Today’s game is Morrowind. I wanted to try mixing things up a little and had gotten this last december so i decided to dick around for a bit in it. I ended up being a little surprised by how much i enjoyed all the reading it needs. I mean, don’t get me wrong. It’s incredibly tedious and annoying sometimes, but it comes with satisfaction upon finding your way around with the journal and having to navigate in an almost realistic manner.
I ended up reusing my Daggerfall character Nazita for it, even though with the timeline it doesn’t really work timeline wise. I made her a Rogue, though i’m not a fan of daggers so i’ve been training the longsword skill so i can use those instead in combat.
Speaking of the combat, I can’t say i’m a fan. Maybe there’s something i’m missing but it’s definitely a lacking point of it. I just find myself jabbing at the enemies until either one of us drop dead.
Graphically though? I find it to be really pretty. I really like the water especially. I’m not sure what comes from OpenMW and what comes from base Morrowind, bur at a core level i think it’s pretty.
I ended up just walking all the way to Gnisis to join the Empire and got the quest where you have too get the land deed. I ended up just stopping there though after heading into the mine and then turning back. I thought i had to go there to handle the Land deed morally, but apparently not.
Overall i think if i have to pick an Elderscrolls game that’s got overwhelming depth to it while still controlling a little weirdly, i’d have to pick Daggerfall. I still think Morrowind has a lot going on for it that i love but i think i prefer how Daggerfall looks, plays, and sounds.
Omg, the water is so cool in Morrowind, at the time I bought a brand new GeForce 3 & it was the only card that had the shaders for the water!
Good times.
I also have a soft spot for it’s rpg fight mechanics, I’m not saying they are great, but it’s a certain charm & perhaps era (few years) specific nostalgia.
I’m also currently playing with OpenMW for the first time - it’s such an amazing project (also almost/basically finished).
The water really is pretty. It’s got the same quality that makes me love Ocarina of Time’s Water.
I can get home people love the combat, even if it’s not for me, all that depth and RPG like qualities makes it interesting
Yes!!
And oh no, I didn’t say I love the combat (maybe a bit at higher levels, but then again you can be kinda op at very low levels as well), it’s not a strength of the game, but that it’s still “interesting” to me might be the right word for it. Kinda like pumping skill into a slot machine (& it’s actually working).