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- The download servers for the ESO Beta is actually pretty good. It took me 10ish hours for it to download on 5 down.
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ESO Beta taking forever to download; Results 1 to 13 of 13 Thread: ESO. My download speed is normal so the client is probably like 30gb or something ridiculous like that. Nothing you can do except buy better download speed or wait it out. Im at 350kb/s and I doubt itll finish by 6PM tomorrow, 06:04 PM #7.
ESO’s latest expansion finally takes players to the home of the high elves.
By David Jagneaux If The Elder Scrolls Online’s previous expansion, Morrowind, could be summed up in a single word it’d be “nostalgia.” The island of Vvardenfell was realized in gorgeous HD for the first time, almost exactly 15 years after The Elder Scrolls III first launched.
Now with its latest expansion, Summerset, ESO is taking a decidedly different approach when it releases on May 21st for PC and June 5th for Xbox One and PS4 by letting players visit the beautiful region of the high elves, the Summerset Isles, for the first time – well, unless you count its brief appearance in 1994’s The Elder Scrolls: Arena. So if Morrowind was all about nostalgia, Summerset is all about breathing new life into the now four-year-old MMORPG.
I got the chance to see a nearly finished version of the new region on ESO’s Public Test Server over the last week and came away excited to explore and uncover the mysteries of Altmer society, but a little apprehensive about how much real value it brings to an already vast and robust game.
Summerset is an extremely large new landmass off the southwest coast of mainland Tamriel that’s actually larger in size than Vvardenfell. It features bright and colorful flora, exotic creatures, and some of the most picturesque environments I’ve ever seen in any Elder Scrolls game – ESO or otherwise. I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say it might be my favorite region thus far from a purely visual perspective.
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Cities like Alinor, the capital city of Summerset, feature enormous towers that feel almost too tall to be real with bold lines and immense verticality. While taking screenshots I often found it difficult to fit the entirety of buildings into the frame without resorting to an awkward angle.
In addition to the massive new zone to explore, which is full of quests, new characters, and new stories to unravel, the expansion also introduces jewelry crafting (finally!), the new Psijic Order, a brand new 12-person trial, several new delves and public dungeons, world bosses, and a new Abyssal Geyser system. When you list everything out like that it seems like a lot, but keep in mind there are no new standard or veteran dungeons, no new classes, and no new races to play. Morrowind introduced the Warden class, so this feels like a major missed opportunity. Thankfully the Psijic Order gets its own skill line, similar to other factions in the base game like the Fighters Guild, so that makes up for it a bit.
The story continues on from where the Orsinium’s Daedric-focused plot left off, meaning you’re encouraged to have played the bulk of ESO’s story before venturing into Summerset, although it isn’t required. If you wanted to jump right into Summerset with a brand new character you could do that, which is what I plan on doing at launch, but carrying over your existing heroes works just fine as well.
I didn’t see everything Summerset had to offer during my time on the PTS, but my two favorite moments involved a sea elf (Maormer) focused quest and experiences with the new Abyssal Geysers. The quest had me breaking into the Seak Keep, a large stronghold near the coast under the control of the sea elves. I was accompanied by an Altmer warrior that needed me to help him rescue his beloved, who was of course a sea elf double agent. What unfolded was a classic case of Romeo and Juliet-esque forbidden love, but it underscored what ESO has always done better than any other MMO on the market: weaving smart, interesting, and involved stories into bite-sized chunks. It’s got some of, if not the, very best voice acting in any MMO I’ve ever played and Summerset continues to carry that torch.
The Abyssal Geysers are a new feature unique to Summerest, but in practice they’re really almost just like Dolmens from the mainland. You’ll see a geyser in the distance blasting a stream of energy towards the sky and when you come into contact with it you’ll be tasked with fending off waves of imposing enemies in an open-world event-style battle. The visual payoff makes it all worth it as the bright explosions and wonderful colors are a stark contrast to the depressing grays and blacks of the mainland Dolmens.
My final moments previewing Summerset brought me to the new house for sale in Alinor, which may be the most visually impressive player home we’ve seen thus far. Once the expansion releases I’m eager to dig into the Psijic Order, see how deep the jewelry crafting goes, and try my hand at the new Cloudrest raid-like trial.
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Summerset doesn’t fundamentally change or overhaul ESO in any way, but it represents a welcomed new zone that should breathe new life into a game that was trodding dangerously close to pure nostalgia bait.
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David Jagneaux is a contributor to IGN. Talk RPGs with him on Twitter at @David_Jagneaux.
We wanted to test the install times of both new consoles, so we plugged a PS4 into an Xbox One's TV input and watched them race to install a game. You can see in our video, there's a big difference in the two systems.
