Elder Scrolls Online Leaks and Screenshots

by Ogien 4. May 2012 13:58

It did not take long for contents of the Game Informer's The Elder Scrolls Online June article, to get leaked. Looks like someone got a hold of the article and released a bunch of screenshots as well as a few rumored gameplay details.

Here are some of the details that were released:

Releasing 2013 for PC/Mac
Developed by ZeniMax Online Studios
250 Person Team Started development in 2007
The game is fully voice acted
Third person perspective
The game uses a hotbar to activate skills like other traditional MMOs
Visually it looks like other Hero Engine MMOs like SWTOR
The general art style is kind of like RIFT or Everquest 2
You can't be a werewolf or vampire
Crafting, alchemy, and soul stones will exist in an unrevealed form
Tons of towns ranging from Imperial City, Windhelm, Daggerfall, Sentinel, Mournhold, Ebonheart, Elden Root, Shornhelm, Evermore, Riften, and a lot more
There will be mounts, but no flying mounts
There are three player factions
There will be no player housing
There will be no NPC romances or marriage
Fast travel exists in the game in the form of wayshrines, which are also your ressurection point, and you can teleport from one wayshrine to any other wayshrine you have already visited
The game world is very large relative to Skyrim
The game is set 1000 years in the past
Hitting the level cap takes about 120 hours
Three faction PvP where you fight to take over keeps and use trebuchets and other siege weapons to help do it. 100 v 100 battles
There is also balanced PvP for people who prefer eSports
Each faction has their own leveling content
The combat model will not be real time due to latency
The combat is based around a stamina bar which you can use to sprint, block, interrupt, and break incapacitating effects
Blocking is the primary focus of these abilities, and can do things like stopping the secondary effects of attacks such as an ice spell slowing you
Healing is still a big part of the game
There is no aggro mechanic in the game
NPCs will try to work together and use player like behavior when fighting you, so instead of enemies in a dungeon sitting around and waiting to be pulled, you will be attacked by the entire room and they will try to react to how you are playing