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[NightSymphony]

Daggerfall was the first Elder Scrolls game I played.  That game had so many bugs I could never finish it, but it was a lot of fun. I got stuck in a table a few times.  Aaaah, the memories.

[CapricornSun]

Oblivion was my first Elder Scrolls game. Also, it was the RPG that made me move from playing JRPGs to Western RPGs so it kind of has a special place in my heart.  (My Bosmer looked hella anime-looking with light blue hair because I was heavily into JRPGs during that time. xD)

[Ellawynn]

I played Argonian in Oblivion. Argonian or Dunmer. Always either of those two.

 

Speaking of other video games, I finally found the time and desire to get back into Witcher 3 today. To find that my former ex-girlfriend has turned some weird quasimodo baby in to a tattooed elf man who everyone seems to think is hot.

 

I... I have no idea what's going on.

[NightSymphony]

I really enjoyed Witcher 1 and 2 but I just cannot afford to buy 3 right now. *pouts*  I miss Geralt. 

[NightSymphony]

Pretty Solavellan Landscape Art.

Spoiler

http://joydart.devia...ellan-592245493

[ladyiolanthe]

Well, it's not like literacy rate in Europe was indicative of literacy rate among other cultures and nations. During the Islamic Golden Age (8-13th century) the Islamic Empire had a high literacy rate. So did classical Athens.

That's what I was thinking about the Islamic Golden Age, yes, but I was too lazy to go look it up for factual basis.  Thanks.  

[Bayonet Hipshot]

I played Argonian in Oblivion. Argonian or Dunmer. Always either of those two.

 

Speaking of other video games, I finally found the time and desire to get back into Witcher 3 today. To find that my former ex-girlfriend has turned some weird quasimodo baby in to a tattooed elf man who everyone seems to think is hot.

 

I... I have no idea what's going on.

 

I prefer playing Bosmer - They are the only Elves on Tamriel with a sense of humor. As for their Green Pact, it does not apply outside Valenwood, which means no need to be a cannibal who can't eat plants.

 

Ex-girlfriend ? You chose Triss ?

 

So...Avallac'h or Solas ? Who would you pick ? The Aen Saevherne or Fen'Harel ?

[Ellawynn]

I prefer playing Bosmer - They are the only Elves on Tamriel with a sense of humor. As for their Green Pact, it does not apply outside Valenwood, which means no need to be a cannibal who can't eat plants.

 

Ex-girlfriend ? You chose Triss ?

 

So...Avallac'h or Solas ? Who would you pick ? The Aen Saevherne or Fen'Harel ?

 

Solas. All I know about elf dude is he has tattoos. I'm not into into tattoos, really.

[Illyria]

I prefer playing Bosmer - They are the only Elves on Tamriel with a sense of humor. As for their Green Pact, it does not apply outside Valenwood, which means no need to be a cannibal who can't eat plants.

 

Ex-girlfriend ? You chose Triss ?

 

So...Avallac'h or Solas ? Who would you pick ? The Aen Saevherne or Fen'Harel ?

 

Altmer for me!  Yay for non-traditional high elves.

 

(walking into the embassy and it's basically that 'what up, fellow kids?' gif.)

[Elessara]

Altmer for me!  Yay for non-traditional high elves.

 

(walking into the embassy and it's basically that 'what up, fellow kids?' gif.)

 

I started playing the Elder Scrolls with Morrowind.

 

Call me petty but I found the elves in the single player ES games to be particularly unattractive.  And the Argonians.  The Khajit were ok looking.  But mostly I played humans in those games.  In ESO I played an Altmer and a Dunmer.  I also rolled a Bosmer that I never really got around to playing.  Ditto with the Imperial.

[Bayonet Hipshot]

Altmer for me!  Yay for non-traditional high elves.

 

(walking into the embassy and it's basically that 'what up, fellow kids?' gif.)

 

Altmer are a tad bit too pompous for me. But their women look exotic. I am still mad that Bethesda remove the quest that would allow players to marry either Faralda or Niranye, leaving us stuck with Taarie.

 

I started playing the Elder Scrolls with Morrowind.

 

Call me petty but I found the elves in the single player ES games to be particularly unattractive.  And the Argonians.  The Khajit were ok looking.  But mostly I played humans in those games.  In ESO I played an Altmer and a Dunmer.  I also rolled a Bosmer that I never really got around to playing.  Ditto with the Imperial.

