Funny, that's exactly my experience with Skyrim.

Because I -don't fast travel-!!!

(You do realize that, in order to fast travel somewhere, you actually have to -go there- first, right? Meaning, you have to -find- it first)

the compass makes that much easier, terrain aside
though the flip side is you don't have to worry about running around 20% of the game world looking for one specific location

I regularly kill enemies in under five seconds in Skyrim, at all levels. I'm not sure why the time it takes to kill an enemy ought to matter.

Whether there's a delay in when the attack lands varies (in both Morrowind and Skyrim), and it's pretty straightforward to see when an enemy attacks and use that to judge when the next attack is coming. The point being, dodging is very much a factor in Morrowind's combat, just as it was a factor in Daggerfall's (I died so many times in Daggerfall before I realized how valuable manual dodges were).

Staggering opponents is random in both games. A power attack in Skyrim does not guarantee a stagger just like a power attack in Morrowind doesn't guarantee a stagger/knockdown. In any case, you're just talking about frequency of success. This is merely a number change, not a tactics change. It's no different than attacks always connecting in Skyrim versus sometimes connecting in Morrowind.

None of the Elder Scrolls games have required any substantial player skill to use effectively. Morrowind simply requires you to better prepare for combat (through raising skills and making sure your fatigue was at an acceptable level). Once you're actually in combat, there's not much difference. Certainly not enough to say that Morrowind is "Bad" whereas Skyrim is "Good", which are objective statements not preferential ones.

No, you didn't.

You made the claim that races are no more different in Morrowind and Oblivion than they are in Skyrim. This claim is verifiably unture.

I would have to agree with this statement ... here is a re-post of mine from yesterday (in a different thread):

It's a great game for sure (I voted "9").

How to make it a "10"?

3. RPG Aspects - The Morrowind and Oblivion character attributes have been gutted. There are not many pre-defined character choices when starting out in Skyrim ... including birthsigns, major/minor skills, and six. Our "unique" character in Skyrim is basically a "perked" template based on initial choice of character race.

II didn't really see it as any different than the bright yellow squares that showed up on your map in Morrowind.

But then again, I don't play through my compass. I use it as reference, same as I would my Morrowind map, not as a "OMG GO HERE!!!"

Races have a negligable difference in Morrowind and Oblivion.

They give a slight bonus to certain attributes in the very beginning, that are easily negated by a couple levels.

An Orc can be just as powerful a mage as a High Elf, and a Wood Elf can be just as powerful a warrior as a Nord.

Replaced by other choices - magicka/health/stamina and perks that combine to do the exact same thing as attributes, but without the need to employ a leveling-accountant and grind to develop your character the way you want.

The quests in Morrowind, in my opinion were more engrossing and fuffilling when they are completed. The potiential is there in skyrim, lets take the daedric quests for example. They so short its, to say the least, disappointing. When you hear molag bar say, "I'll be watching you," you don't believe it because nothing happens after you're done with it except have a new trinket to put on the wall or trap a soul with. Why can't he watch, keep track of what we do with that mace of his, and reap the consequence of using his artifact, wether it be good or bad for our character. It really doesn't help that you can be every daedras champion either, and they are all just to short and pointless other than getting a nifty new wall piece, then you can be a thane of every town, plus leader of ever guild, plus saviour of the world. Every game has been plagued with this to some degree or another, but not as bad as it is in skyrim and not as simplistic and as fast.

A downard trend in the TES series started with Oblivion and I expect TES 6 to be even more lacking in depth as skyrim, but it'll sure look pretty.

it may be a "grind" to some but the thought process behind developing my character is something i like to do. there is no grind.

the "grind" can be, at times, much more enjoyable than the "cakewalk" that skill leveling in skyrim is. no thought needed, at all. much too simple, at times.

I want more quests :c an we need a climbing mode *cough* BETHESDA!*cough*

Other then that, its pretty alright, it doesn't feel as much like an RPG, but its still cool, and I think we need a drinking/eating animation, for sure. My character looks so lifeless, but the jobs are a good edition, though.

Can you expand upon what you mean by "Replaced by other choices"? The only choice you get at the beginning of the game is what race you're going to be. (You do get a choice of male or female but it has no impact on initial character generation.)

Perks don't do the exact same thing as attributes in either Morrowind and Oblivion. I could name of a number of differences ... but the main one is that perks do not govern the your basic, unmodified, use of a skill. Attributes in Morrowind and Oblivion did.

Finally, the leveling is done by player skill choices. You can grind away all you want ... or simply play the game by using the skills that your character enjoys using (my preference).

