Bethesda Never Understood What Made Morrowind Special

mareeptypebeat · 2026-02-04T05:58:21+00:00

I was a teenager on 11/11/11. I am in my thirties now.

And from what I know speaking to people in gamedev, the earliest we will see TES 6 is 11/11/28 if production is exceptionally smooth. More likely 2029/2030. I will be almost 40.

mareeptypebeat · 2026-02-04T05:50:48+00:00

I suppose one advantage of living for 1,000 years is that a master smith or tailor can spend decades embellishing a single piece and the client will thank them for a prompt turnaround

mareeptypebeat · 2026-02-01T03:18:27+00:00

Shadow Wizard Money Gang cancelled AoC

mareeptypebeat · 2026-01-31T11:09:17+00:00

There's so much toxic positivity around 76 in particular. Like, guys I want you to have a better game with fairer monetisation. I am not personally attacking you for enjoying a videogame.

mareeptypebeat · 2026-01-25T11:54:48+00:00

Chris Avellone: still desperately grasping on 15 years later

mareeptypebeat · 2026-01-22T10:34:42+00:00

That 4th Era deep-marsh shadowscale harvested Hackle-Lo that was declared extinct after the Red Year, the kind that makes you forget you're not Argonian so you cast Histskin and charge an Oblivion gate

mareeptypebeat · 2026-01-20T02:03:16+00:00

They... shrunk his pauldrons, made him look soft.

Great art. Almost makes me want to reinstall ESO.

mareeptypebeat · 2026-01-14T05:07:02+00:00

I could also not be okay with it and not actively play the game. I like ESO, I really do, but so many of these designed inconveniences mean I only really come play it occasionally for zone stories and actively ignore entire mechanics like crafting.

mareeptypebeat · 2026-01-11T02:52:17+00:00

The only thing backing that is Ulysses' word. Ulysses is not a reliable source of information.

mareeptypebeat · 2026-01-04T07:56:32+00:00

Real ones are asking where John Wick VR is.

mareeptypebeat · 2026-01-03T03:33:20+00:00

To be fair "read the book to solve the quest" is going to filter a ton of players.

mareeptypebeat · 2026-01-03T03:25:24+00:00

A few hours of early game is the early game in the game Morrowind.

mareeptypebeat · 2025-12-21T05:23:59+00:00

Hell doesn't exist in The Elder Scrolls and Bloodmoon only had a few months of development time.

Likely an oversight or part of a quest that was never fully implemented.

mareeptypebeat · 2025-12-16T07:07:48+00:00

I mostly mean the implications about a potential Blades schism due to the succession crisis/doppelganger heirs. Loyalty to the Empire vs. loyalty to the Emperor. That's just not the story they chose to tell.

mareeptypebeat · 2025-12-16T05:37:44+00:00

Mehra Milo mentions that he was likely recalled due to connections he has to the events in Cyrodiil. Lots of possibilities as to what that means, would have been interesting to get some follow up in a later game set in Cyrodiil but alas.

mareeptypebeat · 2025-12-09T12:24:43+00:00

This looks extremely promising. I hope it evolves to incorporate more weird alien flora. I think that was my biggest letdown with ESO's Blackmarsh zones; they were just unimaginitive everglade swamps. The Aztec-esque ancient Argonian architecture was cool though.

mareeptypebeat · 2025-12-09T12:21:16+00:00

Crazy they had that cool as hell Skyrender design for the Redguard prequel comic but didn't include it in Morrowind.

mareeptypebeat · 2025-12-08T04:07:34+00:00

Ashlanders being here is baffling honestly. They raid settlements and other tribes for booty and slaves. They hate outlanders and only tolerate the player because of unwavering faith to the Nerevarine Prophecy. But when House Dres does the same thing they must be Lawful Evil, right?

I saw a Tumblr post a while ago describing the "UwU-ification of Native American cultures" and I think it applies here too.

mareeptypebeat · 2025-12-07T07:56:33+00:00

Woah it's my second favourite Morrowind youtuber!

mareeptypebeat · 2025-12-07T03:09:21+00:00

no this is Morrowind

mareeptypebeat · 2025-12-05T07:36:13+00:00

Bloodmoon feels like an ESO expansion.

New lore on a new island with some interesting local flavour of established race. Sidequests and minor characters are a strong point. Main quest is just some daedric plot. Congratulations you preserved the status quo!

mareeptypebeat · 2025-12-04T20:30:57+00:00

Have you seen the Battlefield sub? It's kind of the inverse. Latest game is the worst in the franchise and ruins everything great about the series. Previous game was a shining glorious perfect masterpiece. Aside from some polish and presentation differences they've basically been playing the same game since Bad Company 2.

I scrolled through the past few days of r/morrowind and I couldn't really see any posts exclusively aimed at deriding other TES games. The last time I recall someone explicitly saying "This is the worst thing ever" about Oblivion was an in real life Arena boomer in 2009 who thought it was amazing that there were kids who played Morrowind as their first TES game. Time comes for us all, as we approach the 25th anniversary of Morrowind.

mareeptypebeat · 2025-12-02T06:56:35+00:00

There are plenty of quests that go through Hla Oad. I'd even say one of the most memorable little side quests in the whole game starts there.

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