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[Pyrrhus]

I thought Morrowind was destroyed because of said volcano in the background of those images?

My understanding is that Vivec and Balmora got cooked but the coastal areas are... not immediately fatal? More broadly, Vvardenfell is not the entirety of Morrowind. There was a mainland portion. Of course I think the beastfolk also rose up and had their way with things too. Regardless, let's say it was a real bad last 200 years for the Dunmer.

 

[daedalius]

Cthulu expansion for Skyrim? Yes please!

 

[Doctor Decimate]

morrowind stuff + cthulhu = yes

 

[Clay Davis]

Why the hell is Skyrim still $60?

I suggest searching a few more stores because I bought a digital copy for the xbox 360 for £9 last week.

 

[hemtae]

So what's the story about on this one?

Price?

Number of missions?

New weapons/abilities?

Size of the new area?

Release date?

I assume it's DLC and not a retail expansion.

Go to a Nord/Dark Elf island close to Morrowind. Find out about the first Dragonborn. There's also something about a Daedric Prince and dragon riding

$20

probably a decent amount

yes

Probably around the size of Bloodmoon for Morrowind

December 4th for 360 around a month later for PC probably never for PS3.

 

[Woorloog]

So, can you actually use spears in this? And are they one or two handed if you can use them (new skills are out of question)?

 

[Goodacre0081]

I thought the timed exclusivity on DLC was for the first 2 pieces of DLC only? I guess that deal was extended?

it's almost as if the deal is forfeit. there is no PS3 version so how does this even work anymore?

 

[zkylon]

Wow at the Morrowind jellyfish. This might make me want to play Skyrim again.

 

[RebornYeti]

it's almost as if the deal is forfeit. there is no PS3 version so how does this even work anymore?

PC version still exists.

 

[Tobor]

Day 1 on PC after one month delay due to shitty ass Microsoft.

 

[Pookmunki]

I don't want to ride a Dragon, give me back my levitation spell!

This!

Skyrim is a step in the right direction but I would gladly take less cities in the next ES over ones that weren't seperate 'levels' meaning i could levitate.

Shit was the bomb in Morrowind, yo

 

[Darkmakaimura]

well all know there's going to a GOTY edition but does bethesda ever do any retail disc DLC packs with all the extra content? kinda like this one for borderlands.

BTW, something just occurred to me. Shivering Isles was released as a separate retail disc before the GOTY version came out. Since it is unlikely Dragonborn will be released in stores on disc, I'm guessing the hopes of a GOTY on-disc DLC version is also unlikely.

 

[Dark Octave]

Go to a Nord/Dark Elf island close to Morrowind. Find out about the first Dragonborn. There's also something about a Daedric Prince and dragon riding

$20

probably a decent amount

yes

Probably around the size of Bloodmoon for Morrowind

December 4th for 360 around a month later for PC probably never for PS3.

You are awesome, thank you.

 

[Cameron122]

I like how it comes out on my birthday but I won't be able to play it for over a month because I bought Skyrim for PC

.-.

 

[Bomber Bob]

totally morrowind

 

[FastRedPonyCar]

Day 1 purchase. Will ride dragon/no clip up to volcano.

 

[Meccanical]

Maybe I would have liked Skyrim if all this was in from the beginning.

 

[Lime]

In any way, isn't the DLC for Skyrim just more of the same talk to character->get quest->fetch item/clear dungeon->return to character->finish quest? There might be new environments and characters, but the rules and mechanics remain the same, right?

 

[Felix Lighter]

In any way, isn't the DLC for Skyrim just more of the same talk to character->get quest->fetch item/clear dungeon->return to character->finish quest? There might be new environments and characters, but the rules and mechanics remain the same, right?

They added vampire mechanics and crossbows to Dawngaurd and some other gameplay mechanics, like mounted combat as well, I think with a patch. This looks like there adding a few mechanics here as well. My biggest issue with Skyrim is enemy variety and hopefully this addresses that. Quests stuff is probably not drastically different.

