The Elder Scrolls: Blades

Platforms

• Nintendo Switch

  May 14, 2020

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  6.2

  playscore

  4.5

  11 Critics

  6.1

  35 Players
• Android

  Mar 27, 2019

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  NA

  playscore

  NA

  0 Critics

  8.0

  93.5K Players
• iOS

  Mar 27, 2019

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  NA

  playscore

  NA

  0 Critics

  9.0

  100K Players

15 critic reviews · 1 community reviews across all platforms

Critic Reviews

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  Hardcore Droid

  8.0

  Bethesda certainly did their best transposing their magnum opus franchise to mobile devices, and with the exception of the overarching microtransactions, they delivered an exciting and engaging experience for both longtime and new Elder Scrolls fans.

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  Pure Nintendo

  5.0

  The Elder Scrolls: Blades is a game with good ideas but bad implementation. While this story is scaled-down and has a unique twist to combat, this entry is riddled with bugs, monetization, and timers that can make this game a drag.

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  Wccftech.com

  5.0

  You might find some enjoyment in the game, as I have done, but you will inevitably become weary of the dungeons, frustrated with the timers, and on Nintendo Switch, you will find the performance to be at times unbearable. Fans of The Elder Scrolls deserve better than this, but it's all they will get until The Elder Scrolls VI launches years from now.

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  Nintendo World Report

  4.0

  The Elder Scrolls: Blades is a simple case of a mediocre game on mobile just not holding up on an actual console. Concessions made for mobile play just don’t make sense here. Not to mention when blown up to a TV or even the modest size of the Switch’s screen, Blades is pretty ugly. It's a downright joke when compared to the actual full Elder Scrolls game already available on the platform.

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  Gaming Bolt

  3.0

  The Elder Scrolls: Blades uses its nature as a mobile-first title as a thin excuse for being a boring, mundane, monotonous experience. It may be free, so there's no point asking if this is worth your money- but is it worth your time? Absolutely not.

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  NintendoLife

  3.0

  The Elder Scrolls: Blades is a bland and repetitive grind, a free-to-play mobile game all dressed up like a proper Elder Scrolls title but lacking in any of the adventure, exploration, wit or charm of a mainline entry in the franchise.

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  MiniReview

  6.0

  The early-access version of The Elder Scrolls: Blades is finally here! But is it the ultimate RPG for mobile?

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  IGN

  5.4

  The Elder Scrolls: Blades is a visually impressive mobile game, and its satisfying combat provides just enough variety to at least partially salvage an otherwise repetitive and lackluster adventure. While technically an Elder Scrolls game, this watered-down version of Tamriel has very little to do with the RPGs it’s based on, and the fun that is here suffers from intrusive microtransactions that bog things down.

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  Switch Player

  5.0

  On paper, The Elder Scrolls: Blades proposes to deliver a light version of the seminal The Elder Scrolls RPG experience. Despite providing some solid gameplay mechanics, it is plagued by poor performance, an always-online limitation, and predatory microtransactions.

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  Cubed3

  2.0

  While it's nice to see more and more things get ported to the Switch, there are things that belong on the platform and things that do not. This would be an example of something that does not. A truly tedious experience, after just a few hours. The best thing about The Elder Scrolls: Blades is that it's a fantastic advertisement for playing Skyrim on the Switch.

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