Wanted to shout out some praise to the artists for ESO... I feel the in-game art work is superb. I also wanted especially thank the person(s) behind the wallpaper art. I enjoy collecting wallpapers from all the games I play and ESO has some of the best.
I have not made my mind up on which faction I will join... but the AD wallpaper has me leaning toward choosing them. The art style used is reminiscent of games/fantasy of days past - I love it... http://elderscrollsonline.com/en/media/wallpapers/425
I'm in no way an art person, but I like anything that makes me feel something. Guys like Keith Parkinson and Frank Frazetta provided many of my early memories of how an RPG should look. The style of painterly work shown in the ESO wallpapers makes me fell very nostalgic of old school RPG's.
KUDOS! to the ESO art team... and keep it coming!
The old Parkinson EQ poster is what it puts me in the mind of... http://www.keithparkinson.com/images/eq.jpg
I stared at that picture so many times and thought of all the adventures that awaited.
It's easy to get wrapped up in all the rules and mechanics behind the game... just wanted to remind myself how much I enjoy the look and feel of a good RPG and fantasy art as a whole.
(I also like good music in my RPG.. I thought the music for Beowulf would work for any fantasy MMO - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXQVKx0IKN4&list=UU33GXmXeOv_9i0PU9g6PI4g)