Morrowind Analysis | A Quick Retrospective

Wanna know how to tell if someone's a Morrowind fan? Don't worry, they'll tell you.
Sections:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:04:23 - Morrowind Intro
00:09:52 - Vvardenfell
00:27:18 - Soundtrack
00:40:42 - Transportation
00:50:17 - Seyda Neen
01:07:20 - Thieves Guild
01:36:21 - Fighters Guild
01:52:42 - Mages Guild
02:16:02 - House Hlaalu
02:42:21 - House Redoran
03:11:27 - House Telvanni
03:42:19 - Imperial Legion
04:05:59 - Imperial Cult
04:18:40 - Morag Tong
04:33:56 - Tribunal Temple
05:01:36 - Daedric Quests
05:27:34 - Main Quest Act One
06:01:21 - Main Quest Act Two
06:24:58 - Main Quest Act Three
06:42:34 - Plugins
06:49:48 - Tribunal
07:06:24 - Bloodmoon
07:36:01 - Conclusion
The video has been transcribed into fairly accurate [English] subtitles. This work was done by another so there may still be issues that will need to be ironed out in future.
Sources
Thumbnail - The Last Day of Pompeii | Karl Bryullov | Photoshop by myself, ibb.co/MhPgvPk
Part One:
The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind - Bethesda Game Studios
Skywind OST - Zafirbel Bay, Nerevar Rising
Part Two:
Music Visualizer - musicvid.org | Soundtrack
ESO OST - Ascadian Idyll
"Imperial Man Tears" Picture - LadyNerevar (tumblr)
Part Three:
Part Four:
Part Five:
How Morrowind Saved Bethesda | Pete Haas | archive.is/Tj9y6
The Elder Scrolls VI, Starfield and the future of video game giant Bethesda | Keza MacDonald | archive.is/QYIDH
Douglas Goodall 2005 Interview | archive.is/3XEQV
Skyrim: Tsun (Various Faction Responses) | The Destati | • Skyrim: Tsun (Various ...
Daedra Shrines Map | archive.is/8kuov
Part Six:
Douglas Goodall 2005 Interview | archive.is/3XEQV
Morrowind Speedrun - Antonio Peremin | • Morrowind speedrun 3:0...
Heart - Zilchonum | • Heart
Dagoth Ur Fanfiction - Zanizoos | • Dagoth Ur Fanfiction
Skywind Dev's Mapmarker Statement | archive.is/Gh07b
Part Seven:
The Elder Scrolls 4 OST - Jeremy Soule | Tribunal
The Elder Scrolls 5 OST - Jeremy Soule | Bloodmoon
Part Eight:
Promotional Interviews:
(1) web.archive.org/web/2000030401...
(2) web.archive.org/web/2000081603...
(3) web.archive.org/web/2000081522...
(4) web.archive.org/web/2001020413...
(5) web.archive.org/web/2001041804...
(6) web.archive.org/web/2000081707...
(7) web.archive.org/web/2001050221...
(8) web.archive.org/web/2001041804...
(9) web.archive.org/web/2001061917...
Valuable Resources:
Music Tracks - Young Scrolls: youngscrolls.bandcamp.com/
Research - Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages: en.uesp.net/wiki/Main_Page
OpenMW: openmw.org/en/
Character Planner: morrowind.jpbetley.com/
Morrowind is the third entry into the main Elder Scrolls series, because we don't count Battlespire, Redguard, Dawnstar, etc. My Morrowind review is comprehensive, including content from the plugins, addons, Tribunal, and Bloodmoon. I also cover the game's world of Vvardenfell, Soundtrack, Transportation, Seyda Neen, Thieves Guild, Fighters Guild, Mages Guild, House Hlaalu, House Redoran, House Telvanni, the Imperial Legion, the Imperial Cult, the Morag Tong, the Tribunal Temple, and the Main Quest in this retro analysis. I'm writing like this because search engine optimization is very important for channels my size. This Morrowind retrospective also discusses the writing of Douglas Goodall, Ken Rolston, Michael Kirkbride, and Todd Howard. I primarily played on the Xbox version for analytic purposes as well as the engine port OpenMW.
#Patrician #Morrowind

[@Patrician]

Thank you for all the kind words. I put in a lot of work expecting this video to get only 200 views and disappear. For context, I had 72 subscribers when I published this video. Update: GOG has offered an affiliate arrangement, if you are looking to pick up the game. af.gog.com/partner/PatricianTV?as=1708616954 The tutorial that rhymes with "Spudgrings" is "Goodsprings" from New Vegas. I've put ads behind the title cards, so if you go to a section via timestamp you shouldn't have to see an ad first but please leave a comment if this isn't the case or for any other ad-fuckery you see. Original Comment: IT IS DONE.

[@alanmix8183]

7 HOURS

[@Patrician]

Be charitable, I was seven minutes from making it to 8!

[@alanmix8183]

@@Patrician damn

[@arbitercay478]

Bruh, have you ever heard of Mauler or the EFAP podcast? He is the king of long man

[@vvvios]

@@Patrician My dudeski. I watched you go from like 40 subscribers to almost 1000 now lol. You totally deserve it man, super high effort analysis videos!

[@CryptP]

it's *my* sleepover and *i* get to choose the movie

[@thatguyyes8487]

If my parents said "you have to watch it fully" I will put on this vid

[@CryptP]

@All_lives_matter, reject fabricated racism by govt bruh its a meme that's like the whole point

[@nickh4354]

@All_lives_matter, reject fabricated racism by govt hey cool name dude you must be a really fun person to be around and talk with

[@dahuajohnson6918]

@@nickh4354 i'd much rather hang out with him than I would with you 😂

[@Meka.83c]

@@dahuajohnson6918 Cuno has the best drugs

[@SeppukuAddict]

"I wanna get the length argument out of the way first" My go to pickup line

[@origintrackz5235]

So, here's my pitch "I was born this way i can't control wtf god does...now either you're eating this thing for lunch, or you can starve b!tch"

[@fredricknoe3114]

100th like, good for you.

[@miniespeon158]

Damn 🤣

[@TheFella69]

Well it’s been two years, and miraculously the chapter feature still exists

[@rickthebrick200]

No it doesn't I removed it

[@Atahri_]

I was watching and being like "that is definitely something they would do, though." Probably make it a premium feat.

