Which Elder Scrolls game is the best?
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isengrimb16_ESO✭✭✭✭✭Onlinestarkerealm wrote: »
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.
Yes; if you've got a tabletop group, I'd strongly suggest you give Earthdawn a look. Warning though, character creation .. makes some pretty powerful characters, do expect your people to seem to get overpowered really fast. But there are a lot of nasty enemies from which to choose. It does have a "strain" system, though, for spells/abilities (the harder it is to do a feat, the more you wear yourself out.) Beyond that, I only played, and didn't own the book myself, because I don't cheat in multiplayer games (never even read the AD&D monster manual to this day, even though I don't ever expect to be able to play tabletop again.)
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Crumpy✭✭✭✭OblivionOblivion's countryside and buildings were (are!) so beautiful.I lyke not this quill.0 -
isengrimb16_ESO✭✭✭✭✭Onlinestarkerealm wrote: »
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.
Most of those old games were. I did ok in Eye of the Beholder - I got about halfway through that before my 286 finally gave up the ghost, but Tomb Raider, couldn't get past those dogs (even though Eye throws wolves at you right away, too, iirc). I don't remember either of those having cheats available.
Morrowind seems to be the first one that has anything like a rudimentary tutorial in this series, too. But it also has /tgm.
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Akhratos✭✭✭✭MorrowindMorrowind, of course.
Skyrim:
Weird Fighters/Mages/Thieves guild concept.
Weird mage schools and spell learning/use progression (worst Ive seen).
No birthsigns.
No classes.
No footsteps (snowy region I heard?).
No party...
I dont even see Skyrim matching most of Morrowind features (the ones that were not simply removed directly), so we rather dont talk about the new features they left on the way.0 -
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✭✭✭✭✭Morrowindisengrimb16_ESO wrote: »
Most of those old games were. I did ok in Eye of the Beholder - I got about halfway through that before my 286 finally gave up the ghost, but Tomb Raider, couldn't get past those dogs (even though Eye throws wolves at you right away, too, iirc). I don't remember either of those having cheats available.
Morrowind seems to be the first one that has anything like a rudimentary tutorial in this series, too. But it also has /tgm.
I remember... well, not the gold box games, but I remember the old vicious games of the late 80s and early 90s. Arena was '94 and Daggerfall was '96 though, and both were serious throwbacks at the start. I seem to remember them getting a lot easier after a few levels... well, after you got out of the Imperial City prison in Arena anyway.0 -
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✭✭✭✭✭Morrowindthe castrated npc guilds is actually also true for oblivion...
I really missed the skill requirements of morrowind
"You're green, outlander. Bittergreen green."
I still remember the feeling the first time I hit the progression wall in the Morag Tong because I hadn't hit the requirements in enough of the skills. Man, I missed that when Oblivion came along."A probable impossibility is preferable to an improbable possibility." - Aristotle0 -
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✭✭✭✭✭MorrowindMorrowind. It is far and away the best ES title. It was so deep, there was no hand holding, the story was quite excellent, spellcrafting was a great thing, the game world was brilliant ...
But also I love Online. I can't explain it, to me it absolutely feels like an ES title. Once they fix things and bugs, introduce spellcrafting, the Thieves Guild and Dark Brotherhood and the Justice system are introduced, and as more areas of the provinces get unlocked, it's going to be outstanding.Sweetrolls for all!
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Shiaxi✭✭✭MorrowindMasterSpatula wrote: »
"You're green, outlander. Bittergreen green."
I still remember the feeling the first time I hit the progression wall in the Morag Tong because I hadn't hit the requirements in enough of the skills. Man, I missed that when Oblivion came along.
god those last couple of promotions could take FOREVER..
it also made you feel like the most powerful person in morrowind after becoming the leader of the fighters, mages and thieves guild, morag tong, temple and imperial cult, one of the great houses, the imperial legion...
also fun to see the ordinators actually starting to like you after a couple of promotions in the temple 0 -
Commonpain✭✭✭MorrowindMorrowind is and always will be the best title of the series. Period.
I can still remember trying to steal the ebony curiass and daedric greaves from the shelf behind orvas dren at the dren plantation. Or dying by equipping sunder or keening without putting wrathguard on
Oh and meeting a living Dwemer definately was an experience of its own kind!
This game had an atmosphere at a quality that has yet to be reached again.
I still own it with all expansions and play it through at least one time a year...0 -
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✭MorrowindDaggerfall was a flawed masterpiece but the flaws were pretty deep so even though loved playing the flaws always marred the experience.
Morrowind wasn't perfect but I will always remember sitting there staring at the title screen listening to the main theme play the first time, Souelle's music was awseome.
