The Elder Scrolls: Blades Gets Reconfirmed For Switch, Launches This Spring

To be honest, I forgot Bethesda announced this a while back.

I'm surprised at the amount of effort that Bethesda is putting towards advertising something no one cares or likes.

@Toy_Link

I care, and I’m not “no one”. You might not care, but don’t assume your opinion counts as “everyone’s” opinion.

Looking forward to Blades, personally.

A game that requires online playing Only. This is a easy pass....

@SwitchForce It’s bizarre, one of the selling points of Switch is portability and needing a constant Internet connection isn’t exactly portable.

The game is boring. Why bother?

I'm glad someone's finally making a spiritual successor of one of the best use of motion controls on Wii...

Finally something for the Ready 2 Rumble: Revolution fans!

Won’t buy until they add an offline mode.

@Toy_Link It really shows how out of touch they are with their fans. Might I recommend the "It Just Works" song? It pretty much sums up Bethesda in a nutshell.

This game is hot garbage. I was excited to play it on my iPhone when it launched, only to find it was full of pay to progress micro transactions. I will stick with the far superior Skyrim until Elder Scrolls 6 rolls out.

I tried this on my phone. The graphics are outstanding, but it's really boring to play.

Just give us Fallout 3 and New Vegas on Switch and I'll be happy, Bethesda.

If it's free2play, I'll give it a spin...

Something like this can be played like a Demo, for curiosity.

But I would never play something like this on a tablet with touch control.

Naw. I'll just buy Skyrim again (my copy got stolen), if the bug hits me.

Oh no the phone games are invading the Switch, hopefully Diablo Immortal isn't next.

Can't this game just die already?! Blades is solely pay-to-win with how heavily monatized it is based on the mobile version, and there's plenty of better games that are worth a PENNY that you can get more enjoyment out of. Don't get Bethesda'ed.

For those complaining about the game being "pay to win." There was another mobile game "Into the Dead 2," that came to the Switch. It contained DLC or 'pay to win' content, but lacked daily events. The mobile version has daily events. This may be the same.

Gonna keep an eye on this game, its a maybe for me 😊

Pay to Play Games and their micro transactions will be the death of gaming as we know it. This project just reeks of greed and desperation.

@NoNoseNosferatu Uhhh... every normal game is pay to play. Unless you steal your games... and seriously, what is a few bucks? Most games cost 60. This one is free, and if you enjoy it, you can extend the game with what is essentially the price of a drink at a bar. I for one am looking forward to trying it out.

Or we could get a port of Oblivion maybe?

@retro_player_22 there always hundreds of phone games on the eshop, this is nothing new lol

I have lost almost all respect for Bethesda. I gave this a shot on mobile and this is the kind of garbage designed to separate inpatient people from their money, and to bring actual fun to absolutely no one.

At least Nintendo has the common sense of keeping their freemium garbage exclusively on phones, and don’t try to push that junk on console gamers.

@Daniel36 Generally yes, not in this case sadly.
Blades is one of the most aggressive F2P games i've come across.
The core gameplay (on a smartphone at least) is a nice time waster. Not too deep, but deep enough not to be completely mindless.

But its monetization schemes are handled so poorly, it's basically unplayable without a constant money flow.

While i don't mind the wait times in the town construction aspects, typical F2P game mechanics, the chest system basically breaks the game.
You don't collect loot, you collect the entire chest. And you chest inventory is limited.
Chest can only be opened one at a time. And while they already lowered the time required for the lowest tier, tier 2 already requires hours.
This means that a successful and lucky dungeon run can mean that you need days or even weeks just to clear your chest inventory if you don't pay for instant openings.
While many F2P mobile games follow a "Short burst of gameply" style, Blades simply comes to a screaching halt after extremely short play sessions.

So between town construction (which gates quest progress) and chests (which gate character gear progression) the gameplay you get out of it is ridiculously low if you're not willing to pay.
And that payment is set up to be an infinite money hole, not just a permanent convenience upgrade.

@Einherjar Fair enough. Haven't tried it yet. We shall see how much fun I will get out of it.

I work on mobile game industry, no way I would play a mobile game.

Cash-grabbing trash shovelware. Why would anyone play this when we already have Skyrim on Switch?

@Daniel36 go peddle that nonsense to someone else, bub. I’m not buying.

Glad to know that this is still being worked on.

@NoNoseNosferatu Never said you had to.

@nessisonett Portablility has nothing to do with constant internet connections. What part does one not get about this.

@SwitchForce Switch doesn’t have 4G and most WiFi on trains, buses etc isn’t strong enough to support gaming. It absolutely does have to do with constant internet connections.

@Heavyarms55 you know what's up my friend

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Just play Skyrim, you'll have an infinitely more enjoyable experience with it than you will with Blades plus you won't need a constant Internet connection...

And I say this as someone who has tried (and failed) to properly get into Skyrim on 4 different systems now.

For me, the hype to have a taste of a new Elder Scrolls experience on Nintendo Switch has pretty much dried up. The novelty has worn off unfortunately, especially after these delays.

@Zach777 hmm maybe you should play it on your mobile before you get uppity about someone’s opinion
As Nintendo life will be giving this no more then a 6 if it’s lucky.

@Magician it really is just that, I was one of the few who got to play before release and it was absolute trash. It’s a typical mobile game with infinity blade fighting mechanics, were it not for the Skyrim terminology you wouldn’t really recognise it as a elder scrolls game.
Maybe the fighting mechanics will improve with a controller as the touchscreen version is the worst fighting mechanic I’ve ever played. You basically hold down on the screen and then lift your finger to strike, feels so unnatural and after a couple of hours you are bored with it.

@Deathwalka

I have played it in my phone. Like most anything on the phone, it sucks to control and is absolutely atrocious.

However, since I can imagine how the control scheme would work on a Switch Pro controller and have played Skyrim on the Switch, I’d imagine I’d like it a good deal better than the mobile experience. Therefore, I stand by what I previously stated and affirm that I’m looking forward to the Switch version, as well as transferring what I’ve already done in my phone over to my Switch.

“Uppity” lol. It’s called “having my own opinion”, of which, I’m sure you’re aware, that it is entirely ok to have.

If you would have read my comment, which it would seem you didn’t fully (or in context), I was addressing him making a blanket statement concerning everyone’s opinion, which I disagree with.