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Hey /lit/,

I'm sure countless numbers of you have played this game before. No doubt you are aware that it is stuffed with a great deal of in-game text (for lack of a better term). Do you think that, ignoring the _game_ aspect of the Elder Scrolls series, one could consider these works on-par with what is considered "good literature"?

For those of you unfamiliar with Morrowind, here is a sample: http://www.imperial-library.info/content/morrowind-thirty-six-lessons-vivec

(It's Holy Scripture, and writer(s) who outlined it were clearly influenced by several historical texts, like the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Bhagavad Gita.)

>> No.1711866

Morrowind is quite possibly my favorite RPG.

The books/texts were a great addition to the game.

Outside of the game it really doesn't hold up.

>> No.1711900

my favorite game
even if i was impressed by the dedication of the game developers, i didn't spent much time reading the books in the game as i do with real books

>> No.1711936

Yo I just recently downloaded the soundtrack by Jeremy (which is my name) Soule. Major nostalgia

>> No.1711938

Today I was thinking I kinda wanted them all to put on my kindle.

There was some cool stories. Definatly my favourite game ever. I think they realeased some novels set in the tes world but I've not read them.

>> No.1711948

>>1711938
Just one so far. Its by greg keyes I believe. I own it i just cant locate it on my shelves. It was cool but it didnt feel like the elder scrolls. It was basicaly extra terrestrial. It even more different than the shivering isles was for oblivion.

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EAT MY DoF!

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>>1711951
ENTS, FUCK YEAR!

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>>1711953
on topic: I think most of the books are unimpressive, being so short. Nice idea - really immersive within the game. But as actual writing they are nothing outside of the game world.

>> No.1711958

>>1711948
I might check it out then once I've read all the many other books on my list.

Although I was hoping for some kinda dune style epic set in morrowind featuring a rich cast of characters in the major factions with various plots that interwined.

heck a good novel following roughly the plot of the game would be sweet.

>> No.1711969

fantasy is never "good" literature

it might be fun literature tho

>> No.1711974

>>1711969
the fuck outta here faggot

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>fantasy
>literature

Welcome to /lit/.

>> No.1711991

>>1711969
It has its merits.

>> No.1711992

how can people like this game with its terrible graphics?
i got off the boat and had no idea what to do either. instant uninstall.

oblivion is way better. can't wait for skyrim, it is going to be the greatest game ever made.

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>>1711992
>terrible graphics
LOL LE NON

>> No.1712244

Easily my favorite game. The lore is fucking expansive. The unique thing about the story is that you have to read it. There's not really any gameplay; you're just walking from character to character, finding shit out. When interacting with a character, you'll see a number of different keywords which you can talk about. You'll select one keyword, and you then read the character's explanation of the keyword. Sometimes you'd get 1000 + word response for a single keyword, and that response would have 15 different keywords inside of the initial response. And all of those keywords have keywords, and you can start to see how easily you would become immersed in the plot. It's sort of like when Deep&Edgy leaves a thread to look up a critical term on wikipedia that somebody calls him on but the description of the term contains more terms that he doesn't know, so he has to follow the links to all those terms and then they have their own terms and when he finally understands it and makes his point after a 25 minute hiatus, the discussion is over. Other games have this feature too, but Elder Scrolls was the first to do it, and Morrowind's was definitely the most comprehensive. It's like playing an epic.

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>>1712244
>It's sort of like when Deep&Edgy leaves a thread to look up a critical term on wikipedia that somebody calls him on but the description of the term contains more terms that he doesn't know, so he has to follow the links to all those terms and then they have their own terms and when he finally understands it and makes his point after a 25 minute hiatus, the discussion is over.

>> No.1712267

>>1712262
What are you, retarded? GO READ SAUSSURE!

Haha. All our tripfags are elaborate jokes. I just know it.