I love whole Elder Scrolls series, playing last three [M, OBL, SKY] from time to time to this day. I never finished Daggerfall and will repair that mistake soon.
Arena was quite nice game too, and both of them A and DGR are for free for a long time.
It's true that these games can be done better, contain world filled with more details , npc's and what is most wanted more deep writing [ these dialogues ehhh....] .
But in the end i love them, why? Well it's one of the my most favourable crpg's settings [next to fallout, ultimas, might&magic, faerun from Bgs, IWds,Nwns, or wizardy etc. - not to mention only one which developers are not bankrupts today, gathering dollars on kickstarters and similar "beg for money for unfinished shit, without QA department games"], i like lore and im being huge ES lore nerd
. It's true that these games are almost close to unplayable[ for crpg long living maniacs like me] without dozens of mods [mods for my Skyrim takes near 60gb of HD, for Oblivion near 25gb and for Morrowind almost 15gb ] but from the other side, it is their strongest point. You can just swim in the Lore-driven mods , and many others if you are Elder Scrolls universe nerd, they are portals like Imperial Library and so on. These games have greatest fan community for any crpg out there - with really living fans which are "making" something for their games instead of just talking [i made some by myself for SKy as Umbrecht at TesNexus]. Look at the Interesting NPC's mod for Skyrim, or Requiem for it too, these mods while staying close to lore, gives you almost completely different game than unmodded base.
It's true it takes A LOT of time to play these games in the "right" way with mods, as their tracking and updating, configuration and learning how to resolve their conflicts may take very large ammount of time for today's casual gamers. But it is really worth it, becouse with proper mods for them you can get almost "real" role playing world, set in Elder Scrolls universe. It's great to step into this world.
Sure they are silly mods like balls for horses
, or some manga girls and other shitty creations, but that's just mods, you can pick up what you like. Most of ES fan stay with lore packed mods and had great time.
Like in case of any open-world and sandbox crpg many people says its more LARP simulator than "true" crpg or they are more like shallow and boring games with generic worlds , etc.
In some way it is true, but not all. Like in case of any other crpg , if You don't "feel" setting, universe, presentation you will be calling it crap even if it is true gem.
Problem with all Elder Scroll games is that they need LOT of TIME, and it is main killer for most adult fans. Im in that group too, but as true Nerd i always found time [be it 1 or 2 hours to dive into ES] , same with my stupid nerdism for Warhammer FB tabletop game . I could manage family, work, other hobbies with gaming. But it's hard and i understand many people have "GIVE ME A GAME AND I WILL PLAY IT "
attitude, nothing wrong in this. But ES games never were that kind of games, and there were mods even for Daggerfall.
So if you don't have time for good role playing game on PC , do not shit on ES but go fuck yourselves
. You will be bored by any crpg title too, becouse good crpgs takes fukin TIME! Maybe its time for You to focus on boring jobs and "serious" life not on fuking amazing games.
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