Poll: Which did you prefer, Morrowind or Oblivion

[Ben Hussong]

Am I one of the few people who was not annoyed by the combat in Morrowind? Yes, at first it was a bit annoying until you leveled some, but it made sense to me. If you have never used a sword before, you're gonna swing wildly, miss a bit, or not hit hard enough to hurt them. I will say not being able to block on command got annoying but not ridiculously so.

So you weren't annoyed but in your description of the combat you used the word "annoying" twice.

Okay i should have phrased as " one of the few who didn't hate Morrowind's combat"

 

[retro himself]

I liked Morrowind for its diversity, uniqueness and adventures. Also, randomness. Kinda what Dwarf Fortress is famous for.
You just never know when you're gonna stumble upon a great piece of armor or weapon. Sure, you could follow the FAQs and get this or that piece, but it's just so much more awesome just running around and stumbling in a completely nondescript farmers house and finding Daedric greaves just standing there on the shelf. I don't even know what I was doing in that guys house, I was just randomly barging in for some ill-needed cash. Not too far into the game either.

Or finding a left glove of awesomeness in some random cave and then finding some other type of awesome glove in an unrelated dungeon in the different part of the world.

Also, making your own spells, taking off your armor and jumping to INSANE heights at later levels, and later after killing every damn high level boss monster around just strutting around towns like a boss.


Oblivion, while I was anxious to play it, didn't have much of that. It looked bland and generic by comparison, although it was pretty stylish at the same time. I enjoyed it too, sure, but not as much as Morrowind due to the fact that everywhere you went it looked like the last place you've been.
But I enjoyed the multitudes of sidequests and unique locales (I remember once going into a painting to kill some monster, dude what.)

I'm not that excited for Skyrim, since it looks meh.

 

[Ben Hussong]

I'm not that excited for Skyrim, since it looks meh.

I don't know i really love the way it looks seems to have decent variety, plus I am a huge fan of Nordic culture, which adds to it.

 

[retro himself]

I don't know i really love the way it looks seems to have decent variety, plus I am a huge fan of Nordic culture, which adds to it.

I was (and still kinda am) a big fan of Nordic culture, but Skyrim just looks like Oblivion still. There's nothing that 'pops' in the current screenshots.

I'll just wait until it comes out to be the judge, but seeing as I haven't played Oblivion much either (though to be fair, I'm still holding it off until I buy a new and better PC).

 

[Grouchy Imp_v1legacy]

Morrowind came out in 2002, and I still regularly play it today.
Oblivion was released in 2006, and I stopped regularly playing a couple of years ago, although I still occasionally piss about in the Shivering Isles every now and then.

Oblivion is a good game, but Morrowind is a great game.

 

[OutcastBOS]

Oblivion because I hate the combat and no map marker of Morrowind.

 

[Lord Beautiful]

Morrowind

Although it was far more difficult to get grounded in that world, it was far more rewarding.

 

[Chibz]

Oblivion had an infinitely better game engine. Morrowind had the better setting.

So I have to go with Oblivion. Walking like your character's legs are both broken just kills morrowind for me.

 

[dogenzakaminion]

RAAAGGHHH!!! I can't choose. I'll have to go with Morrwind because it has the gameworld I'd rather be in, but there's so many things Oblivion does better. I guess I like both equally but if pressed Morrowind. In fact, I'm going to install it and play it some more

 

[AyreonMaiden]

I prefer Morrowind. There's a sense of unique culture to Vvardenfell that really drew me in. Oblivion was excellent too, but I really preferred how foreign everything felt in Morrowind. I've seen a lot of meadowy fantasy lands, but not very many mushroom trees and ashlands. I loved the music...I love the sheer amount of skills...I loved the amount of towns in the game...It felt bigger even though it's physically smaller than Oblivion.

Oblivion DID have the better graphics, combat and quests, but I still find myself in love with Morrowind's aesthetic and exploration elements.

 

[CainOfNod]

Oblivion; 400+ hours on a single character and I'm still not done. That said, I have to admit I only played the first 30 minutes of Morrowind and didn't like that bit; maybe the game gets better, but I can't say really.

With respect, what are you doing? Not using the fast travel system? I'm at 95 hours into Oblivion and I've completed the main quest, both Shivering Isles and Nine Pilgrimage (I couldn't remember the actual quest name) as well as the Dark Brotherhood quests. Granted I've not completed the Fighters and Mage Guild quests, but where's the fun in killing rats when you're god-like?

 

[Woodsey]

Oblivion.

I can understand why people think the world is more interesting in Morrowind, but my issue lies in how obnoxious some of the design feels.

 

[Lordpils]

I liked Daggerfall. I prefered Morrowind over Oblivion I also prefered Daggerfall over Oblivion.
I guess what I'm trying to say is: Daggerfall is free go download it and play it.

Edit: Also Oblivion ruined the King of Worms and you can only hear "Mudcraps disgusting creatures" so many times before you wanna massacre the towns in Oblivion.

 

[Weaver]

I liked some things Oblivion did and I wish they did them in Morrowind, but while playing Oblivion I missed some features in Morrowind.

I guess I liked both equally.

 

[brunothepig]

I like Morrowind but I also like Oblivion but Morrowind edges it by still having secrets I'm still discovering

(like the Banhammer)

The Banhammer kinda disappoints me... It's such a weak weapon. Ah well, it is a wonderful addition to my collection.
Anyway, Morrowind. For almost everything. I even preferred the combat system. Mostly, it was unique. Oblivion became so generic, whereas Morrowind had this richly detailed original world, with much more variety. Sure, it doesn't really look pretty, but graphics are never a major hangup for me. That said, I'm loving Crysis 2's graphics right now. And everything else.

 

[LawlessSquirrel]

I found Oblivion's combat to be far superior to Morrowind's, and there was a lot of things I thought Oblivion did better than Morrowind. Fast travel, art style, and world-building are not amongst them.

 

[Exterminas]

Morrowind.

It had an unique universe and stlye to it

A city within the carpace of a giant dead crab?
Wizzards that live in big magic mushrooms?
Cities built within clay pyramids?

You can't beat these things by slapping the Elder-Scrolls-Stamp onto a generic fantasy universe, like Oblivion did it.

 

[Lordpils]

I missed the artifacts from morrowind, how they were not many unique legendary weapons in Oblivion.

Same the artifacts in Oblivion were far too few in number and most of them were gained from Daedric princes and many of those kinda sucked.

 

[Lordpils]

Morrowind.

It had an unique universe and stlye to it

A city within the carpace of a giant dead crab?
Wizzards that live in big magic mushrooms?
Cities built within clay pyramids?

You can't beat these things by slapping the Elder-Scrolls-Stamp onto a generic fantasy universe, like Oblivion did it.

To be fair that felt more like a consequence of playing in Cyrodiil rather then a place like Morrowind. (The story felt too generic too, but you can't blame that on the location)

Playing in a place like Black Marsh or Elsweyr would probably be just as entertaining and unique as Morrowind. However Skyrim still looks fairly good and it'll be nice to play an RPG in a norse realm as a cold-blooded reptile man.

 

[Jeremy Skitz]

Oblivion is better in ways, for one, in morrowind you could not block at all and the dark elves sounded coor, though thats a little thing. the graphics are worse in morrowind. though in moorrowind I much proffered the world, it seemed darker, while cyrodiil was a little to polished.
morrowinds physics were bad and rather annoying. oblivion didnt have face tattoos and the world has simply become boring due to lack of variety.
(I never got very far in morrowind)