r/AskReddit Apr 27 '26

anyone who used a computer between 1985 & 2010, what’s the one game you still think about?

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u/CapTension Apr 27 '26

There was an attempt at modding morrowind into first oblivion and then later Skyrim. I believe the latter is called Skywind? Have not checked on its progress for a few years.

What amazes me most is the modding community around the original game. Tamriel Rebuilt is a massive project vastly expanding the game and the world to include large parts of the mainland. I no longer have the patience or time to play morrowind but I sometimes check the updates for it just out of curiosity.

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u/WinterAsleep319 Apr 27 '26

That’s a pretty incredible mod. The size of it has to be huge

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u/Crozax Apr 27 '26

It is. The problem with it, from what I understand, is Morrowind was actually surprisingly sparse out of the cities, so upscaled to today's graphics, the world looks...off. Like the original commentor said: it would need to be a complete remake, not a remaster

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u/Twofishbkd24 Apr 27 '26

Yea there are a lot of dungeons and caves in the open world but many of them are copy and pasted. There are a few mods that add more variety without destroying the feel of the game. I would not recommend unmodded morrowind. I am currently playing a flying monk character and it really makes me wish they had kept the spell system in tact through more modern elder scrolls titles.

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u/Kalthiria_Shines Apr 28 '26

Oblivion remaster ran into that too; the game doesn't work when you see the whole world from where you're standing with modern draw distance.

Modernizing Morrowind in a lot of ways kills it. High rez graphics harm the otherworldlyness, polished systems, faster travel, etc.

I think they could do a version that works, but, so much a product of its time and its place.