[@kg7219]

@@rickthebrick200how dare u

[@Kris-wo4pj]

It pops in and out of exists for me. So ya no its like a certain cat in a box.

[@feno8104]

@@rickthebrick200 Give it back you rascal

[@AerynWalk]

after starfield i have barely any hope for tes 6 left to be more like morrowind. what a grim future

[@frauleinhohenzollern8442]

Yeah, I never even bothered buying starfield. It's shocking how so many people haven't caught on to how shitty games are. They fall for it over and over and over. The magic is gone. It's all part of demoralization. Once they realized how potent video games are they began using them the same way they use movies and television.

[@blackosprey2219]

Well, it got no accolades and no awards. Its lead staff are deflecting hard. I don't think everyone "fell for it again." I got no idea what that means for the future though.

[@Ungood-jl5ep]

They don't think bethesda's downward spiral be like it is, but it do.

[@Somebody374-bv8cd]

I have barely any confidence in bethesda to deliver for tes6. I hope wayward realms eventually has some kind of announcement thought, even though that will more likely be a daggerfall spiritual successor than morrowind.

[@user-nv2wt4hi8t]

@@frauleinhohenzollern8442 ' Once they realized how potent video games are they began using them the same way they use movies and television.' That hit me in the bread basket since it mirrors what I say regularly.

[@GoblinNiz]

Skyrim spell noises: zap fwooosh bam Morrowind spell noises: óuuuoöòïïoœ

[@kerwynpk]

😂

[@Mae_Dastardly]

I do the restoration whistle all the time

[@gm2407]

I had to upvote for your selection of letters which give a good approximation of the Morrowind magic sound.

[@peterbarlow5709]

I heard this comment in my soul

[@siriondil4739]

I was not aware that that noise could be spelled out, yet here it is before me. Truly incredible.

[@bilgtex]

I work slow 12 hour shifts. If you think for one second I won't do this in one go, you would be mistaken.

[@TheNinjaSasquatch5]

Same, work as a first responder, I'll watch this hoping I don't get a call lol

[@NintendoWizard24]

Same, what a great way to pass time at work

[@eebro65]

@@TheNinjaSasquatch5 You can just pause it. Make it last for two shifts instea of one. Amazing!

[@Waffersforever]

lmao, same thing here, 12 hour overnights, unite!

[@varietywiarrior]

​@@TheNinjaSasquatch5My man

[@ObscureOdysseys]

This is oddly comforting. Maybe it's because I played a lot of Morrowind as a kid, but listening to this in the background while I work or try to sleep and hearing the occasional name of a town, or creature, or item that I remember, brings a sense of comfort. It's nice

[@CHKhouri]

Exactly my sentiment. The whole atmosphere of Morrowind makes you feel happy. I listen to this video for hours. I'm older now but I would like to play the game again.

[@finnishmetalfreak]

Funny, I feel the same way. Hearing someone talk about morrowind and elder scrolls lore in general makes me feel relaxed and warm.

[@mcgibs]

Oh damn that's a good idea. It's basically a Morrowind audio book.

[@johnwiks2597]

Nostalgia is a powerful drug.

[@CDanLB]

So it's just like with them Star Wars fans when the Return of the Jedi trailers came out?

[@Loganjlr]

Correction to your Seyda Neen section: there is one quest where race makes a difference and it’s the side quest where you can mislead the drunk bounty hunter from finding a slave called “Haij-El” or Hides-His-Eyes in Suran. Normally, you would need to ask an argonian or the guy who runs the slave market about how the slave’s name is translated into Hides-His-Eyes, but argonian players will automatically have the dialogue which indicates they know this information automatically

[@plebisMaximus]

That is so cool. Of course an argonian would speak argonian, really nice attention to detail.

[@Otakupatriot117]

Me who always plays Imperials in TES games because it seems like that's generally what the game's writing assumes you to be:

[@neoqwerty]

@@Otakupatriot117 I felt that so much in Morrowind with my Dark Elf, I ended up just headcanoning that my elf spent his whole life in Cyrodiil and he sounds too "imperialized" to blend in and that's why people are so ready to slap down infobricks on his ears like he's an Imperial, and why he has 0 knowledge of anything Morrowind, even the mainland.

[@NerevarOfficialReal]

That's not exclusive to Argonian players, that also happens if you have a high enough INT.

[@Loganjlr]

@@NerevarOfficialReal oh cool I didn’t know that. Thanks

[@jameshamann465]

"The Lusty Argonian Maid, a short blade skill book..." Best Elder Scrolls joke I've ever heard

[@vincentmarcellino7183]

Should've been a One-Handed book in Skyrim, lol

[@Pootisbird01]

@Leon Russell not to mention conjuration

[@inybisinsulate]

Potions of True Shot ahem Horker Tusk under a bed hmgh

[@danielpiechowicz2898]

I never read it, I thought he was serious.

[@evereststevens7034]

I’ve got fortify 2 handed on my gloves…

[@noway4569]

Her: It's not about the length sweetie, I promise. Her Favorite Analysis Video:

[@uileam161]

Apparently she missed the lesson of Final Fantasy 7: girth > length

[@nessesaryschoolthing]

@@uileam161 Same lesson as Pokemon

[@thatgirlinamask8699]

At least the content of the video is as meaty as it is long

[@baronvonbeandip]

"My dick is 15 inches when measured from the prostate." - PatricianTV

[@baronvonbeandip]

Finally, an actually good "quick" comment

[@feno8104]

"I don't want to say it's the greatest game of all time. I want to say that it paved the way to a generation of great games that learned lessons from it. But I can't." This hits alot harder after your conclusion of the Skyrim video, literally accepting the loss of something that had the potential to be great. I love this game, and it was always clear that Bethesda wasn't ever going to look back on it, but I still hope somebody else out there will make a true spiritual sequel of their own

[@MiguelBaptista1981]

If you look at the story of creative art that happens alot, either by death of the original artist, or for the same reason someone would make a spiritual successor of TES 3; the original creator didn't value his original vision once the devil came offering big bags of silver for lowest-common-denominator-game-design-for-the-bottom-line$$$.

[@abdalln8554]

"Number go up" is extremely reductive but hasn't failed to explain a company's idiotic or awful behaviour yet.

