This complaint could be levied at The Elder Scrolls Online as a whole, with it’s clearly telegraphed quest-hubs and special locations, but the original zones did a better job at spreading those points of interest across the entire breadth of the map. You could certainly point your nose in any direction and stumble upon an adventure, but they were missing that Elder Scrolls magic – that sensation of wonder that comes from the unknown. While there was plenty to explore within each Chapter, this design choice made each feel less open and more focused on a strict path. Much of the content was set along a loop, and the center of each zone was either largely barren, or impassible. Visuals aside, there is something about the design of both Summerset and Elsweyr that places them a tier below Western Skyrim: their more circular design. Much like those two zones Western Skyrim and Blackreach both are visual splendors, despite the aging engine and host of low-resolution textures that still dot the game. Elsweyr was a pleasant change of pace visually, with its Middle Eastern and South Asian influences, but the main story didn’t quite reach the same heights as Summerset’s (though the side-stories were all uniformly excellent). While Summerset hewed a touch too closely to traditional fantasy tropes it remained a gorgeous island to traipse about, and the main narrative was perhaps the best in the entire game.
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Summerset and Elsweyr were fine maps, full of color and detail. I want to get this disclaimer out of the way, because Western Skyrim – small as it may be – is perhaps the best new zone added to The Elder Scrolls Online since Morrowind. If you saw all the ads and stopped there, you should probably know what you are getting into. This isn’t a knock against what Greymoor is this is me setting expectations here at the start.
New fans need to make peace with this if they were expecting to see all their favorite locations, and planned to seamlessly explore the entire region. With the inclusion of Western Skyrim ESO still doesn’t feature the entire country, which existing fans will be fine with. Despite all the hullabaloo, Greymoor isn’t technically a return to Skyrim, but that hasn’t stopped those excited to once again cross the frozen wastes. Eastmarch and The Rift have been in ESO since launch, featuring Windhelm and Riften respectively. While most of the advertising around The Elder Scrolls Online: Greymoor has focused on our return to Skyrim to defeat an insidious vampiric foe, Western Skyrim isn’t the only zone set within this country of Nords, giants, and frosted mountaintops. The Elder Scrolls Online: Greymoor returns to Skyrim. Fans coming into Greymoor know what to expect, and what’s on offer is all rather good, but new fans entering ESO for the first time expecting Skyrim 2.0 will need to check their expectations at the door. While the two new zones of Western Skyrim and Blackreach are perhaps some of the best among those added since Morrowind, the format hasn’t changed in as many years. The Elder Scrolls Online: Greymoor is a love-letter to those fans in some ways, and a typical The Elder Scrolls Online expansion in many others.
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