Yes. Bottoms up for Bethesda, the mods and the forum-members.
This is a great place for talking about great games. :foodndrink:

The underlined part sounds like Oblivion to me...

Don't start.

And THANK YOU Bethesda, for creating another world, a world I eagerly jump into everyday and live a second life in, a world with amazing depth, history, culture and so much more.
Imagine if Bethesda got shutdown *shiver*
Mighty Thanks, Bethesda!

Thank you Bethesda so much I loved morrowind and oblivion and the only reason I don't play fallout 3 is because my brother was on it the whole time and after I played some other games my 360 broke so since my 360 broke I bought a computer just to play tes 3 and tes 4(I can't buy fallout 3 yet)so I have to say The Elder Scrolls Morrowind is the greatest game in the history of the universe and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is the greatest game in the history of the universe.

Once upon a time, my brother said to me: "Here's a copy of Morrowind I received with my graphic card, I already have it so you can keep it".
To which I cleverly replied :
"Meh... what's it 'bout?"
"It's an RPG..."
"I'm not into RPGs, I like shooting monsters in GodMode and go through levels in a nick of time just to entertained myself for about 30 minutes... :gun: "
"This game is pretty complex and you would like it, I know you... (blablabla about the game)"
"Well, OK, then, i'll give it a try"

Hello, I'm a PC Gamer and I'm an addict :bonk: . At first, it was only The Elder Scrolls series. I even downloaded DOSBox to play older games, burned them (free games) on cds and printed nice covers to put them in a shelf. I also made a cover for Morrowind since I only had the cds and I made backup dvds of my favorite mods with a nice lightscribed logo. Now I fear my addiction is spreading to Fallout as well and I'm in the process of making backups for mods, covers and lightscribed logos again... Please don't help me.

Thanks to Bethesda, I learned much more about computers to get the most out of their games and now I am well above average (which is easy to be) in this area. :user:

Your wrong, Oblivion landmass was superior to that of Morrowind. And it looked good.
I take back ALL bad I ever said of Oblivion, it was good considering the time it took to make the game.
I used to be such an a-hole in these forums and now I take back all bad things I have written.
Its hard to find games with such open-endedness these days, actually no thats not true, theres these new ones like borderlands and such, BUT if bethesda did not solidify the Openworld game play there wouldn't be the games like today.
Plus the editors and modding comunity keep these games going.
But please Don't slack-off because we say thank you.

Bethesda is the only thing right with today's video games. Yeah, I said it.

You guys rock. Even the fans.

Hmmm. :unsure: The worst part about that is that Bethesda has not made any of today's video games.

When I first played Morrowind back in 2002, my first Elder Scrolls game, I was literally blown away. I traveled to Balmora within a few minutes of playing so I could see who this Caius guy was and I stepped off of the "giant bug thing" (didn't know its name at the time) into Balmora. I stopped playing and listened to Jeremy Soule's angelic music and I wondered "What gods have crafted this masterpiece?"

Ever since then I can't really get the same enjoyment out of a game that isn't a Bethesda title. Sure I play Halo and CoD but I'll eventually put them down. Morrowind?.... I'm still playing it after 8 years.

OB and FO were also masterpieces.

And there still that good

Really, I love the elder scrolls so much. I have had oblivion for three or four years and still there is area's i have yet to explore

Bethesda has kept this old D+D, Traveller and GURPs player pretty entertained. Thanks for being my DM. :rock:

THANK YOU Bethesda for making quality game after quality game for as far back as I can remember(I'm looking at you Arena, My Gateway Drug into a series more addicting then almost anything else in this world). It's all the better because you provide us, the community, with the proper tools to further expand on your vision, increasing our play time with your games for hundreds, if not thousands of more hours. You rock!

*Prays* BETHESDA IS OUR SALVATION! ONLY IN THE ELDER SCROLLS CAN WE BE SAVED! BY THE GRACE OF OUR GOD TOD.

...wow, that turned out a lot cooler than I thought.

You guys are all awesome. Keep letting us explore!

After playing Bethesda's games, I consider a game that takes 50 hours to finish short. I consider a game that takes 10 hours to finish to not be worth more than a few dollars. And I consider a game that has a linear environment to not be worth a purchase unless it takes many many hours to complete. So thanks, Bethesda, for making nearly all modern games not live up to the standards I've set because of your games.

Honestly though, it's amazing how many hundreds upon hundreds of hours I've spent playing Bethesda's games. Thanks Bethesda, you guys, and your games, are amazing.

