Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-96.39.244.184-20140521134944/@comment-5824038-20150208133339

Morrowind was possibly the best Elder Scrolls game in terms of varied gameplay and balance (it's a close runner with Oblivion, which I also consider to have excellent balance and variety). Morrowind had more weapons and skills, but Daggerfall had even more. Oblivion also has the disposition stat, but very few people liked the 'persuasion pie' minigame.

Skyrim is, without a doubt, the 'simplest' of the TES games (not including spinoffs). Some poeple consider it 'dumbing down', some people consider it 'streamlining'. Personally, I htink it was a mix of the two, and I hope that for the next TES game they bring back some of the older things - weapon degradation, more magic, more skills, classes, etc.