Which Elder Scrolls game is the best?

aipex8_ESO

Skyrim

Skyrim, because I mod for it and enjoy that as much as playing the game.

Aeradon

Oblivion

n.englishb14_ESO wrote: »

....Ones first experience is always the best.

So true.

Loved the UI, the haggling/persuasion, the lock picking, the setting. So much more. Dark Brotherhood was strong, the guild quests are awesome. Glass weapons make the game so unique. Hated the oblivion gates but the painting stand quest, OMG. Arena was amazing too, and somehow I have this feeling that Oblivion is more alive than Skyrim in so many ways.

I can never forget the guy in the prison, "Here kitty kitty.."

AlexDougherty

Skyrim

Close for me between Oblivion and Skyrim, but chose Skyrim.

I tried to play Morrowind once, but after Oblivion it was just to slow, twenty minutes of running along a road before I found anything, um no thanks.

jbfroik

Morrowind

Morrowind. That was the stuff. Such a HUGE game, all of the factions. It was really ahead of its time in so many ways, i still play it today

Shiaxi

Morrowind

AlexDougherty wrote: »

Close for me between Oblivion and Skyrim, but chose Skyrim.

I tried to play Morrowind once, but after Oblivion it was just to slow, twenty minutes of running along a road before I found anything, um no thanks.

well it did have a travel system in place of silt striders, boats, teleportation spells and mages guild portals.

but it did encourage new players to simply explore the world.

I suppose I can see why some players wouldn't like this, but for me it was one of the biggest draws of the game.

although the temple quest to walk the entire length of morrowind did take it a step to far for my taste... mark > recall FTW

AlexDougherty

Skyrim

Shiaxi wrote: »

AlexDougherty wrote: »

Close for me between Oblivion and Skyrim, but chose Skyrim.

I tried to play Morrowind once, but after Oblivion it was just to slow, twenty minutes of running along a road before I found anything, um no thanks.

well it did have a travel system in place of silt striders, boats, teleportation spells and mages guild portals.

but it did encourage new players to simply explore the world.

I suppose I can see why some players wouldn't like this, but for me it was one of the biggest draws of the game.

although the temple quest to walk the entire length of morrowind did take it a step to far for my taste... mark > recall FTW

Sorry didn't get that far in, it sounds like if I had played it before Oblivion I would have loved it (from a great many sources), but I didn't, sorry.

merwanoreb17_ESO

Skyrim

I am mixed between Skyrim and Morrowind. In itself, Morrowind is a much better game because it has a much better sense of exploration that rewards you. For instance, there is more gear and items placed around in the world. For instance there is only one complete set of deadric armor in the whole game, and you have to find all the pieces. Level scaling is not a good thing and ruins the joy of finding good loot early on, or enemies that are just way to strong for you, which gives you a reason to return later and kick its ass.

But Skyrim has better combat, graphics, voice acting, it is more epic. It is more about the quests and less about the loot and treasure. There are some items here and there, and thanks to mods, many of these items have gotten some unique models and textures, but there is a lack of unique stuff in the game that is not attained by some quest.

Skyrim is to me, what Oblivion should have been. As it was totally ruined by the level scaling system. Bandits in full Glass or Ebony armor was so freaking stupid.

Shiaxi

Morrowind

merwanoreb17_ESO wrote: »

For instance, there is more gear and items placed around in the world. For instance there is only one complete set of deadric armor in the whole game, and you have to find all the pieces.

hmm wasn't there a pauldron missing of the "complete" set of daedric armor?

Not sure, I didn't wear heavy armor; was light or medium all the way

rawne1980b16_ESO

Morrowind

Morrowind.

I started in Arena and played them but didn't really *click* with the games until Morrowind came out .... although Daggerfall was mahoosive.

Walking along and a mage falling out of the sky, stuff like that just made it fantastic.

The combat was a bit annoying but it improved when you levelled up.

MissKiwiana

Skyrim

Skyrim was the only one I played in this list. I bought some of the others but graphics wise for me they were awful.

Enjoyed Skyrim for 5 minutes,it never really held my interest to be honest. I never got into lore or understanding my character at all.. not like I do now. I just love a gigantic world I can get lost in.

I ran off to play WoW for the next few years.

Coming from playing Yahoo games and Pogo this was a huge change for me.

rusila22

Morrowind

Morrowind i feel so nostalgic, everything was perfect, the storyline,the gameplay and.. the music was so beautiful !

Morrowind theme enjoy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWuNf4gxwuM&hd=1

starkerealm

Morrowind

Shiaxi wrote: »

merwanoreb17_ESO wrote: »

For instance, there is more gear and items placed around in the world. For instance there is only one complete set of deadric armor in the whole game, and you have to find all the pieces.

hmm wasn't there a pauldron missing of the "complete" set of daedric armor?

Not sure, I didn't wear heavy armor; was light or medium all the way

Both pauldrons were missing. Daveth Fyr (I think) wore a complete set, sans helmet, but he was also a critical part of the main quest. If you weren't willing to kill him, there were gauntlets, a cuiriass, greaves and boots, but you had to wait for Tribunal and Bloodmoon to get the pauldrons, one in each.

