/vr/ - Retro Games

>>7766113
old school rpgs reflect the player and they get what they put in back out

That guard ripped my fucking pants.

>>7766113
I don't think that guard's name is Morrowind. I could be wrong though.

/vr/ is such a good board

>>7766113
You think that's gay? You haven't even talked to Crassius Curio yet.

>>7768221
Nah, that looks like Keith Morrowind to me.

>>7768430
Pretty sure he's pansexual.

>>7769984
if i could get high enough to CHiM and fuck everything at once, i'd consider it

>>7766113

>>7770005
Riders on the storm...

>>7770005

>>7766113

love this guy

>>7770746
He could do a good job busking, play some sweet trumpet tunes with his nose.

>>7766113
It's an odd mix of text-RPG and an adventure game.

>>7766113

>>7766113
>Dad, why did you take me to a gay ebony mine?

>>7771812
[ Quit ]

>>7771812
>/VR/
I expected little else from Roberta Williams.

Why are elder scrolls threads the best threads, regardless of what board they appear on?

>interprets simple directions as sexual innuendo
I don't think it's Morrowind that has a case of the gay, anon.

>>7766113
>attacking ESlll: Morrowind
>even in jest
There are titles much more deserving of ridicule.

>>7772638
It's such a charming game.

>>7772878
True, despite the fact it doesn't hold the player's hand unlike some games.
*cough*Skyrim*cough*

>>7772638
was gonna say
>three?
but i forgot about Hircine lol

>>7772638

>>7773165

>>7768430
Does he ask you to undress if you're a male?

>>7769984
>being attracted to cookware
what a degenerate

>>7771809
Morrowind is nothing like an adventure game

>>7773402
Yes, because he's a faggot.

>>7772674
I love how awful TES9 sounds.

fuck you bitch, im going to meme this

>>7770746
no

Fun fact: if you have a 100% chameleon constant effect active you can talk to the Ash Vampires.

>>7775492
Invisibility, or just plain sneaking, also works.

>>7775570
Chameleon works better, since you can open doors and interact with things without losing the effect.
Sneaking is slow and iffy.

Does the game have a time limit? Can I do side stuff after finishing the main quest?

>>7776426
Yep.
You can actually permanently break the main quest and continue playing, if you wanted.

>>7776426

there's no time limit

>>7776426
>>7776472
This anon is correct. I forgot to clarify I was talking about side stuff part of your post..

>>7776426
No time limit, short of a few quests, but you can fuck up a quest and continue playing. Hell, you can just T-bone the entire main quest, and there's actually a backup to let you beat it anyway (though you can miss out on a lot of stuff that way).

The game will usually tell you if there's a time limit, and if a character was important for the main quest, it will outright notify you right away that you dun goofed if they die (but you shouldn't have to struggle with this). Consider saving before going on a quest if it seems tricky, or if you should REALLY kill this one character who isn't already trying to stick you with a firepoker.

I would also suggest to play with something like the Unofficial Codepatch, or OpenMW, so that you can have all the bugs fixed, the original game likes to crash somewhat often, and increasingly as your savefile grows. The Codepatch fixes all of these, and I'm 99% sure that OpenMW does too.
Also, mind how you use your stamina and how much you have, how you can build it, and also stick with weapons of your selected proficiencies, these things can boggle some newbies.

>>7776523
>stick with weapons of your selected proficiencies
To be fair though, when starting out you suck ass no matter what you selected. It's just easier to build those up.

>>7766113
Suits you right for playing retarded shit like that. Get gayraped faggot.

>>7776540

>>7776523
>Hell, you can just T-bone the entire main quest, and there's actually a backup to let you beat it anyway (though you can miss out on a lot of stuff that way).
how

>>7776627
Play and find out.

>>7776646
i do play it, but i never thought to do this

>>7776653
There's someone in the game world other than vivec who can teach you how to use the wraithguard

This is the end of you, s'wit!

>>7776540
You, you, you boy next door!

>>7776627
>main story is a series of quests
>quests are given by NPCs
>if one of the NPCs that gives a quest relevant to the main story dies, you can no longer receive that quest, ergo you can no longer progress in the main story

>>7777968
He asks about how you can still salvage that mess, which you can by finding someone else to activate the needed artifact.

>>7778000
>>7777968
Doesn't matter, I figured it out.

>>7776531
This smells like bullshit.

>>7766113
Thanks for reminding to play this again OP, without your support I'd be lost.
>>7776531
Spooky, but probably fake - nice find though

>>7778713
It's just a creepypasta, an old one at that. If you really wanted to call bullshit, it becomes pretty obvious as soon as DOSbox is brought up.

>>7766113
Poor quest design and awful combat. It has a cool environment and somewhat interesting lore, but these by themselves don't make a good game. Daggerfall, Oblivion and even Skyrim are better.

