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Oblivion gets overlooked nowadays, but it was a game-changer when it first came out.

Morrowind and Oblivion were just incredible times and experiences in my gaming life. still after so many years later and all those hours in those games they 're totally unforgettable : D

Man. I still remember renting Morrowind at Blockbuster back in like 2002 or 2003, not knowing what it was but being fascinated by the artwork and synopsis on the back of the game case. And actually playing it for the first time? It opened my mind to what games can do for open-ended RPG adventuring. Oh, and it was super hard and confusing, too. Good times.

Oblivion…. My first bgs game. My first play through was tough, I picked an orc which just didn’t go well. I struggled and had no idea what I was doing. I started again and well I must of put 300 hours in and had the best time playing a video game ever.

It's funny how people praise BOTW for "dropping you into the world", or "no guidance system".... in reality they never played Morrowind.

Morrowind and oblivion are my all-time favorite games from Bethesda

I was floored by Oblivion back in 06. The graphics were insane I had never seen an open world that detailed I would just walk around looking at blades of grass and flowers. Who would’ve thought at the time that 17 years and two console gens later we’d have open worlds that look like Pokémon Violet 😢

I know it’s hard work putting content out at this pace. But please, try to remember, you’re doing what you love, and most people have passionless professions to pay the bill. Happy for you, brother, keep up the good work!

Morrowind felt like a survival game often times. It was harsh and unforgiving and I absolutely adored it as a kid. I also miss the Levitation skill so much...that needs to come back with the more robust hardware we have now. I remember exploring a dungeon/cave and noticing a faint light up near the ceiling. Welp, I levitate up there and sure enough there's a small little room carved out in the rock with one of the unique daedric masks up hidden up there! Incredible game. Which reminds me, please for the love of God Bethesda stop tying loot tiers to your character level! In Morrowind, you could kill a character wielding Deadric and loot it for youraelf even if you were low level! My first Deadric item in Morrowind was from killing a slave plantation owner. Such a great game! I love the reduction of hand holding in Starfield but they could go further with that imo

My Steam Deck has just turned into a Bethesda machine for me, and I couldn’t be happier

I still remember my first Oblivion playthrough. I was in 8th grade and had no idea what i was doing. I chose an Argonian because i thought breathing underwater sounded cool. I remember stealing a bunch of shit from the imperial city and the guards chasing me out. I would just dive into the lake outside and hide at the bottom of it lmao

Honestly, you looking back at these games adds so much life to them. I have so many memories that get brought back from watching your videos.

You mentioned Redguard, but didn't cover Battlespire. You also missed the entire Elder Scrolls Travels series.

Theres also elderscrollsdont forget about Elder Scrolls Travels Dawnstar and Shadowkey on the bloody Nokia N-Gage lol. I know bethesda only published them though

Honestly I'd argue the paragraph on the back of the Morrowind case is still accurate.

I think starfield feels small because it's very obvious how you can't explore entire planets. It just randomly generates a relatively small area every time you land. There's a handful of noticeable locations but then you'll hit invisible walls. You can land, take off and land back in the same spot and the terrain will be different.

Morrwind is so insanely impressive. Its not even nostalgia goggles. I was born 2 years after it was released & played it for the first time earlier this year. It has a bit of a learning curve, but if u get past the first few hours it starts to just click and its a gem. The writing is great, the cities are goregous, the spells are incredibly fun, and the immerson from needing to actually decipher where to go and how to get there is top tier. The only downsides are the daunting amount of modding to polish it up to a remaster level, and how good magic is. Ironically magic is so busted yet so fun that its hard to recommend Morrwind to anyone without telling them "you HAVE to explore the magic system"

Fellowship of the Ring - 2001 Morrowind - 2002 Two towers - 2002 Return of the King - 2003 Just sayinnnn…

Morrowind was my first game when I was a kid and all I did on it was see how far I could walk away from Seyda Neen. I remember being blown away when I came across a town and city. Thought the game went on forever.

My first playthrough of Morrowind, I think I just randomly stumbled into the wizard's cave where you get Chrysamere. What a weapon..

Oblivion is still my favorite Fantasy style RPG of all time Go back to it every handful of years and fall in love all over again

I try to get on these every release. I feel everyone’s hype. But I never play them for more then 10 hours, just don’t care for the structure or stories

Oblivion Undead: WTF is that!? Oh hell no! I am getting the hell out of here! Skyrim Undead: Been here and done that. Not that impressive.

Wayne Gretzky hockey was probably the best elder scroll game out there

Morrowind is the best Elder Scrolls game change my mind. It deserves a remaster given how groundbreaking it is and that it saved Bethesda I was surprised it didn’t get a remastered port to modern consoles for its 20th anniversary. I hope Elder Scrolls VI brings back the classics RPG features/update them like Race stats, Attributes, Class, Birthsigns, plenty of factions (with restrictions and consequences), branching questlines and being able to kill any NPC even if it ruins quests because true immersion letting the player do whatever they want. Well we’ll see

My friend, I gotta say - this vid made me sub. I too, first played Morrowind at a friend's house and thought, "I gotta try this weirdness". That started it all - and then I got my first JOB for a 360/Oblivion. I also had all the maps on my wall! Thank you for sharing this nostalgia!