There were also... I think, three different helmets.

MissKiwiana

Skyrim

rusila22 wrote: »

Morrowind i feel so nostalgic, everything was perfect, the storyline,the gameplay and.. the music was so beautiful !

Morrowind theme enjoy

Only reason I have the sound on in this game is I absolutely am loving the music. "sits in the pubs/kitchens in game so I can listen to the singers,LOL"
I think the music is beautiful.

Shiaxi

Morrowind

starkerealm wrote: »

Shiaxi wrote: »

merwanoreb17_ESO wrote: »

For instance, there is more gear and items placed around in the world. For instance there is only one complete set of deadric armor in the whole game, and you have to find all the pieces.

hmm wasn't there a pauldron missing of the "complete" set of daedric armor?

Not sure, I didn't wear heavy armor; was light or medium all the way

Both pauldrons were missing. Daveth Fyr (I think) wore a complete set, sans helmet, but he was also a critical part of the main quest. If you weren't willing to kill him, there were gauntlets, a cuiriass, greaves and boots, but you had to wait for Tribunal and Bloodmoon to get the pauldrons, one in each.

There were also... I think, three different helmets.

heh.. or.. you know.. player.giveitem

edit: oh wrong syntax for morrowind console... ah well you get the gist

godz I know I'm going to reinstall morrowind again this evening with the community overhaul

@rusila22‌

that's your fault.. played the morrowind them on my headset.. epic...

starkerealm

Morrowind

Shiaxi wrote: »

starkerealm wrote: »

Shiaxi wrote: »

merwanoreb17_ESO wrote: »

For instance, there is more gear and items placed around in the world. For instance there is only one complete set of deadric armor in the whole game, and you have to find all the pieces.

hmm wasn't there a pauldron missing of the "complete" set of daedric armor?

Not sure, I didn't wear heavy armor; was light or medium all the way

Both pauldrons were missing. Daveth Fyr (I think) wore a complete set, sans helmet, but he was also a critical part of the main quest. If you weren't willing to kill him, there were gauntlets, a cuiriass, greaves and boots, but you had to wait for Tribunal and Bloodmoon to get the pauldrons, one in each.

There were also... I think, three different helmets.

heh.. or.. you know.. player.giveitem

Yeah... that's the only way I ever saw Daedric in Morrowind. I don't think I ever had Daedric armor legitimately in a game until Skyrim.

RianaTheBosmer

Oblivion

I'm going with Oblivion here. Sure the graphics are dated but it had an excellent main story and I had so much fun going through the oblivion gates.

I love ESO too, having a lot of fun. I just wish I could make a sexy dark elf female. Ugh, I like my female characters to be eye candy for my male gaming buds and I just can't do it. Going to give it one more try tonight.

AreoHotah

Online

Online because i only played oblivion a looong time ago and i cant remember anything.

Gwarok

Other

All of the above choices; for they ALL have their pros and cons, besides, anything and EVERYTHING that is Elder Scrolls is AWESOME!!!

#Everything(E.S).IzAwesome!!

Gilvoth

Morrowind

morrowind Obviously

morrowind was the best elderscroll single player game not only in elderscrolls but global in all the world in all single player games ever made. they even won awards for it 3 times over!

Ruddertail

It's either Online or Morrowind. Daggerfall and earlier were too randomized, Oblivion was entirely forgettable, and while Skyrim was fantastic I find myself enjoying Online more. Whether or not it compares to Morrowind I can't judge until some further patching.

rotiferuk

Morrowind

Morrowind because of its atmosphere, cliff racer attacks, being able to levitate, the soundtrack, the weirdness of its landscapes, and its game-play. The GOTY edition was the first ES game I played.

starkerealm

Morrowind

rotiferuk wrote: »

Morrowind because of its atmosphere, cliff racer attacks, being able to levitate, the soundtrack, the weirdness of its landscapes, and its game-play. The GOTY edition was the first ES game I played.

Most people don't actually cite the cliff racers as a good thing.

isengrimb16_ESO

Online

ThatArgonianGuy wrote: »

Oblivion because the spellmaking and enchanting system was amazing. Enchanting in Morrowind was too hard to do yourself without a mod and too expensive to have npcs do it. (100,000g for an enchant? really?) I did love the mudcrab merchant in Morrowind lol. I love all of the games, though I couldn't really get into Arena (Daggefall's game play is much better).

Ah, someone who played Daggerfall.

I have Anthology, and my version of Arena and Daggerfall are both in their original states, apparently (unfortunately). This means I can't use the ini file cheat with Daggerfall for godmode.

Ok, so I walk out of the cell and explore around, and grab that one sword that's available (I never found anything else). I learned really quick not to go into the basement, because there's some heavy armour dude who three-shots my face. So I go upstairs, to beat the guy behind the table to open the door to the stairs. So I can beat him, but at a health cost to myself.

My health is so low (and apparently does not regenerate?) I can't beat the ghosts or whatever they are on the outside stairs. That's as far as I got. No food or potions. I did try resting! But when I woke up, heavy armour guy was there and three shotted my face again.

