Oblivion was the first one I really played. I gave up on Morrowind after two hours on the xbox. Oblivion made me give Morrowind a 2nd chance and I found out that Bethesda actually kinda jipped us with Oblivion to some extent.

Daggerfall was my first.

Morrowind > Daggerfall > Oblivion

(Haven't played enough Arena to rate it)

Almost NOBODY who has played Morrowind before Oblivion likes Oblivion better. Most people who played Oblivion first think that they're "equal in their own way". That says miles

Vanilla mentality, I play Morrowind first and my favorite is Morrowind tied with Daggerfall (3rd game I play after Oblivion).

Modded mentality, I play Modded Morrowind first and my favorite is Modded Morrowind tied with Modded Oblivion.

Morrowind was my first Elder Scrolls game and to this day it is still my favorite. I enjoy both Oblivion and Daggerfall (I haven't played enough Arena to be able to comment on it) but in my humble opinion Morrowind is defiantly the best game in the series by far.

Morrowind was first, and is my favorite. Maybe if Oblivion was a jungle like it was supposed to I would like it more. :banghead: I find myself more immersed in alien landscapes than landscapes I can go outside and see. That doesn't make any sense logically but that's how I feel.

For me, the order had nothing to do with it. It was the vehicle that I played it on that made the difference. Mind you, I play more Morrowind than Oblivion, but purely by choice, not by shortcommings of either.

The first time I bought Morrowind, it was for PC. I didn't even get the chance to play it (because I was without a PC at the time!) until we had gotten an XBox, and played it there. I enjoyed it, and when the day came when we were able to get a PC, I tried it PC. Enjoyed it, but then learned of the mods. In the most honest statement I can make on it, I would never play Morrowind without mods again. That is the difference between Morrowind as some only know it coming from platform systems or never having even tried a mod, and those that try them.

The first mod I put in the system were cosmetic mods. Face changers, body changers, and terrain changers. I was wowed. Then came the town changers...wowwed again. By the time I was adding quest, landmass, and general populace mods like MCA and such, I began to truly see how and why that a game that is eight years old could truly, never, become as stale as those that I have played once or twice, and never tried again.

The same for Oblivion. We tried it first on the P3, and enjoyed it. We bought it for the PC, but those that have the game from pedestrian video cards know that Oblivion works in a quite narrow range of video cards. It wasn't until the GOTY edition of the PC game that some of the cards on the list were affordable, and once we were able to put one in the PC, immediately, Obivion gave us the exact same experiences that Morrowind does now. New faces. New looks. More people. More to do. Those "imaginary" walls blocking the surround lands removed. Now, for us, it is like playing the game with the same fresh eyes as before.

So when I read that some have tried Morrowind, mostly on the platform systems or totally un-modded that are still with its original looks and animation, I can understand the amount of opinions that feel that we are perhaps being nostalgic or biased due to the games positioning. They haven't truly experienced it as it can be. But once done, if you will, you would see that there is a vast, VAST, difference, between playing Morrowind pristine and enjoying it modded, even a little.

That is what makes Morrownd, Oblivion, and let's hope, the future fantasy from Bethesda/Zenimax games truly unique and I daresay perennial. If at any point the gameplay becomes stale, there are literally thousands of modifications that can be added to change nearly every single aspect of the game. A loner? Try CheronbVvardenfel, where you are the only humanoid left save the God-Kings. More the "people person"? Add MCA, Starfires, LGNPC, and Children of Morrowind. Ever the explorer? Tamriel Rebuilt, Lokken, A Tribute to the Community, and other landmass mods will give you lands to explore. Closet or open "do it yourselfer"? Then try Necessities of Morrowind and other mods that enable you to "do it yourself". Fashionista(o)? Clothiers of Vvardenfell, Hilgya the Seamstress, Leaves of Lorien, and Aleanne's are right up your alley.

It is kind of unfair to label some of us that still find the game truly exiting and enjoyable, when the only base for that is coming from only having tried it pristine, or unmodded. Unavoidable on platform games, so understandable, but in PC, unless you've even tried the mods (and there are mods catering to nearly EVERY taste out there), then the labels are kind of unfounded. You'd have to dip into the pool first, before telling me the water is too cold.

Just my 2 Septims.

When I was 12 I was looking for a game that would let me do whatever I wanted to do in a medieval setting. My friend then showed me Morrowind and the first time I played it I was blown away. Even after playing Oblivion for 400 hours I still think Morrowind is better.

I like Oblivion better. I have about 300 hours on it. On Morrowind I have a bout 100. Now if morrowind didn't lag like a [censored] and have a giant wall of fog (yes I used the mods but they caused too many problems so I play on xbox) I would probably play it as much as Oblivion. Ya know, this is kinda making me want to play Morrowind. I think I'll load it up.

Arena was my first, Daggerfall was my favorite, with morrowind a close second.

Oblivion first, Oblivion favorite.

Morrowind a close second, and then daggerfall.

I'm a TES gamer though, not confined to a single game.

For TES games, I played MW first, played OB until I got completely bored with it, but struggled through the rest of the MQ out of a sense of "duty", and then went back to playing MW.

