Whereby the user, Castin, will record herein a random stream of consciousness about any and all videogame intellectual properties she is currently partaking of, ad nauseam. Perchance.
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Just started playing Morrowind for the first time and Jesus Christ.
I thought the Windhelm Nords were racist in Skyrim. They got nothing on Morrowind Dunmer. It's like they invented xenophobia. At least the Nords didn't enslave anyone -- Morrowind Dunmer be just casually enslaving Khajiit and Argonians left and right. Every tavern I go into seems to have some poor kitty or lizard shackled up in the basement. Every bandit lair has a cell full of slaves. And everybody calling me n'wah and telling me to gtfo. SORRY I'M AN IMMIGRANT, GAWD. These are some seriously nationalist isolationist chaps.
That said, this game is crazy good in some ways. The culture and landscape are truly unique. It feels huge, huger than Skyrim and Oblivion somehow. Maybe because there's no fast travel?
- I can fly/levitate?? Why did they make this go away?
- Spells can FAIL Jesus Christ this is frustrating.
- To advance in any guild you have to meet skill requirements. This stops me from burning through the ranks too quickly, I like it a lot. Also makes advancement feel authentic. Can't become guildmaster without truly mastering the skills required.
- I met A DWEMER. A still-living Dwemer. Holy shit. It's in the dungeon of a mad 4,000-year-old wizard who invites you to steal from his collection of legendary artifacts. Ignore his four wives that are actually his magical constructs or something.
- No quest markers, just gotta listen and follow directions.
- You can join every guild but there will actually be some conflicts and decisions of loyalty, unlike in later games where your various guilds weren't very aware of your involvement in the others.
Red Dead Redemption 2. There's a creepy guy living in the swamp north of Saint Denis. He invites you into his house (creepily). I really enjoyed the revenge story that unfolded from the last creepy people who invited me into their house, so I go in. Dude hits Arthur over the back of the head. Camera cuts to a first person view of Arthur looking up at the ceiling and the creepy guy kneeling over him, talking (creepily). Fade to black. Arthur wakes up in the wilderness. Nothing stolen. He groans and says "Oh... my... Lord." I wonder if I got him SA'd for the rest of the game and feel terrible about it.
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@Castin
Maybe because there's no fast travel?
That is terrible, but still a better game than Skyrim.