 

[Lime]

They added vampire mechanics and crossbows to Dawngaurd and some other gameplay mechanics, like mounted combat as well, I think with a patch. This looks like there adding a few mechanics here as well. My biggest issue with Skyrim is enemy variety and hopefully this addresses that. Quests stuff is probably not drastically different.

Yeah, but I mean the formal structure of the game remains the same: Meet quest-giver, get quest, go to quest location, kill/collect quest object, return to quest-giver.

 

[Felix Lighter]

Yeah, but I mean the formal structure of the game remains the same: Meet quest-giver, get quest, go to quest location, kill/collect quest object, return to quest-giver.

The quest structure has remained the same in my experience.

 

[TheVoidDragon]

Looks great, i think it's a bit too expensive though. I still haven't played Dawnguard either.

 

[Psychoward]

That's Skyrim alright.

 

[foogles]

I felt pretty let down by Dawnguard, and thought it was a weaker point in Bethesda's adventure DLC history so far. I'm hoping that Dragonborn redeems it.

(My complaint regarding Dawnguard starts with the $20 price tag, but it's also the narrative and lore, as Bethesda kind of threw around their legendary artifacts a bit too happily. The Falmer were kind of glossed over, the Elder Scrolls were treated rather casually, and even the legendary weapon seemed to be all about the big bada boom it could induce.)

I gave Bethesda a lot of praise in the past for their Fallout 3 and New Vegas DLC strategy, as ten bucks was excellent for 4-10 hours of additional gameplay. This twenty dollar shit needs to start delivering with some meaty adventures. (And the Xbox exclusivity is ridiculous and I don't care about why it's like that. Doesn't feel like Xbox gets it early; it feels a lot more like PC gets it late and PS3 not at all.)

 

[dinosaur_hunter2]

Amazing, can't wait!

 

[Trigger]

So, can you actually use spears in this? And are they one or two handed if you can use them (new skills are out of question)?

I'd think a spear would be two-handed.

 

[Woorloog]

I'd think a spear would be two-handed.

Yeah, i'd think that too. But what if we get javelins (throwing spears)?
And one-handed spears are not an impossibility really. Shield'n'spear would be awesome.
But first, can we even use spears? I've afraid we won't be able, i'd imagine that would have been shown in the trailer were it possible...

 

[BigTnaples]

Seriously, the fact that he gets to play Morrowind for the first time makes him the real winner.

This. If only I could go back and play Morrowind for the first time... One of my all time most treasured times in gaming.

 

[BobLoblaw]

This. If only I could go back and play Morrowind for the first time... One of my all time most treasured times in gaming.

Same. The freedom to go wherever I wanted, awesome music, open-ended gamplay decisions left up to me, etc. I literally spent hundreds of hours exploring everything in the game and I never beat it. Oops. Gonna play it through some day.

 

[Treemonkeys]

I thought Talos was the first dragonborn?

 

[Lord Phol]

First Skyrim DLC I'm interested in, the enemy variety looks great. One of those looks like a mindflayer D:.

 

[JoeBoy101]

I thought Talos was the first dragonborn?

I may be wrong, but I believe he was the last dragonborn. That is, before the player.

 

[hemtae]

I thought Talos was the first dragonborn?

As far as I know, St. Alessia was considered in game to be the first dragonborn.

 

[BigTnaples]

Damn the more I look at this the more I want it.


Got right up to the end of Skyrims main quest and decided to savor the rest (and a substantial amount of SQs) until I could build up a good amount of mods, and DLC and go in to a fresh new game.


As soon as this hits PC, that time will have arrived.

 

[Kodiak]

Ugh, this texture work is so gross.

 

[RebornYeti]

I may be wrong, but I believe he was the last dragonborn. That is, before the player.

No wasn't it Martin Septim?

