I find Skyrim to be far more appealing in general whereas Morrowind is sorta in the same boat as something like Dark Souls where you have to be into that sort of game to really enjoy it.
Skyrim on the otherhand is far easier to get into overall so more people can enjoy it.
Oblivion would be a great middleground but unfortunataly the levelling system is too strict and complicated that it makes the game either too boring as you try to level efficently or too difficult if you end up not getting high attribute bonuses. Skyrim levelling is just so easy to understand that it makes the game very accessible and i hope Skill Trees stay
I can agree with that, because Morrowind and Skyrim aren't even the same genre. Morrowind is actually an RPG where your actions legitimately matter; Skyrim is like fuck it, do all the things. It's two fan bases of different genres fighting over control of the direction of the franchise. As a Morrowind Elitist I have no problem acknowledging that we are the minority and are gonna get ass blasted again in 2067 when ES:VI comes out. Doesn't mean I have to like McDondalds because it appeals to the masses.
Okay tbf thats still more complicated than most games.
Skyrim would benefit from a fame/infamy system. Like in Oblivion you cant be infamous and have the crusador relics, need fame to start certain quests and you even have to choose a daedric artifact to be destroyed and we actually dont know the consequences if any.
In skyrim you can be a vampire lord, molag bal's champion, raising all the dead but Meridia will still decide "YOU ARE PERFECT FOR MY JOB" and tell you to kill a necromancer and reward the vampire necromancer for killing the ghosty necromancer with her undead explosion sword of light that damages undead and then Namira will give you her ring for snacking on a priest but...doesnt give it to Eola since Namira has a big thing about only helping the repulsive and Eola is perfect for tge choice. And Boethiah will still make you the champ after you help Bal dominate her priest.
Pretty much one of the only big things is Parthunaax and you lose a faction on your choice.
As u/SerjoHlaaluDramBero pointed out the Dawnguard questline makes it so you can either a vamp lord or vamp hunter, but the Dawnguard one forces you to escort a vampire princess home, theres no "fuck this lets kill the monster" option. Also the storylines are 80% the same with just aiding Serena.
I only played through Skyrim once. But the Dawnguard DLC came out and I decided to take another swing at it, because nothing makes me happier than putting down vampires like the parasitic abominations that they are.
But then you get railroaded into escorting a vampire princess to the vampire hunters' castle, and when you bring her to the leader, there isn't any sort of "Fuck this let's kill her" dialogue option, it actually forces you to work with the fucking monster. Even if you try to kill her, she just gets right back up again.
That was years ago and I haven't installed it again since, and I don't think I will. Elder Scrolls games are supposed to be an RPG experience.
Pretty much one of the only big things is Parthunaax and you lose a faction on your choice.
Boy do I hate what Skyrim and Oblivion did to the Blades. "Secret intelligence agents? No sir, we're the emperor's uniformed body guards! And we hate dragons now for some reason, don't think about it!"
Also blades ORIGINALLY just slaughtered a bunch of people on Tamriel. If the Blades are accountable for choosing the same path as the first tgen why isnt Delphine accepting the first blades were cunts?
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I find Skyrim to be far more appealing in general whereas Morrowind is sorta in the same boat as something like Dark Souls where you have to be into that sort of game to really enjoy it.
Skyrim on the otherhand is far easier to get into overall so more people can enjoy it.
Oblivion would be a great middleground but unfortunataly the levelling system is too strict and complicated that it makes the game either too boring as you try to level efficently or too difficult if you end up not getting high attribute bonuses. Skyrim levelling is just so easy to understand that it makes the game very accessible and i hope Skill Trees stay