![]() ![]() Unlike the main story – which I’m already having trouble remembering – these stories kept me on the edge of my seat and sometimes made me laugh out loud. ![]() “And that’s when it clicked for me: Elsweyr is advertised as a big struggle against undead and dragons, but it really comes into its own when it turns its attention to the Khajiiti people populating the countryside. At least you don’t have to spend ages leveling if you want to see the new dragons in a single afternoon as with the Summerset and Morrowind expansions before it, Elsweyr lets even new players start their adventures in the new zone from scratch. Dragons drop decent loot and offer tons of experience, but I wish they were more than a repackaging of features that have been around for years. A quick tail swipe can fell even the highest-level player around, and surviving long enough to avoid being killed by an all-familiar Dragon Shout can be touted as something of a badge of honor. Dragons do take quite a few people to fight, and fortunately, they’re considerably tougher than the Dark Anchors and Abyssal Geysers. Hopefully, they’ll get more screen time over the course of the "Season of the Dragon" – a staggered content-release plan that Zenimax Online says will add another dungeon and story zone later in the year – but right now the colossal beasts are a disappointment. They come off as window dressing rather than all-consuming threats, and the predictability of their landing spots means they lack any of the menace of the dragons in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Play You’d think everyone in Elsweyr would find little time to think about anything but dragons burninating the countryside, but in truth you rarely hear about flying death monsters unless you’re on the 10-hour main quest or hunting their world boss versions in the open world (which are essentially the same Dark Anchors that have been around since ESO’s launch). So disjointed is the pacing, in fact, that my questing buddy and I sometimes got the impression that the main story was finished before it actually was. But the way Elsweyr crams all of this in is the root of its problem: there’s so much going on that it can’t focus. You’ll also find exceptional sidequests and play as the outstanding new Necromancer class, and all of that makes up for the fact that the dragon-centric main storyline is a big letdown.Something as inherently awesome as invading dragons should make for a strong questline, especially when there are also Necromancers and their undead minions running around, to say nothing of an Imperial takeover of a key city that has left the poor Khajiit second-class citizens in their own land. In every region, Khmer-inspired ruins litter the landscape and hint at ages past when the Khajiit weren’t as disliked as they are now. Windswept deserts lie on either side of the bridge-crossed canyons known as the Stitches while untamed jungles flourish to the south. Wander around Elsweyr-the ancient homeland of the cat-like Khajiit people-and you’ll find fascinating vistas around every corner.
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