Bruh , I hated Morrowind for one reason only: The NPCs used common sense >:^( I tried selling a Khajiit a book I had stolen from him and he was like "Wait this is my book!" and had guards attack me
Fun fact of the day! Items in Morrowind have an owner tag that indicates who they belong to. This is why a merchant will see their item when you try to sell it to them. However, the plot thickens, and if you then go somewhere people can't see you and drop the stolen item, the item's ownership will be transferred to you! Hope this helped :)
Except when you break a law or are attacked by an enemy. Even if they know how badass you are and how many wizards and creatures and dragons you've slain they still somehow think they can kill you. Like a common bandit on the road will be like give me your money and pull a knife. Meanwhile you are standing there with a enchanted sword daedric armor and a hundred shouts and spells. But sure that knife is real intimidating...
@George Corbul yes there are. One that I know of is near white run. If you find that big bridge in the mountains. Basically there is like a valley ish area where there is a road that goes under the bridge and on either side are small mountains or big hills. There is a building with stairs to go up and there is a bandit on the road near the door. More bandits will be inside and on the bride and such. The one on the road will usually threaten you and not just out right attack. If you don't hand over money then he/she will attack.
Morrowind is hilarious...I've been running through the main quest, and Caius cosades is now telling me I'm probably the chosen one and everyone's last hope. But i have low health so I try to rest in his bed but click on his pillow by mistake. So instantly he loses his shit and starts trying to kill me
I think at some point in the questline he says something like "you can use my bed if you want to". So you have to earn it first, I think. At least this is how I remember it.
Another problem with Skyrim's story is that after you complete it, people still treat you like trash as if you didn't just save Tamriel. Seriously, the citizens tell you to get out of their way, the guards still make jokes about you, and worst of all is that nobody acknowledges your the dragonborn. I've installed mods to have NPCs actually respect you after the main questline, and even other questlines completed, just so I can have a sense of notability in the world.
I went around for years spewing crap about how great Morrowind was since it was an open world RPG without a main questline. Little did I know that the main quest never started since I tried to steal that wooden bowl from one of the first quest NPCs. The guy started punching me, and I bolted. Thus I unknowingly became the most free man in all of Morrowind.
This is why I love Morrowind. All sorts of oddness and hilarity can and will ensue. The Sixth House spies inform Dagoth Ur: "So, the guy we believe to be Nerevar reborn was caught stealing kitchenware and got his ass handed to him, therefore screwing up the prophecy..."
@@ldking5132 How? If you can do the quest when he calms down then how does your point stand? That's how the AI works in that game so I'm pretty confident that he could have. He was just new to the game. I mean, you can get the main quest givers similarly pissed off with you in Skyrim. I had the entirety of the companions after me after I was demonstrating my combat prowess to them and accidentally hit my opponent too many times.
Even ESO jokes about the titles being handed out, a Nord character tells you "Maybe we'll make you the new Thane of Whiterun. After all, they'll take anyone!" after completing a quest.
I hate how I can do 2 wobbly quests then lead a whole faction in Skyrim, or bonk someone on the head after a daedric prince lied about them and instantly become their champion
choices.... why tf did they remove choices... classes... why tf did they remove actual good feel to the difference of classes... The game.. why tf did they remove the gameplay
Because why have a good magic system when you can have crap? Current Bethesda will never surpass Morrowind nor even get on the same level. They can't understand what made it so good. They probably fired all the developers and art talent.
With this character's death, the thread of prophecy is severed. Restore a saved game to restore the weave of fate, or persist in the doomed world you have created.
I hate the watering down of games that EVERY company seems to be doing these days... Theres still hope for Elder Scrolls 6 to bring back some of the amazing RPG elements morrowind had, but I'm not sure how much hope.
The main thing that disappointed me was that in Skyrim, there was no big city that made you go WHOA! Morrowind had Vivec and Oblivion had the Imperial City, but the best Skyrim could do was Solitude, whose main feature was that it was built on a precarious rock formation. Clearly the Nords never learned the lesson of Winterhold.
Learned the lesson? Solitude was built many years before anything happened to Winterhold. And most nords are dumb anyway they blamed the mages, they probably think they're ok since there's no College in Solitude.
I like the dunmer voices in Skyrim. The dunmer voices were rusty back in morrowind because of the ash. And in Oblivion.. everybody had a generic voice.
The cynicism in Morrowind made the world feel much more real. Some prisoner comes along and decides he is the savior, how do you think people would react? Morrowind had alternate ways to beat Dagoth Ur using workarounds, even if you did kill an essential NPC. The freedom to straight up kill anyone (including Vivic), more factions (with multiple religious orders!), and far more weapon styles made the game feel more free than any other.
@George Corbul nope no moral dilemma at all. Cliff racers are pure evil and their whole race deserves to die this is evident in the pure amount of Cliff racers in red mountain, dagoth ur is truly evil to have so many Cliff racers
I've never understood the hate to the cliffracers. Yes, they appear out of nowhere and very frequently but if you built carefully your character to battle by choosing the right skill with the right weapon, all battles with them are a breeze. To be honest I liked them.
George Corbul I'm sticking to the idea that they are not extint, as far as I know, Jiub just drove them away but did not exterminate all of them (thankfully).
The best thing about Morrowind--and the single thing that sets it apart from every other Elder Scrolls game that's followed it, and most other RPGs period, for that matter--happens right at the end of the main quest. You've fought and suffered and worked and bled to prove yourself to the various houses who have named you Nerevarine, you've collected Sunder and Keening and Wraithguard, you've slaughtered your way across Red Mountain and down into the tunnels below it to confront Dagoth Ur himself, and when you're finally face to face with him, he asks you if you're really Nerevar reborn. And you can look him in the eye and tell him absolutely truthfully, "I don't know."
@@johnb6913 It's not an anti-climax. The game allows you to decide whether you were born chosen or just was good enough to pass all the tests and make your own destiny. So an honest answer would be how would you know. It's great that way.
@@donkeysaurusrex7881 Azura was the one who enforces that curse. The fact that she lets you wear the ring might mean you're Nerevar reborn, or it might just mean Azura was willing to fudge it for the sake of her prophecy because she really wants the Tribunal to not be gods anymore.
I bought it maybe a year or two after it was released, and I must have clocked over 1000 hours as a teenager. And I still have not finished the main quest, not once. (Haven't done that with any TES game tbh.) I picked it up again some 6 years ago, determined to see it through once, made a Dunmer Paragon sort of custom class to fit into the Nerevarine role as well as possible. Then... I left it for 5 years. :D But I got into it again last weekend, and I promise I'll finish it this time. And Tribunal (did Bloodmoon once).
I had Morrowind since the beginning and finally finished the main quest two years ago. I usually skip the main quest in Elder Scrolls games until I just figure why the hell not get around to it a decade of two later. I've never seen a dragon in Skyrim ever past the intro cause I don't meet people out in some field to check out a supposed dragon. I just let the quest lie and Skyrim is free of their version of cliff racers the whole time. Stop after the Hero of Kvatch title is won in Oblivion and NEVER talk to Martin in Kvatch or later in the refugee camp and there are never any oblivion gates ever in Oblivion except the very first one. Starting a dialogue with Martin is what causes the gates to spawn software-wise in other words. Main quest lines have always totally bored me so I don't see the point in doing them.
Khajiit and Argonian legs in Morrowind were better. Those two races used to feel really different from humans and mers, they were not like some sort of fury cosplay...
@George Corbul Yep, the Elder Scroll lore explain they are different subspecies. But I think the reality behind this is: Less work. If every playable character has the same form, it's less work for animation, armor design, and even game balance (if I remember correctly, Khajiit and Argonians couldn't wear shoes in Morrowind). And don't get me wrong: I'm not implying that people at Bethesda are lazy, but there's (nightmarish) time and money management involved in game devellopement, and I'm pretty that someone took the decision to have humanoid legs for every playable character for time and ressources reasons.
I really love beast races in Morrowind and also the unique disadvantages that come with playing them - not being able to wear boots or most helmets. Though I do have to say that Argonians and Khajiit looked badass in Skyrim.
Races in Skyrim mean almost nothing. All they do is tweak your starting stats a little and maybe give you an ability that you're gonna use 3 times during your entire gameplay.
@@Imperatia i think the most important aspect that needs to be integrated for Elderscrolls races is how the world will treat you, and what culture and groups you can adopt or will adopt you.
Morrowind is incredibly rich in terms of story and atmosphere, it's a great journey. Easily one of the greatest open-world RPG's to date. It has its flaws, most definitely, but overall it's highly recommended.
@Lúzia A Morta this comment shows me you haven't just gone exploring. Most dungeons in Skyrim have a similar theme but are completely different map wise like Labrinthia, and have really good rewards at the end, whereas in Morrowind you either just see ancestral tombs or mines. But you can believe what you want.
@A fan of heavy music and Morrowind Meridia's temple, the shrine of Hircine and it's questline, Malakath's temple. Skyrim had Daedric temples. Bit chastising Skyrim for something it doesn't have lore wise is just dumb.
@Lúzia A Morta not true. Tons of quests are outside of the and dungeons. Again, ignorance. Also, just because you refused to explore in Skyrim doesn't mean there is nothing to explore. Wrecked ships, hidden temples, bandit camps nestled in mountain tops, and forest groves all hold awesome enemies and hidden rewards. Again, ignorance.
What i liked about morrowind was the villain. skyrim had the typical fantasy dragon enemy. Oblivion had demons and shit but the way they were done made them feel kinda cliche and uninteresting. I liked the mythic dawn parts a lot though. Morrowind had a legitimately scary enemy. The red mountain and the ghost fence felt unique. The blight, corprus, and dagoth, gave the enemy a mysterious and a deeply evil feel. Akkulakan really made me uneasy. Same with the servants of dagoth that underwent the weird transformation.
Dagoth Ur was a sympathetic villain too. Although he had become evil, you could understand his motives and see how he had been wronged. Alduin is just big bad dragon wants to destroy the world for no reason other than being a big bad dragon.
@@yuiop937 technically thats his job. he must devour the world so that the next one may form safely. otherwise the god heads, some otherworldly creatures risk waking up and wiping out the entire plane of mundus. still its not told rather well.
Easily the biggest difference is the magic system. Morrowind had so many legitimately different spells. Oblivion had fewer. Skyrim had fewer still. Morrowind you could levitate, walk on water, breathe underwater, summon like 30 different monsters (multiple at once), summon wealons and armour, teleport in several different ways. The list goes on.
Sounds like you guys just want the game to be more broken. While there is fewer magic, magic itself is already overpowered enough as is in skyrim, its like sneak arching levels of overpowered.
@@AMan-ct1gu technically true, but it bugs me to have a fantasy world without magical flight for some reason. Of course, it wouldn't be so broken if you weren't the only one that ever used it.
@@AMan-ct1gu magic is overpowered? Bruh, magic at high level is almost completely useless in skyrim lmao, why do you think that so many people prefer to play as a warrior/thief/Archer over a battlemage? It's because most vanilla spells are useless when you go to a high level in the game
The biggest thing for me is that morrowind made you think. You had to look at your journal, ask around, figure stuff out. Now it’s just follow the quest marker and fast travel around.
Yeah, that was one thing that made old games so special. In the Gothic series it's also like that. You have to figure out yourself how to get to your destination by talking with npcs.
And sometimes the journal entries were total bullshit haha. It was WAY more surreal/convincing world building than Oblivion or Skyrim. I get how it's a business though and they probably wouldn't have sold as many copies of Skyrim had it simply been Morrowind with a better graphics engine. Gotta dumb shit down to the lowest common denominator sometimes. That said Skyrim was still epic. Just wish younger players knew what had to happen first to even get there. Morrowind has a strong argument for being the best truly open world, single player RPG ever created.
@@blakehansen8284 u really arent the fun type to be around are ya? lol oblivion was still great it wasnt dumbed down to the point you described it. some people are so full of themself for beating a video game
You can still read the journal entiries in Skyrim too which there are a ton of too as well as reading all the interesting books and etc. There is a ton of writing put into the Skyrim (to compare books in vanilla Skyrim had total of 334k words. Oblivion with all expansions had 265k words. Morrowind plus expansions had 133k words.). The only difference in Skyrim is you are not in a blank undiscovered world. Most of the things already discovered by someone else and you just mark them on your map which makes so much sense to have a full map of a region existed for a very long time. You just have to look at your map and go there, you still explore the world on your own, fast travel is only usable once you discover a place so that's not that bad either. Most of the NPC have unique dialogues instead of copy-paste dialogues of Morrowind so it is always interesting to talk with people in Skyrim. IMO what made Morrowind a great game is our imaginations and the Morrowind as a region.
