

Despite their heroic and legendary feats, the Blades have been outlawed, disbanded, slaughtered, and forced into exile as result of the Great War.

The player's character is a surviving former member of the Blades, an elite legendary group of spies and bodyguards who long-served and protected the Empire of Tamriel for many generations. The story takes place within the fantasy universe of The Elder Scrolls, during the Fourth Era, and sometime after the Great War. On mobile devices, the game can be played in either landscape or portrait mode. Players can visit their friends' hub towns. The player's hub town initially starts destroyed and they are tasked with rebuilding and upgrading it, which consequently unlocks more quests and NPCs. Town is the game's main mode, which is a hub area where the player can receive quests and meet non-player characters (NPCs) to progress the story. Arena is a player versus player multiplayer mode in which two players battle against each other. Despite not being connected to the game's story, the endless dungeon is ideal to gain experience and strength for the player. Abyss offers a roguelike experience in which the player must attempt to get as far as possible in an endless dungeon. īlades features three main game modes: Abyss, Arena, and Town. Players can customize and level up their characters to enhance their abilities. The game features dungeons that are both hand-crafted by designers and procedurally generated. Regarding the use of magic, the player can only equip up to three different magic spells to use during combat. Combat includes using melee weapons, magic spells, and ranged attacks. Another distinction is that the abilities of sneaking around non-playable characters, moving corpses, and hiding/storing/stealing items were not included in the game. Unlike the majority of the installments in the series, which are primarily built on open-world and world map features, the game's overall design is linear, due to the challenges and limitations of mobile devices. The game was designed specifically for mobile devices and features nearly-unavoidable one-on-one combat, which is engaged by tapping, swiping, or using virtual dual-stick controls via touch screen. The Elder Scrolls: Blades is an action role-playing game played from a first-person perspective.
