I can remember bringing Olbivion to college and playing it once when my roomates came in to check on me. Let me tell you, its one thing to first play Morrowind and Olbivion for the first time, but watching someone else play for the first time and trying to explain to them that you can go anywhere and do anything.

They're like "What do I do now?"

And you just smile and say. "Whatever you darn well feel like." :thumbsup:

They get that confused look on their face, like they're trying to figure out if you're serious or not and what you mean by it. None of my roomates had ever heard of TES or Oblivion, so I gave up the controler and helped them get out of the first cave. Like I said, the only thing better than that first feeling of realizing you really can do whatever you want...is watching someone else realize they can do whatever they want. Its epic. I don't think any other game can give that same feeling when you watch someone else play it.

The first time I watched the gameplay trailer of Skyrim my eyes were straight watering. I watched the IGN rewind trailer that really pointed out the incredible physics in the game, the dragons in this game are effing awesome.

I loved telling my friends "to walk from top to bottom of the map takes hours....in real life"

It was a tad of an exaggeration however it was the easiest way to explain how large this game really was.

this comes from the gamespot skyrim forum topic what the skyrim trailer means to me
"It takes me back to the first time I put Morrowind into my original Xbox. It was Christmas and I had just gotten an Xbox along side
Halo, Morrowind and that 2pack case with Jet Set Radio Future and Sega Rally.

I sat in my room hooking the system up, I turned it on and at first put in Morrowind, I saw at the loading screen and waited for the game to start. I made my first character, a wood elf hunter, I stepped off the boat into Seyda Neen and was amazed by the graphics, and the voice acting. I continued on my little adventure, exploring Seyda Neen, talking to people, stealing stuff. I stepped out of the town and wondered off into the forest. I came upon a small stoop and a door. I went inside and was almost Immediately attacked by a terrifying ghost. I quickly turned around and left that place. I continued down the road killing a few rats and worms as I traveled. Finally I got bored of just walking so I thought to myself "What else can I explore?" I fumbled around with the buttons until I opened the map. I sat there, amazed as I zoomed out on the map. The world was utterly immense, it was so overwhelming. I sat dumbfounded... I had no idea what I was supposed to do. I was completely taken aback by the size of the world. I turned off the game at that moment and played Halo.

I played Halo for some time before I ever picked up Morrowind again, but one day I told myself "I am going to play this game!" I started it back up and made an Orc warrior, I figured he could take on any monsters I might face. I looked at the map and felt that same sense of wonder. What was I do to? Where was I supposed to go? How as I supposed to get there? I was brought up on traditional RPGs that had fully structured stories and driven narratives. Games that took you mostly by hand and led you from town to town, and from boss to boss. I swallowed my dread and ventured off into Vvardenfell blind and without an idea.

Those 2 years I spent playing Morrowind shaped my idea of video games, and what video games can and should do. They should give the player a sense of wonder, not of "Oh this again... I've played this only it had a different name". Every time I entered a new cave, crypt, or castle I was intrigued by what I might find inside. The Skyrim trailer brought back to me that feeling I had when I finally took my first steps into Morrowind. That feeling of wonder and amazement. When the Dragonborn shouted and the fantastic Morrowind music started to play I nearly cried... honestly. It was amazing... it brought back all those memories I had of exploring Morrowind for hours on end. While I know Skyrim, or any future Elder Scrolls game will not fully capture the feeling of Morrowind, I have faith that Skyrim will do so better then Oblivion."

The OP is an :angel:

Seriously, Im wiping away the tears as I type this. TES was such a magical, wonderful place when I first discovered it in MW. God....my video game life has forever changed since those days.

TES shows me how a game should be. Im so dissapointed when I see other linear, boring, and depthless rpgs on the market. I feel like NOTHING has ever lived up to ANY TES game. Its so sad to say well "MW was like this when it came out years and years ago.....why are games still being released that are so [censored]?!?!"

TES spoiled me and I loved it. It really made me look at other games and wonder wtf the developers were thinking when they released such garbage.

Thank god for games like FO and TES.

Well, I've successfully managed to corrupt my friends 10 year old son into playing Morrowind and Oblivion now. I just installed Morrowind for him last night. (His reading is not what it should be, so I started him with Oblivion. Now I'm forcing him to practice, while having fun. Sneaky sneaky. ) He loves them both, and to my surprise, he is quite fond of the Construction Sets. :thumbsup: Looks like Bethesda have a new TES fan. You're welcome.

He's as anxious for Skyrim as I am now.

I did the same with my 10 year old nephew....kudos to you

I also told him to read aswell as play too,teach them young is what i say,within reason