Given the trajectory of the series (and Bethesda games in general) I have this creeping fear that it's going to be even more watered down than Skyrim is. It seems like with every game Bethesda releases they strip away RPG elements and dialogue and "streamline" everything, effectively making their beloved RPG franchises into action-adventure games like they did with Fallout 4. What are the odds they turn it around and actually make the excellent first person open world RPG the series deserves?
My dream is for TES to get it's own New Vegas, a return-to-form RPG from an outside company that actually knows how to write an interesting video game
ok morrowboomer
Morrowind was peak creativity for the series, even though the gameplay was awful. That wasn't morrowind's fault really though games were just kind of like that at the time.
It was a labor of love and it shows.
Doesn't sound like a good tradeoff to me, what good is a game if you can't enjoy playing it. Might as well just read a book instead. (Obviously not saying that books bad, just that it might be a better medium for this)
Pretty sure games with good gameplay have been around for a long time
That isn't quite what I meant by "gameplay" What I meant was that it was a little janky in the way that PC games were at the time, not that it was not enjoyable or fun to play. I would take a game with heart and soul and love over a dry, but impeccably polished game any day of the week.
"might as well read a book instead" Let they who are without back pain cast the first werther's original
I guess I'm a lot more simple minded when it comes to this sort of thing, it ultimately boils down to the overall enjoyment I'm getting from a game. And honestly as long as you don't put me down for enjoying oblivion and skyrim I'm happy to agree to disagree.
I wouldn't dream of it. I don't think that is simple minded.
I just hope one day modders will make a port as they have been threatening to for years and we can all enjoy the best of both worlds.