Morrowind nostalgia thread/TES Argonia

[Kadeth]

this game destroyed my social life as a teenager and made me the nerd i am today, 10/10

[Xant]

So just installed Morrowind again, and having some fun just sight-seeing and talking to NPCs and reading stuff. The graphics have aged very well, all things considered -- but I hate that pretty much all the mechanics run on chance, meaning lockpicking, combat, everything is just "keep spamming until it works." Or well, I would hate it if I were doing a proper playthrough.

[Angantyr]

I usually just use trainers for the most important skills like combat before going adventuring, so I'm guaranteed hitting for example. I've also found spears make combat feel a bit less clunky (which are also classic Dunmer weapons).

Notice how much it looks like NWN in 1st person? At least with proper resolution (http://www.nexusmods.com/morrowind/mods/5535/?, a tool to set various graphics options, I recommend distant landscapes if nothing else). Both from 2002, but Morrowind still has a lot nicer environments.

[Xant]

I think both are games that have aged exceptionally well. Both look "sharp" and not ugly. I think it's because they were made just before "realistic" graphics became a thing. Games that strived for realistic graphics in 2003-2009 look really bad nowadays. For example, I think NWN 1 looks better than NWN 2 -- the latter has the somehow blurry and cartoony graphics with wax-like faces. Like, I don't know, I guess those "newer old games" just hit the uncanny valley too much.

[Angantyr]

I agree, and I've often discussed this with people, there's just some nice sharpness to those pre-realism games before all the shaders, elaborate textures and effects that took years before they were well-implemented. A bit like the early 3D games that looked pretty horrible compared to the last gen 2D games.

And yeah, NWN2 was generally a disappointment.

[IR_Kuoin]

Morrowind was pretty much my childhood game, got so fucking immersed. Solstheim DLC was so fucking good, from the candy man to the  Hircine / werewolf quests where you could choose sides and with the epic cut scenes. I actually never got 10% into the main story line though, was too caught up in exploring and stuff that I eventually forgot that there even was a main mission

I'm really tempted to install it now and actually do the main quests + tribual since I nearly did everything in blood moon.

Reminds me of when I first discovered the werewolf quest in Skyrim and had to "hunt down" Hircine. I was so fucking excited for an epic werewolf quest and Hircine voice. Then it turns out to be really lame / except for the cool cave. And Hircines voice is the fucking generic Oblivion voice for all the bosmer ...

[Zergmar]

My feels for Morrowind will never die.
Praying for "Enchanced Edition" to come sooner than later, and one day a full remake.

[lombardsoup]

The main storylines were meh. But the dwemer stuff is awesome. Just reading up on all books and shit on them. Shame next TES if it's in crappy Black Marsh won't touch on the Dwemer subject i bet. Atleast not much at all.

The whole of Tamriel should be explorable instead of just one region.  I'm aware of just how steep hardware requirements would be, but I'd like to see an ambitious game after the crap that was ESO.

[Xant]

The whole of Tamriel should be explorable instead of just one region.  I'm aware of just how steep hardware requirements would be, but I'd like to see an ambitious game after the crap that was ESO.

It has nothing at all to do with hardware requirements. Huge worlds are not a problem. The problem is meaningful content and creating diverse areas and NPCs.

[lombardsoup]

It has nothing at all to do with hardware requirements. Huge worlds are not a problem. The problem is meaningful content and creating diverse areas and NPCs.

Reason I mention hardware requirements is because it'll inevitably be ported to consoles as previous games were.  Because of this, the experience will likely be dumbed down.  Should just develop for PC only this time around...wishful thinking to be sure

[LordBerenger]

Inb4 next TES game is the last and they instead just make biiiig expansions every year or less to cover 1 new region

[Polobow]

Inb4 next TES game is the last and they instead just make biiiig expansions every year or less to cover 1 new region

You know, that doesn't sound all that bad though. Depends on how much time they would spend on making the expansions.

[Leesin]

Morrowinds detail and writing with the better combat of the newer games, on the entire map of Tamriel, that's my wet dream. Never gonna happen though, I doubt the we are ever going to see another TES game like Morrowind again, they will continue to dumb that shit down in favour of 'cool effects' and a focus on combat mechanics, because they have dumb kids to please now and anything too complex and that doesn't hold their hand will frustrate them.

I hope I'm wrong though.

[Angantyr]

I usually just use trainers for the most important skills like combat before going adventuring

Not trainers as in cheat tools of course, but in-game NPC trainers if there was any doubt.. 

[[ptx]]

You can just find some mudcrab or something and let it hit you for a while to train armor skills or block it for blocking. Such critters are also okay for training magic skills.