 

That's the best part about Elder Scrolls Elves. They are species of exotic bipedal humanoids. They are not just better versions of humans. They are not pretty but they are badasses.
 

[Endee]

*falls back into the thread to dump sum Solas hugs because he needs them*

 

 

[midnight tea]

Well if we're getting really back in my day, every skill was a grind skill, because enemies don't really scale in Morrowind so if you wanted to level up you could just go back to Seyda Neen and punch mud crabs all day.

 

Before that there's no days to go back to. Morrowind was my first Elder Scrolls love.

 

Oblivion was a first RPG for me, so it'll always look at it with nostalgia... And I really have to laugh about it, because back when I began playing and finding stuff about, say mods or leveling on some forums, there were these "huh, they don't make games as they used to anymore" or "Previous game was so much better!" threads I kept stumbling upon.

 

...Funny how it still happens with almost every game I play almost a decade later  Sometimes people are such predictable creatures, it's funny

 

 

Altmer for me!  Yay for non-traditional high elves.

 

Dunmer for me, predominantly I played with Altmers and Bretons quite a few times too.

[Elessara]

Altmer are a tad bit too pompous for me. But their women look exotic. I am still mad that Bethesda remove the quest that would allow players to marry either Faralda or Niranye, leaving us stuck with Taarie.

 

 

That's the best part about Elder Scrolls Elves. They are species of exotic bipedal humanoids. They are not just better versions of humans. They are not pretty but they are badasses.
 

 

Meh.  It's not so much a problem in the ES games where I usually play in first person and so almost never see my character outside of character creation.  But darn it I want my character to look pretty!   

[Ellawynn]

 

Call me petty but I found the elves in the single player ES games to be particularly unattractive.  And the Argonians.  

 

Attractive has nothing to do with it. Gills have everything to do with it. Gills and poison immunity. I laugh in the face of your Ayleid traps, Oblivion! 

 

I remember reading about one of the quests in Oblivion - I think it's that one in Bravil where you go into the guy's nightmare and have to pass a gauntlet of tests. And the other poster was like "The underwater one's really hard, because it's so easy to get turned around, and with so few breathing potions you'll end up drowning pretty quick!"

 

And I was just like "Well. You might."

 

Oblivion was a first RPG for me, so it'll always look at it with nostalgia... And I really have to laugh about it, because back when I began playing and finding stuff about, say mods or leveling on some forums, there were these "huh, they don't make games as they used to anymore" or "Previous game was so much better!" threads I kept stumbling upon.

 

I didn't mean it as a knock against Skyrim - I actually prefer Skyrim to Oblivion. And as much as I love Morrowind, even I can recognize that it's a buggy mess that looks like bad paper-mache. 

 

But it's a nostalgic buggy mess that looks like bad paper-mache.

[midnight tea]

I didn't mean it as a knock against Skyrim - I actually prefer Skyrim to Oblivion. And as much as I love Morrowind, even I can recognize that it's a buggy mess that looks like bad paper-mache. 

 

But it's a nostalgic buggy mess that looks like bad paper-mache.

 

Oh, I didn't mean it as if I accused you of something - it was a general observation

[drosophila]

This series of posts made me smile, since DAI is my first RPG. Ten years from now I'll be posting somewhere about all the shards we had to collect in my day

[Elessara]

Attractive has nothing to do with it. Gills have everything to do with it. Gills and poison immunity. I laugh in the face of your Ayleid traps, Oblivion! 

 

I remember reading about one of the quests in Oblivion - I think it's that one in Bravil where you go into the guy's nightmare and have to pass a gauntlet of tests. And the other poster was like "The underwater one's really hard, because it's so easy to get turned around, and with so few breathing potions you'll end up drowning pretty quick!"

 

And I was just like "Well. You might."

 

 

I didn't mean it as a knock against Skyrim - I actually prefer Skyrim to Oblivion. And as much as I love Morrowind, even I can recognize that it's a buggy mess that looks like bad paper-mache. 

 

But it's a nostalgic buggy mess that looks like bad paper-mache.

 

 

No, that's why you have a ton of water breathing potions!  lol

 

And traps?  Who cares about traps when you have that one agility thing that makes it so you don't set them off?  Ok, I know that was in Skyrim (and Fallout 3 and 4 and New Vegas) but I don't remember if it was in Oblivion or Morrowind lol.

