the fights agains said villians is just a matter of waiting for invulnerability phases to finish, because otherwise you can practically oneshot anything. (i am overdramatazing a bit). the storybeats itself are for the most part also totally predictable. and it goes exactly as you imagine, because the writers for eso do the bare minimum and call it a day.

then to make a direct comparrison to swtor, the decisions you get for certain quests are usually of no greater consequence. theres one for the magesguild that has direct impact on your playerpower, but thats basically it. sidequests with an decision usually end with the mobs in the area remaining hostile, or becoming neutral for this character, which is completely of no substance.
in swtor they may also be mostly on the cosmetic side, but due to the cinematography of the game, they at least are entertaining and have implications down the way.

[Privatelvl25]

Originally posted by Deklend:

For story both are good, just depends on your preference for setting. ESO is much more expensive in the long run though, and it can start to feel like a struggle trying to keep the game feeling "complete" especially if you don't sub.

ESO was on sale for $5.99 and with a $15/month sub you get EVERYTHING except the current chapter. How is about $20 "much more expensive"?

ESO has 10x the content SWTOR does that is why you have to pay a little bit.

Both are really good story MMOs, ESO does have A LOT more content larger world to explore and be a part of. SWTOR vanilla stories are better.

[$2 Hero]

Eso combat so bad. It's like grindy combat but it sucks. SWTOR is clean crispy tab targeting. Can zoom the camera way out too.

[Manimal]

Originally posted by Dethlane:

Originally posted by TheS1X:

PvP in ESO is most unbalanced pvp you have ever seen in a videogame. It's a game where 20 players chase one player around 30mins because this one player just doesn't die. "Benny Hill music on background"

Doesn't sound any worse than PvP in FF14.

call me a blasphemer but i kinda enjoyed pvp in ffxiv