(This is the first thread of it's kind I've ever come across. Kudos to the OP for having the courage to start it!)

A great many thanks to Bethesda for creating games that are storytelling marvels and that have replay value like no other games in the industry. I can't count how many hours I've spent with first morrowind, then Oblivion and only recently Fallout 3. There isn't a single rpg out there that let's me adopt so many different play-styles in one game as in any of the bethesda-made rpgs. Thanks and I hope you guys keep up the good work.

Hehe truly agree with this. Before playing Oblivion, i was like "Oh lets buy this mediocore shooter for 50 euros and play for 3 hours." then after the 3 hours i put it back to shelf and never play it again. After playing Oblivion (and few years after buying Morrowind) i am like this "Hmm.. Call of Duty black ops. A mediocore shooter for 60 euros and with the same gameplay year after year.. i dont think so." *puts the game back to its shelf at store*

THANK YOU BETHESDA

I hate Bethesda for creating games that raise my standards to the point were I am unable to enjoy anyone else's games.

But I do love playing Bethesda's games.

We have a love-hate relationship.

An excellent thread!

I came into the Elder Scrolls a month after Morrowind was released. It was the first game that really satisfyed my craving to explore. I know few open world games where I can just spend three hours walking around the world and looking at the scenery. The wait for Oblivion was one of the most grueling, but also most satisying I've ever endured. I think it's safe to say that between Fallout 3, Oblivion and Morrowind, I have put in thousands of hours.

Fallout 3 came at a very opportune time, where I had just lost my job and was sprialing into depression. It was fantastic to be able to escape in to a world and following a story that was compelling and engrossing. You guys are one of my four big influences for writing, and continuing to do so after the world thought I should stop.

So thank you Bethesda, keep up the amazing work.

I will add my sentiment to everyone elses!

Thanks Bethesda!

I am 23 and have been gaming since the first Nintendo. I have beaten hundreds of games, played several MMOs and have acquired thousands of dollars worth of merchandise online and offline in digital items alone.

I must say that Bethesda is truly the only game developing franchise I look to for exceptional high fantasy anymore. I used to have high hopes in Blizzard and a few others, but I have been dismally disappointed.

I look forward to your next installment.

Long live Bethesda!!!

Thank you, Bethesda.
For making my favourite role playing games of all time.
Please, never abandon this franchise or else you would break me down forever.

Warning: Seti is about to go on a nostalgic rant full of graphic scenes. Viewer discretion is advised.

I remember my introduction to The Elder Scrolls series, and Bethesda games, in general. In late 2008, for my 14th birthday, I received a PS3(my first seventh generation platform of any kind). I didn't even really know what I wanted to play on it until a short while before I received, only that I wanted some type of RPG. Before than, I had always used PS3s. It was just something that was common for me. My first home console was an SNES, my second a PS1, my third a PS2, and my fourth a PS3. I also got an original Xbox before I got a PS3, but I had to share it with my brothers, but my brother plays it the most and it's in his room, so it's really closer to being his, but we share it, and I had a Gameboy Advance. I also played what PC games I could on a PC, but I've never had access to a PC capable of matching my most powerful Playstation at the time. Playstations have just always been more accessible financially, for me, but I've played and still do play some pretty good, but dated, PC games(Baldur's Gate II, Civilization II/III, Fallout 1/2, Arena, Daggerfall, Morrowind, etc., althought the original Fallouts and first three Elder Scrolls games came after I found my first Elder Scrolls game, Oblivion). Some of the most recent gaming memories I had on my Playstation 2 before getting a PS3 inluded Dragon Quest VII, Kingdom Hearts II, and Final Fantasy XII. I also played Fable and KotOR I/II before I got a PS3. In all of these games, I always wished I could explore and have a wide, open world full of all different types of customization, down to every last detail of my characters' personalities and values. I always wanted my character to be my connection to the game by being exactly what I want him to be, not just a guy I control, possibly get to name, and customize in terms of skills, a bit. I wanted to associate my character with different factions and a specific mindset with no or little pre-made backstory. I also wanted books, a fleshed-out backstory to the ingame universe, a first-person view to feel like my character, and real-time combat controlled by me, but with my efficiency with said skills strongly dependant on my character's skills for increased immersion. I wanted time that passed by in the game and I wanted to play this imaginary dream game for a far longer time than I could play others. I thought it was an impossible dream. Which company would be foolish enough to waste their resources on such a great and large game? Why make a normal-priced game that large?

