Bethesda did not care one whit about Elder Scrolls when making this game. Bethesda cynically thought that as long as the development team work deliver a superficial visual similarity, it would be enough to justify calling the content "Elder Scrolls." What's more, it suggests that Bethesda has so little respect for the intelligence of its players that they adopted the attitude that as long as "the price is right" (i.e. free) for the content (i.e. "unlimited") players would be happy with it as an entry into Elder Scrolls. Sadly - and this offends me more than the game itself, I think - it looks like Bethesda guessed right. Blades has been a success and while there have been plenty of negative user reviews, most of those have been complaining about the aggressive monetisation - i.e. the "free" content wasn't "free" enough. On the other hand, there are plenty of positive reviews. The game currently has a 3.8/5 rating on the Google App store, and a 4.4/5 on the Apple App Store. Any time that you feel like a developer or publisher has compromised artistic credibility of their game for the sake of making money, just understand that they do that because that's exactly what the consumer wants. Blades being a terrible game is on the players every bit as much as it's on Bethesda.