There were also a few extra starting abilities in Morrowind. I think it's only Bosmer that start with an additional ability beyond what was offered in Morrowind. On the other hand, Orcs, Redguards, Nords, and I think some others all have fewer. Race also factored into NPC dispositions, which was especially important in Morrowind as basically everyone considers you dirt.

Beyond that, it's silly to compare the end game and say, "Well, since it doesn't matter later it doesn't matter." That's garbage. How easy things are in the beginning of the game, whether you play with or against your character's inate strengths, those things matter. If in the end it evens out, that doesn't change the fact that you had to do things differently to get where you are.

It's not only that they weren't important in the later levels, but that it was rather unimportant at about level 10.

Basic skill use - Did you miss all those +X% perks you have? It′s the same thing reversed: attribute+skill=chance to success, skill+perk=chance to success or attribute+weapon damage=total damage, weapon damage+perk=total damage. Perks are not the same, because they do MORE things than attributes, not only do they have an impact on the basic skill use, but they also unlock special features, attacks and later perks. Take something out, replace it with something better = good design.

I still have to use the skills my character enjoys using, the difference is that I don′t have to ALSO use some minor skill to raise that attribute which you previously said was so precious to your skill use to develop my character. So Skyrim accomodates your preferred playstyle, play using the skills you want your character to get good at and you will reach skill levels that allows you to unlock the perks of those specific skills, instead of having to practice alchemy so I can be a better destruction mage.

For mindless traipsing in a new environment, Skyrim could hold its own against someone who has little experience with TES... on the first 25% of the first playthrough.

For anyone looking for depth and intelligent design, or an engrossing and dynamic experience that rivals past TES titles, Skyrim falls short at every turn.

Level 10 is a later level. In Morrowind, that's about half way towards being invincible (not considering expansions). But that still doesn't address the argument. Your decisions at the beginning of the game are arguably most important. Only in your early levels are you going to be at a real risk of death. Choices that make that make things more difficult compound that risk. If you play with your race's strengths, you can be quite capable right off the boat. If you play against them, those first ten levels can play out very differently.

The following is a short and sweet summary.

Putting Skyrim into the RPG genre is debatable for some while Morrowind wasn't or Oblivion in most aspects. If you consider Assassins Creed 1 2 B or R a RPG title then yes it is but even AC has the benefit of an interesting Story in their games where as Skyrim does not.

A more detailed explanation.

TES has been going downhill in every aspect with Skyrim? The only thing BGS can brag about their game is the "handcrafted" terrain and dungeons on the scale. Anything past that is not exactly great let alone good. Take the most talked about subject when it comes to comparing Skyrim to previous titles Depth it is lacking to the point that you have absolutely no clue why that just happened how that happened or what you even saw/heard/gaved/took. The "major" quest lines have this issue, Thieves guild is "Burn those" "Steal that" "Write in that" "Sneak in their" "Follow me" "Chase that guy!" "HAIL OUR NEW THIEVES GUILD LEADER!!" even in Oblivion (this feature alone make it have more depth then Skyrim) had prerequisites for "ranking up" in the Thieves guild required you to be a thief WOW that some logic there isn't it. The same difference can be applied to Fighters Guild as well and Skyrims "fighter guild" the Companions.

Now to the Main quest and its "depth" you could rush through it as you can in any TES game doesn't matter and BGS is not known for great storys but come on Skyrim is a joke the ONLY twist of it isn't really part of the main quest anymore and its at the end and its a pretty crappy one. Anyways since I started playing TES with Oblivion I will compare it again to Skyrim. Oblivion you start in a jail cell to see the king when avoiding assassins. Skyrim's beginning your a prisoner going down a cliff with a Jarl and his men going to the stump for execution (reminder this is a long move/see scene) to get attacked by a Dragon. Next part of the MQs Oblivion: you find your way out of the place to find the king again and ambushed countless times by Assassins at the end he was killed gives you the amulet of kings to go to Blades head honcho finding your way out of the sewers and then starting your adventure. Already does the Oblivion story have a +1 in interesting Assassins and a dead king vs a Dragon, Skyrim: you go into the castle finding a back way out and once you do dragon flies over head and you are asked to follow (even though the guy said we should split up) them to the nearest town. Not doing the main quest will limit you more so then it does in Oblivion if you do not proceed with the quest you cannot enter whiterun. Now the rest of the Main quest i won't spoil but the outcome of the two are very different one somewhat satisfying the other makes you go WTF DID I JUST DO THAT FOR!

Oblivion: You close all gates and send Dagon back to Oblivion. Noticeable effect on the world and hey you get a statue in Bruma yay!!