Both the Xbox One and PS4 require all games to be installed from the disc, due to the increasing size of games and the relatively low speed of optical drives. So both consoles have a feature that allows you to launch a game as soon as enough content is installed to begin running it, while the rest of the data continues to install in the background. Our test was how long it takes to launch the game from the time you insert a disc, with a normal console connected to the internet.
We tested six multiplatform games on both consoles and every time, the PS4 was under a minute while the Xbox One install was several minutes long and required downloading an update before beginning the installation. When you include downloading those updates for each Xbox One game that happen in the background on PS4, the install times can get as high as fifteen minutes before you can even launch the game.
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Remember that this is only a test of how long the games initially take to install. Once the games are fully installed, they take about the same amount of time to boot up on either console.
So here's the general idea: You put in a game to install it, a progress bar comes up, and at some point you can launch the game and start playing while it keeps installing.
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On PS4, after inserting a disc, you'll be shown a progress bar that ends when you're able to launch the game, and if there's a day-one update, it downloads in the background, and you can install it when you want to play online or whatever the case may be for that update.
On Xbox One, you insert a disc and are shown a progress bar showing the percentage of the full installation, and when enough is installed to run the game, you'll see a message that says 'Ready to Start!' The only difference is that the installation from the disc doesn't seem to start until you've downloaded and installed the update.
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Now, there's another big difference here. Both consoles will let you know when the game is ready to launch. But once you get into the game, some parts may not be finished installing. For ACIV and Battlefield 4, that would mean the multiplayer modes (on both platforms). However, it seems that Xbox One lets you launch a game even before some singleplayer content is ready. I tested this with Madden 25 on Xbox One. Once the game was 'ready to start' most modes like Connected Franchise or Practice were locked off until the game was completely installed. However, after installing the same game on PS4, those modes were playable after the initial install, which took 38 seconds.
We tested Assassin's Creed IV on two different Xbox Ones, and had the same issue, resulting in standing in that beautiful Animus loading void while it installed the last bits of singleplayer content required to start the story. Although in that case it only required a couple of extra minutes to get those modes. Unlike Madden, the full disc didn't need to be installed. On both consoles, the game has a timer or progress meter in the main menu telling you the progress of the full install. So at least you aren't left blindly guessing when you'll be able to play.
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Since all of the games we were testing required an update, we factored this into our times. On the PS4, they happened in the background and didn't affect our ability to install or begin the game, while on Xbox One, the installation from disc wouldn't begin until after the update finished.
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I was using an Xbox One connected via Wi-Fi, getting about 9-11Mbps download speed, so we ran a test with another Xbox on a faster internet connection installing Assassin's Creed IV to see how much of a difference that could make in downloading the update. To give you an idea of the time difference the 300-500MB updates added, we tested installing Assassin's Creed IV on two consoles with the internet disconnected.
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[Since this has been asked in the comments a lot: We recorded these times with the consoles hooked up normally. Even though having the PS4 plugged into the Xbox shouldn't affect anything, we only did that for the video]
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Assassin's Creed IV:
Xbox One (offline, no update): 5 minutes 50 seconds
Xbox One (with update, fastest connection): 7 minutes 2 seconds
Xbox One (with update, 10Mbps connection): 10 minutes 32 seconds
PS4: 42 seconds
Xbox One (offline, no update): 5 minutes 50 seconds
Xbox One (with update, fastest connection): 7 minutes 2 seconds
Xbox One (with update, 10Mbps connection): 10 minutes 32 seconds
PS4: 42 seconds
The rest of these were tested on our office Wi-Fi which is around 9-11Mbps. It may have been faster on a wired connection, but you can compare your own connection speed here. These are our results:
Need For Speed Rivals:
XBO: 09:25 (including update)
PS4: 00:32
XBO: 09:25 (including update)
PS4: 00:32
Just Dance 2014:
XBO: 08:48 (including update)
PS4: 00:45
XBO: 08:48 (including update)
PS4: 00:45
NBA Live 14:
XBO: 16:26 (including update)
PS4: 00:35
XBO: 16:26 (including update)
PS4: 00:35
FIFA 14:
XBO: 16:06 (including update)
PS4: 00:34
XBO: 16:06 (including update)
PS4: 00:34
Madden 25:
XBO: 9:38 (including update)
PS4: 00:38
XBO: 9:38 (including update)
PS4: 00:38
Do you have an Xbox One or PS4? Time a test, and let us know what you get. Include your internet speed, and make sure to note any other important information. Like if you timed from putting the disc in to launching the game, or actually getting to gameplay, or some other metric.
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