Oh how I loved, and still love Morrowind which was my all time favorite Elder Scrolls Series. I know how the combat was clunky at best, but the immersion and atmosphere was outstanding. Also the way you could do just about anything and everything in the game. The lore is what still gets me to this day! The books have expanses to each and every series, from Arena, to the Daggerfell region. Even little tidbits and philosophies which led up to the realm of Oblivion. Stories based to the ancients in Skyrim, the sleeping dragons who also made made a small appearance long ago in Arena.
When a friend of mine picked up Oblivion and I watched gameplay of it, I realized that it had an impact from the prophecies, and distinction from some of the books I had read back in Morrowind. The gameplay overall, more fluid and streamlined into a battle system to where you can use both magic and weapons simultaneously. I just feel the storyline wasn't as great as its predecessor, and it seemed the world was more linear, following a path similar to Fable. Don't vet me wrong, I loved watching my friends play the game, but I tried it out, and couldn't get into it as much as others, I was spoiled by the richness of the immersion, and ability to do as you please in Morrowind, the magic system had become more picky in what you were able to accomplish, and also in Skyrim, things got even more picky, as the spellbook of magic turned completely shallow.
I did like the spin Skyrim did push, as the tales unraveled even more from the tell tales that I read back when. Especially when they had the expansion which brought back the ruined lands of Tamriel and Red Mountain, when you can scavenve the lands of what was. Though again I was spoiled back in the spellbooks of unlimited possibilities of Morrowind.
I am awaiting the time in which the fan made progression when Skywind will come, as it is a duplicate of Morrowind, in Skyrim engine base, I would love to see how it will accommodate the expanse in updated graphics. I also do know of Morroblivion(?), which was an Oblivion engine base but Morrowind, but I have not let myself get into it. I would just love to see what progression would be made.
Also I would love to see what Bethesda would come up with, dealing maybe into another realm, what possibilities may come next.
Sorry my post may come off a little pretentious and mostly off topic in due respect to Oblivion, but in all due respect it was a marvelous story, dealing with more the magical realms and entangling its prowess into portals into the aspect. I just felt that it went more linear than the rest.
Kate <3