I think that what actually makes Morrowind so “difficult” is the menus/UI. I’m talking the map, quest log, (if you can even call it that) menus and such. I actually love the navigation, people telling where to go, if only I could find their directions again in a quest log, or have a map I can look at.

This may have been said, but on PC BGS released elder scrolls archive - all disks for all games, and maps for all games

I think Morrowind would be amazing in vr if you could easily look down at your journal to instantly check directions. Without that barrier there I think following directions this way would actually make it more fun.

Morrowind is the GOAT. That magic stepping off the ship at Seyda Neen may never be reproduced…

Morrowind is a game I can go back to every single year and get completely indulged for a month

Morrowind showing why manuals are so important for a game.

It all went downhill from Daggerfall. The original idea for Morrowind sounded so fucking cool. At least the OG Daggerfall developers are making a spiritual successor with The Wayward Realms

I remember playing Morrowind (also being frustrated by missing) and wandering through the starting area and town, and then being absolutely blown away when I discovered traveling to other towns and seeing the scope of the map size. I had never really seen anything that large before. So open world.

there are 2 things i wish skyrim would allow: either transform or destroy the thieves guild, i am not a fan of the thieves guild and their ways in skyrim, i would either want to destroy them, or convert them into a more robin-hood-esque version that helps the poor the 2nd one is that i wish we could have more dialogue options to help us make our character more diverse personality wise, like say: valiant, snarky, discreet, meek, polite, rude, etc Also reminder: OpenMW and TES3MP are built from scratch stuff for Morrowind, OpenMW is basically Morrowind with less bugs and major quality of life changes, and TES3MP is Morrowind with Friends (and yes you can use mods)

you’re not gonna mention the sound track and jeremy soule at all?? i feel like everyone sleeps on the soundtracks

The MANUAL....seriously dude????!!!!!

Morrowind definitive addition should have been just called Morrowind. The game was released unfinished and the "expansion" completed the story. A lot of people missed the whole story because of the size of the game and the fact it was not spoon fed to the player. I was happy with the release so I could finish killing the false god betrayers.

You forgot "An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire" released in 1997. also, Todd Howard was project leader for the first time on 'Redguard' released in 1998 ( the flop )

I don’t think ES6 will be all of Tamriel. I think it’ll be focused on a single province, but will have fully fleshed out and explorable deadric planes of oblivion.

Cmon Todd, please awaken your magic once more with VI. and Phil, gave him time and budget all he need

Aw dude, I started with Oblivion just like you. That was my first Elder Scrolls game and my first Bethesda game. Oh, and, not to be that guy, but you did forget to include Battlespire when you were going over the earlier games. It came out before Redguard.

Playing through Oblivion now, I don’t find it AS good as Morrowind, but it definitely earned its place in any gamers library.

It is mind-boggling and astonishing how good you can make Skyrim look with mods. I’m still in disbelief every time I boot up my heavily modded game on PC. The game looked very mediocre on release. I remember the hate it was getting on console. But my God, you can make Skyrim look better than a lot of today’s games. Not just in quality and clarity, but in art style and as an art form. It’s truly incredible.

You know instead of remastering Skyrim for the 5th time they should have remastered oblivion, morrowind and daggerfall for modern consoles. Tweak the controls to make it more playable and fun but why not Skyrim Special enchanted edition for ps5 series x

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the dlc from skyrim that takes you to a 'part' of morrowind is solstheim, they tell you that, it's called that when you fast travel to it, whenever you try to exit anything, it is named in the quest log, the ship captain says it when you initially have to go there, castle karstaag, shit just open the map on either game, did you actually play the dlc?

In 2024 I’m 28 and Skyrim is STILL my favorite game. And I still play it today. 🤙🏻

Morrowind for the win 🏆. Period.

You forgot about Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire , and the were some mobile ports of TES Travels like The Elder Scrolls Travels: Stormhold, The Elder Scrolls Travels: Dawnstar, The Elder Scrolls Travels: Shadowkey and The Elder Scrolls Travels: Oblivion

"Bethesda's First New IP In Over 25 Years!" is the targline I keep seeing on StarField advertisements. Unfortunately, their "new IP" both looks & feels like every game they've released in the past.

Man Matty your content has been straight crispy lately, you fookin legend!❤

I made an entire fanfic series consisting of so many characters in the Elder Scrolls world. I refer to it as the Bellonseries. Most stories consist of the main character from each game but others are from characters in between. I took inspiration from the Fable series. I'm trying to say that this series inspired me.

Your love for Bethesda completely mirrors my own. Love this content Matty, keep it up!

As a Legends fan, it's still alive and kicking! You'll find games in 20 seconds or less usually, and there are tonssss of decks that can be made

I love this series. My only concern with elder scrolls siz is how they seem to shrink everything character wise each iteration. Less weapons. Less armor types. Less skills. Doesnt ruin the games but man.

