The Elder Scrolls Online

I lost my life to this game.
Would recommend. Combat is hard but rewarding to master and quests (while not skyrim worthy) are fun and engaging.
This MMO stands on its own two feet, and soon it'll be easier to grind out equipment with the curated drops system so you won't have to spend almost 167 hours trying to get the equipment like I did.
The only thing that I'd discourage you from doing is buying crown crates especially if you have a gambling problem because it'll feed into that. Plus they don't feel rewarding to open.

I have spent 10k of my life into this game. With all of its joys and disappointments, I can assuredly say, money (and time) well spent. I made it to the end and there's still a lot to go through.

I picked this gem up for $5 after refusing to play it because I experienced the Alpha and Beta and never gave it a chance. I've been a long time MMO player and loved Skyrim so I was like okay I want to try this and try hard even though there is a learning curve.
I was SHOCKED how well they have streamlined the game and how welcoming the community was. I was able to level up without it feeling like a terrible grind and get my first set to start doing trials and vet dungeons. I never felt like the game punished me (other than sometimes awful jump mechanics sometimes lol). I joined a guild and have had random people help me for hours just because they want to. I've almost played for a month straight and am having a great time.

Fun game, decent MMO, nice community :)
Remove the crown store and add more earnable content and it'll be perfect.

Great for casual gamers. good mmorpg for a dad with kids'

meh spent a couple hours enjoyed it so far.. wait what its 2021 already?

I don't know where to start with this review but I want to say that this has been a game I keep coming back to and now currently play as my main MMO. I picked it up between the Legion and BFA expansions of WoW as a game to kinda dip my toes into. Now it's my main MMO and I'm in love with this game and all aspects of it. Well...most aspects, not all
The combat feels deep and rewarding with a plethora of ways to handle building your character. You can try all types of creative and fun builds without the worry of being a parse monkey (unless you're going for the highest level of progression). The only bad part is the fact abilities sometimes fail to fire off which can be frustrating. Pls fix the bugs, ZoS.
The open world is the best of any MMORPG with how the game utilizes its world. All quests are voice acting, all NPC's are voiced. The questlines in the game are amazing.
I love the PvP even if it can be frustrating in its performance lately. But there's no game that feels quite like this one. Most people write off PvP because the skill gap and don't know why they are dying. But I promise if you take the time to learn the fundamentals and mechanics of it, you might fall in love as well.
Dungeons: Best dungeons of any MMO hands down. Maybe not the base game stuff, but the DLC dungeons on veteran and vet hard mode are incredible.
Trials/Raids: The only part of the game I can't speak to the quality of because I don't have the patience to be on a raid team. I enjoy the dungeons and the pvp and that's enough for me.
Arenas: Amazing solo and group arenas exist with tons of awesome rewards and weapons
Character building: This game is a true RPG in how you kit out your character and play specific builds. You'll find out when you play
The bad: Crown store. Stay so far from it, it is predatory to new players and half the stuff on it shouldn't be on it. Even worse, the crown crates rely on FOMO to get you to buy them. Please do not buy them. I am a hypocrite for saying this because I've bought them, but I'm the exact player they're preying on it with. I know I shouldn't buy them yet I do.
ESO Plus is also pushed on you pretty hard as a new player because you won't have a craft bag and won't have access to any of the DLC content. Fear not new players. When starting the game. DO NOT pick up crafting materials while on non-sub account. Instead, use the time to put items on research because you can't even really use those materials unless you have things researched. So research while exploring the game and playing at your own pace. Craft later
I've rambled on long enough. This review is unorganized