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when was the last time bethesda made an actually good game? not a template for modders, not a "it's good but," a genuinely quality game.
New Vegas. But I guess Obsidian made that.
Morrowind is good on its own. Fallout 3 is...ok. The rest are whatever.
Morrowind
morrowind:
whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh smack whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh
gamers:
this is the best game EVAR!
You had to know what you're doing. You have to use the skills you picked for your character, and you had to conserve your fatigue. That's not intuitive but when you do it, you don't woosh very much
I also give every single character a minor skill in Alchemy to help them eat Saltrice and Marshmerrow, the cheapest fatigue and health potions EVER
in other words: every star sign except The Warrior is absolutely useless if you want to hit people with attacks
yes that's a very good birthsign especially because it raises the floor on your hit chance even with no fatigue left.
But I was just doing a Morrowind run in the last couple weeks, and I never had an issue, just made Long Blade a major skill, kept my fatigue up, and smacked people down. It also helps to mostly do power attacks - the chance to hit really seems higher IMO.
I was born under the Charioteer which is also amazing (What? Morrowind? Slow? What ever do you mean?)
And you're not playing Morrowind right unless you stack up money until you hit 100k and start buying piles of Grand Soul Gems, Summon Golden Saint scrolls and Soul Trap scrolls and then constant-effect enchanting every single article of clothing, either by paying an enchanter who also buys soul gems and getting your money back each time, or by pureeing 400 ash yams and 400 netch leather until you have a galaxy brain and doing it yourself. You can make fatigue just stop ever going away
baby brain gamers: "Role playing? I just want to hit people with attacks"
whoosh smack whoosh smack whoosh whoosh whoosh smack smack
Its because of baby brained consumers who want a "smooth, frictionless experience" that we have such boring and watered down products like all their games after Oblivion.
People hate on morrowind for the worst reasons. There are so many options in the game to tackle most of the criticisms I hear. The game just doesn’t hold your hand about it.
“It’s too slow” Boots of blinding speed, alchemy potions, enchanting, custom spells, level your skills by playing the game
“I can’t hit anything” read how fatigue works, tag a weapon type as a major skill and use that, only use strong attacks, train your skill. Mechanically you’ve fixed that issue. Another option, use magic. Enchanting shenanigans, alchemy, or any combination of the above.