Instead we've come away intrigued, and the tiniest bit optimistic. Now only two months away from release, Bethesda have once again allowed the press access the enormous virtual world they have built, and frankly we expected to come away from Tamriel feeling the same sadness at a missed opportunity. It looked nothing like an Elder Scrolls game, and by all accounts it didn't play very much like an Elder Scrolls game either. Unfortunately, what Zenimax Online appeared to have made was a World of Warcraft clone wearing a Tamriel skin.
Here Bethesda Softworks had an opportunity to give fans of Skyrim and its predecessors something they had wanted for years a true-blood Elder Scrolls game they could play with their friends. In the summer of last year, when the early previews of the Elder Scrolls online circled like a Cliff Racer around the volcanic landscape of the Internet, the general response was one of disappointment. The Elder Scrolls Online Preview Release Date: (June for consoles)
