Skyrim vs Morrowind

[xanovich]

Ok, this is going to burn me but... Here goes:

Finished Skyrim main quest last night and I still can't shake the feeling, that I haven't accomplished anything. It was somehow different with Morrowind. It felt like a real accopmlishment, bet with Skyrim, well, yes it's cool and stuff but in the end it was more or less "meh". How do you feel about the main storyline?

Oh, and please excuse me for grammar errors.

 

[A Weakgeek]

Well the thing is that in a openworld game like this cant have big changes after the main quest or some people wouldn't want to do it. Like would you complete the story in GTA if there would be no cops after that?

As for morrowind vs. skyrim, i don't know? Mayby there was more build up or something. I cant remember it being that amazing though.

 

[Rylot]

The final battle was pretty cool and all and I enjoyed it. But afterward it was just back to doing more quests and killing more dragons. It didn't feel much bigger than any of the other quest lines I've completed, just slightly longer. I guess it's a good thing I went into the game wanting to explore and role play more than play a massive story. The story was still good, just not the main reason I played, or keep replaying Skyrim.

 

[Angerwing]

Skyrim Main Quest spoilers ahead, if you haven't finished it yet, don't read. I don't want to put my entire post in a proper spoiler box.

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Having finished the Skyrim main quest 15 minutes ago, I'd have to agree with you. You fulfill your primary objective, but the ending is just so abrupt. It's all drawn out, and you're not entirely sure what is going on until right at the end, then it's just fetch quests. After the fetch quests, you have about 2 quests until it's over. No huge reward, nothing that really indicates that you've changed the world. You get a "Good job" from the ancient heroes, and the dragons do their fly around thing. In Morrowind, the prophecy felt actualised. You are left with some outrageously cool weapons and gear, and you are unleashed upon the world, a living god. In Skyrim you have whatever cool gear you've looted, a new yell, and a pat on the back.
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[DalekJaas]

I actually liked that about Skyrim, whenever I finished Oblivion's main story I couldn't keep playing because you become this big, famous heroic figure. It felt dumb to then go and join the thieves guild or dark brotherhood.

But in Skyrim, its not that big a deal for the inhabitants of the country. The dragons are still there, the main crisis which barely anyone but officials knew about it is over and you can go on playing however you chose.

I finished and now I feel like after I do companions and thieves I can focus on the civil war to end my journey through Skyrim.

Never played Morrowind, but I really like Skyrim. Best game I have ever played.

 

[Sandernista]

Honestly. I never did the morrowind main quest past the part where you talk to the ashlanders.

It just didn't do it for me. Now House Telvani on the other hand...

 

[Vuljatar]

I haven't finished it yet so I can't judge the ending, but from what I have played I love it, love it, love it... but I don't think it's better than Morrowind.

It's better than Oblivion (by miles) and better than anything else out this year, but it falls just barely short of Morrowind's supreme greatness--and that's nothing to be ashamed of.

 

[SwagLordYoloson]

The easiest way to stop dragons from destroying Skyrim is to never start the main quests.... Same problem as Oblivion, if you don't like the 'menacing invasion' then you can just ignore it and it will go away. But if you try to stop it, you only make it worse, up until a climatic battle....

Really this game would have been better if indeed it was like Morrowind's Main Quest in that you actually achieved something. Maybe getting rid of all the dragons would of been cool? Or at least making them go into hiding, and you have to hunt them down or something? Could of been, but i guess they ran out of time.

 

[The Pinray]

Honestly, I hated Morrowind and Oblivion. I love Skyrim. It's a no-brainer for me.

 

[M4t3us]

I don't know... I suppose it's like Deus Ex vs Deus Ex: Human Revolution, like Yatzhee put it, there's only so much you can stuff into 5GBs and considering how BIG Skyrim is already... Well, they're different games. I liked Morrowind, but I suppose I like Skyrim better.




Captcha:

 

[Savagezion]

Honestly, I hated Morrowind and Oblivion. I love Skyrim. It's a no-brainer for me.

This is me, only I thought Morrowind was alright.

 

[CommanderL]

to be honsest there where two main quests the civil war and the dragons the civil wars ending was cool

 

[madster11]

WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT IF YOU WANT YOU CAN MAKE MORROWIND LOOK JUST AS GOOD AS THE LATER TITLES SO THERE'S NO REASON NOT TO PLAY IT NOW

How, though?