Then, as you emerged from the ship and saw Seyda Neen for the first time the music crescendoed again .. utterly stunning. I loved the game, in fact when I'm playing ESO, a couple of the soundtracks use very similar musical themes (one is a slow one played on a Viola or something similar) and I see in my mind's eye areas of Morrowind where a similar melody played and feel the urge to re-install and play all over again.
Oblivion's level scaling sucked and I barely played it because of that, and although I bought Skyrim I have never even installed it, I didn't realise it too had level failing in it.Edited by KerinKor on May 21, 2014 12:31PM0 -
TetsuMaru✭✭✭MorrowindHands down Morrowind. From a time when games didnt hold your hand and guide you every step of the way with quest objective locations, players had to actually read dialogue and use their brains to succeed. The environments were gorgeous and the gameplay....amazing. A true masterpiece of its era. I spent more time playing Morrowind then I did attempting 3rd base with random girls.2
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SadisticSavior✭✭✭OnlineMy last Elder Scrolls experience was Daggerfall. It was a fun game, but Elder Scrolls Games have ALWAYS felt like they should have been an MMO from the start. The other Elder Scrolls games feel like stripped down demos of this game to me.
One thing I miss from Daggerfall is the sheer scale...walking to the next town was like the real world. if it is 10 miles away it could take hours to walk there. If you decided to walk to ride places instead of using fast travel, it was a journey. It was 10 "real" miles. Everything in ESO is scaled down.Edited by SadisticSavior on May 21, 2014 2:27PMMy Vampire guide - http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/discussion/99101/my-vampire-experience0 -
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✭SkyrimHave Morrowind, and really tried to get into it.
Wanted to like it, but just didn't have the patience to read through the walls of text. Lack of fast-travel (from my POV) was a turn-off too.Crotchety Old Man Guild
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Sariias✭✭✭SkyrimMorrowind was my first, and I would say it is the best because of spears, spell crafting, and flying spells - BUT CLIFFRACERS.
Skyrim is just an all out explore funfest.Edited by Sariias on May 21, 2014 2:28PM0 -
Opioid✭✭✭SkyrimI had to go with Skyrim, mainly because of current replayability. I loved Morrowind and Oblivion, but trying to play either of them these days after playing Skyrim is painful, due to the dated graphics, UI and combat.
I'm waiting patiently for the Skywind and Skyblivion projects to get finished so I can replay Morrowind and Oblivion with updated graphics/UI/combat from Skyrim.1 -
Draaconis✭✭I think technology has changed WAY too much for anyone to actually answer this question. Arena was released in '94.0
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isengrimb16_ESO✭✭✭✭✭OnlineYes, I think I wouldn't mind those, either. Um, that mouse-wagging thing with swords is so weird, you'd think they were predicting Wii controllers to come out a lot earlier.
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PrinceBoru✭✭✭✭SkyrimSkyrim was then first game I'd ever felt compete immersion.It ain't easy being green.1 -
stabbykitteh✭✭✭✭OtherI chose Other because Morrowind and Skyrim are pretty much tied for me at this point (though Morrowind will always be the sentimental favorite).0 -
Darrett✭✭✭✭DaggerfallClearly Daggerfall. Morrowind was interesting, but I ended up going back to playing Daggerfall pretty quickly. Didn't play MW again for a few years; it was decent, but too restrictive. Obviously not as restrictive as Oblivion or Skyrim, though.0
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✭✭Skyrimn.englishb14_ESO wrote: »....Ones first experience is always the best.
This reason right here.
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✭✭✭✭MorrowindIn terms of Immersive? Morrowind, hands down.
You started with a truly blank slate...nothing on the map (pre-GOTY)...scavaging anything you could to sell and upgrade. Starting with the rusty knife you aquired after litterally getting off the boat and starting out so weak and slow....
Exploration was unlike any other game up to then...(and any after, until Oblivion). You wanted to go places you couldn't reach and wanted to explore in a way I've never quite had another game, even this one, make me want to explore.
I continue to be in awe of the level of detail that originated in one individual's mind, let alone what they've been able to turn it into. I'm hopeful they look at all Elder Scrolls creations and think "I made that..."
I'm equally hopeful they look at every single one and know that it's better than the last...and at the same, never going to be quite as good.
It's a compliment on both counts!Just because you don't like the way something is doesn't necessarily make it wrong...
Earn it.
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Gedalya✭✭✭✭✭OnlineYou left off 3 games: Battlespire and Redguard; as well as The Elder Scrolls Travels. Or are we not counting these since Bethesda seems to overlook them also?0 -
Gisgo✭✭✭✭✭MorrowindOf course.
I want a Caius Cosades easter egg in ESO!Edited by Gisgo on May 21, 2014 4:09PM0
