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Cyran on 31 October 2023
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HoloDust said:
Cyran said:

My vote went to Morrowind my favorite of the elder scrolls games and the only one I got super into. The scope of this game back in 2002 was simply nothing I ever experience in a RPG before.

My runner up is Neverwinter night more because of the moding then anything else. This is probably the first game I spent more time playing user made content then the actually content released with the game.

Dungeon Siege would be my third place game of the year. Fun action RPG.

Not a fan of TES II: Daggerfall? Back in the days, I remember a lot of Daggerfall fans were displeased (amongst other things) with how small Morrowind is. Personally, I'm somewhere in-between - I liked Daggerfall for what it was trying to do, simulate an actual TTRPG world (which is, when you think of it, impossible), and Morrowind for having more focus, while retaining freedom (plus the setting and the world were more unique).

I'm really hoping those guys that are making Wayward Realms (and those are Daggerfall designers) will manage to pull off what they talked about, living world with some sort of AI that will govern actions and reactions of the factions.

I never could get into Daggerfall.  The truth is in general I never been into endless exploration.  That kind of gameplay always sound good on paper to me but when I actually play a game like that I find that I get board very quickly.  Using side quests to get me explore some what keep me interested in exploring a world through them but simply exploring without any objective just not something that have ever kept my interest long.

The tighter focus of Morrowind might be why I enjoyed it so much and the fact there no easy fast travel to reach all your objective might be why it seem so large in scope to me back in 2002 while other larger games I lost interest in before the size of the game became that apparent to me.

Morrowind and more recently Witcher 3 are the two more open world style RPG I super enjoyed but I probably one of the only people that enjoyed Witcher 2 almost as much of Witcher 3.  Act 1-2 of Witcher 2 even through they very small maps compare to a real open world game I absolutely loved.  Act 3 did seem a little rush to me on content compare to first 2 acts.