I for one have been playing openmw non stop. Being able to replay morrowind on a brand new modern engine has completely enthralled me. The graphical enhancements you can add are superb, volumetric clouds and fogs keep the same aesthetic of the alien world Morrowind inhabits while also adding some much needed visual flare.

Also the gameplay still holds up...mostly! Finding your quests is an experience in itself. I'm getting terribly used to quest markers and maps that tell me where to go. Morrowind says fuck you "Your quest is by the old rickety bridge south of town besides the river. Good luck" no markers just exploration.

The game is not for everyone but everyone should try it.

  • Gosplan14_the_Third [none/use name]
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    8 months ago

    characters very gender bendy and basically their lesson in the game is that, they'll never pass as anything but their birth assigned gender for their character arc

    spoiler

    That's a subject of controversial discussion but can be seen in that way. I personally think the interpretation of "Male(-perceived) people are subject to less discrimination at many things in live, so I'll do the old school trope of the person who acts male to fit in" is more likely what the intended story portrayal was - an old school writing trope.

    Nevertheless the solution presented by the game is a simple "don't do that.", which is weak even for a lib game. Persona 4 doesn't care what the characters' complaints are, it just wants them to stop complaining. You're gender non-conforming/bothered by sexism? Have you tried not being bothered? You're gay or bisexual? Have you tried not showing attraction to people of your own gender? You don't wanna inherit your parents' inn/be an idol anymore? Have you tried not complaining and doing what you must?

    Persona 4 was actually my first megaten game, but it's probably the worst written one, in spite of the actual quality of the plot - the message it tries to convey drags it down in enjoyability a lot.

    • erik [he/him]
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      8 months ago

      Have you tried not complaining and doing what you must?

      This really hits it with the over coming the shadow-self thing. There could be a really liberating message there. Like "society has certain expectations of you because of x gender identity or y career path, but that sucks and you should be true to yourself even in the face of that pressure" but instead it's more "society has a certain expectations of you and have you thought maybe you should just suck it up and accept that?"