Oblivion was my favorite but Morrowind was what got me started

how brilliant is KZfaq, watching your retrospective of TES and the advert is for the Telvaani update in TES:O xD could not make it up

Saw the thumbnail and was like is this MrMattyPlays? Sure enough!

The 360 version of Skyrim isn't backwards compatible. You either have the Special Edition or Anniversary Edition to play on Xbox

Best game in existence TES3 MORROWIND

Really enjoyed the vid. Your parents should be proud of you pursuing your passion and putting so much work into it.

I'm glad you added Blades and Legends. You didn't add Shadowkey or some of the other side games though.

Morrowind is my favorite game in the series to this day. Something about it just felt more immersive. It was truly like playing in a sandbox where you could make and break the rules.

Oblivion game of the year was my most played elder scrolls . Shivering isles, the arena, the dark brotherhood, the separate DLCs like the ice tower, the pirate cove, and the castle. I did everything over multiple playthroughs over multiple years I kept going back even though I had the achievements for it. I over played Skyrim aswell

Hey man, not seen your videos before but really enjoyed this, thanks!!

Morrowind and Oblivion are just awesome! Skyrim? Thanks, no thanks.

Now we have Starfield to add to the Bethesda master collection.

You forgot the ngage one and Battlespire

Haven’t watched the video yet but TES has my entire heart and I’m so excited to listen to this while playing Starfield ❤

the back of the oblivion case is forever burned into my mind because i would stare at it when i got grounded for playing to much

Oh man, game manuals. God I miss those.

Much like your experience of being surrounded by people that weren't into these types of games, i too became an outcast when i was introduced to elder scrolls. Oblivion completely changed who i was. I went from a hedonistic raver to a complete shut in. I worked 4 ten hour shifts from monday night to friday morning and played oblivion during any time inbetween. I regret not a single second of those many hours playing.

My favorite boxed copy of Elder Scrolls, is the Anthology for PC, absolutely beautiful collection.

Oblivion was my fist ES game. I played the game for hours days and never got bored of it. I wish they would make a remake of it.

Love to see your hard work paying off! Keep it up!

I'll never forget playing Morrowind for 8 hours straight, never saving the game once, and then getting stuck in between 2 rocks and not being able to get out.

I really hope Morrowind will be remastered… it’s my all time favorite game and I’d easily pay $100… yes stupid but man! My 10 to 12 year old years was a blast with this game 100’s of characters I made over and over just testing the waters.

I thought the spell-making customization was far superior in Morrowind vs Oblivion, and not being able to delete all or certain spells in oblivion was a pain. But yes a great game nonetheless.

Between this channel and your main channel I’ve been really enjoying these bethesda videos! Bethesda is my favorite game studio and I always get lost in their single player games. Keep it up!

Oblivion still remains the best BGS to this day.

The only games I play at least an hour every day are the old school pokemon games Blue, Gold, Fire Red, Emerald etc. and the Elder Scrolls. Sometimes Fallout 3 and 4 sessions here and there but Fallout isn't really my Jam like the Elder Scrolls games are. Still Fallout Series are a lot of fun and good games at that.

Im loving the content so much and damn these thumbnails are kickass!

Oblivion is the greatest of all time as far as open world RPG in my opinion.

Thieves guild quest line, the last quest. Amazing

It's a shame Lydia can't keep up with you 😂😂😂

Matty you gotta record a pickup for this vid! You missed battlespire!

yep, there it is, morrowind and oblivion, there goes my youth :3

Skyrim was, is, and always will be something special. Phenomenal coverage of this series!

So Skyrim made you quit high school?

I love these videos! Have you thought of doing retrospectives on the games individually? Maybe starting from the beginning of the game series?

The only thing I didn't like about Oblivion is that since the enemies scaled with you, I never felt like I was getting stronger :/ The story was cool though~

Really hope elder scrolls 6 comes out on this generation of consoles. They've had an elder scrolls game on every console.

I think Daggerfall is still the largest map. The size of England (excluding flight simulator)

I read through the Oblivion booklet so many times. I remember I couldn't figure out how to level up on my first playthrough and was reading the booklet and found out I had to rest in bed. I slept and was immediately level 12. lol

The best way to experience a more modern take on Morrowind expansion for elder scrolls online. I played through it on Gamepass in March. It was a ton of fun!

Oblivion to this day is still my favorite game.

You forgot Battlespire and also Morrowind wasn't Todd Howard's first game. Todd was also the lead for Redguard.

Morrowind.. One of my first ever real RPGs, and potentially favorite game ever. Incredible. Oblivion.. Played on 2 diff platforms to completion, with ALL DLCs. I get chills, and suffer withdrawal symptoms when I hear a track from the ost. Skyrim.. Many, many days spent playing, going to sleep, waking up, playing on release. Repeat for the Dawnguard, and Dragonborn DLCs. I might need help.