Simple Question for future Skyrim purchasers...

Post » Tue Mar 15, 2011 9:19 am

I'm currently replaying both Morrowind and Oblivion, although I was doing this before the announcement trailer, but since I see no option for playing previous games BEFORE seeing the announcement of Skyrim, I guess it still counts.



I think I can safely count this in the first polls question in the first result because: a) After seeing the trailer, you continued to replay a previous TES that you started before the trailer. B) After seeing the trailer, your replay frequency may have increased.

and z) cut me some slack, as one of the main goals is to enumerate the new TES players AFTER the trailer:)
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Post » Tue Mar 15, 2011 1:30 am

Oh, also, shouldn't Redguard be up there? I know it was a spin-off, but it is still an Elder Scrolls game.
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Post » Tue Mar 15, 2011 4:27 am

Que the Morrowind is better than Oblivion comments in 3...2....1....


You kind of ask for it, don't you? Why? Politely asking. I'm tired of it too... Btw, don't answer... It would contradict my point... :turned:

On topic:
I never played Arena or Daggerfall. I was playing Baldurs Gate when they were out - and D&D around a table before that, back in my lost youth. But I played the buttom out of Morrowind and Oblivion, and I'm going to do the same thing with Skyrim.
I'm replaying Morrowind now, and the plan is to play Oblivion too before Skyrim is out. Just for fun.
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Post » Mon Mar 14, 2011 10:54 pm

It doesn't. Even if everyone on the entire message board answered it wouldn't be a good sample of TES players.

Secondly, I'm not sure why you added the "since the announcement" thing since that really gets more specific than your topic title makes it seem. I admit I'm surprised to see so many responding that they have replayed since the announcement though.

Yeah I've played Morrowind and Oblivion, but no I haven't replayed them nor would I, I'd reload my files and continue playing considering the games don't end. I get too attached to my main characters. Maybe some day I'd start over, but I can't imagine doing so.


I totally understand this but for a game that never ends I feel like it ends once the main quests are done... So I never stick with one character for more then 100 hours I keep switching trying new things. My current character is a dunmer archer in Oblivion.

And the last month is the first time I have picked up morrowind in probably four to five years. It still has its magic!
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Post » Tue Mar 15, 2011 7:16 am

I'm surprised by the number of people claiming to have played Morrowind and Daggerfall. From much of what's posted on this board, I would expect a considerable majority to have only played Oblivion, if that. That would help explain the all-too-common failure to appreciate the history of TES - both the franchise and the game universe.
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Post » Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:15 am

I've played Daggerfall and Oblivion. I skipped Morrowind. Yes, you read correctly -- skipped Morrowind. And honestly, I can't remember why I did. I think I only had an Xbox at the time, when it just hit stores, and wanted to play it on PC, but never got around to buying a new PC like I intended. The PC I had just wasn't up to snuff.

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I do plan on buying the GOTY edition off steam before Skyrim releases. Make no mistake about that.
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Post » Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:55 pm

I'm surprised by the number of people claiming to have played Morrowind and Daggerfall. From much of what's posted on this board, I would expect a considerable majority to have only played Oblivion, if that. That would help explain the all-too-common failure to appreciate the history of TES - both the franchise and the game universe.


I have played about 3 hours of Morrowind (I got it about a week ago, still not "fully" into it), and have played about 5 minutes of Daggerfall and Arena, I can't get interested in those, even though I want to be. It still means I have played all of those games. :tongue:
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Post » Mon Mar 14, 2011 10:01 pm

I'm surprised by the number of people claiming to have played Morrowind and Daggerfall. From much of what's posted on this board, I would expect a considerable majority to have only played Oblivion, if that. That would help explain the all-too-common failure to appreciate the history of TES - both the franchise and the game universe.


I didn't appreciate the history because when I was young I didn't care now I do.
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Post » Tue Mar 15, 2011 2:36 am

I have played about 3 hours of Morrowind (I got it about a week ago, still not "fully" into it), and have played about 5 minutes of Daggerfall and Arena, I can't get interested in those, even though I want to be. It still means I have played all of those games. :tongue:


I'm a little like that

I bought Daggerfall when it first ever came out, and took it back to the store after I'd played it for about half an hour. That was because, back then, I was too young and lacked the patience to play and appreciate it. Now I don't play it because the graphics are just too old and dated.

So I voted that I played Daggerfall even though I haven't even owned it since 1997. :confused:
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Post » Tue Mar 15, 2011 8:04 am

I'm a little like that

I bought Daggerfall when it first ever came out, and took it back to the store after I'd played it for about half an hour. That was because, back then, I was too young and lacked the patience to play and appreciate it. Now I don't play it because the graphics are just too old and dated.