I was playing Morrowing after Skyrim and after a lot of different games. Still, it made me uneasy more than any other game - it's atmosphere can be extremely creepy. I personally love Dwemer ruins - they've genuinely made me shiver a couple of times. It's the sudden noises, the aimlessly working mechanisms, the oppressing atmosphere of stone and metal, almost alien to this world.
TES6: 1. only bows and swords in two colors 2. even less text to read, books replaced with comics 3. only monsters NPC, no human-ish NPCs 4. quests from parchments laying on the ground in random places 5. main quest: find and kill dragon that killed your father/mother
+ most of the legendary weapons are added if you buy lootboxes with real money, which have a 0,01% chance of containing an artifact, but mostly just have iron weapons with random stats
True that in Skyrim your titles mean nothing. Head of the companions, meh who cares. Leader of the thieves guild, oh well people still don’t acknowledge you
I can say the same thing for Oblivion, too You become a member of the Black Hand, Become the Gray Fox, An Arch-Mage, Hero of Kvatch, But the guards are like *"Citizen!"*
@@dreamy9397 No, not really true. Guards in Oblivion are often very honored to meet the Hero of Kvatch. And of course the guards aren't going to be in awe of you becoming the Gray Fox or they would be arresting you. Thieves do NOT want their titles known by law enforcement, haha.
You forgot that whole "epic skyrim music" is just remix of morrowind soundtrack. also I think it was like that: Hey ! let's make best RPG game in history! MORROWIND! Hey ! let's make best selling RPG game in history! SKYRIM !
@@kaa6918 That's literally the opposite of what everyone who I've ever spoken to that's played Oblivion has said alot of them loved the game and the soundtrack. And if they hated the game they always said "The soundtrack was great though" I mean the background music that plays whilst just walking around is so beautiful there's no music from a video game that gives me actual goose bumps.
I know what you mean but I think he just phrased it badly, I think he just meant that the atmosphere in Morrowind was more alien, and the Viking(ish) aesthetic Skyrim has is too familiar.
I will add: Levitation and Staves that were actually worth using because you could customize the spells they cast, could use them as melee weapons, and there were differences in the look of the staves. Ebony staff...mmmmmm.
I love Gothic because you literaly start from the bottom and everyone bullies, mocks, blackmail or try to murder you. But in the end you are OP and After so much pain it feels great.
I was just making a reply on that. Gothic is where you really feel like you were kicked and thrown in the mud by insults and punches from other inmates. Then you got up got a better sword then kicked them across the curb once your skill level got good enough. The quests are amazing too. You really feel like you're getting street cred out in the bad streets of Old Camp.
I loved how big Morrowind felt. It was such a strange new land unlike anything else. The environment, the architecture, the creatured, the legends within the books you could find. While every other game from D&D to to Warcraft to Skyrim is basically a rehash of Lord of the Rings, or Arabian knight themes, this one was completely unique and we'll fleshed out. I hoped for so much more of this creativity in Oblivion and Skyrkm but it just wasn't ever there.
@@bizznick444joe7 Even Morrowind's economy is alien. Its main exports are volcanic glass, insect eggs "mined" from underground egg farms, and leather from weird flying tentacle creatures (netch). Armor is made from insect shells, said volcanic glass, "bone mold", or demon-infused ebony ("daedric"). I also like how the cities progressed. You start in the port of Seyda Neen with its generic mediveal Europe-style architecture, but then you realise it's just a foreign outpost in this alien land. The southern cities like Balmora, Suran or Vivec and the surrounding landscape still look somehwat familiar (oriental-inspired architecture surrounded by swamps and farmland), but the more you progress north and east, the more strage it becomes. Volcanic ash deserts with ash storms dotted with Lovecraftian daedric ruins, giant mushroom towers that you can only navigate by levitation, lava lakes, hollowed-out giant crab shells used as houses... A truly unique world. And of course this is all perfectly normal to the natives, as one would expect.
@@marcelldavis4809 Starting to make a lot of sense the land of Morrowind is inhospitable, volcanoes and low on resources so trade, export, business, mining and sharing became so important.
D&D was based on Conan the Barbarian and Elric of Melnibone more than LOTR. Also, if you think D&D is just that kind of Fantasy, look at Ravenloft and Planescape.
TES: 6. First quest you becomes Nerevarine mk. 2 and archmage of the mages guild. Need to purchase in store credits to access Assasins guild / thieves guild.
Next quest will make you the God of Sweetrolls granting you the power to turn anyone and anything into a sweetroll, eating this sweetroll will give you 69,420 health, magicka, and stamina, make your screen have a rainbow filter and make you fart cheese wheels for five minutes... also the cheese wheels will explode violently into a horde of scamps in jester costumes that will harass you until the end of the game unless you buy the $20 "Banish Todd's Children" spell dlc
yeah but what are the odds you can figure that out by yourself without speding thousands of hours playing the game or watching speedrun videos on youtube?
The shivering isles was one of the best dlcs of the generation. I still remember stepping foot into there for the first time it was like a portal(literally) to a almost different game. And the NPCs dialogue was great too. I miss being a kid:(
I would argue that player identity is already gone in Skyrim, you are dragonborn whether you like it or not. I just want to play the blacksmith that slowly unfolds a huge quest on his travels. Nope, I speak dragon.
Ryan I did exactly that on my first (and only) playthrough in 2011. I went full crafting because I thought it would be fun to find my own materials and make some cool stuff, and then find upgrades throughout the world as I gave myself a little starting boost from crafting. I think I had full Daedric around level 20 and not a single item in the entire world could possibly upgrade me. Boy was it super fun. And by that I mean it was boring as shit.
@@wulftheghost It's been 7 years but if I remember right you just fast travel to every city and buy their furs to make the leather strips and ingots, make stuff for a small profit or break even. By the time you get back to the start point they have more. Something like that, pretty easy and quick.
As someone who always loves playing mage characters, playing through Skyrim felt like a chore. Coming from Morrowind and Oblivion, when Skyrim came out and many people had a chance to play it, I was always wondering why everyone was praising it so hard when it felt a bit empty to me. I agree that the game is great and I did enjoy it but playing through a game that didn't feel like my arcane playground just felt odd. I loved being able to conjure up a full set of armor with a weapon and a boost to strength whenever I got into combat and summon all sorts of creatures. Skyrim, best you could do in the base game was summon a wolf, 3 atronachs, or a dremora and you only had 3 options for weapons. I really hope they go back to the old system in TES6.
They also got rid of spell creation, which was super dope. Another thing: There was treasure to be found in Morrorwind. If you started a new game and knew where to look from previous plays, you could obtain endgame weapons, armor, and items. In Oblivion and Skyrim, the weapons and armor you find tend to level up along with you as a character. Morrowind had platters and cups worth 500+. Balmore had the Sword of White Woe, which was a super good weapon to obtain early on. You could literally barter and haggle on prices when selling to a vendor. The levitate spell allowed you to fly, and find hidden areas deep within cave systems and tombs. Skooma and moon sugar actually made you crack-head strong and crack-head fast. I once ate 50 pounds of moon sugar and drank 30 skoomas. I stripped down and stood on the bottom right shore. I ran and jumped more than halfway through the world in a matter of seconds before it wore off. ...I love Morrorwind
Something I really appreciate about Morrowind compared to both Oblivion and Skyrim is how you need to have certain skills in order to progress through the guild ranks. I mean, it makes sense for, say, the Dark Brotherhood to welcome any style of assassin, because stealth is only required for bonuses in both the Skyrim and Oblivion quest lines. But for things like the Mages Guild/College of Winterhold and the Fighters Guild/Companions? You can advance through the ranks, becoming Archmage while knowing nothing about magic.
+Subject ya I definitely agree with this. It is weird, especially when it comes to mages guild and the college. I mean you shouldn't even be allowed in without having some promise and interest in magic.
@George Corbul You know, I think so. I am replaying it and it wasn't proficiency really it was just putting skill ups into magicka so you have enouh MP to cast the spells she asks for on the bridge to the College. So I was wrong. I wish it did have that feature in the game. I there a mod for it, because I like that. Skyrim is beautiful but too easy IMO. I get bored and go back to Morrowind or Daggerfall. Daggerfall is such a bitch, I am on my second playthru and still suck. LOL
Considering all the magic that exists..you gotta kinda see that maybe someone even tried to pretend they were draginborn. And time and time again, people just after a while, don't believe it anymore. You could just be another person with flashy magic. And flashy magic is just part of this world so it also isn't something to think twice about.
@Jakey Snakey As far as i know, it's not. But why a wizard doesn't fake being Dragonborn? Just make some shiny spell while you use a illusion spell to make the Dragon seem all bones. I don't know a lot about the limits of magic in TES, but i didn't say anything that couldn't be done in theory.
I'm surprised you didn't mention that in Morrowind, if you became a vampire, you could suddenly start talking with vampires. Before being turned, vampires acted like mobs. They'd attack you, and that was about it. After you became one of them, you were TRULY one of them. In Skyrim and Oblivion, even after you're turned, they still attack you like they're nothing but mindless monsters. Another great Morrowind feature was the overall freedom to become completely overpowered through enchantments without charges. Skyrim enchantments kind of suck. They're all down to earth, and they all basically say "We don't want you to be unrealistically overpowered." Not at all fun compared to enchanting all your gear with levitation and basically being able to fly everywhere, or complete invisibility and being able to kill anything and everything without any resistance. Sure, those abilities made the game a breeze, but it was so much fun to make it your mission to become the ultimate godlike player. And in Skyrim (and to a lesser degree Oblivion), all of that was basically taken away from everyone as a way of placating players who, I guess, complained that it was possible to do such things and make the game too easy. Every awesome thing you can become in Skyrim is carefully balanced to ensure that it's never quite awesome enough. You're a vampire lord now? Cool! You're still only marginally more powerful than any enemy you'll fight, you have massive weaknesses, and you'll probably want to find a cure eventually, because your existence is painfully penalized to add "realism." How about the guildmaster of the mages guild. You're the big top dog there now, you must have access to spells and abilities that you thought never existed in the world before. Nope, you're just the same dude with a room of plants. Thank goodness I worked so hard, now I can make a few more useless potions without having to search the world for ingredients for potions I don't give a shit about. Or, I could be a werewolf! See Vampire above. An "ability with affliction" that once again leans very heavily in the direction of affliction. You're not really much stronger than you were before, you don't get +30 to your run and jump stats, you're not uber in any discernable way. I wish they wouldn't go in the direction they are, but Elder Scrolls games seem to be focusing more and more on ensuring people can't think outside of any systems (box) that Bethesda intended them to. You can be a super uber strong player, but it must be entirely within the realm of conceivability, regardless of the fact that it's a friggin fantasy game. It feels like Bethesda wants to ensure that players don't feel special in the world of Tamriel, and in that case, what's the point of even existing in the world, if I'm just another being limited by the same limitations as the NPCs I happen to meet? Skyrim could've been better, it's good, fun in a lot of ways, but it's certainly lost a lot of the magic of the games before it. Oblivion lost some magic that Morrowind had, Skyrim lost a little bit more. I feel like the next Elder Scrolls game will have super unbelievably realistic graphics, but feel much more like playing Second Life Fantasy, than an actual Elder Scrolls game.
I only played FO4 on a free weekend a few weeks ago and it was horrible. Well, it's not my genre, but really .. I don't need anybody to decide what to do. Like, really, screw my son. To me it looked like he died (Like, he was an INFANT). (Yeah I kinda know the end a bit). It's not the identity, but the path I can choose. Like, a questline with content. MULTIPLE questlines.
Also, even then, it was just a small loading bar at the bottom of the screen. I'd say it's still better than a complete screen which takes you out of the world you were in.
Towns exist of the world map without loading to an entirely new, isolated cell. Meaning you could climb or jump over a wall into the town, no problem (or levitate) In oblivion and skyrim, towns became seperate cells, off of the world map. It was a huge back step.
Don’t forget that you can play darts and use anything as a target and use magic that has been yanked out of our grasp in Skyrim, such as levitation, being able to teleport wherever you want (not like fast traveling, you can go to unmarked locations), etc.
It's supposed to be land of the nords so yeah it's going to look a little Nordic and old human civilization just because it is more historical doesn't mean there is any less fantasy
@Lúzia A Morta A frozen shithole where only the reach could grow anything which is why the nords fight the bretons and reachmen for control of that land. Watch zarics video on the skyrimg civil war for more in depth info about the nords pre skyrim
But snowy landscapes aren't all in grays and whites. Anyone leaving in northern climates will tell you that winter has many rich colors from evergreens to homes painted bright colors to lovely deep blue skies when the snow isn't falling. Skyrim graphics look like shit 90% of the time. 10% they can look beautiful but they went with the 90% gray world way too too much.
The main quest, too. It's cleverer, more profound, and more surprising as the story progresses. It would work as a genuinely interesting and gripping novel, while Skyrim is a bit more pedestrian in that regard.
