I get it that one day we'd all like to see a Morrowind remake and I'm sure ages down the line if Bethesda feels it should than so be it. Even if it's a reboot of Morrowind. I'm sure Bethesda will take us back to it with a different look like they did with Dragonborn. But I think the people behind Skywind will probably end up seeing a law suit due to copyright infringement...and I hope they do. Because any chance of us seeing any kind of remake from Bethesda, they're going to ruin that. Did they ask Bethesda for permission? I don't think so....But just saying. I don't approve of it.

Can you give actual reasons why?

The whole idea of it would just give Bethesda a reason not to remake it. It defeats the purpose and having a black copy duplicate would affect sells. It raises expectations for the official should it ever come to light. People will question what the official has that the pirated remake doesn't. People will wonder why they should buy it seeing as there is a pirated remake floating around for download on the Internet. Of all problems....the pirate devs can add quests to Skywind as well as updates. All in all they're exploiting a product.

It's not a mod I would ever want to use, but I don't see what the problem is here. They are not selling it, and they are not using assets from one game in a mod for another game (which is prohibited by the EULA). All of the assets for that mod are being created from scratch. Besides, Bethesda is NEVER going to remake Morrowind.

I think it unlikely that Bethesda would make a remake, so I think they should go ahead

This really needs to be emphasised. Bethesda has NEVER remade one of it's games. It hasn't remastered, it hasn't HD'd, and it hasn't re-envisioned. Re-released, sure, but that's it.

Skywind isn't going to discourage that in the slightest. 10% of 0 is still 0.

Moreover... Do we even WANT them to? They've already shown that they struggle to understand what made Morrowind so great to begin with. Would it be the same with new mechanics? Would it just be a graphical update? How would an archaic and clunky retro game be received in 15-20 years?

Frankly, i don't WANT them to try remaking Morrowind. It's great, but its greatness is partly a product of the time in which it was made. Removing it from that context changes the game.

I'm sure the Skywind developers will lose a great deal of sleep over that.

I have no interest in Skywind because I prefer the original, but that really has no relevance to the project since obviously others do. And as others have said Bethesda will never remake Morrowind anyway. Even if they did, it's doubtful that it would be better or even as good as the original.

It probably wouldn't even be as good as Skywind.

This right here. If your "only" problem is keeping Bethesda from ever "remaking Morrowind", there is no problem as they never will.

There are lots of mods I think are horrible ideas (game IP crossing is one such), but someone thinks enough of it do it. It does not hurt me or my gameplay at all if they are out there. Besides, I get some good neck exercise as I shake it in disbelief

I definitely want Bethesda to update the magic effects/meshes/textures/Something like those Dragonborn expansion waves that improve the water quality for Morrowind one day, but that's literally all I want them to do. Just a future expansion for Morrowind that improves those things is literally all I want. I don't want a remake, just a future DLC that improves the ancient graphics. It'd be much easier releasing a simple DLC that just improves the graphics, rather than trying to "Remake Morrowind with different game mechanics".

I'm not interested in Skywind, because I want Morrowind with a graphics DLC, that still plays exactly like Morrowind, not a Skyrim-Engine game that LOOKS like Morrowind, but doesn't feel like Morrowind. Also the Skyrim Engine's dialogue system imo wouldn't work well with Morrowind... Not to mention with an actual remake not being able to use all those Morrowind mods.

sadly, there is not a chance in heck that that will ever happen

Graphic update of spells has an issue, Skyrim ruined the complex spell system from earlier games.


And I agree it would be an bad idea, we have skyrim-dragonborn and ESO who both affect the Dumer areas (Eso did an bad work here, other zones are better)

Dialogue in Oblivion and Skyrim work pretty much the same way, and its different from Morrowind an Daggerfall.

An Daggerfall remake makes some sense, an Skyrim for PS4 / One makes a lot of sense but that is an pure port with the pc hd texture pack, not an remake.

Why would anyone want bethesda to spend their precious developing-time to create a game we've already played?

because people seem to hate innovation? instead of new types of experiences, and pushing the industry forward, they just want to stick with whats warm and comfortable?

That would assume that what Bethsda does is actaully a step forward and not just simplyfing things.But I don't really want a remake they would probably cut out far to much.

And because Morrowind has lots of good mechanisms lost in later games.

We want TES 6 with Morrowind cultures and lore, Oblivion magic, Skyrim level scaling and Fallout 4 crafting.

Not with Morrowind combat, Oblivion balance, Skyrim magic and Fallout 4 dialogue.

First, as has been pointed out, Bethesda has repeatedly stated that they do not want to remake their games. Period. Maybe that'll change one day, but they've been pretty clear about it so far. So Skywind can't exactly going to deter them from doing something when they were never planning on doing it in the first place.

Second, BGS has always been supportive of the modding community. They actively encourage us to mod their games and many of us love them for that. Not a lot of other game companies (read: none) are willing to give us the tools that BGS does to let us just do whatever we want with their games. It's a big part of why the games became so popular in the first place. Suing (or just sending a cease and desist) one of the biggest modding projects out there would not look good on the company at all, and would likely cause an enormous amount of backlash. Not a good idea.

While such projects have been somewhat disapproved by Bethesda on official forums and other media channels (no links, no talking about them etc) due to the mod devs porting assets between games, I can't recall Bethesda ever taking legal action against them. MERP project for Oblivion got Cease & Desist letter from Warner. Fan projects porting one TES game to another's engine have been ongoing for years and have not been taken down, and Skywind aims to recreate everything from scratch to avoid these "porting" issues.

I do agree that Daggerfall is in far more need of a remake than any other TES game... Though that'd be... Really difficult with Daggerfall being so huge.

Well probably not until they run entirely out of ideas I suppose. It would be a bit early for that.

Most likely.

Because... GRAPHICS!

If I see someone pushing a car towards a cliff, I generally do not pitch and help or applaud happily. They are progressing, for sure, but the kind I'd rather not partake in

Streamlining and Efficiency are progressions. Some like it. Some don't. Some like streamlinings and efficiencies in other areas.

Progress takes on many forms. And "progress for progress' sake" does not make it automatically make it good.