[Elessara]

This series of posts made me smile, since DAI is my first RPG. Ten years from now I'll be posting somewhere about all the shards we had to collect in my day

 

DAO was the first RPG I actually became obsessive over.  Like, I replayed it back to back.  Usually I played something once and then a few months later went back and played again.  But with DAO I was like ... *play* omg I love this game *play again* !!!! *play again* can't ... stop *play again*    =x

[NightSymphony]

DAO was the first RPG I actually became obsessive over.  Like, I replayed it back to back.  Usually I played something once and then a few months later went back and played again.  But with DAO I was like ... *play* omg I love this game *play again* !!!! *play again* can't ... stop *play again*    =x

hehehe..I did the same thing. My ex used to make fun of me. It's the only game I've been able to do that with.

[drosophila]

DAO was the first RPG I actually became obsessive over.  Like, I replayed it back to back.  Usually I played something once and then a few months later went back and played again.  But with DAO I was like ... *play* omg I love this game *play again* !!!! *play again* can't ... stop *play again*    =x

That's exactly me with DAI. Just recently finished my super-ultra-uber-collect-all-the-mosaics-completionist playthrough. Thought it was time for a break and something new. Started Fallout 4 over the weekend and really enjoyed it. Then Sunday night I decided it's time to try nightmare mode and here I am in the Hinterlands again.

[Caddius]

I saw the very first preview of Oblivion in Xbox Magazine, and managed to pester my dad into taking me to the video game store because I didn't realize that it wasn't out yet. Some blessed angel of a clerk pointed me out to Morrowind, which ended up beating Oblivion as a game in my opinion. (But it was a gentlemanly, well fought duel. )

I'm usually Bretons in Morrowind, Dunmer or Bretons or Altmer in Oblivion, and Dunmer or Nords or Bosmer in Skyrim. I don't play Redguards much as the legendary Yo-Yo, the monk who punched the Dren Plantation and Vivec into submission in the first two hours of the game, should never be surpassed.

I recently got Oblivion for PC, and downloaded a few snazzy mods for it, along with the Morroblivion deal. Both Morrowind and Oblivion have mostly held up, even without nostalgia goggles.

 

I've tried to play Arena and Daggerfall, but, um, I get lost and die in the starter dungeons, and then I can't figure out how to open it up in DOSBox again. 

I've always kinda secretly wanted a RPG that blends Bioware and Bethesda into a lore-heavy, open world, hard-hitting story black hole for my social life. Just the thought of Kirkbride and the Bioware team working together gives me goosebumps. 

 

I second the approval of elves in Elder Scrolls. Bunch of crazy bastards, but they're sure entertaining. Even the Thalmor.

The Dwemer may go down as one of the most interesting races in fantasy, period.

[Elessara]

I saw the very first preview of Oblivion in Xbox Magazine, and managed to pester my dad into taking me to the video game store because I didn't realize that it wasn't out yet. Some blessed angel of a clerk pointed me out to Morrowind, which ended up beating Oblivion as a game in my opinion. (But it was a gentlemanly, well fought duel. )

I'm usually Bretons in Morrowind, Dunmer or Bretons or Altmer in Oblivion, and Dunmer or Nords or Bosmer in Skyrim. I don't play Redguards much as the legendary Yo-Yo, the monk who punched the Dren Plantation and Vivec into submission in the first two hours of the game, should never be surpassed.

I recently got Oblivion for PC, and downloaded a few snazzy mods for it, along with the Morroblivion deal. Both Morrowind and Oblivion have mostly held up, even without nostalgia goggles.

 

I've tried to play Arena and Daggerfall, but, um, I get lost and die in the starter dungeons, and then I can't figure out how to open it up in DOSBox again. 

I've always kinda secretly wanted a RPG that blends Bioware and Bethesda into a lore-heavy, open world, hard-hitting story black hole for my social life. Just the thought of Kirkbride and the Bioware team working together gives me goosebumps. 

 

I second the approval of elves in Elder Scrolls. Bunch of crazy bastards, but they're sure entertaining. Even the Thalmor.

The Dwemer may go down as one of the most interesting races in fantasy, period.