[@AmaranHonda]

know this is about 5 months too late, But check out Ardenfall. Devs say it's 100% inspired by Morrowind and looks pretty nice. If it all goes well, then even 20 years later, Morrowind can indeed pave the way to a new generations of games that learned the lessons.

[@backupschmliff1156]

I think there is one in the works. I forget what it is called though...

[@YarGolubev]

@@backupschmliff1156 Todd Howard's fame fell He became a star - and decided that he was in charge and understood game design best But he doesn't understand. He just uses pieces that just work - until they wear out and crumble into dust.

[@vahlok1426]

I'll always adore Azura's final speech. It feels so triumphant and final, as she rains down praises for your achievements. Her final line of, "Come. Take this thing from the hand of god," is like a nice topper on it all. You literally take from her, as a final gift most likely to who would be closest to the one she loved, a godly relic that is yours and yours alone. It just feels so good to finally win.

[@masync183]

And because it's morrowind, you know, it's actually kind of challanging and you aren't just fast travelling everywhere doing checklists, it really feels like you've earned it.

[@neoqwerty]

@@masync183 /quietly hides my notebook full of quests' checklists and my cheat sheet of which boats and silt striders to take to where, and also my mark and recall spells.

[@daedalus6433]

@@neoqwertyWriting journals and the bus schedule isn't non-immersive. Quest markers are

[@Kris-wo4pj]

@@neoqwerty if ya gotta write it down youre doing work. i like quest markers and fast travel but oblivion and skyrim is over doing it

[@jhudsu1]

Yeah but you know? Fuck Azura? Her entire agenda here was just keeping the Heart and its power out of mortal hands because she doesn't want us to get powerful enough to threaten her?

[@darkerSolstice]

As someone who's been editing the UESP for 13 years now, thank you for acknowledging our superiority over all other wikis.

[@Patrician]

I'm not sure how Elder Scrolls Fandom consistently ranks ahead of you in SEO, considering UESP is much better at category pages.

[@davidbowen8456]

Thank you for all that you do. UESP will forever be my favorite website period.

[@davidbowen8456]

@@darkerSolstice Thank you! I will be sure to check it out :)

[@maepeterson7197]

Thank you for your service

[@AlexZander688]

I use UESP on a regular basis, thanks for your time and effort. I am currently playing a heavily modded and tweaked Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim. I reference UESP frequently.

[@bimpopo3951]

a "quick" retrospective he didn"t lie, i watched the whole thing and didn"t even notice

[@ryerye5004]

I grow cheese under my for skin

[@CommieG]

@@ryerye5004 same

[@MrSp0iler]

Such video on Arcanum of Steamworks and magic obscura would explain half of the game I played blindly and still dont know what half of things do. Also how many man hours did this take to make? 3 years? Wow... each sentence is on par with whats going on screen..

[@Ellstevo]

@@ryerye5004 àààààààààà

[@Ellstevo]

@@ryerye5004 ààààß

[@cyberzangoose16]

Its been two years and this is still my go to white noise video.

[@Otakupatriot117]

I liked Vivec when I was just fucking around, getting lost and looking for weird secrets, and using levitation both to train my character and to get past some of the more obnoxious design elements. I did not like Vivec when I was looking for a specific person in a specific area and the game was just like "It's some alchemy shop somewhere in this district. You'll find it eventually." And that means they did a great job making it feel like a large city. Fun when you're a tourist, miserable when you don't have a choice but to do business there.

[@BarokaiRein]

These quick retrospectives are all well and good,but when are we gonna get some deep dives?

[@singadyl7774]

Asking the real questions

[@drip5308]

We don't see many deep dives into games I want something I can watch for hours and enjoy

[@HoboJimsGravyTrain]

@wiktorpolak 8766 hours in a year baby

[@TheBalloonBob]

What about an elite deep dive?

[@Desmolas]

KZbinrs are just not putting in the effort these days

[@5kelt3r]

Me: "Watching TV is a waste of time..." Also me: *watches an 8 hour Morrowind analysis* - "Now this here is quality content!"

[@primachpepe8597]

same here

[@lilbrothaaa]

She: "I'm sure he's thinking of other women!"

[@larsliamvilhelm]

Well, at least here you can pick what to waste time on...

[@pagatryx5451]

Bruh, if you're serious about the TV thing, it's probably just you haven't found somethin you actually enjoy yet. For years I was the same, hated TV and only enjoyed videogames but when I was around 18 I gave anime a shot (lots of free time cause no school) and loved it to the point I did a degree in film. That's not an advertisement for anime or anything, but TV and movies are great when you know what you like.

[@5kelt3r]

​@@pagatryx5451 Don't get me wrong. I've spent plenty of time watching movies/shows and enjoyed many of them. Personally, I just tend to find more value in time spent through other outlets of entertainment or productivity. I enjoy a number of hobbies, from programming, to writing music, to practicing jiu jitsu...If I'm going to sit idly and watch a video of substantial length, it has to intrigue me deeply. This is the type of content that can hold my attention. Why is that? Because it goes DEEP. Like the creator, I've also spent hundreds of hours playing Morrowind, and I've spent hundreds more playing the other games in the Elder Scrolls franchise. For me, Morrowind has always felt like the pinnacle of the series. As a deep analysis like this one is capable of reaffirming, I don't feel that way simply because of the nostalgia that I associate with the game. It's fascinating to hear someone break down in exquisite detail exactly why Morrowind is just so damn good (and also what isn't so great about it). At the end of the day, just do what makes you happy. All memes aside...based on the amount of attention that this video is receiving, let alone the fact that this video exists at all...I think there are a great deal of people who feel similarly to myself, and that's pretty fucking awesome.

[@FhtagnCthulhu]

Man, that comment about landing on a planet in a game and it feeling small sure aged well.

[@aidankeogh9994]

When Caius Cosades told me to go experience, I went and became the Master Thief of the Thieves Guild and the Grandmaster of House Hlaalu. On my travels, I went to go pay a friendly visit to Tel Fyr and- knowing Divayth was a collector of dwemer antiques- came prepared to gift him a coherer. Little did I know that, in doing so, I had started the Corprus Cure quest of the _main questline_ early. It wasn't until over 10 hours later that I finally got back to Caius, and he was telling me to "go get that Corprus cured", which I hadn't contracted because I hadn't done anything from the main story. So I unintentionally softlocked the main questline, and had to use *lots* of console commands to fix it.