Ever since I learned of that it always pissed me off. The civil war should have been about the Nords reclaiming their religion. It makes the Nords hypocritical.
Oh yeah cause the old ones are better. You nostalgic assholes can’t see the beauty or fun in Skyrim or Oblivion. Get stuck up. It’s not gonna make the devs at Bethesda convert back to the old days of Morrowind just because you have a subjective idea of a good game.
Blonde Human I love skyrim and oblivion. Oblivion is actually my favorite. I was just saying that there are many things morrowind did better. Morrowind was the last elder scrolls game I ever played. I have no nostalgia to it.
The most prominent thing that comes to my mind when I think about what made Morrowind so great is no fast travel. You had to use in game directions, landmarks, and signposts. Sure it was a pain in the ass sometimes but it really made you feel like a person in that world navigating it by the rules of that world.There are other reasons too but that is one that just sticks with me
While Morrowind is by no means the best-looking game graphically, it most certainly makes you feel like you actually achieved something in the end. You ARE the Nevarine, and everyone knows! Plus, lack of a fast-travel system forces you to earn everything. It's much more challenging than Oblivion or Skyrim, and yes it does feel more like a land lost in time more than the others because of the lore.
Most game can keep stable prices, because there's more and more people playing it, hence more games actually sold. The so-called casuals make your game half the price it could be sold otherwise...
The essential npc thing is really serious. It really kills your immersion if you can't actually decide someone's death. Like our friend Delphine for example; if she was killable just like many other npc's, the game would be so much better.
Funny that Morrowind have bigger and varied settlements than Skyrim. Feel that most of the interior and exterior of Skyrim look the same, while Morrowind have uniqueness for even the smallest of places.
Yeah that's always bugged me about skyrim. Places looked too similar for me. Although markarth differs a lot from other cities for example, it still just felt miserable to me. I remember really noticing in oblivion how different each place was.
@Fraulein Kunst Considering that Skyrim's NPC never having conversation like Oblivion (Even in a silly way) is kind of turn off, and when they do converse, it will be the same repeated line, especially when they talk to the player which pisses me off. Most of the time, I don't even want to go to settlements because of that reason alone. Oddly enough, when Morrowind and Skyrim being quiet, the location felt like they are still being populated. Maybe the depressing tone and color of Skyrim didn't help, I don't know.
they hand placed a lot of items that took skill checks or serious effort to acquire, (except for the glass dagger in the stump)...even oblivion didn't have quite as much variety as Morrowind.
@@bl6797 There´s also this chameleon-enchantment/spell... I´ll give it a new try now after many years, because the one time I played Morrowind was until I enchantet my whole equip with chameleon and yeah... explored everything unharmed, even the red mountain and stood before the endboss without knowing really anything about what the hell happens why lol. And the worst thing is I knew before that I would break it and lose fun and interest in playing it... hard to not use this enchantment again tbh, but I´ll be strong!
I know Skyrim is a more streamlined RPG experience and dumbed down I guess you can say but it's still amazing. The sense of wonder, the OST , and just the whole atmosphere in general is extremely well done. Bugs and all Skyrim is a classic and one of my favorite games of all time.
Is it really streamlined though? What does that even mean. An RPG is supposed to allow freedom and player choice, but consequences as well. Morrowind allowed complete freedom and consequence, whereas skyrim was much more linear, and the world wouldn’t respond to your choices as much, to the point where certain starting areas will treat you the same no matter how far in the game you are. The skill and attributes allow the player to choose how they play. Morrowind allowed for all types of builds. Skyrim had OP stealth archer, Wizard, and warrior. “Streamlining” is just downgrading.
@@unlimitedpower1385 I would so much love that Bethesda bothers about this one aspect....If there were nk fast travel man!They can make an alternative "fast travel" variations like in Morrowind....I finished it like 1 or 2 months ago and started Oblivion,the same moment i found that theres that fast travel i felt so bothered and its so uncovincing and no reward like feeling...Where in Morrowind you actually look at the map,listen to the Npcs and then pay actual gold to go from place to place,and thats what i call rpg like and rewarding type of gameplay........Im certain it will have fast travel,but i will be dissapointed for them not trying to make those lines that connect the world in that way....For instance Morrowind had like 6 or even 7 ways of traveling the long distances and thats a Rpg not these non emersive and boring fast travel, marked quests for idiots type of shit.
@@unlimitedpower1385 But then theres that feeling,that Tod will actually listen to the fans and his passion,and include all these stuff into the TesVI,but the chances are so low that im bothered long term.Who knows,lets hope for the best...
@@stfustfu7765 i suppose but i understand fast travel and markers not everybody is a hardcore gamer. However there are flaws in tes 5 i cannot ignore for example the lazy puzzles
I have a bit of an issue with your second point about essential NPC's and this is why: In Morrowind, NPC's were static and probably weren't going to be killed outside of the player's choice. But in Oblivion and Skyrim, there NPC's have radiant AI and thus go about their lives even when the player isn't present. and thus have a greater likelihood of being killed outside of the player's decision. This increases in Skyrim, with random Vampire and Dragon attacks picking off a few NPC's in my game, entire questlines could be lost and playthrough's could be broken and the player would have no control over it. Thus, Morrowind having no essential NPC's and Oblivion and Skyrim having essential NPC's aren't really comparable.
You mean, like they already do? Sure, they're invincible to all forms of death but that ,makes more sense than having them be invincible to everything but the player. How is that immersive? Because that's what this essential NPC complaint is born from right? A lack of immersion. If an NPC is unkillable unless the player kills them, that makes the issue all the more obvious to me. What they should have done is removed their essential status after there role in the quests were done. What you're suggesting isn't a solution.
"If an NPC is unkillable unless the player kills them, that makes the issue all the more obvious to me" So Dragons beating up Jarl Balgruuf for three hours after you come back to turn his last quest in, only for him to die afterwards seems more realistic to you? Isn't that essentialy the same thing I suggested in the end with the difference that he can now be killed by Dragons and wildlife too? Whats your point man?
"So Dragons beating up Jarl Balgruuf for three hours after you come back to turn his last quest in, only for him to die afterwards seems more realistic to you?" When the hell does that happen in the game? "Isn't that essentialy the same thing I suggested in the end with the difference that he can now be killed by Dragons and wildlife too?" You were suggesting that only the player be able to kill essential NPC's, the difference is rather big. "Whats your point man?" Well, originally it was that the complaint of essential NPC's outside of Morrowind is retarded, absolutely dumb. And I've already explained why, now it's that your half-measure solution is dumb. You're happy for developers to continue half-assing their games but just in a different way? I don't see the point in complaining if the solution that'd make you happier is just a different method of lazily pretending to solve the problem.
That doesn't happen in game but according to your suggestion it could. I agree, just make essential NPCs killable by not only the player but also wildlife or you know, just ensure that they don't wander into dangerous areas. New Vegas seems to be able to pull that off as an example. Still my suggestion was meant as a compromise and while it's not realistic, neither is your suggestion for a fact, if you want to turn this into an realism argument. You seem to atleast agree that essential NPCs are also a half-assed, if not outright bad idea yes? Give the player at least the option to kill an important NPC when he so desires doesn't sound that bad to me, but yes, I would prefer if they could be killed by all kinds of creatures.
I loved that vendors in Morrowind recognized that you were trying to sell an item to them that you stole from them and they took it and their disposition decreased
Skyrim had major loading issues on consoles. If they opened up cities the games performance would gave greatly suffered almost gaurateed. Also dragons can enter cities and kill many NPCs
I was just about to say the same thing and even on computers it can be hard on it. And for the time that it came out computers with the capability to handle it were quite a bit more expensive
I've said this in videos elsewhere on RUclips, but I will say it here: Morrowind is a toolbox. NOT a sandbox, a toolbox. You choose, within the confines of the world, the who, what, why, where, and how. You choose your race, class, and birthsign, then you are tossed out into that open, careless world. But...that's not the end, that's the beginning. YOUR beginning. Your journey. From there you choose where you go. You decide what to do, where to go, how you do it, and more. Sure, I don't deny that it can be overwhelming, but you're also given one goal to begin with: Talking with Caius. Hell, if you DO talk with Caius before you are level...uhh...5 I think, he'll give you some money, say, "Hey, go join a guild, learn some skills, get some people talking about you, then come back to me when you feel prepared." So now you again have that freedom, and it's not hard to find several factions to join within Balmora. And so from there you can start some faction quests, get some more money and otherwise get your character more established. But yes, you go from basically a nobody to a somebody. In a way it makes sense too as you rise through the ranks, you will go do other things as well, like the main questline or hell maybe even just journey out on your own and see what you come across. That's the true beauty of Morrowind. Also on #5: It's not just your 'titles' but everything in Morrowind is earned really. Membership in guilds is obtained by both merit (doing quests) and skills. You can be the savior of Morrowind and Nerevarine, but if you SUCK at magic and can barely cast a fireball you are not doing to achieve very high ranks in the Mages Guild no matter how much work you do for them. Other things really do feel earned in the end because you HAVE gone through so much. You didn't become a powerful archmage because you went through a few linear quests and then boom you're the leader...no, you did all the quests, sure, I don't deny that, but you also went out and became a powerful mage on your own, you are proven to be skilled as well as proven to be loyal and able to do much for the guild. Ergo when you finally achieve a high rank and are told about a couple of powerful artifacts you know that only happened because you're powerful already and respected, and that you will achieve even greater feats with those artifacts at your side. On a similar note, enchanting items. In Skyrim enchanting is essentially 'another' power boost, another means of gaining more strength. In Morrowind it really is too, but the freedom, the ability to choose from SO many options, so many combinations to put on your equipment is what made it so great. Like I could take a ring in Morrowind and enchant it with.... the ability to cast a powerful fireball spell, or have a PERMANENT health regen as long as it was equipped, OR bound summons, OR permanent invisibility! So many options and choices that were just waiting for you to discover and come up with. Once again, toolbox. PS: I don't deny for a second the graphics haven't aged well, and even mods can only do so much.
Huh? Oh no no, not at all. Hate em, I can't stand the TES series. Cuz it's like seriously, 'just play some DnD you nerds!' So no, I'd never play that series, not in a million years. :p
i've played ES since arena and i agree with every one of your points, especially about earning your way in the guilds. the first time i played through the mages guild in skyrim i was so disappointed and angry at bethesda. i had to take a small break before continuing because it was just so phoned in. even now when i play through it i break up the mages guild quests with any other side quest that's magic related. then i set various goals for my skills for each stage of the mages guild. This is why Morrowind lives on as one of the best ES games...they really involved you in whatever you were doing...it wasn't just some check box you filled and moved on.
No game has really captured the magic of Morrowind. It felt so alien, so strange and intriguing at every step, and yet so real. I hope with all my heart that the next game, somehow, is able to capture that magic once more.
WOW REALLY!? YOU MUST BE THE ONLY ONE THAT BOUGHT IT WHEN IT CAME OUT! COOL! I WISH I WERE COOL AS YOU! WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT TO BUY THE GAME WHEN IT CAME OUT!? WE NEED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE AND THAT MAYBE NO ONE GIVES A SHIT.
I especially like your number 3. Skyrim yet was another medieval land. Morrowind immersed you in a unique world. Feels like you're going there yourself.
the options on armor sets are what I missed the most in TESIV and TESV. Not only that you could have a giant pauldron on your shield arm while having non on your sword wielding right arm but also that finding a matching set of armor was really rewarding. That moment I picked up that right gauntlet of ebony armor? AMAZING!
Morrowind was the first Elder Scrolls game I played - all the way back on the OG Xbox. Put at least 150hrs into that game - such an awesome game even til this day!
ZenFuYoung I played the hell out of it, had no clue what I was doing, and died during all combat. Had no clue what potions did, and still had a lot of fun!
I really liked the lack of markers and fast travel. You really had to plan your travels, and it was easy to get lost. As annoying as these things can be. The do help a lot with immersion.
You want to know why people in Skyrim are labled as essential? Because the world is different. In Morrowind, Monsters for the most part stayed way outside of cities and settlements, and essential characters where most of the times in cells that where not in the slightest harmful. In Skyrim characters move around freely. Monsters come inside cities (mostly dragons, vampiers, cultists) and so you are not longer the only threat for them. Imagine Delphine would have been killed by the newly resurected Dragon that Alduin summoned. In that case you would have no chance to ever finishing the game, and it wasn't your fault. But I give you that, they could have taken the essential status once they are no longer needed.
Basic programming. "If"/"then" The npc can do whatever and experience whatever and still be safe. But IF the player code attacks the npc THEN they are vulnerable. Problem solved
@@agonleed3841 In JavaScript (I think, I haven't programed in a while): vulnerable = 0 if beingAttackedByDragonborn == True: vulnerable = 1 if dragonbornSurrendering == True: vulnerable = 0
Why they haven't remade Morrowind on the new systems with upgraded graphics and movement mechanics is beyond me. It would be incredible. But it's Bethesda...
beth got so sick of that request that they blew up Morrowind so we couldn't return....then returned to Morrowind in the online game because they learned where the money was (yes i know zenimax and bethsoft are 2 different companies).