I had been asking my mom for a PS3 for a while and I had looked up different games before I even knew she would surprise me with a PS3, just because I wanted to know what I could possibly get if I did get a PS3. A few days before I found out about getting a PS3, I found this game called Oblivion. It's simple, yet cool box art didn't give away much about the game, but it looked fantasy-ish, which appealed to me. I looked at a description and couldn't believe what I was reading. I looked up reviews, videos, and screenshots for Oblivion, excited about this possible dream come true. I had to have it. I remember watching an E3 demo and one thing Todd said stuck out to me. He claimed Oblivion had over 400 books in it. I loved the thought of it. I watched videos about the game and took joy in every good little detail. From the exploration, to the customization, to the graphics, and to everything else, I loved the game. I already knew what I wanted to be long before I even first read about Oblivion. I wanted to be knight/paladin. That was always my favorite thing to be in any fantasy RPG. On October 16, 2008(the day before my birthday), I found a PS3 in my mom's car, hidden in the back. The one thought that hit me at that moment was the word "Oblivion". The next day, after receiving my gift, my mom took me to Best Buy. I hastile made my way towards the PS3 section and, ignoring every other game, quickly searched for Oblivion, fearing it may not even be there, but hoping it was, anyway. I found it(GOTY edition). I brought it to my mom, she bought it for me, and as soon as I got the game out of the bag, I opened the case and read the manaul. The introduction alone made me happier than I had ever been to get a game. It talked about how Oblivion followed the open-ended nature of its predecessors and how, when exploration, I could stumble across a location that is just there for explorers and how it could have a story behind it or something special about it. I read the entire manual and then I read it again. I read it again and again. We were at Barnes and Noble(bookstore) at the time, so I had plenty of time to do this while my mom looked at some books. I read the manual in the car on the way home, as well. When we got home, I rushed to put Oblivion. I heard the theme song for the first time and thought to myself "this reminds of Pirates of the Caribbean." I loved it, though. I started a new game, and after watching the cool introduction, I read a loading screen. It stated "No one has escaped from the Imperial Prison in 40 years, since the days of Jagar Tharn and the Imperial Simulacrum." I didn't know what that meant, but I needed to find out. At the first character creation screen, I, in an excited state, asked my mom to come see how good the graphics are. Oblivion was my first seventh generation gaming experience, so it was, by far, the best looking game I had ever seen at the time. I looked at the various races and decided on being an Imperial. I had already decided before playing the game just from reading the manual. The game took place in the province of the Imperials, so I decided to play as one. Valen Dreth insulted me, the guards, along with the emperor, came into my cell, and I escaped. I thought the combat system was the most fluid and fun combat system I had ever experienced in an RPG before and I remember trying to use the first bow I found, just because I wanted to see what it would be like. Near the sewers, I asked Baurus about everything he knew because I was curious about all the lore behind everything. He said he thought I was a bard and I didn't want to be a bard. I choose the pre-set knight class, instead, and exited through the sewers. It wasn't until several characters later that he finally stopped saying he thought I was a bard and started saying he thought I was a knight, instead. I wanted to become one so much that it seems my playing style morphed into the playing style of a knight.

I remember when I first stepped out of the sewers. I loved the music, the wind blowing, and the view of that sunny moment. I saw an Ayleid ruin(Vilverin) and got that message that suggests you either deliver the amulet or explore. I took the second option and proceeded forward to Vilverin. After fighting a couple of bandits, a slaughterfish, and a mudcrab, I looked around the camp area for treasure. I found my first book of the game, Immortal Blood, and I read it. I loved it and held onto it. Ever since then, books have been the last thing to get dropped out of my inventory if it gets full. I'd rather drop valuable armor and weapons than drop some books/reading material of other types, and that's how it's been for nearly the past two years. I discovered the whole bandit disappearing/hiding necromancer situation inside Vilverin and loved it. It was just there for me to find and it was entirely optional. Later, I discovered the Goblin society and throne room in the nearby Fort Urasek and the lost city of Abargarlas along with the translated slabs/lost archaeologist in the nearby Sideways Cave. I took things slowly and took my time to carefully examine every little detail I could find. I went to the Imperial City after my early ingame research and examined every little detail there, too. One person(Carandil, right?) in the game told me to talk to everyone and see everything in the city myself, also claiming no one can experience the city for you. I followed his advice. I talked to everyone in the Imperial City and looked at everything. I spent a long time merely exploring the Imperial City. I found unique personalities/dialogue in almost everyone I talked to. I stood before the Imperial Palace and White Gold tower in awe of its size and nice appearance. I checked out First Edition and listened to people talk to each other. Soon after that, I delivered the amulet to Jauffre and, with my new weapon, new armor, new horse, and new book, which I found interesting but had no clue was a reference to Daggerfall's story, I went to Kvatch to get Martin. The first Oblivion gate I saw was a "Wow!" moment, for me, but I did not walk through it the first time I approaced an Oblivion gate. I saw the icon and clicked on the gate, instead. I late tried to see if walking through it did anything. After delivering Martin to Cloud Ruler Temple and becoming a Blade, I joined the Arena and spent a lot of time there in combination with exploring the area around the Imperial City.