For FO games, I played FO3 first, then went and played the original FO in order to find out what the hardcoe fan senitments were about. While I felt that the original game was very "dated", and that I struggled more with the clunky interface than with the opponents, it had that sense of "challenge" that made it interesting, and fun when you succeeded. The sequel game had a more "refined" interface, and more "active" combat, but never gave me the sense of "accomplishment" that the original did. No risk, no reward. Most of the "perks" in the original were a bit odd, and many of them very "tounge in cheek", but a large proportion of those in FO3 struck me as "arcade-ish": something that would be more appropriate in "Super Mario Brothers" than in a post-apocalyptical RPG.

In other words, I liked the first TES game I played, but I liked the second FO game I tried. The degree to which the last TES game and the sequel FO game were alike probably contributes a lot to those feelings, even though the original FO game and TES III aren't even similar, other than their heavier reliance on the skills of the character versus those of the player.

Morrowind was my first, and Morrowind is my favorite.

Tough question. Morrowind was my first, Oblivion my second, Arena my third and Daggerfall my fourth. Daggerfall had immense depth, but enough technical issues to make it hard for me to fall completely in love with it. I've also never really enjoyed dungeon crawling at all, in any game (I don't know why. I guess it's the claustrophobic atmosphere combined with the lack of interaction with other characters) so it's immense, sprawling dungeons, while cool, began to grate on me after a while. It spread things out, too. Forcing you to reach certain levels to proceed through the main quest, and having high standards for guild advancement, made it a lot nicer.

Morrowind, on the other hand, wasn't quite as deep but had much smoother gameplay mechanics (and it didn't crash on you). It was much smaller but the world itself seemed far more detailed. Politically it took a quality over quantity approach which I actually preferred. Probably the biggest plus here is the doing away with random generators, especially when it came to terrain, where the exotic, hand-placed land was a true joy to explore.

I suppose I'm torn between the two of them. On one hand, Morrowind is the one game that I've played the most. On the other hand, Daggerfall is the only game that I've ever had to delete because it was too much of a black hole, svcking up all my time.

Played Morrowind first and immediately fell in love with it. No game has been able to compare since, at least for me.

Morrowind was my first TES game and is my favorite, only because it introduced me to The TES series and its majesty and wonder. When I first picked up the game i played it for a while but, i never really got into it and eventually put the game down. Then I see Oblivion ig GI and all my memories come rushing back and make me want to learn more about the series and its creators. I went back to the game and I still cant get into it, and it really is a shame. :sadvaultboy:

Morrowind was my first, and Oblivion is my favorite.

Morrowind was my first, morrowind is my favourite. Im still playing it and when i try and play oblivion i genuinly feel 'homesick'.

I must say that's the first time I've heard of this happening.

It's not bad that you played Morrowind first but like Oblivion better, it's just unusual.

played morrowind first, loved morrowind first, bought morrowind. i like morrowind better

Freakish, even.

Hamsmagoo I think you hit the nail right on the head. I believe this is why if you read a book then watch the movie the movie is just never as good, accept for the Last of Mohicans(SP?) You and the game/book created your own interpretation of a world and another interpretation is not at all what you had in mind. Must say that though I read the Lord of the Rings first the movies did a pretty good job IMO. Anyways, I played Morrwind first and it has the magic I've never quite experienced in Oblivion. Good observation and a great use of a poll to support your idea.

I played quite a bit of Oblivion first which made getting started in Morrowind tough. But I'm starting to see why a lot of people prefer that game over the new one.

Played Morrowind first, Oblivion second, and Daggerfall third. I still haven't played Arena. Out of the three titles I have played, I like Morrowind the most. For the first three or four hundred hours of playing Oblivion, I enjoyed it immensly. But after a while, my interest in the game waned. The dungeons and oblivion gates became kind of a chore, and grinding out skills by multiples of 25 in order to hit the next perk grated on my nerves. I didn't mind the 'generic' medieval scenery so much, as I found the game to be visually stunning overall. But over time, I just got this feeling that Oblivion was just lacking somehow, though at the time I couldn't put my finger on it. That is what led me to this forum in the first place. My first post here was about what I would like to see in the next title of the series, and from reading other people's posts, I found that I wasn't alone with regard to my feelings about Oblvion's shortcomings. Others had sensed it, too, and had already put what I was thinking and feeling about the game into words. Having said that, I still think Oblivion is a great game. But everytime I try giving Oblivion another chance, I soon find myself yearning to revisit Vvardenfell. And, for the record, I think I was around 27 when I first picked up Morrowind.

I owned Morrowind first, but I never got around to playing it. It was only after playing Oblivion and finally after a few hundred hours of play that I decided to play Morrowind.

Initial impressions of Morrowind were bad, its not as fun to play as Oblivion, but soon the world svcked me in much more than Oblivion ever did. I would have to say that for the first 30 hours of play in Morrowind I would have said I preferred Oblivion, but since now I've put about the same amount of time into Morrowind as Oblivion I definitely prefer Morrowind.

I feel homesick for Vvardenfell too, and not just when I'm playing other games. I can be doing something around the house or maybe taking a walk and my mind will begin to think about some spot around the island that I particularly love. And, just for a moment, I miss that place as though it were a real location.

I have spent so much time playing Morrowind that I know (and love) some areas of Vvardenfell better than many real-life areas on earth I'm familiar with.