What is the best "Elder scrolls" game out of "Morrowind" "Oblivion" and "Skyrim"
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You know what? I'm going to defy convention and say Arena, followed by Daggerfall. People always seem to forget that Morrowind wasn't the first Elder Scrolls game. So I'm going to pick Arena, because I feel it had the fullest feeling world, containing all the provinces and all, followed by Daggerfall because it had the largest feeling world and it gets a few points off for feeling terribly balanced.
Never got into Morrowind due to the shite on a bike combat. Skyrim and Oblivion are more or less equal in my books but if I had to choose I'd probably choose Oblivion because of the better quests.
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I've played all three of them and in my opinion the story has gotten worse with each game while the game play has gotten better and better.
Out of all three though I think Oblivion is my favourite, especially with Shivering Isles. There just isn't such a thing as too much Sheogorath.
Out of all three though I think Oblivion is my favourite, especially with Shivering Isles. There just isn't such a thing as too much Sheogorath.
I haven't touched Skyrim yet, touched Oblivion briefly and did play Morrowind for quite a bit but i still love Daggerfall the most out of the whole Elder Scrolls universe. It was buggy as hell but that was one Elder Scroll game that i actually completed and saw an ending for it - and it was prove that there was a time when games were really fun and engaging, more than just graphics and effects. I would love to fire it up again and replay it, guess everyone is entitled to their likes eh?
Yes! More people need to realize that Morrowind wasn't the first Elder Scrolls game!MopBox said:
I think, if you're the kind of person that just wants to play a game, and doesn't want to think too hard about how the gremlins under the engine are working, Skyrim is the way to go. And there's something to be said for that. But I prefer Morrowind precisely because you can kind of see the guts sticking out. To play a mage is essentially just to be someone with the power to directly program the game universe.
Also, you can fly in Morrowind. FLY. Not only is it possible, it's expected that at some point you'll get some rising force potions or learn a levitate spell just to play the game. When I found out that feature was removed in Oblivion I blew my top. You don't go from "being able to fly" to "can't fly under any cicumstance" and call it an improvement.
Other things mentioned here that I think are super important include how terrible autoleveling has been for games. In Morrowind you can take a trip into Red Mountain at level one and get your butt handed to you like you deserve, and then go back at level twenty and get the kind of satisfaction that comes from seeing all the work you put into leveling pay off. In Oblivion and Skyrim I don't want to level very far past the mid-twenties because it creates a world full of tanky trash mobs I have to cheese to death, just so I can get the canned randomized magic items reserved for characters my level.
It's also awesome to be able to pick up a rare artifact just lying out there to be found at level five, and not have to wonder if you could have gotten a better version of the same weapon if you had waited until you were higher level.
I grant Morrowind has its problems, but it's a solid game that treats its players like adults, which is more than can be said for its spoiled, prissy descendants.
Also, you can fly in Morrowind. FLY. Not only is it possible, it's expected that at some point you'll get some rising force potions or learn a levitate spell just to play the game. When I found out that feature was removed in Oblivion I blew my top. You don't go from "being able to fly" to "can't fly under any cicumstance" and call it an improvement.
Other things mentioned here that I think are super important include how terrible autoleveling has been for games. In Morrowind you can take a trip into Red Mountain at level one and get your butt handed to you like you deserve, and then go back at level twenty and get the kind of satisfaction that comes from seeing all the work you put into leveling pay off. In Oblivion and Skyrim I don't want to level very far past the mid-twenties because it creates a world full of tanky trash mobs I have to cheese to death, just so I can get the canned randomized magic items reserved for characters my level.
It's also awesome to be able to pick up a rare artifact just lying out there to be found at level five, and not have to wonder if you could have gotten a better version of the same weapon if you had waited until you were higher level.
I grant Morrowind has its problems, but it's a solid game that treats its players like adults, which is more than can be said for its spoiled, prissy descendants.
As a preference, Oblivion. Morrowind was what got me into the series but I couldn't stand the combat and when I got a hold of Oblivion and you could hit things without the invisible roll of the dice and ruin a perfectly good dinner party by jumping on the table and dancing the jigg, I nearly died of happiness. My opinion may be a bit biased because Oblivion was just about the only thing I played back then and my gaming preferences were still developing, but I honestly enjoyed it more than Morrowind and Skyrim both as a vanilla game. With mods though I'd have to hand it to Skyrim.