


I prefer playing games by myself, for the most part, especially RPGs, and I’ve always felt a bit overwhelmed when it comes to raids, queuing for dungeons, etc. One thing I really liked about my time in Summerset, and ESO in general, is that it doesn’t make it feel like you’re missing out if you decide to go solo. The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset Review: Fun By Yourself and With Others Too Time Stop will let you freeze enemies in their place, and other powers will give you access to a major new arsenal. As you raise in the ranks, you’ll get skills like Undo which resets your health, magicka, and stamina to what they were four seconds ago. The Psijic Order skills feature five active abilities, five passive abilities, and one ultimate ability which center around controlling time. In The Elder Scrolls it’s not unusual to bend and meld the powers of fire and ice to your will, but for the first time, you’ll be able to manipulate the fabric of space and time. The quests surrounding this guild centered around Mysticism form a separate path from those making up the main quest tree and introduce you to a new skill three that gives you access to some powerful new abilities. One of the significant new additions with this expansion is the Psijic Order. There’s plenty of substance here as well. Of course, Summerset isn’t just a pretty place. The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset Review: Time Travel The plot is compartmentalized enough that it won’t ruin the experience for you if you start playing in Summerset and then move to Tamriel or Morrowind. This leads to events that tie their threads to the main quests found in Tamriel and Morrowind and make either an excellent third part to those quests or a good introduction to them for new players. One thing leads to another, and to no one’s surprise, Daedric followers are responsible. Razum-dar lets you know that some of the travelers new to this land have gone missing. Your first order of business to speak to Razum-dar, a Khajit who serves as the areas first quest giver. The land of the High Elves was once closed to other nations, but now, by order of Queen Ayreen, Summerset is open to foreigners. The hitch to get you into Summerset is simple. The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset Review: Setting the Stage After all the browns, tans, and earth tones of Morrowind, the lush green of Summerset is a welcome sight. Here, instead of scrub and ashland, you’ll see verdant forests and large, elaborate architecture. Summerset is the home of the High Elves, and as such it’s in stark contrast to Morrowind. For the most part, though, this is entirely new territory for the series, and after the nostalgia-fueled trip given by the Morrowind expansion, it’s good to see some entirely new territory to explore. However, there are some familiar locations like the Crystal Tower available to visit. Gone are the days of VGA graphics though, and the Summerset Isles are a very different place. The latest expansion to ESO takes us back to a location that hasn’t been seen since the original game in the series, The Elder Scrolls: Arena debuted in 1994.
