BurntWits

I feel like I played this on a demo or early access or something. It definitely sounds very familiar. If it’s what I’m think of I really enjoyed my time with it. Cool it’s getting more content.

I’ve been mostly playing Morrowind recently but I sometimes want a game where I can just shut off my brain for a while.

I’ve been meaning to try that game. Your review sold it for me. I’ll strongly consider checking it out soon.

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.

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.

I forgot to mention it in my post but the setting is a massive reason why I love Morrowind so much. I like Oblivion’s diversity of towns and cities too, each one feels unique, but as far as the overworld is concerned Morrowind definitely takes top spot.

I totally forgot about Young Scrolls. I’ve heard that song before (and others) but completely forgot about it. Cool to hear it after hearing the lines in-game. Thanks for the throwback.

I thought it was great. I really liked how after entering Dagoth Ur you hear his voice almost like an intercom. For a game with very little voice acting I’m glad they did a lot for him. From the Ghostgate to Dagoth Ur was a bit annoying but not terrible by any means. Those stupid enemies with paralysis were the worst part for sure. And those enemies that drain strength were also quite annoying. But otherwise it was really fun. And it felt awesome too, and I love how people in the overworld actually recognize what you’ve done, unlike in some other games (cough Skyrim cough).

I’m very excited to try TR. I haven’t done any research in the other two you mentioned but I’ll look into them too. Thanks for the recommendations.

I’ll definitely keep it in mind, thank you!

It’s been a while since I’ve played modded Skyrim so I don’t really remember right now. The only ones I can really think of right now are Beyond Skyrim, Apocalypse Spells, Ordinator Perk Overhaul, some College of Winterhold overhaul mod, some ENB and graphics mods. But I know I’ve done way way more than that I’m just blanking at the moment.

I beat Morrowind last week for the first time! I’ve been trying to get into it for years and years and it never clicked but I finally got the hang of it and I’m totally obsessed now. This game is seriously incredible. I’m messing around with lightly modded Morrowind now (just the I Heart Vanilla pack through OpenMW) and it’s been great. I eventually want to do some of the bigger content mods too, but there’s so much about the base game I haven’t explored yet, and I have barely touched the DLCs too so I have a ways to go before doing content mods.

I’m messing around with an alchemy build now and holy shit it’s overpowered. I get the memes now. 3.5 hours in and I’m a god already, and I don’t even know all the exploits and stuff, I’m just sort of playing the game normally just with some alchemy mixed in and I’m already insanely wealthy and strong, it’s crazy.

Oh nice. I think I’ve used those all before. I don’t usually do a realism run, but the odd time I get the itch for a Bosmer hunter with as much realism as possible.

I love heavily modded Skyrim. Which mods are you running?

I haven’t, but I’ll add it to my list to check out. I want to spend a lot more time in MW before considering another game, and I don’t get much time to play these days, but I’ll definitely consider that one in the future. Thanks for the recommendation.

Yeah I really like how MW starts. Right after you leave the census office you’re told “you’re on your own now. Good luck” and it really does feel like that for a bit. You meet Caius and he gives you some cash and tells you to get a job basically. Join some guilds, level up, then maybe I’ll have work for you. I just love how casual and mostly realistic it feels. Then even when things get going it still feels like you’re some random person just trying to figure out what’s going on. It’s pretty cool.

I’ve been running OpenMW already and it’s been great. I haven’t added any extra mods yet, figured I’d do that with a second playthrough. Tamriel Rebuilt looks awesome, I’ll definitely try that one. Thanks!

It’s a great story so far. I just finished fulfilling the 4th and 5th prophecies and I’m on my way to Vivec now I think.

I always loved the idea behind Oblivion’s story, not actually being the hero but the one helping the real protagonist. But I see Morrowind also has a really awesome idea for a story too. It’s too bad Skyrim dropped the ball on main storyline.

I’ve been playing Morrowind again, finally actually giving the main quest a good chance. I’ve tried getting into it almost every year and it’s never clicked for me but this time it finally did. I’m having a blast with it.

That sounds familiar, I feel like we’ve talked about this before. I’m pretty sure you got me to try Daggerfall Unity. Someone on here definitely did.

For what it’s worth, I played a bit of Morrowind today using OpenMW and had a ton of fun with it. I really hope this time it sticks for more than a week.

Very true. The first year has been incredibly fulfilling, I can only imagine how it’ll continue to feel as the years go on. My nephew is 5 years old, and my father-in-law recently said to my sister-in-law that if her son moves out at 20, she’s now 25% done. That’s kind of nuts to me, I never really thought of it that way before.

Totally fair. Not every game will be for everyone, I think Skyrim hit me in a time where I had lots of free time to play games, and it was also around the time I moved from my childhood home (not too far away but just far enough to be inconvenient to see friends on a regular basis) so I spent a lot more time playing single player games. I now have over 5k hours in the game, so it’s sort of become a comfort game now. But if I didn’t have that experience with it first, I could see how coming to it now wouldn’t do much for me. I actually prefer Oblivion to it these days, and I’m constantly trying to get into Morrowind too because I’m confident I’d love it. I have some time today, maybe I’ll boot up Morrowind again.

Yeah, between a full time job and having a family of my own, especially since my little one is only a year old, I’m lucky to get 1-2 hours in a week, and many weeks I won’t even have time to play at all. I might go a month or two without touching a game.

That’s fair. I’m more into medieval fantasy games, so I mostly play Elder Scrolls, SoulsBorne, etc games. But I do love other genres too, just not as much.

I really miss the days I could sink that kind of time into a game, I’m incredibly jealous. I’m glad you’re having a great time with it.

That looks super cool. Definitely added to my wishlist. Thanks for the rec!