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I dread to think how much time I've devoted to The Elder Scrolls over the years.I've loved each game in the series, always grateful for the chance to rekindle my still-potent childhood fantasies of stepping into a medieval world where magic and steel were in a constant battle against the forces of darkness. Not just to engage in that battle, but to breathe in the world that was at stake, to visit the blacksmiths, the taverns and towns.
The Elder Scrolls was the first game to truly make that happen and I've spent hundreds of hours in each entry as a result. Totalled up, that's several months of my life immersed in the world of Tamriel in one way or another. So why is it that the first dozen hours of The Elder Scrolls Online felt like such a joyless slog?
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