Really have to put into perspective what Bethesda and the Early Elder Scrolls games were. An incredibly small studio of dedicated RPG enthusiasts creating very experimental games as passion projects, with sales and revenue being viewed only as an essential afterthought to recoup production costs and pay for the development of future titles. Things change with success. It sucks that they do but that's how businesses work. You aren't going to find these kind of quirky games unless you look to indie titles. Anything Bethesda ever puts out now is going to be an overly manufactured product with a massive budget and hundreds of people working behind the scenes. That setting doesn't allow for personality or risks. Innovation isn't cost effective.
*levitation, pc UI, quest logs, unique models for beast races = legs etc makes some races unable to wear some parts of armor but gives them other bonuses, main quest, etc etc etc*
If your having trouble locating the let's play poll, tap your screen and then tap the circle with and i in it and it will be there. For desktops it's on the top left of the video player.
hey I love your videos so much but, if you do like a big play through like the shivering Isles could you make a longer video as it is so big and in-depth , plus keep up the good work
The Cantina I love how KOTOR is on IOS now. Best game for long road trips. I didn't like the final boss though as you needed to do a lot of damage because light side force spells didn't control him... When I say on IOS now it has been for ages
Could be a cultural difference though to be honest. Man tend to believe things on a whim when there are no other answers in site. It's been seen many times throughout our history from religion, justice, war, etc. Just one example being the Salem Witch Trials. Man are easily persuaded. The Dunmer might just be smarter than that and require more evidence for belief in Morrowind. Compared to the unintelligible and impressionable humans of Skyrim. Buuuuut in reality, it's probably more of a poor design decision on Bethesda's part for Skyrim 😅.
Dragons can attack closed off city's but it's really rare. I had one fly into whiterun and land on the Mead hall of the companies but due to the guards it was dead in about three minutes
Another thing I loved about Morrowind was the dialogue. I could spend 10-15 minutes talking to some random priest about all the diseases and the Nine Divines. In Skyrim, most of the dialogue only lasts 2-3 minutes, and none of it makes you wanna find out more about the world you were in. Plus, in Morrowind different people had different things to say about a subject, some people would praise Dagoth Ur and hate you, and someone else would adore you and hate Dagoth Ur. In Skyrim literally everyone you meet except for the generic bandit praises you and just go through their 10 generic lines of dialogue. Oh, and what made Morrowind's dialogue system even better, was that basically none of the NPCs had a voice actor when you talk to them, letting your imagination run free of how they sound like. In Skyrim basically every Nord has the same voice actor, its unrealistic and just makes me want to avoid dialogue altogether sometimes.
Yeah, in this context, having full voice actors is actually a down side. It skyrocket the costs, bringing down the amount of dialogue and the variety of voices. In Morrowind, reading at your own pace (or immediatelly skipping it) is actually more immersive and convenient, in some way. Too bad it will never come back in AAA titles :(
As Elder Scrolls became a bigger name, they wanted to appeal to a broader audience. Skyrim is fairly casual-friendly (despite having tons of content still), followed by Oblivion, then Morrowind is more for the hardcore enthusiast, while Daggerfall is for the incredibly enthused. There's always more pressure to please more people when you get famous.
Also, the shop keepers would actually wear weapons and armour that you sold to them and switch it up, and the looting system was so much better. you could find yourself way out of your comfort zone with enemies too powerful for you to attack. but if you did manage to somehow kill them, maybe with the help of a powerful potion you came across by chance then the loot would be equally powerful giving you a real sense of achievement and adventure when it didn't just all level up with you. i miss this so much.
2:25 I've played morrowind so many times that I know exactly what enemy that is given the bridge in the background. lol. You face him during the first quest right before you enter the dungeon
BrunixTp You should see the Morrowind speedrun all main quests category. If you're bothered by the use of glitches I'd steer away, but if not then you're in for a great ride.
This video didn't mention my biggest gripe with Skyrim, and with Oblivion. They really nerfed the quest system in the last 2 games. In Oblivion and Skyrim, you could only join the 4 "guilds", plus a civil war faction in Skyrim. In Morrowind, you could join 10 or 11 groups, each with pretty expansive quest lines. Plus, you had to earn your promotions by getting better at the skills and attributes that each group favored. In Skyrim, the Companion and Mage quest lines were pretty meh, and as this video did indicate, you didn't really earn the right to become the head of any of the guilds in Skyrim. In Morrowind, you did. Plus in Morrowind (and in Oblivion), you could craft your own spells and make them uber powerful. Graphically, Skyrim was of course much better. But I agree that Morrowind was, gameplay wise and in regard to writing, a much better game.
I wish they had kept the Morang Tong in Oblivion and also that you could still join the Legion. (I'd love to have joined the Morang Tong after I did the Dark Brotherhood so I could destroy the DB in the end). They did have a 5th "non-guild" thing in doing the whole Daedra quest lines and a 6th in the collector's quest line with the Indiana Jones feel to it (on purpose). But the Thieves and Dark Brotherhood quests in Oblivion were the best in any game so there is that. And then the one add-on you could do the Knights of the Nine which was a guild-like group.
Also, in Oblibion you could compete in the Arena fir the title of grand champion. Not quite a guild or faction, but still one more thing lacking in Skyrm.
The creatures and monsters are a big one for me. Not often in skyrim did I find monsters where i'm like "wtf is that" or "holyshit that thing is massive". Having interesting enemies adds alot to a game and keeps it interesting. It also makes it alot more memorable.
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Bruh , I hated Morrowind for one reason only: The NPCs used common sense >:^( I tried selling a Khajiit a book I had stolen from him and he was like "Wait this is my book!" and had guards attack me
Can you make a video about that?
I would gladly watch it
Fun fact of the day! Items in Morrowind have an owner tag that indicates who they belong to. This is why a merchant will see their item when you try to sell it to them. However, the plot thickens, and if you then go somewhere people can't see you and drop the stolen item, the item's ownership will be transferred to you! Hope this helped :)
Ahaha, nice to know, that I was not the only who got into this trap😂
That's awesome!
First playthrough. The basket trick most definitely does not work in this situation.
In Morrowind the world was larger than you... In skyrim the world revolves around you...
That sums it up quite nicely.
Hmm I wonder if you got that from Zaric.
Exactly, makes me feel like a badass.
Except when you break a law or are attacked by an enemy. Even if they know how badass you are and how many wizards and creatures and dragons you've slain they still somehow think they can kill you. Like a common bandit on the road will be like give me your money and pull a knife. Meanwhile you are standing there with a enchanted sword daedric armor and a hundred shouts and spells. But sure that knife is real intimidating...
@George Corbul yes there are. One that I know of is near white run. If you find that big bridge in the mountains. Basically there is like a valley ish area where there is a road that goes under the bridge and on either side are small mountains or big hills. There is a building with stairs to go up and there is a bandit on the road near the door. More bandits will be inside and on the bride and such.
The one on the road will usually threaten you and not just out right attack. If you don't hand over money then he/she will attack.
Morrowind is hilarious...I've been running through the main quest, and Caius cosades is now telling me I'm probably the chosen one and everyone's last hope. But i have low health so I try to rest in his bed but click on his pillow by mistake. So instantly he loses his shit and starts trying to kill me
Lol relatanle
I think at some point in the questline he says something like "you can use my bed if you want to". So you have to earn it first, I think. At least this is how I remember it.
@@Toni7926 problem wasnt that he tried to sleep, its that he stole the pillow
@@yuiop937 Oh, thank you. I seem to have misread that.
Yeah sounds like a great game
You just drasticly improved the main quest of Skyrim from off the top of your head.
Haha
I mean it's a low bar to begin with
he really did. when he explained that i was like "sounds really good, actually"
Another problem with Skyrim's story is that after you complete it, people still treat you like trash as if you didn't just save Tamriel. Seriously, the citizens tell you to get out of their way, the guards still make jokes about you, and worst of all is that nobody acknowledges your the dragonborn. I've installed mods to have NPCs actually respect you after the main questline, and even other questlines completed, just so I can have a sense of notability in the world.
*Alduin lands on a tower*
"It's in the clouds!" -Captain Observancy
I went around for years spewing crap about how great Morrowind was since it was an open world RPG without a main questline. Little did I know that the main quest never started since I tried to steal that wooden bowl from one of the first quest NPCs. The guy started punching me, and I bolted. Thus I unknowingly became the most free man in all of Morrowind.
This is why I love Morrowind. All sorts of oddness and hilarity can and will ensue. The Sixth House spies inform Dagoth Ur: "So, the guy we believe to be Nerevar reborn was caught stealing kitchenware and got his ass handed to him, therefore screwing up the prophecy..."
@@ldking5132 To be fair, if he had just gone back after a period of time when he calmed down he probably could have done the quest.
@@niallreid7664 yes, but still my point stands
@@ldking5132 How? If you can do the quest when he calms down then how does your point stand? That's how the AI works in that game so I'm pretty confident that he could have. He was just new to the game.
I mean, you can get the main quest givers similarly pissed off with you in Skyrim. I had the entirety of the companions after me after I was demonstrating my combat prowess to them and accidentally hit my opponent too many times.
@@niallreid7664 My point is, people applaud the fact that you can ruin quest lines. That makes no sense.
Even ESO jokes about the titles being handed out, a Nord character tells you "Maybe we'll make you the new Thane of Whiterun. After all, they'll take anyone!" after completing a quest.
thats awesome... Coming from ESO but yeah still awesome :)
@@SvenskSork I mean, ESO wasn't developed by Bethesda, so that's another plus in my book.
@@urosbjelos8415 todd howard: i am bethesda,punny play44
I hate how I can do 2 wobbly quests then lead a whole faction in Skyrim, or bonk someone on the head after a daedric prince lied about them and instantly become their champion
@@urosbjelos8415 bethesda still helped more than just publishing. so chances are bethesda knows their mistakes and can take a joke. unlike some people
Spellmaking.... Why tf did they remove spellmaking.
Made magic feel less magical. Todds words
choices.... why tf did they remove choices... classes... why tf did they remove actual good feel to the difference of classes... The game.. why tf did they remove the gameplay
@@Temple00 Todd needs to go back to the chest club.
It just works
Because why have a good magic system when you can have crap?
Current Bethesda will never surpass Morrowind nor even get on the same level. They can't understand what made it so good. They probably fired all the developers and art talent.
Lets be honest, the real tragedy was the lack of drug use in skyrims development.
Have you ever heard about the Tragedy of Darth Plaguies the Wise. Now that's a real tragedy.
Dangerous Amoeba you’re cringe aren’t cha
Aaahh, moon sugar sure is tasty
@@Squaman cha
@@Squaman cringe
With this character's death, the thread of prophecy is severed. Restore a saved game to restore the weave of fate, or persist in the doomed world you have created.
Josh B morrowind slaughters shityy fo4 a billion times over
I hate the watering down of games that EVERY company seems to be doing these days... Theres still hope for Elder Scrolls 6 to bring back some of the amazing RPG elements morrowind had, but I'm not sure how much hope.
U want an RPG play kingdom come deliverance
@White-Van Helsing wtf
Best part: that's not even true. You can kill every single NPC and STILL beat the main quest!
The main thing that disappointed me was that in Skyrim, there was no big city that made you go WHOA! Morrowind had Vivec and Oblivion had the Imperial City, but the best Skyrim could do was Solitude, whose main feature was that it was built on a precarious rock formation. Clearly the Nords never learned the lesson of Winterhold.
Learned the lesson? Solitude was built many years before anything happened to Winterhold. And most nords are dumb anyway they blamed the mages, they probably think they're ok since there's no College in Solitude.
markarth??????????????????
@@DevinSmith1486 Markath was a dwemer city, not nord or reachman.
Indeed. Solitude is like the capital of skyrim, but there is only handful of houses.
i was whoa 24/7 while playing skyrim
You forgot one more thing, Dark Elf voices in morrowind are badass, in Oblivion and Skyrim they are pretty generic
I like the dunmer voices in Skyrim. The dunmer voices were rusty back in morrowind because of the ash.
And in Oblivion.. everybody had a generic voice.
And I like their rough looks way better in morrowind as well.
*FFFLYYYYYYYYYINNNN, FLYYYYYIN IN THE SKYYYYYYYY...*
Dunmer in Morrowind sounded like they had emphysema, but in a good way. Loved those voices & the being called an n'wah!
Na in Oblivion the dunmer voice is funny, but its the same as bosmer soo...its kinda dumb
The cynicism in Morrowind made the world feel much more real. Some prisoner comes along and decides he is the savior, how do you think people would react?
