Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-96.39.244.184-20140521134944/@comment-173.72.2.37-20150208175911

Emperor Maximus wrote: 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. Totally agree with everything Emperor Maximus said. I still haven't gotten around to playing Daggerfall yet as my saves in Arena ALL GOT DELETED. grrrrr... but anyway I was one of those few people who liked the persuasion mini-game in Oblivion xD. Even so, I can see why others might not like it, but I'm still rather surprised at just how many people hate it. Either way though they shouldn't have done away with dispostion completely in Skyrim like they did. Kind of ironic since it's the first TES game you can marry in.... By the way, if anyone happens to be reading this thread and is interested in playing the older games, Arena and Daggerfall are available for free on Bethesda's website, but you'll need a DOS emulator of some sort; I'd recommend DOSBox. Morrowind and Oblivion are available to buy online and (last time I checked) in stores.