[@anonymousalien7417]

It just works

[@abdalln8554]

"Hey Dayvoth here's a gift" "Woe, plague be upon ye" "....i take it youre not a fan"

[@Hero_Of_Old]

I think a lot of people actually enjoy long retrospectives. I know I'm a sucker for them personally. They're chill.

[@IconProduction01]

Agreed, I hate short little 10-20 minute KZbin videos these days that are basically over by the time you've clicked on em, and then you're left already searching through the suggested video list to try and find the next thing to watch. I feel like I sometimes spend more time trying to find decent content to watch on KZbin, than I do actually relaxing and watching said content... These longer game retrospectives are cool because you can leave it open in its own tab in the browser, then after an hour or whatever when you're bored just tab over and watch some other stuff for a bit before returning later to continue where you left off on these super long videos. It's def. nice to have something to fall back on to watch, especially when it's getting late and you're starting to get sick of trying to select the next thing to watch over and over again less than 10 minutes after selecting the last little short a** video.

[@mynameliko6444]

it's like watching a documentary :D

[@mynameliko6444]

@@JM-tj5qm - _-

[@Jisawbam]

I mainly watch them in the evenings and only somewhat pay attention to them. They're great because I'll notice something new each time I watch them.

[@Cowboybounty]

I wish I got fucking Gandalf the Grey to comment on my video....

[@Slay1337pl]

When's the long version coming out?

[@mannemarco333]

On par with ES6.

[@Armored_Ariete]

play the game to find it

[@anticksss]

The snyder cut

[@jewfinigan863]

My favourite part was when he said 'when's the long version coming out'

[@imonke5303]

Don't think joining the sixth house was ever implemented fully but the idea is there so it's more of like something that SHOULD be a choice especially considering how dagoth ur was actually a friend to nerevar in his previous life and that hints of it are dropped constantly through the main quest

[@yourehereforthatarentyou]

i can’t imagine azura with her iconic daedric prince ego not just instantly turning you into a scrib if you did that

[@CoreStarter]

@@yourehereforthatarentyou if azura could interfere that closely to dagoth ur she would have just zapped him out of existence.

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

@@CoreStarternah azura wouldn’t be that involved. She likes to test people to see how they do. I could see her instantly deleting you if you side with dagoth, but not just delete dagoth herself.

[@AndreLuis-gw5ox]

​@@misanthropicservitorofmars2116no Daedric Prince has enough influence to simply "delete" anything on tamriel. Its why daedric quests exist, they have limited power over the mortal realm

[@YarGolubev]

That's right - there are a couple of scraps of quests that can be found in the ESP file in other languages. In fact, the original plan was to divide the thread into 3 depending on the choice of which informant to start with or whose topic to develop. But later they abandoned it

[@raymond4871]

I bought Morrowind because of this video, and I am beyond elated that I found this video and your channel. My first M-rated game was Skyrim and although I thoroughly enjoyed it I am blown away at how much more shallow it is than Morrowind in every aspect. Thank you so much for creating this awesome 8 hour vid! Every time I come across a quest you detailed (like the 2v1 rat fight or the Hlaalo manor murder) or when I adjust the godly UI I think of this vid. I can't overstate how impactful this vid was for me in regards to video game critique as well. Really fine work!!!!!

[@bigbrownhouse6999]

How can an 8 hour video hope to get into the recommendations? What a grand and intoxicating innocence.

[@druidcraft918]

There is no Recall that can save you here...

[@marcallanchartrand]

oh sweet sweet Nerevar

[@danielpiechowicz2898]

Great song and comment lol

[@ridespirals]

I was watching matthewmatosis' dark souls and demons souls playthroughs

[@Rydax]

It just appeared in my recommendations again for some reason. So, even though I've seen it before, I watched again. No regrets.

[@daedaluswriting9350]

"So just because I'm a Khajiit, I must be a thief" "Your name is literally "Steals-Your-Wallet!"

[@SpoopySquid]

"Not all khajiit are thieves! Yes, this one is a thief, but not because they are khajiit!"

[@gabby3036]

"If I check your pockets, am I gonna find any...illicit drugs?"

[@vincentmarcellino7183]

​@@gabby3036Objection! That's not what my client is on trial for here! Any drugs he may or may not have are irrelevant!

[@dandoll4405]

But that's an argoian name.

[@blockoutenvycatt]

they were adopted by argonians just like the dunmer dude from skyrim@@dandoll4405

[@j.alexanderyates3129]

The ruins of Arkngthand were genuinely an amazing experience as a first-time player. I started as a barbarian, with no intentions of using magic. Then, I reached the end of the dungeon, realized I couldn't proceed without levitation, and went off adventuring to gain powers to chip away at the vertical sections. I feel a little dumb in retrospect, for missing that the puzzle cube was so close to the entrance, but I enjoyed the process enough that it was well worth it.

[@liquidsleepgames3661]

That dungeon taught me. Look everywhere

[@YarGolubev]

Scroll of Icarus At the top you will find a chest - locked at 60 if you are not a Khajiit thief it is better not to climb

[@Thekilla2659]

This is probably my 20th time coming back to watch this and I’m fully absorbed every time and enjoy it so much. Just wanted to say a quick thank you for the retrospectives and my morbid curiosity with them and watching all or most of them in one sitting sometimes :)

[@truantakuma6234]

"Steals-your-wallet" is an amazing khajit name

[@Ephraim225]

It's such an amazing Khajiit name because it doesn't follow Khajiit naming schemes at all.

[@truantakuma6234]

@@Ephraim225 oh yeah lmao its actually the argonian naming scheme lol

[@InternetTAB]

stealswallet, dang xbox limits!

[@traegoins6903]

I named my argonian slaps-old-ladies. I played through the entire game unarmed with him. I hit every old woman in every city lol.

[@danielj.dababy3420]

@@traegoins6903 claps-your-cheeks

[@neck_acrobatics]

Is Morrowind that good as to warrant a nearly 8 hours KZbin video? Yes, yes it is.

[@spatrk6634]

honestly i wish the video was longer

[@boyman7823]

@@OfficerHotpants as a good RPG should be

[@Nerdgirl9853]

It is awful enough to warrent 8 Hours pointing out how basically every aspect of it was utterly butchered in execution making for one of the worst games I have ever played. My goodness it is awful.

[@aregulargenericname8794]

@@Nerdgirl9853 "awful"

[@chilly456]

@@Nerdgirl9853 judging by how many people love the game, have you ever considered that instead of this game being awful, you just don't like the kind of game it is?

[@JimmyA.Alvarez]

If life gives you lemon, you make lemonades, so at this point instead of waiting for stocks to crash or recovery, focus on how to profit off the current market, Bloomberg, WSJ, BBC business(just to mention a few) have been recording cases of folks averaging 350k in 12weeks, so there's money being moved around if you know where you're looking.

[@DeannaMurray-zv]

It comes down to technique; a downtrend gives you room to focus on the market and grow significantly in the short or long term. While it is easier to make money when the market is rising, a downtrend can still yield high returns if you have the necessary knowledge and skills. For this reason, I have been scaling up during this difficult period by working with an investment advisor; this has been the only way I have raised up to $150K in the last six months.

[@BeverleeR.Ziegler]

in as much as my knowledge of the business is limited, it seems that this is the ideal time to enter the market based on my understanding of supply and demand in the economy. The consistent price variations, which shouldn't be an issue, are the only thing stopping me. But I really need a counselor; could you please assist me?

[@DeannaMurray-zv]

@@BeverleeR.Ziegler One of the fiduciaries I deal with is Jennifer Lea Jenson. Just check the name. There would be a letter with the necessary information to set up an appointment.

[@DeannaMurray-zv]

One of the fiduciaries I deal with is Jennifer Lea Jenson. Just check the name. There would be a letter with the necessary information to set up an appointment.

[@Erickruiz562]

Thank you! I checked out Alicia Ann Jordan's credentials on her website and it seems quite good! Hopefully, she's taking in fresh applicants because I sent her an email.

[@chrisnotyou]

Makes the greatest story never told seem like a breeze. An EXCELLENT 6 Hour documentary. Highly recommend. And 8 hours is quick, for a Galapagos turtle.

[@lerb21]

*Stops video **1:09** in and Cracks Knuckles* Alright, I had no plan on watching an 8 hour video on Morrowind from a KZbinr that I am not familiar with today, but given this man's earnest intro, I'll give this a shake.

[@wulfherecyning1282]

You've encapsulated my thoughts and situation perfectly.

[@mellon3891]

Well, you're not alone.

[@MSW3rd]

Yeah that intro drew me in strangely well

[@gaidenblattner176]

Precisely

[@iandigaming]

@@gaidenblattner176 Yep yep

[@Duterasemis]

I actually like the fact that Vivec's layout is so confusing at first. It made me feel like an ignorant foreigner who was lost in a strange city. It was fitting too that there were cops in golden armor everywhere telling me what a piece of shit I was for existing in the same general vicinity as them. Also, it makes sense within the lore. Vivec did it. He designed the city that way on purpose, because he's a dick. Everything fits together perfectly.

[@xXRickTrolledXx]

Funny enough, it actually encouraged me to go out and find the maps for all the cities. Guide to Vivec was such a godsend.

[@theta_clips]

@@xXRickTrolledXx I recently had to delete my first character because OpenMW is a lot more stable, but in that playthrough I went from a long-blade medium armor Dunmer to a levitating Archmaster of Redoran, and that's how I learned Vivec. I would just slap on the Boots of Blinding speed (with 100% magicka resist of course) and then float around, taking note of the banners and areas. It was really cool how I went from hating it while now it's probably my favorite city in Morrowind besides Balmora.

[@HereNow731]

I felt the same way the first time I played. I always imagined the Ordinators rolling their eyes behind their masks while I stumbled around.

[@timthetoolpool]

This opinion is verifiably incorrect. Vivec is the 9th circle of hell. Should have just made it one giant building.

[@Santiago-ew1sf]

Reminds me of Pyongyang.

[@user-jw9td4iz4c]

I've got so many comments to say, and one day I might say them all But if you ever see this bro, you said near the beginning that you don't expect people to watch this in one sitting.. I think I have watched this 12 separate times now, with three of them being a full watch through with only minor pauses for bathroom breaks and phone calls. You do an amazing job, and make a lot of good points for a game ten years older than my own son. Still one of my favorite gems, and still playing it til this day on Xbox 360 GOTY Edition. Basically what I'm trying to say, is thank you.

[@tessfairfield6435]

As a massive Morrowind fan I am here for this mega analysis. I was scared of the game as a kid, but came back to it later through OpenMW and fell in love with the world all over again.

[@Quicksilver_Cookie]

Patrolling Vvardenfell almost makes you wish for a volcanic eruption.

[@liquidsleepgames3661]

Hey now. I was there when that happen shit got real people were on fire and incased in ash. My best friend got hit by a flaming boulder right infront of my eyes

[@baronvonbeandip]

*flips a chair and leaves off stage left* I KNOW PEOPLE THAT DIED IN THAT SHIT

[@TheRageaholic]

If a Morrowind video was 8 hours long... how long would a Daggerfall video be?

[@Patrician]

At my usual rate of synopsis it would have to come out in seasons.

[@boojaliciousiii3797]

God fucking speed!

[@leobanks7603]

I can't wait for a 14 hour video about the silly string dungeon game.

[@eggsbruhnadict4298]

@@leobanks7603 ya I think people really make daggerfall seem better than it was

[@eggsbruhnadict4298]

@OX XY ya I thought they were kidding but there are some actually insane daggerfall fans who would die before they admitted skyrim was a more enjoyable game to play

[@brokentool]

regaridng Boethiah's sunken shrine, there is a "latest rumors" topic, which I think I heard in Seyda Neen, along the lines of: "my cousin swears he saw buildings underwater, near Hla Oad, but I think he was drunk". it is not much of a hint, but it's an in-game reference to the sunken shrine

[@user-ey5gg5gl1d]

I THINK I FOUND MY FAVOURITE VIDEO OF ALL TIME THIS IS GREAT JOB THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THIS.

[@sisyphusrodahrockshout9326]

Fun fact: the daedric princes speak through your character mouth. Always thought it was a neat detail.

[@SirThomasJames]

Like, your own mouth actually moves when they're speaking to you?

[@SirThomasJames]

@@treach_ Damn, that's fucking scary and awesome at the same time. Love Morrowind more and more

[@roondar6141]

Most likely due to the game's engine needing an NPC for a sound source, but with the deadric princes there's no NPC so they attach it to your character and as a side effect your character's mouth moves. Kind of like the scientists in Big MT in New Vegas all have different voice lines, but the head still lights up with all their dialogue as though it's the same person talking.

[@vincentmarcellino7183]

Kinda like they're possessing you for a few moments as a way of saying, "I've got you. Don't think about screwing me or you'll find out what happens when you piss off Daedric Princes!"

[@DagothThorus]

Fun fact - Tarhiel screams thru your pc mouth also :D

[@shalalalalalaladeda]

It started with Dagothwave and now I've ended up here

[@chillemdafoe1738]

LMFAO IKR 😂😂😂😂

[@brunop.8745]

that video alone has spawned a whole new generation of Morrowind fans

[@ekaylor4104]

I'm a God! I'm a God! God!

[@TheArcticWonder]

Baptize yourself in it

[@jorgedasilva7665]

That's EXACTLY what happened to me too.

[@brandon0sh]

"Rogue Telvanni" is just a dogwhistle for "One of the elves we're oppressing going about his normal life, and we don' t like it"

[@guyeswanson7958]

You can’t oppress a telvani. But if you could, they’d deserve it.

[@RazorsharpLT]

And if you did, good They should be shoved in a locker. @@guyeswanson7958

[@emiledlund9559]

@@guyeswanson7958 If you have the power to oppress a telvanni then the oppression would be justified under telvanni belief

[@Cyberwar101]

​@@emiledlund9559yup. The Telvanni perspective is that, if a someone is targeted either it; weeds out weakness, teaches them a valuable lesson, or the threat is eliminated. If they can't handle the heat, find someone who can and do their bidding. Honestly, their culture is very much like daedra.

[@deaDParrot88]

I remember first hearing/seeing the game advertised on toonami on Cartoon Network back in the day when I was a kid, I picked it up for my regular Xbox and holy cow, I was blown away. I sank well over 1000 hours into strictly playing that game for a few years lol, I’ve recently started playing it again

[@miltonblipp]

holy shit I remember the toonami morrowind commercial now. my first glimpse at anything elder scrolls. core memory unlocked, tysm

[@baronvonbeandip]

Woah, maybe that's why I ended up getting it.

[@YarGolubev]

I'm lucky that my mom bought it for me True, I was able to start playing only on the second try - when I got sick and didn’t go to school

[@bekesir12]

I'll never forget the first time I beat this game. I was 14 in a foster home and all I had was an Xbox and morrowind. I used to go to the library and use the free computer and look up walkthroughs online. It will always be one of my favorite games.

[@michaela2634]

Being in a foster home must have been hard, I imagine Morrowind was a great escape. I hope you're doing well these days man.

[@jamang7340]

Going through foster is most of the time shitty, it’s good you had Morrowind to get your mind off things. Hope you’re doing good and successful now bro.

[@wabdab3459]

@@michaela2634 "escape" lmao

[@michaela2634]

@@henrycrabs3497 Do you eat crabs

[@christopher.saint.christopher]

I was introduced to Morrowind at a friend's house at age 14. When he told me, "You can do whatever you want in this game", I played it like I played Grand Theft Auto -- I ran wild, stole things out of houses (in front of the owners) and fought/ran from the guards. I remember being so confused that I couldn't hit anything with the dagger I'd swiped from the Census Office, and also thinking that the bounties I got would disappear with time and/or change of location. Oh, to be young again, with my commoner's rags and my iron dagger and my pockets full of stolen cups and plates.

[@cephaleaorion4888]

i did that with Skyrim, i immediately went on a killing spree

[@vincentmarcellino7183]

I bought Morrowind when Skyrim came out because I didn't have much money and my computer wasn't running Skyrim (Dell Inspiron 8600. A badass laptop for its time. But not anywhere near playing Skyrim. Oblivion chugged and was barely playable at the lowest possible settings for perspective). I didn't realize until I died to a kwama forager without landing a single hit that my skills were way more important to think about when creating my character. 11 years and a couple new laptops later and there's still things I find that I never had seen before. It's got the most hours of time eaten of all my games.

[@asddasdasdasdadsa]

That sounds like my childhood such Comfy memories.

[@talk-supersix-seven6021]

For me it was oblivion that was the first 3D open world freedom to do anything game. I came out of the prison and emerged into the world. I found a bow and there was a man peacefully fishing by some water. I snuck and killed him with a single arrow. I found it incredible. He died. His body didn't disappear like Spiderman gamecube and there was this permanence to my actions and an effect on the world. I loved it! I went around doing anything I wanted. I found this cheap rage spell and cast it on people in public and watched them slaughter each other. I later had to restart the game as I had killed too many useful merchants.

[@pennywright3274]

Hah! That's actually super sweet. I'm fascinated by how kids/teenagers learn how to play games.

[@dabois8280]

Re watching this now. I was introduced to the elder scrolls from skyrim like many people. I struggled going back and playing oblivion. Over time i figured It out. Eventually i decided to try morrowind. I originally didn't even understand the concept of hit chance i went into the first quest with that rat in the house and promptly died over and over and gave up. This video gave me the information i needed to properly buld my character. There were problems with knowing where to go sometimes and i needed to use the wiki but overall i actually love morrowind now. Without this video i would never have figured out how to do things. Thank you for this

[@Sveargiths]

After about 2 years I finally finished watching the whole thing. Would you ever consider doing a deep dive on everything that was ret-conned? I always found the lore of Morrowind to be much more interesting than the very vanilla takes with Oblivion and Skyrim. I'm far from an expert and would love to see what they changed and why.

[@lawhornechristopher]

😅

[@YarGolubev]

Oblivion lore - retconned in relation to the lore of Daggerfall-Redgard and Morrowind But it basically uses the same literature

[@26ClownFace]

What's most impressive about this video isn't the length alone, or the commentary -- it's the sheer amount of clips you have. You have visual aids for EVERYTHING you discuss, well edited and put together in a pleasing and understandable way. This isn't even including all the diagrams and names you put on screen to help the viewer understand. Absolutely marvelous. I hope to see more videos like this.

