For you that is.

As far as pure role playing where your choices have effects on the plot states, Daggerfall makes them all pale in comparison, even if combined. If you can handle old graphics, the game is huge, it is like 1000 times bigger than Oblivion is area. I loved Morrowind better for role playing, spell-crafting etc than Oblivion, but I loved Oblivion's world much better and modding that game was fun. Skyrim, while better looking and also better with the story than Oblivion (Oblivion was weak and not detailed), IMO, it isn't as beautiful overall as Oblivion, but they are two different environments. Overall looks are better in Skyrim from any distance, especially the mountains, the mountains in Oblvion from a distance looked awful. Skyrim has more lo-res textures, easily noticed in the small items, like plants, etc.

#1. Daggerfall
#2. Morrowind (tie)
#2. Skyrim (tie)
#4. Oblivion.

Started with Morrowind in early 2003, absolutely loved it. Played right up until the release of Oblivion (and after).. which i liked, but not as much as Morrowind.

I am currently enjoying Skyrim very much indeed.

Sadly, i missed out on Daggerfall as this was before my time in terms of gaming. I didn't even play games at the time it was released. However, i have played it since and despite not finishing it i fully enjoyed my experience with it.. but cannot rate it as i never even explored close to half of its content.

For me its...

Morrowind
Skyrim
Oblivion

Yess,it rocks,pure epicness,we got big mage college on top of the rock,yayyy its teh harry potter ,and we have werewolfs and we must be one if doing companions,because heyy,who wouldnt want to be a werewolf? and we also got dragons,yayyy,dragonsssssss :celebrate:

Thats why i stopped playing morrowind. I liked the bloodmoon dlc tough.

And another issue is that when im just exploring, enemies are way to tough to beat.

In Skyrim i'dont have that issue, and stupid skills are trown out like. Atlethics and acrobat.

"Didnt like indepth rpgs, but watered down action games ROCK!"

Thats how i read the topic name.

So all in all people like Skyrim more because it's easier.

..Lol.

Anyway, I luckily didn't have Oblivion ruined for me because I got it and Morrowind around the same time, but I still agree that Morrowind was a LOT better.

1. Morrowind.
2. Skyrim.
3. Oblivion.

I like your attitude and agree completely.



Please tell me you're joking, right?

Anyway - I absolutely loved Morrowind, didn't like Oblivion much and so far I'm enjoying Skyrim.
I'm not sure what it is, it feels a lot like Oblivion and it certainly isn't Morrowind 2 but for some reason I find Skyrim thoroughly enjoyable.

I'll agree with the combat in Morrowind svcking... But damn man, there's so much other awesome stuff in it

I don't understand why everyone has a problem with the combat in Morrowind, sure it was visually awkward but that was because it was determined by your skills. The way combat should be in an RPG.

IMO

A wild morrowind fanbooy appears.

Nobody asked if you disagree with me or not, i stated my own opinion.

That's right kid, is your opinion. Just checking.

Out of the TES games I've played, it goes

Skyrim
Oblivion
Morrowind

I didn't hate any of them though.

Wtf are you talking about? Some of us actually enjoyed those skills. Your dumb logic is the reason why they cut them.

Never played sorrowind. did not like oblivion because of the stupid scaling and leveling system. Besides, It was not realistic, for example during a quest for kvatch I killed many guards using fire magic(45 dmg per touch) and so after that I could go and speak to people as if I had never killed their guards.

ALSO, from there to imperial city and guess who tried to get me killed? the imperial city guards. HOW do they even know?

Lol, that's one of the hundreds of classic Oblivion moments.

Because Arena and Daggerfall was also based on stats, but had different attack types that would alter the percentage to hit and damage. It was much more interesting than just spamming the attack button and hoping for a hit. Out of all the ES games, Morrowind had the worst combat system.

Yes and these moments make you want to just type "qqq" in console.

loved acrobatics, missed it for about two minutes.
skyrim is a dif game, hard to worry when surrounded by so much awesome.

also morrowinds combat was awesome, if you roled a character who svcked at fighting then your character svcked at fighting. role a pure warrior and youll be kicking ass right out the gate.

im sorry for the op, i feel like if you like skyrim than you should at least get why morrowind and oblivion are awesome games.
unless your draw to skyrim has nothing to do with it having a massive open world for you to role play in.
ide suggest you at least give morrowind another try. or not, whatever.

Witchcraft, Heresy, and Mutation! :swear:

I played daggerfall for a bit, it was quite difficult also the size and scope of the game were immense

I'm not a fan of the previous TES games, but I have to admit, Skyrim is pretty good.

I started with Morrowind when it was released in 2002. Then I went back and played Daggerfall and Arena. Bought Oblivion the day of release. Skyrim is definitely better than Oblivion; I can't think of a single thing I like more in Oblivion over Skyrim. Skyrim is also VERY close, if not tied with Morrowind. Morrowind didn't just have a great culture and diverse environments, it was creepy as hell. It had atmosphere. Getting lost in an ash storm, or just wandering around the Molag Maar (sp?) region was quite an experience. Oblivion, even modded, is much more "disney" than Morrowind. Skyrim, especially in the frozen hills in the north, brings back a lot of memories from Morrowind. And especially Bloodmoon, which is one of the greatest expansions ever made.

As far as writing goes, I think Morrowind still wins. Skyrim is a HUGE improvement over Oblivion, but having everything voice acted still rules out a lot of dialogue opportunities.

Still though....77 hours into Skyrim and it is phenomenal, without mods.

That's a very good point about the writing part.