After that, I bought Morrowind for the Xbox and Fallout 3 for the PS3. I didn't play Morrowind until I got the PC version because my brother wanted to play it on the Xbox and because it didn't really run too well on the Xbox, but I played and loved Oblivion .I downloaded Daggerfall a little while before I got the PC version of Morrowind and I liked it, but I loved Morrowind when I got the PC version and I enjoyed Arena when I downloaded it after getting the PC version of Morrowind, but I like its successors more. I like all four of the games to varying degrees(Arena-liked, Daggerfall-liked more, Morrowind-loved, Oblivion-loved) and I love Fallout 3. I hope to see more great games coming from Bethesda, in the future.

To Bethesda's foolishness! It has resulted in games worth their price, and much more! :foodndrink:

This pretty much sums up Bethesda. While I feel ripped off paying $60 for most games out there, I would gladly pay $80 or $90 for TESV.

Thanks, I just wanted everyone to know that Bethesda rocks! :mohawk:

I didn't think this many people would reply to this thread, so thanks to all you guys to.

P.S. to Seti, cool story bro! :rofl: Only kidding.

Wow Seti that was quite a read! And now I'm all full of nostalgia... Prepare to go back in time... a time before... a time of wonder.

Back in 2002 or 03 I stumbled across The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind at my local video store. Intrigued I picked it up and read the back, and immediately was in awe that a game like this existed. I, -who had never played an RPG before besides like quest 64- had to play this game. So, I showed my mom and she was equally intrigued so we rented it. On the way home I read the manual probably 10 times. The only other games that made me this excited were the old Mortal Kombat games.
We got home and I fired it up. I had decided from reading the manual that I wanted to be a Nord warrior, his name was Shadrack.
I was absolutely stunned when I got off the boat. The game looked amazing and there were a crazy giant insect! [that I would later find out people rode on!]
I traveled to Balmora and delivered the package to Caius Cosades. Then, taking his advice that I should go adventuring. I traveled my way down towards Vivec and along the way I came across the Sarano ancestral tomb. Excited at the thought of fighting undead in a tomb I rushed inside and there I had my first encounter with a hungar.
It was a tough fight but I killed. And on it's body I found The Sarano Ebony Helm. It was awesome! And judging by how much it was worth [15,000] I had found one of the best helms in the game I thought. So, with pride I put it on and finished my journey to Vivec where I got very confused by all the cantons and just completely overwhelmed by everything. I don't remember much more of my adventures after that....

Now we fast Forward to 06. I had the new X-box 360 and was loving it. The elder scrolls had kind of fell off my radar until I happened across The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
in Wal-Mart. This brought back all my happy memories of my first time in Morrowind and I thought to my self that I had to buy this game. So, a few months later [November 22nd for those who want to know] I bought Oblivion at Gamestop. And same as Morrowind I read the manual probably 10 times until we got home. Then!
I put it in and again I made a Nord the first time, I don't remember his name though.
Then they did it. They killed the Emperor. I, unlike Seti. Did not go to Vilverin the first time. I rushed straight to Jauffre so I could deliver the amulet. I really felt the urgency of the Emperors death and the Oblivion crisis. I went on from there to complete the main quest loving ever second.
The next month I bought the Goty edition of Morrowind at Gamestop and I got very addicted to collecting everything in both games.
Like you Seti books are the last to be dropped out of my inventory and are one of my favorite parts of The Elder Scrolls.
Morrowind has been my favorite game of all time sense. And The Elder Scrolls series continues to be my favorite series.
Later I downloaded Arena and Daggerfall when they released them for free but my laptop couldn't really handle Dos so well So I gave up on them.
I will return to them one day though.

In short; Thank you everyone who works at Bethesda and anyone who has had a hand in creating the greatest gaming series I have ever experienced. I love you all for what you do and I have been inspiring by the wonderful lore of Elder Scrolls to become a writer myself. And I hope to one day get to work on a Elder Scrolls game. That is my ultimate career goal. :foodndrink: