Can you play Skyrim without leaving Blackreach?

[@MickyD]

I'm always taken back by how good your Jiub impression is

[@levimunyon7114]

Micky D, play Rugrats Search for Reptar.

[@matthewhall7976]

If Micky D approved the video, you know the channel owner is awesome..👍❤️👍

[@forgettable8300]

The man the myth the legendary Morrowind master himself.

[@edchampagne1806]

looken for ideas lmao

[@WeroEdward]

Look everyone it's Mr Morrowind himself

[@cyberredpandas1903]

I feel like this is a good lesson in game design for Bethesda. To take their open sub-areas and improve them to be mini open worlds. Blackreach is such an interesting location and when I first played it I tried exploring for an hour or so because I wanted to like it and wanted to see what it had sto offer before getting bored and leaving with no reason to return which is a shame to say the least.

[@Joov]

Definitely a lot of missed potential. Aside from that first playthrough it's not too special. I think Forgotten Vale did the best job of it as it moves at 100mph and is fairly linear. You get a great visual landscape and you're hammered with a few new enemies.

[@GusBDamme]

What would you want them to add, or did you just want Blackreach to be bigger overall?

[@x3j505]

@@GusBDamme I'd make the comparison with how the Forgotten City mod did their "open-world." It was a relatively secured and contained area, but with a lot of content.

[@Frediefreckle]

i mean there's a dlc in elder scrolls online for blackreach and its huge

[@neroblood1]

@@Frediefreckle It probably looks bigger because of the camera angle. But then again, I don't have much experience with eso, so I can't say for absolute sure. Does it get better any further in?

[@Jones209]

You could do region-locked Solstheim, but that might be too much stuff to do...

[@jacobleetaylor]

That’s a hell ova idea

[@nonamesorry7135]

I think one of the previously suggested locations was Raven Rock if I'm not mistaken

[@smileyman1721]

I was gonna ask that, but that does sound like an early game challenge that could make someone OP.

[@rustammadatli6666]

@@nonamesorry7135 I’m still waiting for Raven Rock

[@clausroquefort9545]

@@rustammadatli6666 including the mine and barrow

[@dancincoolkid]

Maybe an unpopular opinion, but I love black reach, especially with a mage/alchemist character. It was bittersweet to see Sinderion's remains in his field laboratory. Dedicated to his craft until the very end. RIP to a real one.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

It is beautiful indeed, but do you go there deliberately in every playthrough?

[@Sallet_Slushy]

If they remaster skyrim they should put it in the fallout 4 engine (without the crashes, and creation club)

[@Xavier-sl7hn]

@@Sallet_Slushythey’d never do that with any game but anyways, why?

[@Kruegernator123]

It’s still my favorite location in the entire game.

[@Xx3nxX]

Especially after playing oblivion and knowing who he was

[@Joov]

Edit: I have absolutely no clue what happened @ 5:14 - that was supposed to be a goofy band playing in the Bannered Mare and somehow the image was replaced by me testing my thumbnail out....I guess I'll leave it as is lol Good to see everyone again! Bit of a different one this time as I had to change course a bit. Still had a good time! Let me know what I missed, I went rather quickly through them all.

[@ezraodin3732]

Bless your heart, this is what I needed

[@MichChats]

These need to be longer.

[@Joov]

@@MichChats If you'd like the full streams I do upload them onto my second channel after a video goes live - kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJfCpKCkqtKjpsk I try to give them all the time needed to tell the full story! I'm sure some in the future will be much longer

[@ruinenlust_]

Joov, your videos bring me so much joy. Thank you for your entertainment :)

[@TheDarklingWolf]

@@Joov Well now I know how I'm spending the next few days worth of downtime, finished binging your main channel so I can go right into a binge of the second one. Keep up the fantastic work man 👍

[@Jessica-wn6xn]

When I first entered Blackreach I was literally in awe. 6 hours later I was running around the edge screaming GET ME OUT OF HERE

[@VenusWarlords]

Skill issue.

[@KBXband]

I didn't want to leave but it kind of sucked without other people in it.

[@hannahpalmisano5695]

That was me, I got lost in Blackreach for so long I basically killed everything down there and was then left to wander alone. When I finally got out, I realized that my game had glitched my follower J'zargo to be stranded by one of the waterfalls and I had to venture back to rescue him (because I valued his life, obviously, not because he was holding onto a bunch of rare items). Of course I didn't know where he had glitched out so I had to travel the whole map again until I finally found him. He was not too pleased. Basically had to mug him and then set him free to Winterhold so he could escape the jitter waterfall.

[@maiqtheliar789]

Can you play Morrowind without leaving Vivec seems like it has potential. Pros: Huge area to explore, plenty of loot to steal, daedric shrines hidden in the sewers, can kill Vivec whenever you feel you are ready, can levitate everywhere by using Vivec's shrine, huge maze of a city that boosts exploration. Cons: Ordinators always watching you, no Daddy Caius to smoke Skooma with, Vivec is a maze so you WILL get lost multiple times.

[@Joov]

It's in the plans eventually...need a few things to pan out

[@godqueensadie]

How would you even get in Vivec? You'd need a lot of lube and I'd assume he'd at least want to be taken out for a nice dinner first.

[@shlafrock2175]

@@godqueensadie You... I laughed too loud for that 😐

[@Nethalythic]

@@godqueensadie you sure Molag Bal did any of that?

[@maiqtheliar789]

It wouldn't be Morrowind if it wasn't a painful experience so no lube allowed. As far as quests go Vivec does have some quests that can be completed without leaving Vivec which is more than a lot of the areas he covered had. The quest where you help the Ordinators solve a bunch of murders comes to mind. Get a dagger that wrecks fatigue from the murderer plus whatever you choose as the final reward for that one. Also been a while since I did the Morag tong quest lines but if I recall some of the early contracts are within Vivec so can do some of those as well. A bunch of the Sanguine artifacts are within Vivec as well if he wants some items to boost his skills when needed. Vivec has a lot of potential and while it might be painful I could see it being rewarding. Not to mention he can claim a small moon as his base after he clears out the Ordinators living in his future base. I don't know about you but I always wanted myself a moon base.

[@Feuerex]

Forgotten Vale, while beautiful, was an absolute slog to go through during the quest. I did come back later and found it much more enjoyable to just wander around without goals and markers. Blackreach was mesmerising at first, and I remember spending hours there, just sort of navigating around, trying to map the place out. Definitely great for a sense of exploration, but not much more. Soul Cairn enchanted me to the point where I made a personal house mod inside the region. The aesthetics are incredible, the lore implications interesting and chilling. Nearly every character in there has some twisted dark backstory. The ambience is top notch sound design. I agree that there isn't much to "do", but my god there is a lot to take in when you're just walking around.

[@eetuthereindeer6671]

Weird how you thought of forgotten vale as an "absolute slog" I definitely disagreed

[@SirKramp]

How about a modded challenge with the skyrim Underground Mod. Can you beat skyrim as a mole under the ground? The mod itself adds a ton on new areas and it is also connected to a few base game indoor locations. This is honestly a lot of interesting content to explore

[@keiyangoshin3650]

Blackreach was beautiful. For about 10 minutes. After that I was completely lost for longer than I’d like to admit and I genuinely started feeling sick (motion sickness) from running around trying to find the exit. It happened once. It was enough. I’m not sure if I should commend you for courage of folly. 😅 I hope you had fun at least lol.

[@Jessica-wn6xn]

Lol this was me

[@derekmann8239]

This, but with the Soul Cairn for me.

[@BJJISTHEGAYPARTOFMMA]

Both this and the soul cairn I always try to make a sprint straight to the objective, for the same reasons. I agree the world spaces are good looking and cool though.

[@eetuthereindeer6671]

Than*

[@BJJISTHEGAYPARTOFMMA]

@@eetuthereindeer6671 never knew a reindeer would be upset about someone misspelling a word on the internet, didn’t know we are taking an English test. Thanks for that, I personally never knew how to spell that word. Your sooo useful and don’t ever let anyone tell you differently. 😂😂👍

[@thatonepersonwhoair-dropsy268]

I didn’t get lost when I first went to blackreach. I ran straight to the tower of mzark

[@Buhyeu]

Same

[@ladyyuna2000]

Same here you're not alone. 😁😁

[@bobjones5674]

"I do as the marker guides:"

[@dantethedinosaur4284]

Gotta agree.

[@auntvivienne8669]

Even easier for me because I didn't go through alftand (or is it aftland? You know the one) because I had already cleared another entrance (the one west of Windhelm where Muiri's asshole ex boyfriend is holed up). Straight run to mzark with no combat

[@Phabian_Phabrication]

Literally just binge watched all the Skyrim videos then he blesses me with this video after a shitty morning, THANK YOU.

[@sinva4847]

You can actually use a Crystal from One of the frost giants to glitch inside the Temple even without having the Quest, since when you walk towards vyrthyr that whole area is scripted so Serana Will spawn and you get the objektive to kill him. So you can atleast have a bossfight in the forgotten vale :)

[@ruinenlust_]

I've actually played regionlocked blackreach for myself. It's a lot more fun with 1) Requiem and 2) unlocking all the entrances first (so you can have smithing stations and acces to more tools etc)

[@bitterzombie]

same, I actually made a pale ass dark elf and played them as a sophisticated falmer

[@zaidahram2018]

You're insane to do the region locked zone at level 1 with requiem. It just makes it so damn difficult even at really high levels! Health regen is a trash mechanic and only the player should be able to do it lol

[@ruinenlust_]

@@zaidahram2018 If you run it with alternate start, you get a summon atronach scroll so I used that to get past the dwemer spheres into Alftand. There you can get a pretty nice crossbow if you have (I think) the immersive weapons mod installed. From there on it's grinding sneak and optimally spending perks while you learn to explore. I am kind of insane, but then again, I'm a Morrowind player so I'm used to some difficulty lol!

[@Snowmanx52]

Fable 2 is one of my all time favorite games, I've replayed it over a dozen times. Can't wait to watch that.

[@Joov]

Love it as well! Fable II was awesome. It blows my mind that even Fable III is OLDER than Skryim!

[@SniperAlec]

I second this

[@kjifg34]

Only Bowerstone!

[@Scruffers]

It is definitely my favorite from the franchise, and I am still so sad to this day that it is the ONLY one that never got a pc port.

[@a.rhoden7137]

Getting lost in Blackreach is one of my favorite stories from my first play through. Simply incredible.

[@TheMaxyms]

I never realised but indeed the Soul Cairn has that mid-80 american doom/thrash heavy metal feeling like Metal Church or something, a dark obscure place with ancient stone buildings, iron fences, tombs full of armored skeleton with glowing eyes, and of course the blue/purple background. It’s quite nice.

[@adrienbroditore]

When you sent Rufus flying with the shield bash to fight you had me dying. Another great video

[@makaylawallis1884]

Omg the Fable music in the end, THE NOSTALGIA

[@jaydongarr3295]

Man I love this little series you’ve got going on. It makes me want to hop on Skyrim and try it myself. Keep doing your thing

[@survivinggamer2598]

12:20 and that's the last we've ever heard of that.

[@WreckinPoints11]

The Soul Cairn is Skyrim, but sometimes feels like DOOM But Purple™. Great vid, Joob, can't wait to catch your next stream! I recently subbed to you on Twitch

[@joseybryant7577]

11:15 trapped in a snowy landscape, climbing a mountain? Half expected you to stumble across John Marston.

[@womper7122]

You can get dragon plate from the watchers if you loot them the exact second you kill them (spamming E as your hit connects)

[@shadowsaorvath9388]

The Fable reveal gave me chills. That music is nostalgic to me. Yep, now I have to play fable all the way through a few more times to get rid of this craving.

[@garrettwinslow5640]

You deserve so much more recognition. Your dedication, consistency, and quality is just as good as any other KZbinr. Can’t wait till you blow up.

[@AmyraCarter]

I guess I'm one of few that sees Blackreach as a beautiful subterranean region. To me, it's one of the best out-of-the-way places, even if there's more neon-glow decor than much of anything else. (shrug) Suggestion: region-locked Valhalla, erm, Sovngarde.

[@HerohammerStudios]

Don't think there's literally anything to do though

[@Fraywire]

As much as I love these types of challenges you can do in a game like Skyrim I am interested to see what other game you are planning on doing some challenges/experiments! Keep on Keeping on Juvie!

[@OmegafrazGaming]

"thank you mint chocolate flavored bambi" 8:12 lol

[@Egitheegg]

Would be fun in the future if you try to do this in outer worlds. Still not sure if you would be able to do that much but I like this series and I like the outer worlds. Keep up the great content

[@missmara4980]

Woohoo, I have been looking forward to this! :D Glad you found a way to incorporate the 30 mins it took you to bore the troll out of existence.

[@kierand823]

Been playing through my first full run of Skyrim (I know I'm late) and just reached Blackreach about 20 mins ago... Nice timing!

[@balrog18]

Lol, another funny one! Good work bud, keep 'em coming! I only wish these were around 20-25mins long, 12mins is too short

[@Joov]

I do as well. I think my best work has been Riften, Solitude and The Imperial City. Each of those is hovering 20 minutes, but each of them offered a LOT to cover. This one was a bit...light on content. Cheers for watching. Thanks for the feedback!

[@balrog18]

@@Joov thanks for the reply! Fun fact, KZbin algorithm brough your highly amusing Skyrim nonsense all the way to Croatia! Maybe its cause I'm replaying Skyrim right now and I googled it quite a few times

[@declanjph3771]

I really think Bliss and/or Crucible from the Shivering Isles DLC in Oblivion would be SUCH a fun region locked location. Two really different but equally unique places with some absolutely wacky characters!!

[@204rego]

Gorgeous? No, a nightmare that gives me pure terror when it fills my sleeping unconscious mind

[@WreckinPoints11]

"Fashion over function all day, everyday." That is my approach to life when playing games with my buddy Death. We always go for what looks good, even if it's dog shit garbage for stats.

[@Benpai_]

2:10 There is absolutely no way that I am hearing Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) for PS2 and Xbox's OST right now 😲

[@mikenicholson1388]

My only complaint about about blackreach is that other than the nirnroot quest... there is nothing down there. I remember spending nights after school looking for something, anything. The secret dragon was ok at best but there was so much opportunity

[@magickush5741]

Love these videos! The forgotten vale is one of my favorite locations in Skyrim! Possible video idea: Can you play Skyrim with only items that are gifted to you?

[@curtis6774]

The thought of this video makes my skin crawl

[@jackbacon3723]

Dude straight up teased fable 2 Jesus the nostalgia wave that just hit me seeing bowerstone and hearing the music

[@TheOne-wl6qk]

I’ll be honest I played Skyrim for the first time 3 weeks ago and I’m blown away

[@tomder23]

Your creativity in scripting and editing is absolutely incredible and funny!

[@sigmundfraud7068]

You say that Arvak is slow, but at the end of the day, all horses tilt the same

[@Ostentatiousnessness]

The giant yeeting Rufus towards you nearly killed me.

[@theannilators7479]

There are five paragons, and they are used to open portals for loot and an exclusive shield

[@Joov]

True! The 5th one (as far as I know) is inaccessible outside of the main quest for FV. I should’ve mentioned

[@YsmirGaming]

@@Joov I'm pretty sure that's true, but somehow you had the aforementioned exclusive shield when you were climbing to the balcony. How? That shield comes from the one paragon you couldn't get

[@maverickloggins5470]

So glad you mentioned that about the Soul Cairn. Something about the architecture there just totally takes me back to old fantasy games. It feels like something you’d see in Daggerfall or Runescape

[@cesarquijano94]

I wish the Reaper had an instakill ability considering he's supposed to be Death

[@Emily-nc2jv]

I've only just discovered your videos and I'm binging them so hard right now, great job! 😊

[@mohamedmaatougui2469]

Region locked tes3mp:vivec edition You vs Mickey, each having a set amount of time to work with chat to aquire as much power as possible, after time is up bith head to the arena for battle If you'd rather do it with a smaller town like balmora or aldruhn i wouldn't blame you though, it's just alot harder to find each other in vivec and there is waaay more loot to be acquired there

[@Joov]

My friend you are dangerously close to spoiling a plan that is out there in the ethos

[@mohamedmaatougui2469]

@@Joov i'm already in mickey's discord i'll join yours on the off chance you do a battle royale lmao

[@evanchojnowski2895]

Rewatched the soul carin segment about 20 times now. Awesome job. sick shots for a comedy oriented video.

[@troytab6089]

Y'know, I'm currently without my PC, but when I can actually play Skyrim again, I'm considering trying these three specifically myself. And maybe the others too. Possibly with a bit more cheatyness.

[@FlashGaming__]

JOOV don't fuckin dare stop makin your videos the way you do, your comedy is top tier and I fuck with it. I was sad then I binged your videos and I'm slightly less sad. Thank you.

[@janvesely1087]

I'd love to see Solstheim next!

[@stephansinyard]

Blocking that arrow with an egg just showed me for the first time in YEARS a mechanic that I had never even thought of trying.

[@BryceEdwardBrown]

None of us ever really left Blackreach

[@cameronbrisebois3964]

I feel that at an emotional level

[@hermitage6439]

Long have I desired an additional episode to this amazing series, and Lord Joov hath giveth and granted this humble servant's wish. P.S. In all seriousness, your production and editing including the story-telling itself has significantly improved, looking forward to more of your content dude P.S.S. or is it P.P.S.? Your jokes are voice impressions are divine

[@ArcticPenguin17]

I wanna see more of this content in Fallout New Vegas. Some fun places to do it in. Vegas/Freeside would be fun. Who knows maybe the Sierra Madre would be a fun location…

[@Joov]

New Vegas is in the plans eventually!

[@Vill19998]

What i honestly love about your videos is how nostalgic and comfortable they are. I'm a 90s baby and i appreciate you sir!!

[@Cigzi]

Play Skyrim without leaving markarth

[@sandihyperaktiv7460]

The forgotten vale is honestly one of my favorite places in skyrim! Great videos!!

[@darthskarr8975]

What if you retried this experiment, but instead of teleporting to the three locations at the start of the game, you do the bare minimum requirements to progress the various quest lines to get to them - then region lock yourself there? That way, there would be more content available in those regions, even if the bare minimum to get there would likely be tedious and difficult.

[@cOttp0tt]

i don’t even have skyrim but i can’t stop binging these videos. everything i know about skyrim comes from joov.

[@oysterscrolls]

Can you play skyrim without boppin nazeems bussy 🥵🥵

[@undertheeclipse8531]

No you ask the impossible

[@SophieScrolls]

how could you even suggest such a thing, that is heresy

[@Joov]

oh my god lmao

[@arandomelite5448]

Even though you don't have the hundreds of thousands of views of the first couple of vids I'm glad KZbin recommend you, you're funny and an epic guy joov.

[@ninjahaz0180]

Can you play Skyrim?

[@Joov]

no

[@ninjahaz0180]

darn

[@Sinklair8]

Okay, you got me. I'm subscribing. You brought out Fable. I'm locked in now.

[@beebothecheeto]

Love that brutal legend reference, absolute classic

[@solahaze8948]

"I dropped the egg! We killed a child!" I think it already died when you BLOCKED AN ARROW WITH IT.

[@hankwiest8369]

Love these region locks. "Without Leaving Whiterun" was the first one I saw, and it was kicking around in my recommended section for weeks before I clicked it, then I got hooked. Can't wait for Markarth!

[@Sef_Era]

Your choice of closing music made me smile :)

[@Syrhunter1]

Absolute mad lad, I'm glad to see some love for Blackreach at least. Only reason I explored it was to collect all the unique nirnroot down there, or and maybe fight a dragon or something. There's some curiosities, but otherwise not too much to do I suppose.