>>7779052
>Daggerfall, Oblivion and even Skyrim are better
>Oblivion and even Skyrim are better
>Oblivion and even Skyrim
>Oblivion
>Skyrim
>better

There was some character that you had to show your naked self to in order to advance the plot. Can't remember what he said exactly but something like "Alright, show me what you got".

I thought he meant as in fighting skills, was confused why that didn't work.

>>7779052
How old are you actually, when did you first play Daggerfall, and was it Daggerfall Unity?

>>7779052
Daggerfall is a broken mess, as is Oblivion. Skyrim is okay. Here's the actual canon order

Morrowind > Skyrim > Daggerfall > Oblivion > Arena

>>7779198
That was a side quest.
Come to think of it, there were a couple of naked side quests if memory serves.

>>7768450
I thought Keith retired, he's back to guarding?! How's Keith been anyway? Last time I saw him he said he had slayed a dragon, but turns out that just meant he ended up sticking his arrow in that Argonian barmaid.

>>7779736
>he ended up sticking his arrow in that Argonian barmaid
Great way to catch Swamp Fever or Serpiginous Dementia.

>>7779805
He strikes me as the kind of poonhound who'd keep Cure Disease on his person just in case he gets some suspect pussy.

>>7779870
>guard
>suspect pussy
I see what you did there.

>>7779052
Bruh, Oblivion is my favourite game in the series and even I know it's a worse game than Morrowind.

Favourite Order: Oblivion > Morrowind > Daggerfall > Arena > Skyrim
"Objective" Order: Morrowind > Oblivion > Daggerfall > Arena > Skyrim

This opinion is final and binding, everyone will now agree with these lists.

how get lover's and legends?????????

>>7779736
Yeah. You know guarding is all he's got left now. He used to be an adventurer until, well, you know the rest.
Sorry.

>>7779084
>No argument.
Sorry Anon, flying bugs do not magically make your fedex simulator good.

>>7779231
27. I played Daggerfall on dosbox a few months before Skyrim came out.

>>7779249
Just because /v/ says it doesn't make it true.

>>7780127
Why is Oblivion your favorite instead of Morrowind?

>>7780773
I'm a huge sucker for generic fantasy.
My first TES game was Daggerfall, and I've played each one sequentially since then always around the time of release (if not at the time of release - like Syrim). Even in spite of them changing the lanscape from Jungle to Verdant greenery I immediately fell in love with Oblivion. It looked great, it played pretty well, Jeremy Soule did an excellent job on Onlivions OST, and I still feel that its shrouded in mystery - in short it just engrossed me in a way a video-game has not since.
Morrowind is a much better game from a gameplay and story perspective, heck the world is flat out alien (in a way that many modern Sci-Fi games would struggle to portray). It seems really stupid to try and justify, because Morrowind is everything I say I want in an RPG (cool world, dice roll combat, stats that matter, level gated areas etc.) But Oblivion was and still is my preferred experience - maybe I just really like bad dialogue.

Anyone doing any interesting builds or playthroughs?

>>7781410
Orc Telvanni with the custom class "Summoner" which is just destruction and summoning schools.
Besides the autistic LARP I have going on in my head the magic in Morrowind is pretty fun, my first full playthrough was an Altmer Mage, since then I've played combat, but never gone stealth, how about you?

>>7781564
Dope build,
Currently doing my first Nord play through. Playing a custom "witch doctor/shaman" class, focus conjuration, restoration, and blunt weapons, little bit of Mysticism in there too.

>>7781564
Also never done stealth

>>7770052
kys animu tranny

>>7781613
See, I wanted to go for a "shaman" build too, but that wouldn't fit me joining House Telvanni and I feel it'd end up being me with combat mostly, how is it going so far?

>>7781616
Kek, I made a combat character with stealth but never followed through, it can be ass to follow through with and with TamrielRebuilt traveling to places to get Chameleon is just ass.

>>7780496
He took a guar cock to the prostate?

>>7781624
It's only kind of focused on combat, for the most part its summoning but I joined house Redoran to spin it in the "honour of the tribe" direction.
Next build I might try stealth - but I always say that!

>>7779885
I don't.

>>7781632
I believe it's called sexual innuendo. In this case anon has said "guard" and "suspect pussy".
As we can all discern what anon is saying is that this guard may need to carry around a cure disease potion in case he has a running with a filthy kajit (suspect pussy)

>>7781627
No. He took an arrow to the prostate.

>>7781650
Lewd.

>>7781410
First Atronach caster build boys, wish me luck.
Destruction and Marksman (as a backup) primaries

>>7783370
If you're playing Bloodmoon the mounted Rieklings will fuck up your Storm Atronachs.
Sad but true.

>>7783370
>Atronach Birthsign
Dude, have fun it seems like a bitch, but when you go toe-to-toe with Spell Casters you will FUCK THEM UP HARD.
I took out some Telvanni motherfuckers hanging out near that old Telvanni Matron who's insane easy peasy.

