Paul Tong

Having a blast playing with my friends! Some days are just chill and we construct and improve our village. Other days we are adventurous and explore new areas, raid enemy villages, and sail across the sea to defeat bosses :D (or to mine precious metal to bring back to base)

I thoroughly enjoyed playing ESO. The community is really awesome (for an MMO) I enjoyed the soundtrack, gameplay, and amazing dungeon boss mechanics. The endgame "veteran" trials/dungeons can be so unforgiving - if one party member slips up, the entire party is compromised and it makes for an enjoyable challenge. The game is also not "pay-to-win". Having premium currency is only pay-to-win in the fact that you can trade it for regular in-game currency and then trade that for gear - but the best gear is dropped in these endgame dungeons and trials which is NOT trade-able outside of the party you went in with. With that being said, you can still have the best gear and be terrible at this game. The key skill required is timing. Timing your regular attacks with your skills, while maintaining all your damage over time attacks. someone with the same gear can get 30k DPS (above average dps for a casual gamer), while a pro can crank out 60k+ DPS. NOT PAY TO WIN. The only reason I stopped playing was time commitment and IRL friends stopped playing.

Open world and ability to have your friends jump into your game with co-op makes for hilarity and good times. ai for npcs and enemies in this game is a bit whack, but it's not that big of a deal.

Seamless camera work / transition makes you feel as if you were right there. Sound design and sound tracking fit right in that it doesn't distract you from the moments. Silence was also appropriately used. The MOST immersive thing I've watched, period. Loved it.