[@topherharrison8042]

Yeah this must have taken an incredible amount of time to put together. Not to mention all of the playthroughs he did. This must have taken months. Good shit right here

[@IWubYooz]

@@topherharrison8042 I think at least a year because he mentions at character creation something like how in 2019 we call human animals “furries” (in regards to the beast races) even though this is 2020.

[@serotonin.scavenger]

Caius getting recalled broke my heart, yo. He never got to see us fulfill the prophecy; we never managed to make him proud of us.

[@TonyRedgrave]

I'm sure he heard about us. The Nerevarine shows in the Oblivion's rumor mill, so he had to have heard about the major events that went down.

[@catzor4795]

He's the only based tutorial character. He's more of an actual mentor than a random NPC.

[@nicholasmorgan7609]

We may have been Moon and Star to Morrowind, but he was Moon and Star to us.

[@avatar19822]

Eventually you'll get to see Caius in the Province Cyrodiil mod.

[@Kevin-jb2pv]

*sniff. He never introduced me to his dealer. ;_;

[@octorokreviews]

Every time I come back to this video, it makes me want to play Morrowind all over again. While continuing to listen to the video, obviously.

[@pdpMASTERP]

I LOVE long retrospectives! I watch 1-2 hours before Bedge. I have no problem continuing a long video later until I finish it

[@100gnomes3]

"Urgency removes agency" is the best takeaway I got and probably the most important point you made in this video.

[@honeybadger6275]

Yup, there are more than a few games that I've dropped the minute I start feeling that.

[@joelc.4336]

There's one other tutorial feature about Seyda Neen. If you ask for "latest rumors" or maybe "little advice" townsfolk will tell of the cave just outside town which works as a fantastic tutorial for the abundance of bandit hideouts you will find throughout the wilderness of Vvardenfel - complete with some slaves to free and a small skooma stash. There's even an alternate path around the cave which leads to some small treasure you might otherwise not find. Really shows the player that exploration will be rewarded in a way that doesn't reward you too much early game.

[@Patrician]

It also works as an advanced combat tutorial since there's a melee fighter, a spellcaster, and a marksman in there.

[@Antichthoon]

I'm currently pretty much bedridden due to a heavy RA flare so this "short" seven hour retrospective is really nice to watch while not being able to do much else :) You are seriously good at keeping people entertained over the course of hours and I'm very much going to watch the 12 hour Oblivion video afterward.

[@TheShad0w1897]

Great video, but what makes it even better now is your mention of them using design documents and your predictions for Starfield.

[@dova3050]

I’m watching an 8 hour analysis on Morrowind while playing Morrowind. *This is the way.*

[@garyzuelch8152]

Me too!

[@dragonorbminecraft]

This is the way

[@melodyw.7196]

It truly is. I do this with the sims and rdr2

[@ChocolateFishBrains]

same

[@velhlar4557]

I'm even playing on Xbox, send hlp

[@darnchacha1632]

Finished, as a Truck driver I appreciate long stuff I can listen to in one long sitting. Been many years since I played Morrowind on Original Xbox

[@LaJiahao]

Ok boomer

[@michaelharvey7254]

@@LaJiahao Boomer games are the best games.

[@Jak239JC]

@@michaelharvey7254 Some boomers may be annoying but can't deny boomer games are fun.

[@KingZealotTactics]

@@LaJiahao You know that saying is nonsensical right? what does it matter of the age? you do realize one day you will also be a "boomer" so you are in a way calling yourself a boomer.

[@nathanchandler185]

@@KingZealotTactics I feel like your name is either from a 12 year old boy trying to be edgy on the internet OR a boomer trying to be intimidating on the internet without understanding that a name like that is going to draw more mockery then it will any type of intimidation

[@leifmoulton6735]

cooming to the soundtrack section rn

[@baronvonbeandip]

Despite being small scope, there's something about the Morrowind OST that hits different relative to other OSTs.

[@meemmeem9170]

This video finally gave me the push to play and complete Morrowind after it sitting in my steam library for like 4 years. And i am converted. I love my Skyrim but Morrowind... i wan- i NEED MORE.

[@JohnDoe-ro4nf]

About the first Imperial Legion quest. In Roman military, if you were caught asleep on your shift, the punishment was being beaten to death by your fellow men. I wonder if Imperial Legion had the same punishment? It would explain Lugrub's actions.

[@elitereptilian200]

My dyslexia read that first as "you were eaten to death by your fellow men" and I was so damn confused 😂

[@Tony6Shot]

Considering that this came out before Imperial culture was dramatically altered to be pretty milquetoast, I wouldn't be surprised if that was the implication.

[@Avatarbee]

The AI is overwhelmed by basic concepts. The most memorable moment I had with AI stupidity was when I killed the Archmage in a duel by floating above him and raining fireballs down on him while he ran in circles. When I checked his corpse I saw that he actually had a very good levitation potion on him. The designers had accounted for the cheap shit that I had pulled but seemed to have forgotten to program the AI to actually use the countermeasures that they had prepared. If the Archmage had drunk that potion he could have flown up to me and kicked my ass with his OP as fuck staff.

[@dantallionmccrews3822]

I think there might be a decent reason that they didn't give the NPCs AI to use levitation potions and effects... I love messing with the spell craft system. One of my favorite overcomplicated methods of killing someone was to levitate, cast a levitation spell (slightly slower) on my opponent, and then kite them into the sky. Then when the spells wear off, my featherfall enchantment saves me, and gravity finishes my opponent. I feel like the logistical nightmare of trying to make the AI account for when levitation spells wear off and get to a safe location for when that happens is why we don't see NPCs using levitation magic themselves. If they had made that a thing the AI could do... I'd think we'd see a LOT of comical, suicidal levitation shit out of NPCs.

[@TheGrinningViking]

The cheaty way around it would be to add a feather fall effect with sightly more duration to all the levitate potions in NPC inventories. I'm not sure any enemy post cliff racers has actually flown. Bethesda likes their long invisible legs on things with wings.

[@WYCD]

@@dantallionmccrews3822 That's genius!