Morrowind had alternate ways to beat Dagoth Ur using workarounds, even if you did kill an essential NPC. The freedom to straight up kill anyone (including Vivic), more factions (with multiple religious orders!), and far more weapon styles made the game feel more free than any other.
I am more afraid to find Cliff Racer than Dragon
Cliff racers just pissed me off. They were easy to kill after a certain point.
Bobby F Although thankfully in the lore, they are now all dead.
@George Corbul nope no moral dilemma at all. Cliff racers are pure evil and their whole race deserves to die this is evident in the pure amount of Cliff racers in red mountain, dagoth ur is truly evil to have so many Cliff racers
I've never understood the hate to the cliffracers. Yes, they appear out of nowhere and very frequently but if you built carefully your character to battle by choosing the right skill with the right weapon, all battles with them are a breeze. To be honest I liked them.
George Corbul I'm sticking to the idea that they are not extint, as far as I know, Jiub just drove them away but did not exterminate all of them (thankfully).
The best thing about Morrowind--and the single thing that sets it apart from every other Elder Scrolls game that's followed it, and most other RPGs period, for that matter--happens right at the end of the main quest. You've fought and suffered and worked and bled to prove yourself to the various houses who have named you Nerevarine, you've collected Sunder and Keening and Wraithguard, you've slaughtered your way across Red Mountain and down into the tunnels below it to confront Dagoth Ur himself, and when you're finally face to face with him, he asks you if you're really Nerevar reborn.
And you can look him in the eye and tell him absolutely truthfully, "I don't know."
basically the definition of badass
@@Klockbox or a complete anticlimax take your pick.
@@johnb6913 It's not an anti-climax. The game allows you to decide whether you were born chosen or just was good enough to pass all the tests and make your own destiny. So an honest answer would be how would you know. It's great that way.
The Moon and Stars Ring was supposed to kill anyone other than Nerevar who wore it. Still cool that you can doubt yourself though.
@@donkeysaurusrex7881 Azura was the one who enforces that curse. The fact that she lets you wear the ring might mean you're Nerevar reborn, or it might just mean Azura was willing to fudge it for the sake of her prophecy because she really wants the Tribunal to not be gods anymore.
"Wanna buy a stick? I got a fresh one right here"
Uhhhh.... i feel both amused and unconfortable
I've been playing Morrowind for a year now. I still havent finished the main quest yet cause I've beem doing a lot of sidequest. Its great stuff
I bought it maybe a year or two after it was released, and I must have clocked over 1000 hours as a teenager. And I still have not finished the main quest, not once. (Haven't done that with any TES game tbh.) I picked it up again some 6 years ago, determined to see it through once, made a Dunmer Paragon sort of custom class to fit into the Nerevarine role as well as possible. Then... I left it for 5 years. :D But I got into it again last weekend, and I promise I'll finish it this time. And Tribunal (did Bloodmoon once).
I had Morrowind since the beginning and finally finished the main quest two years ago. I usually skip the main quest in Elder Scrolls games until I just figure why the hell not get around to it a decade of two later. I've never seen a dragon in Skyrim ever past the intro cause I don't meet people out in some field to check out a supposed dragon. I just let the quest lie and Skyrim is free of their version of cliff racers the whole time. Stop after the Hero of Kvatch title is won in Oblivion and NEVER talk to Martin in Kvatch or later in the refugee camp and there are never any oblivion gates ever in Oblivion except the very first one. Starting a dialogue with Martin is what causes the gates to spawn software-wise in other words. Main quest lines have always totally bored me so I don't see the point in doing them.
@@Doomsterlobster finish it yet?
Khajiit and Argonian legs in Morrowind were better. Those two races used to feel really different from humans and mers, they were not like some sort of fury cosplay...
@George Corbul Yep, the Elder Scroll lore explain they are different subspecies. But I think the reality behind this is: Less work. If every playable character has the same form, it's less work for animation, armor design, and even game balance (if I remember correctly, Khajiit and Argonians couldn't wear shoes in Morrowind).
And don't get me wrong: I'm not implying that people at Bethesda are lazy, but there's (nightmarish) time and money management involved in game devellopement, and I'm pretty that someone took the decision to have humanoid legs for every playable character for time and ressources reasons.
I really love beast races in Morrowind and also the unique disadvantages that come with playing them - not being able to wear boots or most helmets. Though I do have to say that Argonians and Khajiit looked badass in Skyrim.
Races in Skyrim mean almost nothing. All they do is tweak your starting stats a little and maybe give you an ability that you're gonna use 3 times during your entire gameplay.
@@Imperatia i think the most important aspect that needs to be integrated for Elderscrolls races is how the world will treat you, and what culture and groups you can adopt or will adopt you.
The fact that they couldn’t wear helmets and boots/shoes and that makes sense
Morrowind is incredibly rich in terms of story and atmosphere, it's a great journey. Easily one of the greatest open-world RPG's to date. It has its flaws, most definitely, but overall it's highly recommended.
Skyrim had better dungeons a d locations, but I do agree that Morrowind had better dialogue.
@Lúzia A Morta this comment shows me you haven't just gone exploring. Most dungeons in Skyrim have a similar theme but are completely different map wise like Labrinthia, and have really good rewards at the end, whereas in Morrowind you either just see ancestral tombs or mines.
But you can believe what you want.
@A fan of heavy music and Morrowind like the ones in Skyrim? No. Also, Skyrim had better dwarven ruins.
@A fan of heavy music and Morrowind Meridia's temple, the shrine of Hircine and it's questline, Malakath's temple.
Skyrim had Daedric temples. Bit chastising Skyrim for something it doesn't have lore wise is just dumb.
@Lúzia A Morta not true. Tons of quests are outside of the and dungeons. Again, ignorance.
Also, just because you refused to explore in Skyrim doesn't mean there is nothing to explore. Wrecked ships, hidden temples, bandit camps nestled in mountain tops, and forest groves all hold awesome enemies and hidden rewards. Again, ignorance.
I can't forget the feeling when i walked straight into some ash camp and the ENRAGED Dunmers yelled at me YOU N'WAH! I was scared :)
What i liked about morrowind was the villain. skyrim had the typical fantasy dragon enemy. Oblivion had demons and shit but the way they were done made them feel kinda cliche and uninteresting. I liked the mythic dawn parts a lot though. Morrowind had a legitimately scary enemy. The red mountain and the ghost fence felt unique. The blight, corprus, and dagoth, gave the enemy a mysterious and a deeply evil feel. Akkulakan really made me uneasy. Same with the servants of dagoth that underwent the weird transformation.
This guy! Could not agree more :D
Much more lovecraftian mystic in here.
Dagoth Ur was a sympathetic villain too. Although he had become evil, you could understand his motives and see how he had been wronged. Alduin is just big bad dragon wants to destroy the world for no reason other than being a big bad dragon.
@@yuiop937 technically thats his job. he must devour the world so that the next one may form safely. otherwise the god heads, some otherworldly creatures risk waking up and wiping out the entire plane of mundus. still its not told rather well.
“Go ahead and kill Caius Cosades, no big deal!”
Game: *_With this character’s death the thread of prophecy has been severed_*
Easily the biggest difference is the magic system. Morrowind had so many legitimately different spells. Oblivion had fewer. Skyrim had fewer still.
Morrowind you could levitate, walk on water, breathe underwater, summon like 30 different monsters (multiple at once), summon wealons and armour, teleport in several different ways.
The list goes on.
You can breathe underwater in Skyrim, but other than that Morrowind has it beat by so much.
Jump spell is the greatest
Sounds like you guys just want the game to be more broken. While there is fewer magic, magic itself is already overpowered enough as is in skyrim, its like sneak arching levels of overpowered.
@@AMan-ct1gu technically true, but it bugs me to have a fantasy world without magical flight for some reason. Of course, it wouldn't be so broken if you weren't the only one that ever used it.
@@AMan-ct1gu magic is overpowered? Bruh, magic at high level is almost completely useless in skyrim lmao, why do you think that so many people prefer to play as a warrior/thief/Archer over a battlemage? It's because most vanilla spells are useless when you go to a high level in the game
The biggest thing for me is that morrowind made you think. You had to look at your journal, ask around, figure stuff out. Now it’s just follow the quest marker and fast travel around.
Yeah, that was one thing that made old games so special. In the Gothic series it's also like that. You have to figure out yourself how to get to your destination by talking with npcs.
@@MultiKamil97 Bloodborne
And sometimes the journal entries were total bullshit haha. It was WAY more surreal/convincing world building than Oblivion or Skyrim. I get how it's a business though and they probably wouldn't have sold as many copies of Skyrim had it simply been Morrowind with a better graphics engine. Gotta dumb shit down to the lowest common denominator sometimes. That said Skyrim was still epic. Just wish younger players knew what had to happen first to even get there.
Morrowind has a strong argument for being the best truly open world, single player RPG ever created.
@@blakehansen8284 u really arent the fun type to be around are ya? lol oblivion was still great it wasnt dumbed down to the point you described it. some people are so full of themself for beating a video game
You can still read the journal entiries in Skyrim too which there are a ton of too as well as reading all the interesting books and etc. There is a ton of writing put into the Skyrim (to compare books in vanilla Skyrim had total of 334k words. Oblivion with all expansions had 265k words. Morrowind plus expansions had 133k words.). The only difference in Skyrim is you are not in a blank undiscovered world. Most of the things already discovered by someone else and you just mark them on your map which makes so much sense to have a full map of a region existed for a very long time. You just have to look at your map and go there, you still explore the world on your own, fast travel is only usable once you discover a place so that's not that bad either. Most of the NPC have unique dialogues instead of copy-paste dialogues of Morrowind so it is always interesting to talk with people in Skyrim. IMO what made Morrowind a great game is our imaginations and the Morrowind as a region.
I was playing Morrowing after Skyrim and after a lot of different games. Still, it made me uneasy more than any other game - it's atmosphere can be extremely creepy. I personally love Dwemer ruins - they've genuinely made me shiver a couple of times. It's the sudden noises, the aimlessly working mechanisms, the oppressing atmosphere of stone and metal, almost alien to this world.
TES6:
1. only bows and swords in two colors
2. even less text to read, books replaced with comics
3. only monsters NPC, no human-ish NPCs
4. quests from parchments laying on the ground in random places
5. main quest: find and kill dragon that killed your father/mother
holy shit u predicted fallout 76
+ most of the legendary weapons are added if you buy lootboxes with real money, which have a 0,01% chance of containing an artifact, but mostly just have iron weapons with random stats
Monster NPCs would be cool though, can't remember any since Mudcrab or Creeper merchants from Morrowind.
Dzemaz
that sounds like shit
malcolm schlossberg did he really lmao
0:05 Predecessors: "I do not think it means what you think it means."
+UnfamiliarPlace definitely not when I wrote it. But that's what I get for rushing this stuff out.
Inconceivable! He should have said successors!
Aren’t really present in its Successors.
SUCCESSORS.
Not predecessors
Successors.
Ian Hartzell I was looking for this comment for ever
i had to make sure someone posted this comment. 5 seconds in and my head tilted like a confused dog
thank you
right? as soon as the video started i was like "bruh can you even speak?"
YES! Thank you!
True that in Skyrim your titles mean nothing. Head of the companions, meh who cares. Leader of the thieves guild, oh well people still don’t acknowledge you
The dragonborn? Oh well, guess someone stole your sweet roll.
I can say the same thing for Oblivion, too
You become a member of the Black Hand,
Become the Gray Fox,
An Arch-Mage,
Hero of Kvatch,
But the guards are like *"Citizen!"*
@@dreamy9397 No, not really true. Guards in Oblivion are often very honored to meet the Hero of Kvatch. And of course the guards aren't going to be in awe of you becoming the Gray Fox or they would be arresting you. Thieves do NOT want their titles known by law enforcement, haha.
Guards in Oblivion to player: "Its you! The Hero of Kvatch!!" and "All hail the Champion if Cyrodiil!!" And so on.
You forgot that whole "epic skyrim music" is just remix of morrowind soundtrack.
also
I think it was like that:
Hey ! let's make best RPG game in history! MORROWIND!
Hey ! let's make best selling RPG game in history! SKYRIM !
because everyone hated the oblivion soundtrack. the only thing i liked about that game was patrick stewart's voice.
@@kaa6918 I loved Oblivions soundtrack!
"best role playing game game"
aya k bro what? Oblivions soundtrack is amazing.
@@kaa6918 That's literally the opposite of what everyone who I've ever spoken to that's played Oblivion has said alot of them loved the game and the soundtrack. And if they hated the game they always said "The soundtrack was great though" I mean the background music that plays whilst just walking around is so beautiful there's no music from a video game that gives me actual goose bumps.
