The Elder Scrolls Online/General Elder Scrolls Discussion

Saddam Hussein · « **Reply #1640 on:** December 14, 2014, 12:50:11 AM »

Quote from: Particle Person on December 14, 2014, 12:21:41 AM

Quote from: Irushwithscvs on December 13, 2014, 09:14:16 PM
He's right, though, Shivering Isles has pretty much nothing in common with Morrowind. If giant mushrooms = "MORROWANG RIP-OFF" then Morrowind's giant mushrooms makes it a rip-off of Alice in Wonderland.

People enjoyed the landscape of SI because it was outlandish and interesting, like Morrowind's. It was a welcome departure from the countryside of Cyrodiil. That's all.

Morrowind invented outlandish and interesting landscapes.

Sorry, I just thought I'd save Rushy the trouble of replying himself by saying what he obviously would have said next.

Particle Person · « **Reply #1641 on:** December 14, 2014, 12:53:04 AM »

If he did say that I would respond by saying that SI's environment wasn't just outlandish, it was outlandish in a way that was reminiscent of Morrowind specifically. Then he would probably say Wow Pratical Person your right ans Morrowins a really good game.

Rushy · « **Reply #1642 on:** December 14, 2014, 01:04:09 AM »

Quote from: Particle Person on December 14, 2014, 12:53:04 AM

If he did say that I would respond by saying that SI's environment wasn't just outlandish, it was outlandish in a way that was reminiscent of Morrowind specifically. Then he would probably say Wow Pratical Person your right ans Morrowins a really good game.

Quote from: Irushwithscvs on December 13, 2014, 09:14:16 PM

Shivering Isles has pretty much nothing in common with Morrowind.

Particle Person · « **Reply #1643 on:** December 14, 2014, 01:08:39 AM »

I've played both of them infinitely more than you have, so I think I'll trust my own judgement over yours.

Rushy · « **Reply #1644 on:** December 14, 2014, 01:28:33 AM »

Quote from: Particle Person on December 14, 2014, 01:08:39 AM

I've played both of them infinitely more than you have, so I think I'll trust my own judgement over yours.

You could just say "I no longer desire to engage in this argument" rather than post some nonsense like this.

Particle Person · « **Reply #1645 on:** December 14, 2014, 01:32:43 AM »

Which part of that post was nonsense?

Rushy · « **Reply #1646 on:** December 14, 2014, 01:37:19 AM »

Quote from: Particle Person on December 14, 2014, 01:32:43 AM

Which part of that post was nonsense?

The part where it has words.

Particle Person · « **Reply #1647 on:** December 14, 2014, 01:38:10 AM »

Classic.

Rushy · « **Reply #1648 on:** December 14, 2014, 01:43:36 AM »

Quote from: Particle Person on December 14, 2014, 01:38:10 AM

Classic.

It isn't a very large post. Do you honestly have to sit there and wonder why it is nonsensical or, even if you oddly think it isn't, which part I'm referring to as nonsense?

Particle Person · « **Reply #1649 on:** December 14, 2014, 01:45:37 AM »

Are you more familiar with Morrowind or SI than I am? Inb4 "apparently"

Vindictus · « **Reply #1650 on:** December 14, 2014, 01:52:33 AM »

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Rushy · « **Reply #1651 on:** December 14, 2014, 01:55:32 AM »

Quote from: Particle Person on December 14, 2014, 01:45:37 AM

Are you more familiar with Morrowind or SI than I am? Inb4 "apparently"

That would require that I have omniscience. That would allow me to objectively measure how much you know about those games compared to how much I know, which would, funnily enough, be irrelevant if I had omniscience in the first place.

Particle Person · « **Reply #1652 on:** December 14, 2014, 01:56:59 AM »

But you can probably form an educated guess based on the content of this thread, right?

Rushy · « **Reply #1653 on:** December 14, 2014, 01:59:35 AM »

Quote from: Particle Person on December 14, 2014, 01:56:59 AM

But you can probably form an educated guess based on the content of this thread, right?

Yes, given prior information I could guesstimate that I do in fact know more about the games than you do. Nostalgia is a vice that has clouded your judgement, what you think you know about the game probably isn't even true.

Particle Person · « **Reply #1654 on:** December 14, 2014, 04:36:31 AM »

Epic.

Saddam Hussein · « **Reply #1655 on:** December 14, 2014, 06:03:39 AM »

There are definitely some stylistic similarities between the two, upon closer examination. I just wouldn't call it "inspired" by Morrowind in the sense that something like Dragonborn was. Which is a good thing. I'm not saying that Dragonborn was bad or anything, quite the opposite, but originality is a surer path to success than rehashing the past, and pandering to vocal minorities can only get you so far.

Blanko · « **Reply #1656 on:** December 14, 2014, 10:16:44 AM »

I'm siding with Rushy on this one. SI and Morrowind are tonally completely different, with the one connecting element indeed being giant mushrooms. But even those have a different tone and feel to them. SI feels like it has more in common with Warcraft's Outland than it does with Morrowind.

Saddam Hussein · « **Reply #1657 on:** December 14, 2014, 02:42:01 PM »

TIL Blanko plays WoW. Also, you should play Dragonborn. It's literally Morrowind. Which is funny, because in Morrowind, Solstheim was literally Skyrim. The island seems to transform itself based on which race is largely occupying it.

Rushy · « **Reply #1658 on:** December 14, 2014, 03:30:29 PM »

Quote from: Saddam Hussein on December 14, 2014, 02:42:01 PM

TIL Blanko plays WoW. Also, you should play Dragonborn. It's literally Morrowind. Which is funny, because in Morrowind, Solstheim was literally Skyrim. The island seems to transform itself based on which race is largely occupying it.

...Or the landscape changed because a volcano erupted next door to it.

Blanko · « **Reply #1659 on:** December 14, 2014, 03:38:59 PM »

Quote from: Saddam Hussein on December 14, 2014, 02:42:01 PM

TIL Blanko plays WoW.

When did I say that?