So I voted that I played Daggerfall even though I haven't even owned it since 1997. :confused:

Are there graphics mods for Daggerfall like the Morrowind-Graphics and Sound Mod?
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Post » Tue Mar 15, 2011 3:28 am

My first TES game was Morrowind... god... it left me with an Awe O.O feeling. Everything I had ever hoped for in a pc game (yeah, I played it on the pc)
My second one was Oblivion, though I started playing it late due to the lack of hardware... at least I played it and finished EVERYTHING in it :D
My third game was Daggerfall because everyone kept saying how large it was that it was great and stuff... so I played it cause of you guys. Thanks :)

Considering plot, originality, feeling and the ability to keep me playing it for months over months, Morrowind is the first place winner here.
Afterwards comes Oblivion, which was a great game, but failed me in certain places (mainly with the plot and the final boss).
Then comes Daggerfall, which wins the complexity and the ability to drive you insane in certain parts award. :o

That's my opinion :) nice thread btw.
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Post » Tue Mar 15, 2011 2:52 am

I wanna know who the 2 people who voted none are <_<

I guess the good thing is at least they are showing interest in Skyrim....
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Post » Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:20 pm

I wanna know who the 2 people who voted none are <_<

I guess the good thing is at least they are showing interest in Skyrim....


Probably people that have gone from Fallout 3/NV to Skyrim. :shrug:
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Post » Mon Mar 14, 2011 6:56 pm

Or 13 year-olds who were too young to buy Oblivion or Morrowind?

This is inherently going to be a skewed poll since you have to be pretty dedicated to sign up to a forum in advance of a game's release. Most people therefore on these boards will have joined these boards for prior games so of course they'll have played Oblivion and probably Morrowind too - and IIRC Oblivion sold more than Morrowind so it's not too surprising if more members played it.

The other thing is that most people I know who play games regularly bought Oblivion - just in the same way that most people I know who play games regularly also bought Batman: Arkham Asylum and Bioshock. They were no more inclined to join these forums than I was to join Bioshock's forum - but that doesn't mean that they won't buy Skyrim.

Since Oblivion was such a popular game, I don't think Bethesda are going to be too worried about attracting "new" over "old" fans. That would be like Christopher Nolan worrying about whether "new" people are going to like a future Batman movie. Most people who go to the cinema regularly went to see The Dark Knight and most of those same people would happily watch the next film without thinking too much about it.
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Post » Tue Mar 15, 2011 7:23 am

Or 13 year-olds who were too young to buy Oblivion or Morrowind?



I am 15 and I bought Oblivion 2 years after release. :shrug:
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Post » Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:46 pm

I'm still playing Oblivion,no other game I have,has all the things oblivion offers,and there's no way I'm bored by it yet.... :)
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Post » Tue Mar 15, 2011 2:08 am

Are there graphics mods for Daggerfall like the Morrowind-Graphics and Sound Mod?


That's a very good question, that I'd be interested to hear an answer to.....
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Post » Tue Mar 15, 2011 4:12 am

Played daggerfall, morrowind and Oblivion.. never completed daggerfall.

I already did everything in morrowind 3-4 times and 1-2 times in OB, so I'm not gonna be replaying them anytime soon... but who knows, maybe i'll get a sudden urge
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Post » Tue Mar 15, 2011 8:43 am

I've played Morrowind and Oblivion, Morrowind is still installed on my hdd and there is a good chance I'll still be playing Morrowind after Skyrim is released.
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Post » Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:24 pm

Still play MW/OB regularly..

were it not for two worlds they would be my only games.
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Post » Tue Mar 15, 2011 6:19 am

I've played all of them.

Then after the trailer, I replayed all of them.
Still don't like Arena though...
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Post » Tue Mar 15, 2011 2:32 am

In an effort for eveyone to see some statistics of TES fans, I would like to propose a couple of questions about what TES game(s) you have played before. It seems that most peope on these boards are previous Elder Scrolls players. This is good in a way because TES has customer loyalty, but on the flip side, it may show that Skyrim is not peaking the interest of new TES fans. Maybe I am wrong on my hypothesis.

Also, if this poll pans out the way I think the board comments are showing, it may explain the preferences of features of previous Elder Scolls games. Hopely posters will refrain from discussion about which prior game is the best, this topic is just to see the 'State of TES followers' Let the voting begin!

So the disclaimer:
1. This is not an official poll, there will be outliers caused by willful or unintentional erroneous votes.
2. OP has dusted off and continued Oblivion since the trailer, and because of this forum I tried to download Arena but had hardware incompatibility issues. :brokencomputer:
3. This poll may reference a good crossection of TES players, however many future Skyrim players on the forum may choose not to vote.

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Post » Tue Mar 15, 2011 7:26 am

I played mw and ob but being computer stupid couldn't figure out how to get arena and daggerfall to work on my laptop. Loved mw and ob!
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Post » Tue Mar 15, 2011 1:46 am

I started on DAggerfall, got completely lost, gave up. I was a bit too young back then, I assume.

Played Morrowind, loved it inconditionally and it led me to play Arena and Daggerfall.

Came back for Oblivion and if all goes well I'll do the same with Skyrim =D
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Post » Tue Mar 15, 2011 7:54 am

That's a very good question, that I'd be interested to hear an answer to.....

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