 

One of the things that always bored me ... yes, bored me ... about the ES games I've played (Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim) was well ... ok, I find the stories lacking.  They do not engage me as much as most BioWare games do.  Also, I very much enjoy the crew/squad/companions we get in the BioWare games.  So, yeah a combination of the open worldness (that is a word!) of ES games and the story/companions of BW games would be pretty amazing.  Fallout 4 took some minor steps in that direction with the voiced PC (I'm addicted to voiced PCs now)  and the more fleshed out companions.

 

Honestly, I think for the kind of games that BioWare does, DAI came really close to the mark.  The actual world itself is just too large for a true open world.  And to be honest, when I first played DAI, I was totally amazed at the number of areas that opened up after you get to Skyhold.  Before Skyhold:  Hinterlands, Storm Coast, Fallow Marsh, Forbidden Oasis.  After Skyhold add in:  Crestwood, the Western Approach, Exalted Plains, Emerald Graves, Emprise du Lion, Hissing Wastes.  And these are not small areas, like Lothering or Redcliffe were in DAO.  Although I would have loved it if Val Royeaux had been larger and you were able to explore more of the city.

 

And right now I've completely forgotten where I was going with this so ... yeah.

 

Edited to add:  I think they could have gone with a total open world in say, DAO seeing as how you're confined to Ferelden.  They definitely could have done it with DA2 since you're pretty much stuck in Kirkwall and the immediate countryside - you don't even get to go to other city-states in the Free Marches.  I think DAI was too large to do an actual open world as you have locations all across Ferelden, Orlais and even Kirkwall you can go to.

[Ellawynn]

One of the things that always bored me ... yes, bored me ... about the ES games I've played (Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim) was well ... ok, I find the stories lacking.  They do not engage me as much as most BioWare games do.  Also, I very much enjoy the crew/squad/companions we get in the BioWare games.  So, yeah a combination of the open worldness (that is a word!) of ES games and the story/companions of BW games would be pretty amazing.  Fallout 4 took some minor steps in that direction with the voiced PC (I'm addicted to voiced PCs now)  and the more fleshed out companions.

 

But - but - the Gray Fox! And the Dark Brotherhood! And Dagoth Ur - have you seen Dagoth Ur? He's so nice! And his minions are so congenial! One of them brings you wine and insists on a pleasant chat before he murders your face in!

 

On a more serious note - the reason why I'm so into Elder Scrolls is because I just love exploration games. BioWare and their stories are great, don't get me wrong, but one thing I love about video games, one thing I think they can do unlike just about any other medium, is to just... throw the player into a world and let them explore it. No rules or restrictions - including those a story would impose - just a vast expanse of space to uncover and explore. 

 

Elder Scrolls goes a long way to scratching that itch. Elder Scrolls, Terraria, Journey, Don't Starve - Sunless Sea, very recently, hit that spot for me. BioWare's never been very great at that. They can throw out an interesting setting sometimes, but I still feel too restrained on what can do and where I can go to really feel... I dunno what the word for it would be. Adventurous? *Shrug* I just end up feeling too confined. Even Inquisition, with it's obvious attempt to ape open-world games, felt like that.

 

But I do like narrative based games as well, and I'm also in the camp that's sort of annoyed with BioWare for sort of shafting the story in a lot of places in order to pretend to be Skyrim. I'd rather have a game as small as DA2 if they pulled out incredible stories and companions to populate it with. 

[CapricornSun]

I prefer playing Bosmer - They are the only Elves on Tamriel with a sense of humor. As for their Green Pact, it does not apply outside Valenwood, which means no need to be a cannibal who can't eat plants.

 

Ex-girlfriend ? You chose Triss ?

 

So...Avallac'h or Solas ? Who would you pick ? The Aen Saevherne or Fen'Harel ?

 

I play Bosmer as well. They're quirky and I tend to play sneaky archer types in Elder Scrolls games anyway so Bosmer are perfect for me.

 

I started playing the Elder Scrolls with Morrowind.

 

Call me petty but I found the elves in the single player ES games to be particularly unattractive.  And the Argonians.  The Khajit were ok looking.  But mostly I played humans in those games.  In ESO I played an Altmer and a Dunmer.  I also rolled a Bosmer that I never really got around to playing.  Ditto with the Imperial.

 

I dunno. Call me strange, but I think the ES elves have a kind of strange alien beauty to them. Of course, that doesn't mean I won't use mods to prettify my Bosmer gal in Skyrim. (She still has that alien beauty to her though, even with the mods.)

 

EDIT: Also, Skyrim elves look a lot better than the potato-looking elves in Oblivion IMO.