>>7772674
So basically TES IX takes place on Vault 108?
That will make the FO/TES shared universe conspiracy theorists cream themselves.
Somebody should make a mod for FO3 and call it that.
You, a sentient Gary, stuck on the vault, killing all other Garys endlessly at the same pace they are cloned.
Game progression works merely on the name of the prefix of certain drops from the Gary's, like Heroic Vault 108 Jumpsuit and Legendary 10mm Pistol. Said prefixes are only cosmetic and give no bonus.
Every change of room and loadscreen respawns the Garys in the previous and next room. Dead Garys bodies last for 3 loads.

Maybe even something stupid like a highscore?

Fuck if I knew how to mod I would begin doing it now. It's so shitty I'm genuinely curious how it would play.

>>7783643
Actually it would canonically set on Masser after the Numidium destroys Nirn.

>>7783860
Makes sense.

https://youtu.be/DtL_giO-EB8

Maybe that's why he sang it. He was giving us a sign.

>>7772674
Glad I took the time to read this. The last two columns had me laughing wholeheartedly.

>>7766113
Combat needs a complete overhaul.
Many things that were present in Daggerfall were completely stripped out in Morrowind.
Character creation sucks ass compared to Daggerfall.
The animations are really really shitty for the era the game was released, and the graphics were sub-par as well. They should have stuck with Daggerfall-styled graphics or spent a few more years of development time to polish things up more.
Overall a completely over-hyped game that autistic faggots like to circle jerk each other over for being BEST ARE-PEE-GEE EVER despite the fact that there were other RPG's released before and during it's release that were far superior in every regard, especially the role playing aspect.

>>7766113
Because yes

>>7785771
i am a hardcore morrowindfag but oblivion definitely has better combat

>>7785771
>Many things that were present in Daggerfall were completely stripped out in Morrowind.
A lot of it for good reason.

>>7785771
Towns, NPCs, and dungeons are all shit in Daggerfall though.

>>7789281
>>7789429
They should have improved upon Daggerfall's dungeon generation and used it for Morrowind. It wouldn't have to be random, they could use consistent seeds and cherry pick the best ones. Morrowind's dungeons are very boring. Most amount to a short series of rooms and some are even just a single rectangular room with a single door. They aren't all bad, and nobody wants Daggerfall's labyrinths, but there is a middle ground.
Riding and climbing should also have been in Morrowind, being stuck with walking and levitation blows.

>>7789429
>Daggerfall: can actually talk to NPC's in a completely natural, real-life manner
>Morrowind: wikipedia entry dumping, never moving, dialogue never changes
Yeah man those NPC's really did improve in Morrowind.
As for towns, they're not the main focus of the game. And honestly, still better then the theme park sized shit in Morrowind. Dungeons are still fucking better then the hallway leading to a broom closet you find in the majority of locations in Morrowind.

>>7790167
Weren't Daggerfall's NPCs randomly generated in advance?

Finished the main quest, a bunch of faction quests, and the Mournhold stuff. Should I bother with Solstheim?

>>7791719
Its a fun romp around eskimo land. The Skaal are interesting enough, plus the Raven Rock questline is decent. There are some neat side quests too. The area is enemy dense so if you get tired of combat I recommend using levitation a lot. The dungeons all suck though. Be prepared for damage sponge enemies, not unlike the one's in Mournhold's sewers.

>>7791719
Raven Rock is fun for some more Imperial quests.

You like to stand close to the fire, don't you?

>>7793582
Seen any elves, lately?

>>7795695
elves as in fair folk or "elves" as in blonde chicks with pointy ears?

>>7791757
>The dungeons all suck though
That's an understatement. What happened during development that lead to that shit? It's lame long corridors with 3 enemies neatly placed together every few meters. Having no dungeons would had been an improvement.

>>7772638
we got the best memes, the best lore, and the best feels. nothing else even comes close

>>7796567
My theory is that Bloodmoon was rushed, or at least that time was invested in other parts of the expansion and not on level design. There were also no dedicated level designers as Bethesda.

>>7796634
Look at this place... ISN'T IT GREAT?

>>7781001

You sound pretty based. Beyond TES, can you suggest any other RPGs? (retro and modern)

>>7781001
>Oblivion was and still is my preferred experience - maybe I just really like bad dialogue.

TES4 really did have a comfy feel that the others didn't. Part of it has to do with the soundtrack for sure. But walking up Chorrol's main street on a nice day is still my "happy place," it's what I think of when I want to fall asleep.

Even though it's not in my top three TES games, something about it just stays with me and I have so many happy memories about it.

>>7796634
seriously tho, theres absolutely no substitude for the elder scrolls series. the comfiness, the lores that so shitty but so fucking fun to study, the world and its atmospheres, its damn great.