Skyrim: You kill the king dragon (easy battle I might add) and in Skyrim there are still a unlimited amount of Dragons in the world still attacking towns/villages/countryside now if the "king" dragon was the one who made such dragons appear and hes dead why is there still a unlimited amount? I wouldn't mind if the number of dragons there are in the world is limited to the dragon graves and if you want unlimited dragons great don't kill the king. When you go to town to town you are not recognized even by the Whiterun where a weird yet noticeable effect where you go to the King and kill him.

I could also cover classes/progression and such but I will leave it at this. Limitations on what you can do is not bad especially if its a mix of Skyrim's system and Older games. If a System such as Guild Wars 2 was in place it would be better then what we have now. I wouldn't mind if oyu had to choose out of 3 skills on each section what you want to use the most, now you can use everything but you can only unlock a certain number of things. Classes/professions do not make a game worse it actually improves it due to you need to re play to experience something different which is why MMORPG's are played so much now agian Guild wars 2 doesn't have that exact kind of set up but it is balanced to the point that you may want to play another one if your lacking. With that said the balance of the game is way out of line. Yes I know people want to become demigods because their THE HERO but come on entire things make it unbalanced just using them let alone mastering them for all those who say DO DON'T EM sorry but I should not have to depend on "roleplaying" to balance a game what if such was on most games including MMOs? See scenario "Damn that class is OP you can do everything any other class can be but I don't play em and its easy as hell to play it" <-- if you say such you won't playing that game long and if your anyone else you would playing that class and would be more like "OMG that class is SOOO OP I am going to make one right now"

Anyways thats my thoughts of it and for the record my favorite TES is Daggerfall not Morrowind and especially not Oblivion but I STARTED with a Oblivion. For a simple reason Daggerfall has the exploration covered and I love exploration

I would give Morrowind a 9.7, Oblivion a 9.2, and Skyrim an 8.1.

Bethesda went all out with some mostly-excellent world design, but didn't fill it with much of interest. Dialogue is entirely forgettable, there are only a handful of relatively interesting NPC's, quests are blandly executed, and the factions were insultingly poor. Disappointed to see all of the cut aspects: weapon/armor degradation, birthsigns, spellmaking, skills, etc. And of course, the simple roleplaying aspects that have been talked about ad nauseum.

I appreciated their efforts in the world design, animation, graphics, new dialogue system, world map, improved alchemy, inclusion of smithing our own armors, and difficulty scaling.

Here my two cent's I've spent alot of time in Oblivion and Skyrim. Of the two Skyrim is the better game. For me the big hook of these games is the the exploration and the freedom to just roam.

The world space is a lot better designed in Skyrim both in terms of looks and layout, it feels genuinely epic, gritty and threatening and rewarding to explore where as oblivion was rather cartoony it felt a bit cliche, a bit disney.

The city's and town's are better than those in Oblivion they feel more diverse where as in Oblivion with the exception of the Imperial city all the towns were pretty similar.

The dungeons are overall a lot better too the interconnected Dwemer ruins are much better than everthing in Oblivion.

In a game that will put your character around level 70 when you are a "master" I cannot see level 10 as a later level, no matter how pathetic the enemies are. I simply call that a horrible way to handle enemies.

I agree that some of the choices in the beginning of Morrowind will have more effect than in early Skyrim, but the sheer lack of consequence at later levels is an argument against the games complexity. I cannot see how a game that have you start "unique" then turn you "bland" is more complex than one that starts you "bland" and turn you "unique".

u dum?

Morrowind's expansions both had enemies that were far tougher than anything in Skyrim. Also, I don't believe Skyrim starts you "bland" and turns you "unique." It's more like it starts you bland and keeps you that way, in which case, Morrowind's system was better. Leveling up also took a lot longer in Morrowind. I've played both games well over 150 hours, whereas in Morrowind I'm level 28 and in Skyrim I'm level 56.

Expansions don't count, as those are well above the level of the regular game, and were added AFTER the main game. the expansions were deliberately designed to be a challenge for high level characters and were made when the players had already demonstrated the limits of the enemies' leveling, so comparing them to vanilla Skyrim is quite unfair
Also, leveling up in Morrowind uses a different system(miscellaneous skills do nothing), so you'd be much higher level in Skyrim even if you used the exact same skills the exact same way in both games.

Skyrim levels are easier to come by than in Morrowind on purpose so you get more perks during an normal game.
Personally I found enemies in Morrowind's expansions pretty easy with the exception of the wolf rider packs and the werewolf labyrinth, in both situation you could be mobbed by strong enemies, in Skyrim a couple of archer or mages can easy kill you.