 

[Darkmakaimura]

$20 is too much for this? Isn't this Shivering Isles scale? That add-on was hours and hours of entertainment and in some ways looked better than the core Oblivion game itself. This looks to do the same. Giving us a whole different - well, a return to an environment with far better graphics - land to explore including Herma Mora's plane. I think this will be quite worth the $20, especially if it's anything like Shivering Isles.

Again, I'm hoping there's a Gang of the Year Edition for all this coming out.

 

[BigTnaples]

Ugh, this texture work is so gross.

Eh, could be better but it is far from bad...


If texture resolution is a big thing you should be playing it on PC anyways, HD textures, plus Mods for even more HD textures.

Hell, if Morrowind can look like this after 11 years...

Imagine what Skyrim will look like on PCs of 2022...

 

[Drazgul]

The upper half is modded as well? That looks way too good to be from the vanilla game.

 

[Vigilant Walrus]

What could possibly go wr--

Of course, for mages the cliff racers weren't even a nuisance. Just go past them with invisibility or if you felt murderous, just blast them to hell with an AoE spell (custom one of course, the store-bought ones were terribly crap).

HAHAHAHA

 

[Ledsen]

Man, people saying "this is from game X!" even though Morrowind released in 2002 before all those other games... is this the new WH40K/Starcraft?

 

[Socreges]

Hell, if Morrowind can look like this after 11 years...



Imagine what Skyrim will look like on PCs of 2022...

That's ridiculous. All due to mods from Elder Scrolls geeks? (god bless em)

Never played Morrowind and I'm a bit surprised at people telling others to go play it. Seems like the mechanics of it would be pretty dated. Even Skyrim suffers from a pretty uninspired combat system.

Tempted again to rebuy Skyrim. One day. But not any time soon.

 

[Ledsen]

That's ridiculous. All due to mods from Elder Scrolls geeks? (god bless em)

Never played Morrowind and I'm a bit surprised at people telling others to go play it. Seems like the mechanics of it would be pretty dated. Even Skyrim suffers from a pretty uninspired combat system.

Tempted again to rebuy Skyrim. One day. But not any time soon.

The combat system is as dated as you'd think, but of course... there's a mod for that (actually tons of them)

The best thing about Morrowind though, is world design. Still unsurpassed in the series.

 

[Blue Ninja]

I think it's a Netch?

Bull Netch, yeah. And I think that's Red Mountain (from Morrowind) in the Background. No idea why it's still spewing (shitty-looking) smoke 200 years after it erupted, but hey, fantasy.

Think this is Stalhrim armor. Looks awesome.

 

[BigTnaples]

The combat system is as dated as you'd think, but of course... there's a mod for that (actually tons of them)

The best thing about Morrowind though, is world design. Still unsurpassed in the series.

Yeah, aside from the combat I still prefer Morrowind's enchantment and spell creation system. Also, its world and the feeling you get exploring it is unsurpassed.



In fact, here I go again, reinstalling.

 

[Piercedveil]

Cannot wait to play this. I'll have tons more Skyrim to play once I get this and Dawnguard finally.

 

[Gamer @ Heart]

I pray for more than 1 set of awesome looking armor and weapons to build and enchant. Content is gravy but i like my loot.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

They had me at Netch!

Yup.

At first I was all "Skyrim dlc lol", then I was all "Bull Netch..."

 

[cdyhybrid]

I like how it comes out on my birthday but I won't be able to play it for over a month because I bought Skyrim for PC

.-.

Birthday/PC brethren! Bro-fist. I, too, will not get to play this on my birthday

The mask in that screenshot gives me an idea for my next character...The question is can I hold off on starting it until the expansion comes out

 

[Cameron122]

Birthday/PC brethren! Bro-fist. I, too, will not get to play this on my birthday

The mask in that screenshot gives me an idea for my next character...The question is can I hold off on starting it until the expansion comes out