Am I the only one that has noticed... a slight call back to the earlier TES games with the art style of the screen shots? What the merchant is wearing for me really gives that away, as well as the wizard's robe. I -could- be trying to look for things that aren't there, but I couldn't help but think to see a mashup of Arena/Daggerfall with Morrowind/oblivion in the screenshots.

If true, I'd be jumping for joy. I've played TES since Daggerfall. I admit I'm not too big on the grindy mmo feel, if they at least called back that as well as the clear aylied ruins that are very present in the screens, I will be -mostly- satisfied to play. Not thrilled to play another cookie cutter MMO though... Either way, what do people think? Perhaps we could get some comparisons? Sadly, I don't have any of the older TES on my computer at the moment so I can't provide screen shots.

It's a stretch, I see what you're saying about the costuming but that's about where the comparisons end...DF and Arena didn't have an "art-style" so much as they were simply pixelated. They had a certain charm for sure but it's not much of a comparison between 16 bit sprites and hi-poly 3D models we have today.

To me, the art style is reminiscent of standard high fantasy mmos. WoW, Rift, GW2 etc. There's nothing about it that really screams Elder Scrolls.

reminds me of kingdoms of amalur

I honestly like the direction. Sure, it isn't dark and Gritty like Morrowind and Skyrim, but it has this colorful, high fantasy charm that I felt Oblivion also had. That, and HERO engine.