The Elder Scrolls

[30+GameOvers]

It's amazing how many problems with modern Bethesda started all the way back with Arena. People call Starfield "Daggerfall in space" but arguably it's more like Arena in Space, except somehow worse despite 30 years worth of new tech.

 

[CryptoHermit]

Source engine movement in Morrowind. Recreates the movement physics of Half-Life 2 / Counter-Strike: Source — real Quake/Source acceleration equations running in Lua — so you can bunnyhop, air strafe, and surf across Vvardenfell.
OPENMW mod that ports Source Engine movement to Morrowind.

 

[GGSurvivor]

Either that or they've seen the trailers for that game that's trying really hard to be a Morrowind clone*, wondered what was so great about Morrowind, and hyperfixated on all the weird shit about Vivec being a hermaphrodite who fucked Molag Bal instead of the depth of the setting and mechanics.

*Best comment:

I thought this was just going to be the trailer for that other Morrowind-clone made by the former Bethesda workers. I don't know which one I like more, I think the marketing for this one was better than the that other one, but I'm getting a "lolxd so random" vibe from the video.

Morrowind isn't good because of the wizard who falls and dies in the beginning, it's good because of the story & aesthetics, and the fact that I feel like I'm gaining power every time it tells me to meditate on what I've learned.

The former bethesda-worker clone is an issue because I think it's UE5 and doesn't have a distinct aesthetic from the trailer, but this one seems to have an aesthetic but that aesthetic is shallow.