The only way i can think of to give Morrowind a serious boost in graphics and character animations (My 2 biggest grievances with it) is MorroBlivion, which is a MASSIVE pain to set up.
At least you can get the mod that forces all attacks to hit. Never forget the first time i played an unmodified Morrowind and tried to kill someone, only to have 99% of my attacks hit nothing but air. Seriously, was that ever a good idea?

 

[Zeh Don]

Personally, I prefer Skyrim to Morrowind, and it's not just the graphics.

Bethesda set out to create a country that was - by all accounts - hard as fucking nails. Ice, ragged mountains, barren land for as far as the eye can see, endless streams of death around every corner. An inhospitable land if ever there was one.
Bethesda not only accomplished this in the feel of it all, but they did the impossible: they made it beautiful. You want to explore it. You want to see what's around the next bend, or over the next hill.
The tone of Skyrim is oppressive, to say the least. The characters are beaten by the elements, the harshness of their land, and now - on top of this wretched life - fucking dragons. Dragons. The game captures this effortlessly at every turn. Every texture, every shader, every blade of grass.
Add to this the utterly masterful music that brings everything together, and Skyrim is a package that is almost as unflinching in it's goal as Dark Souls, though more forgiving in it's gameplay.

Morrowind was incredible, let's not pretend otherwise. However, whatever tone Morrowind etched out of itself was more a merging of the created and the immaterial; most of what made Morrowind so amazing was in your head. Your imagination filled in the blanks. This isn't a bad thing by any stretch, in fact it's a wonderful tool to use.
However, Morrowind's adjective styling is simply blown away by Skyrim's purposefulness. Whatever magic Morrowind holds - and it is magic - has simply been blown a little out of proportion by simple time. For as amazing as Vvardenfell was to crawl across and discover, Skyrim is everything it was and more. It's not as strange, but is as interesting. It's not as ridiculous in it's depth, but it's as wonderful to discover none the less.

Morrowind was been supplanted. This isn't a bad thing - it doesn't need to be defended tooth and nail. It held the crown for longer than anything before it - even holy Ultima VII. Morrowind is a masterpiece, now and forever.
However, Skyrim has - at least in my mind - bested it where it counts most: in my imagination. Crawling across the tundra in Skyrim is the first time since I ran across the ash fields of Vvardenfell that I have felt such pure adventure.
Skyrim is the Morrowind of today. And that is not to be said lightly.

Now excuse me. I have flowers to pick.

 

[Hop-along Nussbaum]

If you finished the main quest in two days, you haven't accomplished anything except the main quest. Did you do the exact same thing in Morrowind? (blow through the main quest and nothing else in 2 days)

Skyrim IS NOT Morrowind. Stop comparing them.

 

[Wayneguard]

i played an unmodified Morrowind and tried to kill someone, only to have 99% of my attacks hit nothing but air. Seriously, was that ever a good idea?

No one seemed to complain when Baldur's Gate did it >_>

OT: Morrowind no contest. But Skyrim is pretty good so far.

 

[hazabaza1]

I never really got into Morrowind. Sad to say, it was probably the combat, it was just... so bad. That's what I get for playing Oblivion first I guess.

 

[AyreonMaiden]

I fucking miss Morrowind so much thanks to Skyrim. The handcrafted feel of the world is so much like it. Dungeons are long and unique...so many references to Vvardenfell itself...Everything else though is completely different in a not so terrible way.

But man if I don't miss the stupid amount of customization Morrowind had. I miss my Acrobatics skill every time I die from falling 3 feet. I miss an Enchanting system that made sense. I miss the griddy menus and appropriate font over this iPod looking schlock (though the Favorites menu is awesome.) I miss the stupid amount of magic spells. I miss the gruff voices of the Dunmer (when did they become Scottish?) And while Skyrim is closer than Oblivion, it still pales in comparison to the awesome politics and utterly alien culture of the Dunmer.

I wish Bethesda would honor Morrowind with a rerelease that has infinite draw distance, improved textures and character models, and a Block button...I'm tired of having a fat old Xbox plugged in to play it and I honestly don't like playing games on my netbook (only PC in my possession).