'We spent the last few years focusing on these cosmic threats - these giant entities that are coming in to enslave the human race or destroy the world,' Lambert said, 'and we've kind of forgotten that stories can be interesting when they're grounded as well.'Īs players explore the new area, they can also score themselves some company. Inspired by the feudal era, the team made it a priority to pull back from storylines that feature big, world-ending threats and to instead bring things back to the roots of ESO. The brand-new island-style area, High Isle, is set to combine medieval architecture and political intrigue with a Mediterranean environment, setting the scene for alliances to rise and fall. 'It was actually harder picking where we were going to do it than it was to say, 'We want this to be about the Bretons.'' 'We wanted to give the Bretons their time to shine in the sun, because they've never had that at all in any Elder Scrolls game,' Lambert said.

We spoke to Zenimax Online Studios' creative director, Rich Lambert, about the upcoming chapter and some of its new features. As announced at The Elder Scrolls Online 2022 Global Reveal stream, players will soon be setting sail to High Isle, a never-before-seen area that's home to one of the most enduring races: the Bretons. With every chapter of Elder Scrolls Online, the game's world grows just a little bigger. Zenimax Online Studios/Elder Scrolls Online The new area of High Isle is a cross between medieval and Mediterranean.

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