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  • Ask Massively: The moving goalposts of MMO reviews

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    Bree Royce
    Bree Royce
    03.21.2013

    Last week, Massively streamteamer Richie Procopio sat down to play Elder Scrolls Online at a press demo. Like most such "all-day" media events, the press demo was approximately four hours long -- four hours for Richie to see as much as he could and take notes to transform into articles worth reading. "It must be so hard to write an MMO article based on four hours of gameplay," remarked a reader named Dularr. It is and it isn't. Four hours is more than enough time to grok the basics. Of course, if you're expecting a detailed endgame critique after four hours, you're in for disappointment.