"Skyrim is good at being historical"
*several historians across the globe have simultaneous spontaneous strokes*
Ofc dragons and goblins are historical creatures right
I know what you mean but I think he just phrased it badly, I think he just meant that the atmosphere in Morrowind was more alien, and the Viking(ish) aesthetic Skyrim has is too familiar.
Bruh this applies to every TES game
He said Feeling not being
I will add: Levitation and Staves that were actually worth using because you could customize the spells they cast, could use them as melee weapons, and there were differences in the look of the staves. Ebony staff...mmmmmm.
I love Gothic because you literaly start from the bottom and everyone bullies, mocks, blackmail or try to murder you.
But in the end you are OP and After so much pain it feels great.
Yes! Gothic is an awesome game.
I was just making a reply on that. Gothic is where you really feel like you were kicked and thrown in the mud by insults and punches from other inmates. Then you got up got a better sword then kicked them across the curb once your skill level got good enough. The quests are amazing too. You really feel like you're getting street cred out in the bad streets of Old Camp.
I loved how big Morrowind felt. It was such a strange new land unlike anything else. The environment, the architecture, the creatured, the legends within the books you could find. While every other game from D&D to to Warcraft to Skyrim is basically a rehash of Lord of the Rings, or Arabian knight themes, this one was completely unique and we'll fleshed out.
I hoped for so much more of this creativity in Oblivion and Skyrkm but it just wasn't ever there.
Yeah a lot of Lovecraftian monsters. Probably because the Morrowind land itself is very mysterious.
@@bizznick444joe7 Even Morrowind's economy is alien. Its main exports are volcanic glass, insect eggs "mined" from underground egg farms, and leather from weird flying tentacle creatures (netch). Armor is made from insect shells, said volcanic glass, "bone mold", or demon-infused ebony ("daedric"). I also like how the cities progressed. You start in the port of Seyda Neen with its generic mediveal Europe-style architecture, but then you realise it's just a foreign outpost in this alien land. The southern cities like Balmora, Suran or Vivec and the surrounding landscape still look somehwat familiar (oriental-inspired architecture surrounded by swamps and farmland), but the more you progress north and east, the more strage it becomes. Volcanic ash deserts with ash storms dotted with Lovecraftian daedric ruins, giant mushroom towers that you can only navigate by levitation, lava lakes, hollowed-out giant crab shells used as houses... A truly unique world. And of course this is all perfectly normal to the natives, as one would expect.
@@marcelldavis4809 Starting to make a lot of sense the land of Morrowind is inhospitable, volcanoes and low on resources so trade, export, business, mining and sharing became so important.
D&D was based on Conan the Barbarian and Elric of Melnibone more than LOTR.
Also, if you think D&D is just that kind of Fantasy, look at Ravenloft and Planescape.
TES: 6. First quest you becomes Nerevarine mk. 2 and archmage of the mages guild. Need to purchase in store credits to access Assasins guild / thieves guild.
*STOP RIGHT THERE*
Next quest will make you the God of Sweetrolls granting you the power to turn anyone and anything into a sweetroll, eating this sweetroll will give you 69,420 health, magicka, and stamina, make your screen have a rainbow filter and make you fart cheese wheels for five minutes... also the cheese wheels will explode violently into a horde of scamps in jester costumes that will harass you until the end of the game unless you buy the $20 "Banish Todd's Children" spell dlc
@@InquisitorSorynn tried to hard to be funny, kid.
@@Geral454 I ain't trying anying except the experimental skooma in my uncles basement, I'm accurately predicting the future... I can *see* it
In morrowind you can skip the whole story by flying to the last boss, in skyrim you can't go directly kill alduin after leaving that cave.
yeah but what are the odds you can figure that out by yourself without speding thousands of hours playing the game or watching speedrun videos on youtube?
That sould never be an argument lmao
What a shitty, disingenuous argument
The shivering isles was one of the best dlcs of the generation. I still remember stepping foot into there for the first time it was like a portal(literally) to a almost different game. And the NPCs dialogue was great too. I miss being a kid:(
Cliff Rider
The target has resisted magic
Wakes up in cold sweat
I would argue that player identity is already gone in Skyrim, you are dragonborn whether you like it or not. I just want to play the blacksmith that slowly unfolds a huge quest on his travels. Nope, I speak dragon.
+Ryan Strom ya I would definitely agree with you on that.
Ryan I did exactly that on my first (and only) playthrough in 2011. I went full crafting because I thought it would be fun to find my own materials and make some cool stuff, and then find upgrades throughout the world as I gave myself a little starting boost from crafting. I think I had full Daedric around level 20 and not a single item in the entire world could possibly upgrade me. Boy was it super fun. And by that I mean it was boring as shit.
Greg McCauley ^ how tf do people actually have the time to level smithing like that?
@@wulftheghost It's been 7 years but if I remember right you just fast travel to every city and buy their furs to make the leather strips and ingots, make stuff for a small profit or break even. By the time you get back to the start point they have more. Something like that, pretty easy and quick.
I mean, you literally have the option to completely avoid the main quest.
As someone who always loves playing mage characters, playing through Skyrim felt like a chore. Coming from Morrowind and Oblivion, when Skyrim came out and many people had a chance to play it, I was always wondering why everyone was praising it so hard when it felt a bit empty to me. I agree that the game is great and I did enjoy it but playing through a game that didn't feel like my arcane playground just felt odd. I loved being able to conjure up a full set of armor with a weapon and a boost to strength whenever I got into combat and summon all sorts of creatures. Skyrim, best you could do in the base game was summon a wolf, 3 atronachs, or a dremora and you only had 3 options for weapons. I really hope they go back to the old system in TES6.
Skyrim does feel empty. The sad thing is EVEN WITH THE 1000000000 MODs it felt empty
They also got rid of spell creation, which was super dope. Another thing: There was treasure to be found in Morrorwind. If you started a new game and knew where to look from previous plays, you could obtain endgame weapons, armor, and items. In Oblivion and Skyrim, the weapons and armor you find tend to level up along with you as a character. Morrowind had platters and cups worth 500+. Balmore had the Sword of White Woe, which was a super good weapon to obtain early on. You could literally barter and haggle on prices when selling to a vendor. The levitate spell allowed you to fly, and find hidden areas deep within cave systems and tombs. Skooma and moon sugar actually made you crack-head strong and crack-head fast. I once ate 50 pounds of moon sugar and drank 30 skoomas. I stripped down and stood on the bottom right shore. I ran and jumped more than halfway through the world in a matter of seconds before it wore off. ...I love Morrorwind
Something I really appreciate about Morrowind compared to both Oblivion and Skyrim is how you need to have certain skills in order to progress through the guild ranks.
I mean, it makes sense for, say, the Dark Brotherhood to welcome any style of assassin, because stealth is only required for bonuses in both the Skyrim and Oblivion quest lines.
But for things like the Mages Guild/College of Winterhold and the Fighters Guild/Companions? You can advance through the ranks, becoming Archmage while knowing nothing about magic.
+Subject ya I definitely agree with this. It is weird, especially when it comes to mages guild and the college. I mean you shouldn't even be allowed in without having some promise and interest in magic.
The Cantina You do have to show a proficiency for magic in Skyrim. You have to cast some sort of spell but after that it is really not necessary.
Matron Malice
You don't even have to cast a spell if you're speech is high enough
Haha I never got my speech up high enough to try that. I usually go join asap. I do recall that you can do a speech test now that you mention it!
@George Corbul You know, I think so. I am replaying it and it wasn't proficiency really it was just putting skill ups into magicka so you have enouh MP to cast the spells she asks for on the bridge to the College. So I was wrong. I wish it did have that feature in the game. I there a mod for it, because I like that. Skyrim is beautiful but too easy IMO. I get bored and go back to Morrowind or Daggerfall. Daggerfall is such a bitch, I am on my second playthru and still suck. LOL
A dragon can attack you inside those closed off cities, btw. It's rare, but it does happen. Not to mention Vampires, Assassins, and common thieves.
Yeah. This guy absorbed a dragon's soul and it was all flashy, but Im still not sure he's dragonborn though. Lmao
Considering all the magic that exists..you gotta kinda see that maybe someone even tried to pretend they were draginborn. And time and time again, people just after a while, don't believe it anymore.
You could just be another person with flashy magic.
And flashy magic is just part of this world so it also isn't something to think twice about.
@Jakey Snakey It could be Illusion magic.
@Jakey Snakey As far as i know, it's not. But why a wizard doesn't fake being Dragonborn? Just make some shiny spell while you use a illusion spell to make the Dragon seem all bones. I don't know a lot about the limits of magic in TES, but i didn't say anything that couldn't be done in theory.
if there were fake Neveraine there probably were fake Dragonborn
Layla Welch being nerevarine is a lot easier to fake than being Dragonborn. Also, the false nerevarine did genuinely believe they were nerevarine.
The equipment system Morrowind has is hands down the best system! I wish more games used that. Left and right as seperate slots!
I'm surprised you didn't mention that in Morrowind, if you became a vampire, you could suddenly start talking with vampires. Before being turned, vampires acted like mobs. They'd attack you, and that was about it. After you became one of them, you were TRULY one of them. In Skyrim and Oblivion, even after you're turned, they still attack you like they're nothing but mindless monsters.
Another great Morrowind feature was the overall freedom to become completely overpowered through enchantments without charges. Skyrim enchantments kind of suck. They're all down to earth, and they all basically say "We don't want you to be unrealistically overpowered." Not at all fun compared to enchanting all your gear with levitation and basically being able to fly everywhere, or complete invisibility and being able to kill anything and everything without any resistance.
Sure, those abilities made the game a breeze, but it was so much fun to make it your mission to become the ultimate godlike player. And in Skyrim (and to a lesser degree Oblivion), all of that was basically taken away from everyone as a way of placating players who, I guess, complained that it was possible to do such things and make the game too easy.
Every awesome thing you can become in Skyrim is carefully balanced to ensure that it's never quite awesome enough. You're a vampire lord now? Cool! You're still only marginally more powerful than any enemy you'll fight, you have massive weaknesses, and you'll probably want to find a cure eventually, because your existence is painfully penalized to add "realism."
How about the guildmaster of the mages guild. You're the big top dog there now, you must have access to spells and abilities that you thought never existed in the world before. Nope, you're just the same dude with a room of plants. Thank goodness I worked so hard, now I can make a few more useless potions without having to search the world for ingredients for potions I don't give a shit about.
Or, I could be a werewolf! See Vampire above. An "ability with affliction" that once again leans very heavily in the direction of affliction. You're not really much stronger than you were before, you don't get +30 to your run and jump stats, you're not uber in any discernable way.
I wish they wouldn't go in the direction they are, but Elder Scrolls games seem to be focusing more and more on ensuring people can't think outside of any systems (box) that Bethesda intended them to. You can be a super uber strong player, but it must be entirely within the realm of conceivability, regardless of the fact that it's a friggin fantasy game.
It feels like Bethesda wants to ensure that players don't feel special in the world of Tamriel, and in that case, what's the point of even existing in the world, if I'm just another being limited by the same limitations as the NPCs I happen to meet?
Skyrim could've been better, it's good, fun in a lot of ways, but it's certainly lost a lot of the magic of the games before it. Oblivion lost some magic that Morrowind had, Skyrim lost a little bit more. I feel like the next Elder Scrolls game will have super unbelievably realistic graphics, but feel much more like playing Second Life Fantasy, than an actual Elder Scrolls game.
Caid Johnson
No ones gonna read all that
+maau5trap
I did and agree with it.
Mate, enchanting in Skyrim utterly breaks the game. Like, trivializes it.
Other than that I agree.
@@maau5trap273 And thats the difference between a Morrowind and Skyrim fan
Dio Brando still not gonna read it. I rather read the Bible
"I fear that player identity won't even be an option anymore"... want your nightmare fulfilled, it already happened and its name is Fallout 4.
+Daniel Kay that is exactly what I was thinking about when I wrote that line.
I only played FO4 on a free weekend a few weeks ago and it was horrible. Well, it's not my genre, but really .. I don't need anybody to decide what to do. Like, really, screw my son. To me it looked like he died (Like, he was an INFANT). (Yeah I kinda know the end a bit). It's not the identity, but the path I can choose. Like, a questline with content. MULTIPLE questlines.
SHAUN!
WHERE IS MY SON SHAUN!?
Daniel Kay I don't mind playing an established character, as long as it's a good character ( Shepard from mass effect)
Eugene InLaw or kratos :) from god of war
"no loading screens" in morrowind? You must have played it on a modern PC. The entire open world had loading screens if you walked too far or fast.
Also, even then, it was just a small loading bar at the bottom of the screen. I'd say it's still better than a complete screen which takes you out of the world you were in.