I'm stuck! 30 seconds into the game, and I'm stuck good. Please tell me, did I miss something I should have found and need to do this?

I'm afraid to try Arena .... :O

As for voting, I guess Online, because I _CAN_ play it without cheats, woo, go, me.

Norrønt_Språk

Morrowind

1st - Morrowind
2nd - Oblivion
3rd. ... nothing
4th - Skyrim (too "casualized", castrated nsc guilds - a guy who can't magic, can to become the boss of the mages? i must not search for the thieves guild, they find me. ...ok...and so on...)
5th - Daggerfall aka Buggerfall ^^
6th - Arena

AngryNord

Impossible to give a conclusive answer - they're all "best", but in various areas.

czar

Morrowind

morrowind had the best lore/storyline, oblivion was the most fun and skyrim had the best gameplay/graphics

starkerealm

Morrowind

isengrimb16_ESO wrote: »

ThatArgonianGuy wrote: »

Oblivion because the spellmaking and enchanting system was amazing. Enchanting in Morrowind was too hard to do yourself without a mod and too expensive to have npcs do it. (100,000g for an enchant? really?) I did love the mudcrab merchant in Morrowind lol. I love all of the games, though I couldn't really get into Arena (Daggefall's game play is much better).

Ah, someone who played Daggerfall.

I have Anthology, and my version of Arena and Daggerfall are both in their original states, apparently (unfortunately). This means I can't use the ini file cheat with Daggerfall for godmode.

Ok, so I walk out of the cell and explore around, and grab that one sword that's available (I never found anything else). I learned really quick not to go into the basement, because there's some heavy armour dude who three-shots my face. So I go upstairs, to beat the guy behind the table to open the door to the stairs. So I can beat him, but at a health cost to myself.

My health is so low (and apparently does not regenerate?) I can't beat the ghosts or whatever they are on the outside stairs. That's as far as I got. No food or potions. I did try resting! But when I woke up, heavy armour guy was there and three shotted my face again.

I'm stuck! 30 seconds into the game, and I'm stuck good. Please tell me, did I miss something I should have found and need to do this?

I'm afraid to try Arena .... :O

As for voting, I guess Online, because I _CAN_ play it without cheats, woo, go, me.

It's been a long time, but my recollection is Arena and Daggerfall are both incredibly brutal starting out. Morrowind at least offers you a, "not in the face, not in the face! Oh please, gods, not in the face!" option, with the silt strider network, and some gold after you're let out of prison.

Oblivion was the first game you could play easily, as I recall.

isengrimb16_ESO

Online

Shiaxi wrote: »

oh shadowrun returns is awesome.. or well.. the dragonfall expansion is awesome; the original was good.. but a bit.. lackluster

Mmm. Shadowrun. I'm thinking here of the tabletop RPG .... good game and backstory, but I wish they'd put out a new Earthdawn game of ANY sort; I really liked that one (same universe as Shadowrun, but set in the distant, mythical past. The magic is diminishing, rather than growing, and people are just coming out of their mountain strongholds to face whatever Horrors might still be around. Yeah, the future of Shadowrun is bleak; once that magical field gets strong enough .. never mind the mutants. ) We had a good GM for Earthdawn, and he really knew how to put the creepy fears into his players.

One guy stopped to have a drink in a river while the party was resting and we were deciding our next move. Turns out the water was .. infested .. with .. very small Horrors, micro-Horrors. Three days later, my character got to witness him being literally torn apart for no apparent reason. In a marketplace.

Shiaxi

Morrowind

Norrønt_Språk wrote: »

1st - Morrowind
4th - Skyrim (too "casualized", castrated nsc guilds - a guy who can't magic, can to become the boss of the mages? i must not search for the thieves guild, they find me. ...ok...and so on...)

the castrated npc guilds is actually also true for oblivion...
I really missed the skill requirements of morrowind

starkerealm

Morrowind

isengrimb16_ESO wrote: »

Shiaxi wrote: »

oh shadowrun returns is awesome.. or well.. the dragonfall expansion is awesome; the original was good.. but a bit.. lackluster

Mmm. Shadowrun. I'm thinking here of the tabletop RPG .... good game and backstory, but I wish they'd put out a new Earthdawn game of ANY sort; I really liked that one (same universe as Shadowrun, but set in the distant, mythical past. The magic is diminishing, rather than growing, and people are just coming out of their mountain strongholds to face whatever Horrors might still be around. Yeah, the future of Shadowrun is bleak; once that magical field gets strong enough .. never mind the mutants. ) We had a good GM for Earthdawn, and he really knew how to put the creepy fears into his players.

One guy stopped to have a drink in a river while the party was resting and we were deciding our next move. Turns out the water was .. infested .. with .. very small Horrors, micro-Horrors. Three days later, my character got to witness him being literally torn apart for no apparent reason. In a marketplace.

That's what Earthdawn is... I've been seeing it at the used bookstores lately, but never knew what it was, or bothered to look. Huh, I'll need to grab a copy, next time I'm out.

The general theme kind of reminds me of the way Exalted was supposed to tie into WoD... of course, now I'm remembering that Exalted title Interplay was working on that never came out.