ESO or Skyrim?

[QHD_144hz_MLED_5ms]

Yes I've asked if ESO is worth getting before but now I waana know if yall think ESO is better or Skyrim. I've only played Oblivion and New Vegas.

[drunken.dx]

Honestly?
That's like comparing bike and car...
Both have their +/- but are two different things.
ESO is MMORPG with focus on solo play, but still is MMO in core, while Skyrim is single player RPG.
While ZOS IS trying to sell some parts of ESO as Skyrim 2, those two games are completely different, as I've already said.

[tangelo1023]

If you want to compare an aspect of the two games, ESO has far better writing for quests. There's a Blood on the Ice style serial killer quest in the Summerset expansion that is written more carefully than the classic Windhelm quest. The Orsinium DLC has some of the best writing in the whole franchise.

[Agosco]

I love Skyrim and also love ESO. I think it depends more on what tipe of game you like more.

[siransan]

I don't think one is better, They are different.
The fighting systems are completly different. And the questing is completly different (to me)
In Skyrim you talk to a random dude in a tavern, end in a drinking contest that takes you on a wild run.
While ESO quests are nicely written but they are always "Quest is right here, wohooo, over here, go to giant marker."
I don't really feel the need to talk to NPC's that much. But both are worth playing.

[QHD_144hz_MLED_5ms]

Im pretty sure all Elder Scrolls games after Morrowind have quests that hold the players' hand most of the time.

[Spidder81]

Just get both :) both are awesome games.

[Dusky]

Skyrim is NOT as good as oblivion and is not even close to being as good as New Vegas. Get ESO if you like playing with other people around. Get Skyrim if you like to be alone in a vast world.

Just my opinion of course I am sure many people will disagree.

[Alaskan Glitch]

Originally posted by RRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.........:

Yes I've asked if ESO is worth getting before but now I waana know if yall think ESO is better or Skyrim. I've only played Oblivion and New Vegas.

As others have already pointed out, they are two completely different games. If you want a more believable fantasy-world environment for solo role-playing, then Skyrim would be the better choice. If you prefer the company of other people in an MMORPG, then ESO would be the better choice.

Even the worlds they depict are different in each game. They may have similar location names, but the two world maps are very different. Skyrim is also truly open-world, where ESO is not.

[[FuFo] Mortucus]

Get morrowind and die to the rat

[QHD_144hz_MLED_5ms]

Originally posted by FuFo Mortucus:

Get morrowind and die to the rat

I have Morrowind already, it just refuses to detect my GPU so I didn't play it

[QHD_144hz_MLED_5ms]

Originally posted by Wildberrie:

Skyrim is NOT as good as oblivion and is not even close to being as good as New Vegas. Get ESO if you like playing with other people around. Get Skyrim if you like to be alone in a vast world.

Just my opinion of course I am sure many people will disagree.

Wow someone thinking Oblivion is better than Skyrim? Thats very rare.

Yeah, New Vegas craps on almost every Elder Scrolls game.

[Halcyform]

The preference for offline vs online is self explanatory so no need to really include that to any degree.

For general gameplay:

If you want to stay busy by rolling from quest to quest (with a decent storyline), where you have mostly shallow exploration, go with ESO.

If you like chill open exploration throughout wide tundras and dungeon spelunking, and also don't want to deal with other people, or just want to be alone, go with Skyrim.

Skyrim is also far simpler when it comes to gameplay. It's pretty much just standard FPS type controls that gets the job done. ESO has more complex mechanics (relatively). If you don't want to deal with the standard MMO mechanics, that's another reason to avoid ESO and go with Skyrim.

As far as Oblivion vs Skyrim goes, if Oblivion didn't have that godawful leveling system, I would pick it over Skyrim every time. It does a much better job with quests and storyline. Both have great exploration.

[QHD_144hz_MLED_5ms]

Yeah that's the main complaint people have with Oblivion

[Halcyform]

Originally posted by RRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.........:

Yeah that's the main complaint people have with Oblivion

From what I understand, there's a mod that makes Oblivion's system work just like Skyrim's skill system. I never tried it. If that's the case, I'd definitely go with Oblivion. It's superior across the board, imo.

I'm not trying to say Skyrim is bad. I love me some Skyrim as well, I just prefer Oblivion (minus the leveling system cancer).

[QHD_144hz_MLED_5ms]

Is Skyrim really too easy? I don't wanna play a game that feels like a joke. That's why I've held off from playing GTA V for so long.