Towns exist of the world map without loading to an entirely new, isolated cell. Meaning you could climb or jump over a wall into the town, no problem (or levitate)
In oblivion and skyrim, towns became seperate cells, off of the world map. It was a huge back step.
lol when ur acrobatics is high and u jump so far the world loads
Don’t forget that you can play darts and use anything as a target and use magic that has been yanked out of our grasp in Skyrim, such as levitation, being able to teleport wherever you want (not like fast traveling, you can go to unmarked locations), etc.
For number 3 I think that's just because of where your at. Skyrim is supposed to look like snowy mountains, tundras, And snowy mountains.
It's supposed to be land of the nords so yeah it's going to look a little Nordic and old human civilization just because it is more historical doesn't mean there is any less fantasy
Skyrim in the lore was not like that. Bethesda just disregarded the old lore and made it generic.
@Lúzia A Morta A frozen shithole where only the reach could grow anything which is why the nords fight the bretons and reachmen for control of that land. Watch zarics video on the skyrimg civil war for more in depth info about the nords pre skyrim
But snowy landscapes aren't all in grays and whites. Anyone leaving in northern climates will tell you that winter has many rich colors from evergreens to homes painted bright colors to lovely deep blue skies when the snow isn't falling. Skyrim graphics look like shit 90% of the time. 10% they can look beautiful but they went with the 90% gray world way too too much.
The main quest, too. It's cleverer, more profound, and more surprising as the story progresses. It would work as a genuinely interesting and gripping novel, while Skyrim is a bit more pedestrian in that regard.
Todd Howard, I would like you to put the role playing back in my RPG's. Thanks.
I will never forgive Skyrim for making Nords worship the Nine Divines instead of the Old Nordic pantheon.
Ever since I learned of that it always pissed me off. The civil war should have been about the Nords reclaiming their religion. It makes the Nords hypocritical.
You can thank todd howard.
@Lúzia A Morta Kyne is a nordic aspect of Kynareth
@Lúzia A Morta Fuck Nords, they are boring( at least for me)
@Lúzia A Morta Really, then check TES wiki (which only confirms my version)
It must have been difficult having to narrow down the list to only 5 things
oh, burn. lol XD
Oh yeah cause the old ones are better. You nostalgic assholes can’t see the beauty or fun in Skyrim or Oblivion. Get stuck up. It’s not gonna make the devs at Bethesda convert back to the old days of Morrowind just because you have a subjective idea of a good game.
Blonde Human I love skyrim and oblivion. Oblivion is actually my favorite. I was just saying that there are many things morrowind did better. Morrowind was the last elder scrolls game I ever played. I have no nostalgia to it.
Yee, it's called being a weeb
But then again, I don't have autism :v
What has become of this comment thread...
Some random dude on the internet: * mentions a Cliff Racer *
Me:* dives under bed with my enchanted Mosin Nagant *
Sooooo
Morrowind story and dialouges plus Skyrim graphics equals WOOAAAAAAHHH
They are remaking Morrowind in the Skyrim engine! Hope they finish it soon
@@smaariseth and lets not forget mods that will make the game GODLIKE
Skywind
BalF I think you missed the point altogether lmao
They have a name for that, it's called a remaster.
predecessors come before the thing in question: not after. That would be successor
strong opening line haha.
*"Sure, I'm playing if 1st person but I DO KNOW how I look like, and I don't want to look dumb"* - wise words
Yeah, I really liked that you knew where you were in Morrowind by looking at the architecture. That was really amazing!
I had one character in Morrowind who literally just lived in a shack on the beach and dived for pearls for a living. It was fun.
The most prominent thing that comes to my mind when I think about what made Morrowind so great is no fast travel. You had to use in game directions, landmarks, and signposts. Sure it was a pain in the ass sometimes but it really made you feel like a person in that world navigating it by the rules of that world.There are other reasons too but that is one that just sticks with me
While Morrowind is by no means the best-looking game graphically, it most certainly makes you feel like you actually achieved something in the end. You ARE the Nevarine, and everyone knows! Plus, lack of a fast-travel system forces you to earn everything. It's much more challenging than Oblivion or Skyrim, and yes it does feel more like a land lost in time more than the others because of the lore.
No mention of the magic system? Morrowind's magic was awesome. Skyrim's magic became redundant quickly.
You could fly, teleport... and create your own spells with much more freedom than in Skyrim or Oblivion.
All the great game mechanics are destroyed, because of the filthy casuals.
Most game can keep stable prices, because there's more and more people playing it, hence more games actually sold. The so-called casuals make your game half the price it could be sold otherwise...
I agree but Skyrim's magic did have the option of wielding it alongside your weapon which was good.
the casual normies should go back to ball sports and smexing up with girls in real life
Quest objectives is something i love about morrowind, that + the journal. Asking for directions instead of looking at map/map markers is more fun
The essential npc thing is really serious. It really kills your immersion if you can't actually decide someone's death. Like our friend Delphine for example; if she was killable just like many other npc's, the game would be so much better.
Or Maven
never knew that Skyrim precedes Morrowind but i’ll go with it
I was thinking the same lol
It doesn’t, Morrowind takes place in the 3rd era, Skyrim takes place in the 4th
@@eric8591 he was joking about how it was said in the vid
Sandwich Games I’ll be honest with you, I’m kinda retarded
This comment gave me hope
Funny that Morrowind have bigger and varied settlements than Skyrim. Feel that most of the interior and exterior of Skyrim look the same, while Morrowind have uniqueness for even the smallest of places.
Funny how easy it has become to rape kids parents for money
Funny how your comment went overboard
Yeah that's always bugged me about skyrim. Places looked too similar for me. Although markarth differs a lot from other cities for example, it still just felt miserable to me.
I remember really noticing in oblivion how different each place was.
@Fraulein Kunst Considering that Skyrim's NPC never having conversation like Oblivion (Even in a silly way) is kind of turn off, and when they do converse, it will be the same repeated line, especially when they talk to the player which pisses me off. Most of the time, I don't even want to go to settlements because of that reason alone. Oddly enough, when Morrowind and Skyrim being quiet, the location felt like they are still being populated. Maybe the depressing tone and color of Skyrim didn't help, I don't know.
they hand placed a lot of items that took skill checks or serious effort to acquire, (except for the glass dagger in the stump)...even oblivion didn't have quite as much variety as Morrowind.
#1 thing Morrowind did better than Skyrim is............ having a dwemer
....and you can fly in morrowind with the levitation spell!
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There´s also this chameleon-enchantment/spell... I´ll give it a new try now after many years, because the one time I played Morrowind was until I enchantet my whole equip with chameleon and yeah... explored everything unharmed, even the red mountain and stood before the endboss without knowing really anything about what the hell happens why lol. And the worst thing is I knew before that I would break it and lose fun and interest in playing it... hard to not use this enchantment again tbh, but I´ll be strong!
I know Skyrim is a more streamlined RPG experience and dumbed down I guess you can say but it's still amazing. The sense of wonder, the OST , and just the whole atmosphere in general is extremely well done. Bugs and all Skyrim is a classic and one of my favorite games of all time.
Is it really streamlined though? What does that even mean. An RPG is supposed to allow freedom and player choice, but consequences as well. Morrowind allowed complete freedom and consequence, whereas skyrim was much more linear, and the world wouldn’t respond to your choices as much, to the point where certain starting areas will treat you the same no matter how far in the game you are. The skill and attributes allow the player to choose how they play. Morrowind allowed for all types of builds. Skyrim had OP stealth archer, Wizard, and warrior. “Streamlining” is just downgrading.
Judging from the current direction of Bethesda TES 6 player identity will boil down to what mods you install.
Its either going to be on par with morrowind or its going to be a shit show there is no in between
Judging from the current direction
There might not be anyone to care about the TES6 release
@@unlimitedpower1385 I would so much love that Bethesda bothers about this one aspect....If there were nk fast travel man!They can make an alternative "fast travel" variations like in Morrowind....I finished it like 1 or 2 months ago and started Oblivion,the same moment i found that theres that fast travel i felt so bothered and its so uncovincing and no reward like feeling...Where in Morrowind you actually look at the map,listen to the Npcs and then pay actual gold to go from place to place,and thats what i call rpg like and rewarding type of gameplay........Im certain it will have fast travel,but i will be dissapointed for them not trying to make those lines that connect the world in that way....For instance Morrowind had like 6 or even 7 ways of traveling the long distances and thats a Rpg not these non emersive and boring fast travel, marked quests for idiots type of shit.
@@unlimitedpower1385 But then theres that feeling,that Tod will actually listen to the fans and his passion,and include all these stuff into the TesVI,but the chances are so low that im bothered long term.Who knows,lets hope for the best...
@@stfustfu7765 i suppose but i understand fast travel and markers not everybody is a hardcore gamer. However there are flaws in tes 5 i cannot ignore for example the lazy puzzles
I have a bit of an issue with your second point about essential NPC's and this is why: In Morrowind, NPC's were static and probably weren't going to be killed outside of the player's choice. But in Oblivion and Skyrim, there NPC's have radiant AI and thus go about their lives even when the player isn't present. and thus have a greater likelihood of being killed outside of the player's decision.
This increases in Skyrim, with random Vampire and Dragon attacks picking off a few NPC's in my game, entire questlines could be lost and playthrough's could be broken and the player would have no control over it. Thus, Morrowind having no essential NPC's and Oblivion and Skyrim having essential NPC's aren't really comparable.
Just make the important ones invincible against Dragon attacks but not the player...
You mean, like they already do? Sure, they're invincible to all forms of death but that ,makes more sense than having them be invincible to everything but the player. How is that immersive? Because that's what this essential NPC complaint is born from right? A lack of immersion.
If an NPC is unkillable unless the player kills them, that makes the issue all the more obvious to me. What they should have done is removed their essential status after there role in the quests were done. What you're suggesting isn't a solution.
"If an NPC is unkillable unless the player kills them, that makes the issue all the more obvious to me"
So Dragons beating up Jarl Balgruuf for three hours after you come back to turn his last quest in, only for him to die afterwards seems more realistic to you? Isn't that essentialy the same thing I suggested in the end with the difference that he can now be killed by Dragons and wildlife too? Whats your point man?
"So Dragons beating up Jarl Balgruuf for three hours after you come back to turn his last quest in, only for him to die afterwards seems more realistic to you?" When the hell does that happen in the game?
"Isn't that essentialy the same thing I suggested in the end with the difference that he can now be killed by Dragons and wildlife too?" You were suggesting that only the player be able to kill essential NPC's, the difference is rather big.
"Whats your point man?" Well, originally it was that the complaint of essential NPC's outside of Morrowind is retarded, absolutely dumb. And I've already explained why, now it's that your half-measure solution is dumb. You're happy for developers to continue half-assing their games but just in a different way? I don't see the point in complaining if the solution that'd make you happier is just a different method of lazily pretending to solve the problem.
That doesn't happen in game but according to your suggestion it could.
I agree, just make essential NPCs killable by not only the player but also wildlife or you know, just ensure that they don't wander into dangerous areas. New Vegas seems to be able to pull that off as an example. Still my suggestion was meant as a compromise and while it's not realistic, neither is your suggestion for a fact, if you want to turn this into an realism argument.
You seem to atleast agree that essential NPCs are also a half-assed, if not outright bad idea yes? Give the player at least the option to kill an important NPC when he so desires doesn't sound that bad to me, but yes, I would prefer if they could be killed by all kinds of creatures.
I loved that vendors in Morrowind recognized that you were trying to sell an item to them that you stole from them and they took it and their disposition decreased
Skyrim had major loading issues on consoles. If they opened up cities the games performance would gave greatly suffered almost gaurateed. Also dragons can enter cities and kill many NPCs
Works fine on PC with open cities mod
Chris Southall what pc are you using or what build?
@@blobfish4514 2500k with 8gb of ram and a gtx970. Windows 10. Skyrim SE
I was just about to say the same thing and even on computers it can be hard on it. And for the time that it came out computers with the capability to handle it were quite a bit more expensive
But dragons still attack cities in vanilla. Also I have a really shitty pc and I can run Open Cuties with only a framedrop of 3-4 frames
"predecessors" I think you mean successors.
+AcuteAlpaca yep.
I've said this in videos elsewhere on RUclips, but I will say it here: Morrowind is a toolbox. NOT a sandbox, a toolbox. You choose, within the confines of the world, the who, what, why, where, and how. You choose your race, class, and birthsign, then you are tossed out into that open, careless world.
But...that's not the end, that's the beginning. YOUR beginning. Your journey. From there you choose where you go. You decide what to do, where to go, how you do it, and more. Sure, I don't deny that it can be overwhelming, but you're also given one goal to begin with: Talking with Caius.
Hell, if you DO talk with Caius before you are level...uhh...5 I think, he'll give you some money, say, "Hey, go join a guild, learn some skills, get some people talking about you, then come back to me when you feel prepared." So now you again have that freedom, and it's not hard to find several factions to join within Balmora. And so from there you can start some faction quests, get some more money and otherwise get your character more established.
