Elder Scrolls Online dev hints at possible Tales of Tribute card game ZeniMax Online Studio, DexertoComing in The Elder Scrolls Online\u2019s new chapter, High Isle, players will be able to spend hours playing the Tales of Tribute card game. ESO\u2019s Creative Director, Rich Lambert, revealed the thought process behind the all-new activity, and whether or not it\u2019ll become a standalone title. One of the many new features accompanying the latest chapter in The Elder Scrolls Online story, ESO High Isle, is Tales of Tribute; a Hearthstone-esque card game that provides a welcome respite from trolling through dungeons and tearing your foes asunder. Set in the warmth of the tavern, players can challenge each other to entertaining duels using a host of different pre-determined decks to snatch the crown (pun entirely intended). It turns out, however, that this fun-filled side activity has been on the cards (that one was intended, too) for a long time, as ESO\u2019s Creative Director, Rich Lambert, took Dexerto on a deep dive into the development process behind The Elder Scrolls Online\u2019s Tales of Tribute. ESO dev discusses the process behind Tales of Tribute While optional card games and MMORPGs seem to go hand in hand, it turns out Tales of Tribute has been in the works for quite some time. \u201cIt\u2019s something we\u2019ve always wanted to do,\u201d Lambert explains. \u201cI remember pitching \u2018tavern games\u2019 back in 2009 when we were still way back early on in pre-production. It\u2019s an alternate activity, something that fleshes the world out, and gives you something to do when you\u2019re not questing or killing, or crafting.\u201d \u201cIt also helps that I\u2019m a bit of a card nut\u201d he confesses. \u201cI love card games and playing card games. It just seemed really natural to me, and to the team, to do something like this.\u201d Given just how organically Tales of Tribute fits into the Elder Scrolls Online universe, it would seem logical to develop it into its own mini-game in the style of The Witcher\u2019s Gwent, or even Hearthstone. \u201cI mean, I would be lying if I said I\u2019d never thought about that before,\u201d he laughs. \u201cOur focus is let\u2019s make it as good as we can right now in ESO, see what players think, and then go from there. We\u2019re super well aware players are going to get this and go \u2018I want a standalone version, I want a physical version,\u2019 and we\u2019ll just see where it goes after we launch it.\u201d Speaking of a physical version, transforming Tales of Tribute into a game that players can play outside of the virtual sphere is something Lambert believes makes perfect sense. \u201cThe game was built to be a physical thing in the world \u2013 it looks and it feels like a game that the average person could play. There\u2019s not a lot of magic, not a lot of finicky pieces; just bring your cards and a couple of tokens, slap them down on a table, and away you go and play. That was the whole intent and goal behind this system.\u201d Whether or not we see Tales of Tribute blossom into its own full-blown universe remains to be seen, but Lambert clearly has high hopes for this innovative take on the classic MMO card game. Either way; we can\u2019t wait to dive in and live out our tavern fantasies \u2013 with the occasional ale included, of course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Elder Scrolls Online dev hints at possible Tales of Tribute card game ZeniMax Online Studio, DexertoComing in The Elder Scrolls Online\u2019s new chapter, High Isle, players will be able to spend hours playing the Tales of Tribute card game. ESO\u2019s Creative Director, Rich Lambert, revealed the thought process behind the all-new activity, and whether or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80558\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}