Off Topic Discussion Megathread

[SturmChurro]

Couldn't help myself, I've been playing Morrowind during the wait. Probably not going to be good when I need to spam something for the moogle event in a couple days... I kind of wish I had a laptop on hand, so I could just spam Praetorium on the other screen. I mean, I suppose I could run two games at once though.. just a lot easier on another PC. Either way, most of that is just cutscenes. I really need to get it done though, otherwise I'll be kicking myself for not getting that jacket for glamour.

I do find it funny when people try to criticize Skyrim and put Morrowind up on a pedestal, when you can literally just spam (unlimited) training, get +5 in attributes every level, and max your luck attribute (!), without even cheesing. You can be any "class" you want, and become extremely overpowered even without minmaxing in that game, for that matter. Still, I think Morrowind probably has the best story concept and lore in the series, and a very interesting locale. I'm really hoping the next entry - which is supposedly Hammerfell - brings us a bit back to that. Redguards have pretty interesting lore, and it could make for a pretty great RPG concept.

I have to say though, I kind of wish more games handled main storyline pacing like Morrowind; having breaks in the main questline that give you a proper excuse and reason to actually go out and explore the world, and pretty much do whatever you want. Sure, it's to make sure your character has progressed properly enough to actually do the questline(s), but it really bothers me in a lot of games, because many main stories tend to have a very false sense of urgency. It can make it very difficult to actually find actual in-world reasoning to do side content.