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I finally figured out why I love the Elder Scrolls series so much. Thank you ZoS and Bethesda
Tornaad
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Thank you to Bethesda and ZoS for building this world that has let me find so much peace over the last few decades.
The following is something I will be adding to my journal, that very much applies to this game. Thank you everyone who has helped build it for me.
I need to ponder about something. Recently, I noticed that I have been getting less satisfied with Elder Scrolls Online. It got to the point where I actually felt I was ready for something new, which is saying a lot. I've been playing Elder Scrolls Online for more than 9 years. Before that, I played Skyrim for 6 years. I was introduced to the Elder Scrolls with Morrowind, and by the time Oblivion had been out for about 2 years, I lost interest in playing other games and have (with rare exception) exclusively been playing Elder Scrolls games ever since. Sure, the action I took when I felt myself losing interest in Elder Scrolls Online, was to actually pick up the Oblivion remaster, but it still left me pondering, namely because that is the way my brain works, it analyzes … everything. The reason I like Elder Scrolls as much as I do is because of the feeling I get when playing the game. I'm not sure I know how to describe it. If I had to guess, it is likely one of my autistic obsessions. But that is a pure guess with nothing to back it up, not even a feeling.
Today, when I hopped back into Elder Scrolls Online, I switched back into first person view, and then realized that it had been a long time since I regularly played in first person view. As I did, I realized I got the feeling back. This leaves me to wonder, why do I get sucked in when playing in first person, but get turned off when playing in 3rd? Part of the reason I started playing in 3rd person as much as I was, is because I found in combats it is much more effective when playing in 3rd person. If I had to take a guess, I get the feeling I do because of feeling like I am getting sucked into the world. But why would I get so attached to a game over the need to feel sucked into the game world?
From a short conversation with an AI, I figured out what has been happening. Tamriel, (when I play it in first person) gives me a chance to shut up my brain and just let me relax and enjoy life with a rarely quiet mind. It is where I turn to in order to get peace and quiet. Even when I'm sleeping my brain analyzes everything around me, processes it, and spits it back out. When I'm sleeping, it at least has the self-respect to only alert me of emergencies or out of the ordinary things. When I was still living with my mom, working the grave yard shift at Walmart, while sleeping in a single wide mobile home built in the 1970's (this would have been between 2005 and 2010) I slept through my mom's third husband using a tractor that was loud enough that you needed hearing protection to not have hearing damage, to grind grain with a grain grinder that was even louder, and my sister coming over and reorganizing the living room right next to my bedroom, but woke up to the phone ringing. Now that I am married, my wife has noticed that I sleep through everything … unless she needs me. That is all examples of why I say my brain processes everything I'm exposed to whether I like it or not. And Elder Scrolls (specifically in first person) has all the right pieces to let me shut my brain up for at least a little bit so I can have some peace and quiet for a bit. Fine, I know how to shove most of the thoughts into my subconscious, but it's still there, still processing, and I know it. That's good to know.
Edited by Tornaad on December 1, 2025 1:06PM The following is something I will be adding to my journal, that very much applies to this game. Thank you everyone who has helped build it for me.
I need to ponder about something. Recently, I noticed that I have been getting less satisfied with Elder Scrolls Online. It got to the point where I actually felt I was ready for something new, which is saying a lot. I've been playing Elder Scrolls Online for more than 9 years. Before that, I played Skyrim for 6 years. I was introduced to the Elder Scrolls with Morrowind, and by the time Oblivion had been out for about 2 years, I lost interest in playing other games and have (with rare exception) exclusively been playing Elder Scrolls games ever since. Sure, the action I took when I felt myself losing interest in Elder Scrolls Online, was to actually pick up the Oblivion remaster, but it still left me pondering, namely because that is the way my brain works, it analyzes … everything. The reason I like Elder Scrolls as much as I do is because of the feeling I get when playing the game. I'm not sure I know how to describe it. If I had to guess, it is likely one of my autistic obsessions. But that is a pure guess with nothing to back it up, not even a feeling.
Today, when I hopped back into Elder Scrolls Online, I switched back into first person view, and then realized that it had been a long time since I regularly played in first person view. As I did, I realized I got the feeling back. This leaves me to wonder, why do I get sucked in when playing in first person, but get turned off when playing in 3rd? Part of the reason I started playing in 3rd person as much as I was, is because I found in combats it is much more effective when playing in 3rd person. If I had to take a guess, I get the feeling I do because of feeling like I am getting sucked into the world. But why would I get so attached to a game over the need to feel sucked into the game world?
From a short conversation with an AI, I figured out what has been happening. Tamriel, (when I play it in first person) gives me a chance to shut up my brain and just let me relax and enjoy life with a rarely quiet mind. It is where I turn to in order to get peace and quiet. Even when I'm sleeping my brain analyzes everything around me, processes it, and spits it back out. When I'm sleeping, it at least has the self-respect to only alert me of emergencies or out of the ordinary things. When I was still living with my mom, working the grave yard shift at Walmart, while sleeping in a single wide mobile home built in the 1970's (this would have been between 2005 and 2010) I slept through my mom's third husband using a tractor that was loud enough that you needed hearing protection to not have hearing damage, to grind grain with a grain grinder that was even louder, and my sister coming over and reorganizing the living room right next to my bedroom, but woke up to the phone ringing. Now that I am married, my wife has noticed that I sleep through everything … unless she needs me. That is all examples of why I say my brain processes everything I'm exposed to whether I like it or not. And Elder Scrolls (specifically in first person) has all the right pieces to let me shut my brain up for at least a little bit so I can have some peace and quiet for a bit. Fine, I know how to shove most of the thoughts into my subconscious, but it's still there, still processing, and I know it. That's good to know.
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