Comment on What’s your favourite Elder Scrolls game, and why?
VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 hours ago
Oblivion just has the coolest world to me. No shade to the alien world of Morrowind, but I really think Oblivion is where they nailed world diversity. Skyrim has varied biomes, but it still all feels kinda samey. Oblivion, on the other hand, has lush green meadows, forests, dark swamps, sunny coasts, and the MASSIVE Imperial City. Plus, every city has its own regional architecture. It just makes the world feel super inhabited, which Oblivion needs to offset the goofy ass radiant dialogue.
BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 13 hours ago
Yeah the towns and cities being so diverse is a really big plus for Oblivion. Skyrim has it a little bit but not to the same extent. Morrowind’s alien world does take it up a notch for me, however.
I want to put a fair amount of more time into Morrowind before I try a new RPG, but I’ll consider Daggerfall Unity again and try to give it a fair shot if I get to it. It’s just hard to find time these days to devote to a massive world and Daggerfall is a bit intimidating in that regard. I’ve been really lucky lately to have so much time for video games (I’ve put in around 20 hours in the last 2-3 weeks) but most of the time I only get a couple hours a month. If, after exhausting Morrowind, I find myself with this kind of free time again though, I’ll keep Daggerfall top of my mind.
VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 hours ago
Daggerfall has a massive world, yes. However, you don’t really explore the world in Daggerfall the same way. Almost everything is generated, including towns, side quests, and dungeons. Most “exploration” consists of getting a quest in a town, finding out info from other people in the town, then fast traveling to the dungeon.
It’s less like Morrowind onward and more like infinite D&D. In fact, the half-baked radiant quest system in Skyrim was an attempt to recreate some of that system from Daggerfall. Except Daggerfall has so many interesting variables.
BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 6 hours ago
I had heard that it’s procedurally generated but I wasn’t sure to what extent. That’s interesting. Well, maybe it’ll be the next title I check out then. I definitely have a lot I want to do in Morrowind first, though.