[@the3lliott97]

your content is steadily getting better and better and im so excited for whats to come! ps. fucking love the fable choice :)

[@ManiacElkRev]

My dude I'm not a speedrunner but whenever I get to this part of the game, how quickly and efficiently I complete it, you'd call me a liar. I clicked on this video not because this part is always hell but because you make interesting videos.

[@ulfric5696]

Thank God there is that incredible quest about some nirnroot here.....

[@Joov]

Skipped that and Jiub's pages...too engaging of a quest to include

[@Southbeach445]

Rufus: get an arrow in the head joov:sorry what

[@luusic]

I was not expecting Fable but I'm so excited!!

[@sadaqah117]

Oooohhh....a new franchise! I love how well made these videos are. So much work goes into them. Always happy when a see a notification for this channel. 😀

[@Jacobortiz-q8t]

I love the effort these videos takes thank you Mr joov

[@RonSoloCup]

Man the excitement I felt when that Fable music started playing. Absolute chad.

[@lolking420]

Unironically I didn’t know I watched your other videos before you told me! Good on you keep up the content

[@elaz925]

My one and only time inside Blackreach was when I was 13, I didn't have any clue what I was doing, got swiftly murdered by the centurions? and it made me avoid all drewmer ruins for like a decade

[@HvzeI]

Excited for the next video that was teased! Haven't seen any content on it in years!!

[@Draculord666]

Rufus needs to be a permanent addition to every Skyrim video

[@Joov]

I love bringing him back. Distance makes the heart grow fonder and I don't want to get the poor kid all tuckered out

[@joshuapatrick682]

The only reason Elden Ring does it is because the estate of JRR Tolkien hasn’t sued the fuck out of them for blatant copyright infringement. I mean damn dude they didn’t even try to hide it.

[@mist-valley-modz]

I don't know why, but you already had me LOL-ing by the 9 second mark. :) Nice Job!

[@MoondustManwise]

Blackreach was always my favorite place in skyrim, it was my perfect aestetic. I'd just spend hours running around the glowing mushrooms like an idiot. Will always remember the magic of a graphical glitch that removed the _darkness_ from Blackreach. The fog and mushrooms and everything were all cast in like, a pale light. I called it Lightreach and pretended I was walking around in the past among the snow elves before they became Falmer. The glitch went away the next time I loaded up my game, but it was just a magical moment.

[@someguywithamic9]

seeing Fable at the end reminds me that I always spend the most time in video games in the second hub like world. the first one somehow always had tutorials that I skipped over and would always drag me back into to it so I never liked the first hub area in games, but when it lets go of your hand and let's you explore in your own. that's when I thrive

[@neilkristjansson8477]

You won me over with that classic X-Play reference at 7:38. God I miss G4.

[@mrnoodles5871]

I love how the first 3 vids of yours you mentioned was the exact order i watched them in.

[@Joov]

I'm just glad you didn't start with my Fall Guys 2020 Review

[@huntress380]

9:36 when I was a kid, my step-dad got jumpscared by a Falmer jumping out from one of those pods and he hasn't played Skyrim since lmao

[@motorbichael]

I just found your channel and have been binge watching everything since! Really love the content dude

[@Raccoon12008]

I like to listen to these while I play the long dark and do loot runs, love your channel and love your voice

[@Sheo_has_rotten]

Thanks to Joov I learnt something new I've been to soul hell (ik the name but it's pretty much hell for souls) and never knew there was a secret boss fight with puking ghost man. I'll be doing that my next playthrough

[@cheeplethebulldog1420]

Blackreach is the definition of “IM BACK IN THE BUILDING AGAIN”

[@jojosparkels6962]

I actually love these videos! It’s not often u see someone try and live a “normal” life

[@FloridaManWithAnAxe]

Blackreach is still so beautiful to me. Takes my breath away with how much detail went into it.

[@connormchugh2706]

Easily one of the best channels in this site

[@brogie5502]

Your editing is awesome man you deserve way more subs!!