Reply to Re: Morrowind is better than Oblivion
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So far I agree with most of the points here, except magicman's preference for the leveled enemies... I liked the fact that certain areas were far too dangerous for a low level character to traverse. You got a real sense of danger the first time you decided to wander into a Daedric Shrine or out into the lava fields of Molag Amur. Thankfully, Oscuro's Oblivion Overhaul mod fixes that and takes it a little bit beyond Morrowind, in that you can get some seriously great equipment early on if you're willing to brave the challenges of going off into an extremely dangerous area.
One thing I'd like to add is that I found the main storyline of Morrowind to be far superior to Oblivion's "Demon Invasion" with a "lost heir" theme. Oblivion's was a generic story added to a rather generic fantasy setting, which is really something that the Elder Scrolls should not aspire to. Morrowind's storyline really kept you guessing as to what was going really going on. And how, when I really looked hard at everything that happened, everything I did, and the historical reasons behind the actions I was forced to take, I began to see that there were no real good guys and bad guys in this fight, only winners and losers. And other players came to different conclusions based on what they had discovered on their own during the game. In the end, no matter your intentions, your actions cause both great good and great harm. And you ask yourself... was there really anything else you could done? Despite your power, were you only a mere pawn? I think they tried to do the same in Oblivion, but nowhere to the same level that they did in Morrowind.
Thankfully, it looks like they may trying to bring back some of the fantastic atmosphere of Morrowind and a better storyline with the Shivering Isles. Considering it's the realm of madness, I imagine it'll be far more interesting than Cyrodiil, but probably far less than it could potentially be. Even Vvardenfel was far short of what was in my imagination, but I respect that they did as well as they did with it, which I don't so much with Cyrodiil.
EDIT: Weird, I seem to see an unnecessary scroll box around this post.
One thing I'd like to add is that I found the main storyline of Morrowind to be far superior to Oblivion's "Demon Invasion" with a "lost heir" theme. Oblivion's was a generic story added to a rather generic fantasy setting, which is really something that the Elder Scrolls should not aspire to. Morrowind's storyline really kept you guessing as to what was going really going on. And how, when I really looked hard at everything that happened, everything I did, and the historical reasons behind the actions I was forced to take, I began to see that there were no real good guys and bad guys in this fight, only winners and losers. And other players came to different conclusions based on what they had discovered on their own during the game. In the end, no matter your intentions, your actions cause both great good and great harm. And you ask yourself... was there really anything else you could done? Despite your power, were you only a mere pawn? I think they tried to do the same in Oblivion, but nowhere to the same level that they did in Morrowind.
Thankfully, it looks like they may trying to bring back some of the fantastic atmosphere of Morrowind and a better storyline with the Shivering Isles. Considering it's the realm of madness, I imagine it'll be far more interesting than Cyrodiil, but probably far less than it could potentially be. Even Vvardenfel was far short of what was in my imagination, but I respect that they did as well as they did with it, which I don't so much with Cyrodiil.
EDIT: Weird, I seem to see an unnecessary scroll box around this post.
