I suppose on reflection and reading through your replies, I found the gameplay in Morrowind to be very compelling, I enjoyed the side quests as much as the main quest. Skyrim is pretty, it's immersive in it's aesthetic, I really enjoyed just playing in the environment but the gameplay is flat.
One thing I did notice is that when playing Morrowind I didn't notice the travel half as much as I did in Oblivion and Skyrim, where I got the feeling I was off to some far-flung corner of the world for no reason other than to provide an opportunity to marvel at the wonder that is Bethesda's digital world.
In Morrowind the journey always seemed necessary, the plot behind the story and how it was aligned to the various factions in the game had a certain authenticity. Also the addition of quasi-aboriginal tribes with strong links to the landscape and who spoke about certain geographical locations in anthropomorphic terms really added depth and richness to the world. I totally brought into that.
Yeah, bugs aside (which have been largely fixed in the TES Anthology version) Morrowind was my favourite gameplay experience.
MM
One thing I did notice is that when playing Morrowind I didn't notice the travel half as much as I did in Oblivion and Skyrim, where I got the feeling I was off to some far-flung corner of the world for no reason other than to provide an opportunity to marvel at the wonder that is Bethesda's digital world.
In Morrowind the journey always seemed necessary, the plot behind the story and how it was aligned to the various factions in the game had a certain authenticity. Also the addition of quasi-aboriginal tribes with strong links to the landscape and who spoke about certain geographical locations in anthropomorphic terms really added depth and richness to the world. I totally brought into that.
Yeah, bugs aside (which have been largely fixed in the TES Anthology version) Morrowind was my favourite gameplay experience.
MM
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"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