But yes, you go from basically a nobody to a somebody. In a way it makes sense too as you rise through the ranks, you will go do other things as well, like the main questline or hell maybe even just journey out on your own and see what you come across. That's the true beauty of Morrowind.
Also on #5: It's not just your 'titles' but everything in Morrowind is earned really. Membership in guilds is obtained by both merit (doing quests) and skills. You can be the savior of Morrowind and Nerevarine, but if you SUCK at magic and can barely cast a fireball you are not doing to achieve very high ranks in the Mages Guild no matter how much work you do for them. Other things really do feel earned in the end because you HAVE gone through so much.
You didn't become a powerful archmage because you went through a few linear quests and then boom you're the leader...no, you did all the quests, sure, I don't deny that, but you also went out and became a powerful mage on your own, you are proven to be skilled as well as proven to be loyal and able to do much for the guild. Ergo when you finally achieve a high rank and are told about a couple of powerful artifacts you know that only happened because you're powerful already and respected, and that you will achieve even greater feats with those artifacts at your side.
On a similar note, enchanting items. In Skyrim enchanting is essentially 'another' power boost, another means of gaining more strength. In Morrowind it really is too, but the freedom, the ability to choose from SO many options, so many combinations to put on your equipment is what made it so great. Like I could take a ring in Morrowind and enchant it with.... the ability to cast a powerful fireball spell, or have a PERMANENT health regen as long as it was equipped, OR bound summons, OR permanent invisibility! So many options and choices that were just waiting for you to discover and come up with. Once again, toolbox.
PS: I don't deny for a second the graphics haven't aged well, and even mods can only do so much.
TheNN I suppose you’re quite passionate about TES
Huh? Oh no no, not at all. Hate em, I can't stand the TES series. Cuz it's like seriously, 'just play some DnD you nerds!' So no, I'd never play that series, not in a million years. :p
TheNN I'm not gay, but i'm in love with you regardless of what sex you are.
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i've played ES since arena and i agree with every one of your points, especially about earning your way in the guilds. the first time i played through the mages guild in skyrim i was so disappointed and angry at bethesda. i had to take a small break before continuing because it was just so phoned in. even now when i play through it i break up the mages guild quests with any other side quest that's magic related. then i set various goals for my skills for each stage of the mages guild. This is why Morrowind lives on as one of the best ES games...they really involved you in whatever you were doing...it wasn't just some check box you filled and moved on.
I LOVE this!!! I've been saying the same thing especially about shivering isles. I am glad I'm not the only one
No game has really captured the magic of Morrowind. It felt so alien, so strange and intriguing at every step, and yet so real. I hope with all my heart that the next game, somehow, is able to capture that magic once more.
Today is 6 year skyrims anniversary damn, time flies damn ,I remember purchasing when it came out..
+Daaky oh wow, a good day for this video then.
And it's now being advertised for the fucking Nintendo Switch...
Toaster and Microwave editions next!!
it's easy to forget when it came out when they're relesing it every fucking year
WOW REALLY!? YOU MUST BE THE ONLY ONE THAT BOUGHT IT WHEN IT CAME OUT! COOL! I WISH I WERE COOL AS YOU! WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT TO BUY THE GAME WHEN IT CAME OUT!? WE NEED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE AND THAT MAYBE NO ONE GIVES A SHIT.
I especially like your number 3. Skyrim yet was another medieval land. Morrowind immersed you in a unique world. Feels like you're going there yourself.
the options on armor sets are what I missed the most in TESIV and TESV. Not only that you could have a giant pauldron on your shield arm while having non on your sword wielding right arm but also that finding a matching set of armor was really rewarding. That moment I picked up that right gauntlet of ebony armor? AMAZING!
Where'd you find an Ebony gauntlet? I've only ever been able to find bracers for my Ebony sets.
Judging from what we saw in Fallout 4, I'd say there's a good chance that the armor options part would be returning to us in TES VI.
Morrowind was the first Elder Scrolls game I played - all the way back on the OG Xbox. Put at least 150hrs into that game - such an awesome game even til this day!
Same I started on the Xbox version. But man, we missed out, the PC version is so good (And looks way better with mods!)
ZenFuYoung I played the hell out of it, had no clue what I was doing, and died during all combat. Had no clue what potions did, and still had a lot of fun!
You CAN kill everyone in skyrim by turning them into sweetrolls with wabbajack and c o n s u m i n g them
Can't turn essential characters into sweetrolls
I really liked the lack of markers and fast travel. You really had to plan your travels, and it was easy to get lost. As annoying as these things can be. The do help a lot with immersion.
You want to know why people in Skyrim are labled as essential?
Because the world is different.
In Morrowind, Monsters for the most part stayed way outside of cities and settlements, and essential characters where most of the times in cells that where not in the slightest harmful.
In Skyrim characters move around freely. Monsters come inside cities (mostly dragons, vampiers, cultists) and so you are not longer the only threat for them.
Imagine Delphine would have been killed by the newly resurected Dragon that Alduin summoned. In that case you would have no chance to ever finishing the game, and it wasn't your fault.
But I give you that, they could have taken the essential status once they are no longer needed.
Basic programming.
"If"/"then"
The npc can do whatever and experience whatever and still be safe.
But IF the player code attacks the npc THEN they are vulnerable.
Problem solved
@@agonleed3841 literally this.
@@agonleed3841 In JavaScript (I think, I haven't programed in a while): vulnerable = 0
if beingAttackedByDragonborn == True: vulnerable = 1
if dragonbornSurrendering == True: vulnerable = 0
Why they haven't remade Morrowind on the new systems with upgraded graphics and movement mechanics is beyond me. It would be incredible. But it's Bethesda...
Ian They don't have to; modders have been working on Skywind and Skyblivion for a while now.
beth got so sick of that request that they blew up Morrowind so we couldn't return....then returned to Morrowind in the online game because they learned where the money was (yes i know zenimax and bethsoft are 2 different companies).
Best to keep moving forward rather than remaking a game. I do wish Skyrim had more roleplaying in it’s RPG though. . .
ManwithStroath Remaking the Last of Us seemed to work fine
OfficeBum Which is what would make Morrowing THAT much better of a remake. I agree, it didn't need a remake so soon
morrowind is tha absolute fkin best 3person/1person rpg ever. Except graphics and physics, cause its old.
they've got a graphical overhaul mod for it ;)
Psychopathis major let down was combat didn’t work for me
Really have to put into perspective what Bethesda and the Early Elder Scrolls games were. An incredibly small studio of dedicated RPG enthusiasts creating very experimental games as passion projects, with sales and revenue being viewed only as an essential afterthought to recoup production costs and pay for the development of future titles. Things change with success. It sucks that they do but that's how businesses work. You aren't going to find these kind of quirky games unless you look to indie titles. Anything Bethesda ever puts out now is going to be an overly manufactured product with a massive budget and hundreds of people working behind the scenes. That setting doesn't allow for personality or risks. Innovation isn't cost effective.
*levitation, pc UI, quest logs, unique models for beast races = legs etc makes some races unable to wear some parts of armor but gives them other bonuses, main quest, etc etc etc*
If your having trouble locating the let's play poll, tap your screen and then tap the circle with and i in it and it will be there. For desktops it's on the top left of the video player.
+Gabe Thompson ya I was aware. I considered using that appearance in the Skyrim part but decided it.
hey I love your videos so much but, if you do like a big play through like the shivering Isles could you make a longer video as it is so big and in-depth , plus keep up the good work
The Cantina I love how KOTOR is on IOS now. Best game for long road trips. I didn't like the final boss though as you needed to do a lot of damage because light side force spells didn't control him...
When I say on IOS now it has been for ages
I Just finished Kotor but i would prefer you playing The Old republic because i never played. the Rest its up to the people : ) !!!
The Cantina Just curious lol are you a fan of the Morrowind remaster for ESO?
Could be a cultural difference though to be honest. Man tend to believe things on a whim when there are no other answers in site. It's been seen many times throughout our history from religion, justice, war, etc. Just one example being the Salem Witch Trials. Man are easily persuaded. The Dunmer might just be smarter than that and require more evidence for belief in Morrowind. Compared to the unintelligible and impressionable humans of Skyrim. Buuuuut in reality, it's probably more of a poor design decision on Bethesda's part for Skyrim 😅.
I'm pretty sure in skyrim dragons can still attack closed off cities
and also in the dawnguard dlc, vampires attack cities also
Dragons can attack closed off city's but it's really rare. I had one fly into whiterun and land on the Mead hall of the companies but due to the guards it was dead in about three minutes
@@sixpiecechickenmcnobody1730 It's not so rare. I had a dragon attack Whiterun on every single save( same with Solitude)
The no tantos and halberds confused me for a second because I forgot that one of my mods adds those and not the base game
Tantos and halberds are in base game -_-
I'd love for them to add spears and halberds into ES 6. That'd be amazing.
YES.
*SO MUCH YES.*
Another thing I loved about Morrowind was the dialogue. I could spend 10-15 minutes talking to some random priest about all the diseases and the Nine Divines. In Skyrim, most of the dialogue only lasts 2-3 minutes, and none of it makes you wanna find out more about the world you were in. Plus, in Morrowind different people had different things to say about a subject, some people would praise Dagoth Ur and hate you, and someone else would adore you and hate Dagoth Ur. In Skyrim literally everyone you meet except for the generic bandit praises you and just go through their 10 generic lines of dialogue.
Oh, and what made Morrowind's dialogue system even better, was that basically none of the NPCs had a voice actor when you talk to them, letting your imagination run free of how they sound like. In Skyrim basically every Nord has the same voice actor, its unrealistic and just makes me want to avoid dialogue altogether sometimes.
Yeah, in this context, having full voice actors is actually a down side. It skyrocket the costs, bringing down the amount of dialogue and the variety of voices. In Morrowind, reading at your own pace (or immediatelly skipping it) is actually more immersive and convenient, in some way. Too bad it will never come back in AAA titles :(
As Elder Scrolls became a bigger name, they wanted to appeal to a broader audience. Skyrim is fairly casual-friendly (despite having tons of content still), followed by Oblivion, then Morrowind is more for the hardcore enthusiast, while Daggerfall is for the incredibly enthused. There's always more pressure to please more people when you get famous.
Also, the shop keepers would actually wear weapons and armour that you sold to them and switch it up, and the looting system was so much better. you could find yourself way out of your comfort zone with enemies too powerful for you to attack. but if you did manage to somehow kill them, maybe with the help of a powerful potion you came across by chance then the loot would be equally powerful giving you a real sense of achievement and adventure when it didn't just all level up with you. i miss this so much.
2:25 I've played morrowind so many times that I know exactly what enemy that is given the bridge in the background. lol. You face him during the first quest right before you enter the dungeon
Just kill Vivec with a lockpick just as he gives you wraithguard. I mean who even needs that guy amirite?
+Klavier Gavin i mean he's technically one of the villains anyway since he is part of the tribunal.
BrunixTp You should see the Morrowind speedrun all main quests category. If you're bothered by the use of glitches I'd steer away, but if not then you're in for a great ride.
You get some interesting dialogue from him after you complete the main quest and after you complete Tribunal though.
This video didn't mention my biggest gripe with Skyrim, and with Oblivion. They really nerfed the quest system in the last 2 games. In Oblivion and Skyrim, you could only join the 4 "guilds", plus a civil war faction in Skyrim. In Morrowind, you could join 10 or 11 groups, each with pretty expansive quest lines. Plus, you had to earn your promotions by getting better at the skills and attributes that each group favored. In Skyrim, the Companion and Mage quest lines were pretty meh, and as this video did indicate, you didn't really earn the right to become the head of any of the guilds in Skyrim. In Morrowind, you did. Plus in Morrowind (and in Oblivion), you could craft your own spells and make them uber powerful. Graphically, Skyrim was of course much better. But I agree that Morrowind was, gameplay wise and in regard to writing, a much better game.
I wish they had kept the Morang Tong in Oblivion and also that you could still join the Legion. (I'd love to have joined the Morang Tong after I did the Dark Brotherhood so I could destroy the DB in the end). They did have a 5th "non-guild" thing in doing the whole Daedra quest lines and a 6th in the collector's quest line with the Indiana Jones feel to it (on purpose). But the Thieves and Dark Brotherhood quests in Oblivion were the best in any game so there is that. And then the one add-on you could do the Knights of the Nine which was a guild-like group.
Also, in Oblibion you could compete in the Arena fir the title of grand champion. Not quite a guild or faction, but still one more thing lacking in Skyrm.
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*Giggles in Australian
The creatures and monsters are a big one for me. Not often in skyrim did I find monsters where i'm like "wtf is that" or "holyshit that thing is massive". Having interesting enemies adds alot to a game and keeps it interesting. It also makes it alot more memorable.