[@Guitar-Dog]

@@TheGrinningViking is that true, very funny, as good as train hat

[@TheGrinningViking]

@@Guitar-DogYurp! Even things built in their engines, like casadores in Fallout New Vegas, just "hover" above the ground on invisible legs.

[@CaffeinatedKing]

Area Of Effect Arrows having weird lighting in the shop was actually what spurred me into tinkering with Bethesda games. I remember wondering why it was so bright in the store compared to everywhere else and noticed it was something relating to the settings of the cell it's self and adjusting it to match the others nearby.

[@hottmengaming1790]

Whenever I feel like I’ve run out of things to watch on KZbin I always come back to these videos.

[@WrecklessEating]

This was phenomenal. Watched over a few days. Easily the best Morrowind video of all time.

[@declanhinshaw4791]

Holy crap did not expect you here

[@SupercarJake]

Love your stuff on FB can't believe to see you here haha

[@platannapipidae9621]

right after dagothwave.

[@chabbab6698]

watched in 1 day because im not a casual 😂👍🏼

[@obijuanquenobi1911]

what about the Sseth one?

[@Makkovar]

Considering I played Morrowind for months when I was a child and never finished the main questline or even visited all of the map locations.... yeah, I'll believe this is a "quick" retrospective

[@thomasrial4444]

Exactly the same experience here.

[@lordblazer]

he ignored all of the Morag Tong questlines and the Imperial Cult questline.

[@aegis2907]

I played Morrowind for hundreds of hours yet I haven't yet completed the game... pretty sure I can one shot my way out of anything at this point

[@thomasrial4444]

@@aegis2907 now you just gotta make the lvl 78 no glitch/prison subtraction character. I just started mine and all I will say is..... It’s basically just grinding but idc lol 😂

[@baronvonbeandip]

Someone musta sold the package for Caius Cosades to the Seyda Neen merchant.

[@joepataco303]

this is my comfort video

[@spizzyb7553]

This is the content I Look for on KZbin. Extremely amazing content! Long, in depth, easy to digest, just absolutely perfect. Keep up the great work you are very talented.

[@stevenhskns]

This man on top of nearly 8 hours of quality retrospective, with visual aids and gameplay to match his talking points nearly all the way to boot, really did play on the xbox 360 version of Morrowind. No one asked you to go that hard but you did.

[@ahouyearno]

It is the worst version. And thats the point, even the worst morrowind is a great game

[@BlastinRope]

I played morrowind on OG xbox back in the day, the initial load took like 3 mins but felt like 10 idk how 360 version compares

[@ahouyearno]

@@BlastinRope >idk how 360 version compares It was a notoriously bad emulation job. 360 just wasn't that good at emulating the original Xbox Some games functioned perfectly, halo obviously. Some games had lots of stuttering and bugs, for which morrowind is THE example.

[@scottevans8912]

Like he said he does this for love

[@Joeysaladslover]

@@BlastinRopeyes we also watched video

[@jinkson795]

"A *Quick* Retrospective" - 8 hours long. Exactly the video I was looking for.

[@windblownleaf6450]

All your TES reviews are exceptionally high-quality for their length. I watched much shorter reviews that are way worse.

[@baronvonbeandip]

I've been working, solo, on a game to deliver on the lessons of Morrowind principly focused more engaging magic and alchemy as well as more engaging character progression that builds off the 'use it to make it better' mantra. One of these days, when I've had enough time to cook, I hope I can have Pat playtest it so he can know he had a tangible effect on games dev.

[@SurrealBeliefs]

The intro alone hooked me. I love long form content so this is for me to dig into it over the week. Great job.

[@MrDazzlerdarren]

Almost exactly what I've posted :-D Will delete my post now I reckon.

[@derp195]

Same. The fact that he intentionally wrote it in such a way that you don’t need to actually watch got a sub from me.

[@Bassist-Beneath]

I think vids like these are getting more and more popular now that the pandemics been going on so long. I just turn them on as background noise most of the time

[@bbbbbbb51]

The intro sucked ass. It was full of bad arguments & strawmen. Easily the worst part of the video.

[@declanhinshaw4791]

@@bbbbbbb51 cry

[@ayylmao2190]

I anticipate the 10 hour Fallout: New Vegas Retrospective

[@BornInSouth]

And i anticipate me watching it

[@Blue-uy3xs]

Morrowind dwarfs new Vegas in the amount to talk about so it would probs be around five hours either way if he reviewed new Vegas I’d be extremely happy

[@breadpilled2587]

PLEASE

[@Alpheus_09C]

Do you mean "the 10 hour Fallout: New Vegas *quick* retrospective"

[@Jakster840]

Please. Please Patrician. Do this!

[@ChristianBawden]

The UESP is an amazing lore resource

[@spookyscarysteve]

I’m only about an hour in, but when I was a mage, my cash problems were solved very easily- infact, I had more problems in offloading goods than actually turning a profit. Please bear in mind- I found all this out on only my 3rd ingame day! Kwama Eggs and Crab meat. As a totally new player, I remember heading to the Balmora mages guild and talking to the Khajiit, buying Kwama Eggs and crab meat, making a potion out of them, and selling the potion at a neat profit. *Then* I found out that by selling the eggs and meat BACK after buying it made the vendor’s stock increase permanently. I made as many potions as I could, bought as many eggs and meat as I could, and repeated ad nasum until I literally had so many potions that I couldn’t unload them between all the alchemists of the mages guild combined. *Then, while wandering Caldera, I found Creeper*. Needless to say, money was never again a worry for that character. Pretty soon I had the master alchemical equipment and was just buying and mixing ingredients until I found good potions. Kwarma Egg + Crab Meat = Restore Fatigue. Emerald + Saltrice + Comberry + Frost Salt = Fortify and Restore Magika, restore health Frost Salt- Vivec Meat and Egg, Emerald, Comberry, and Saltrice- Castle Wolverine (Meat and Egg from Tusamircil near where you teleport into the castle, Saltrice, Comberry, and emerald from Scelian Plebo)

[@BadMarriageKawagoe]

I did this in Oblivion back when I first got it on the 360. Any 2 food items would make a restore fatigue potion, so I'd buy all the food, make potions, sell it all back, hundreds of gold in minutes.

[@Cyberwar101]

A very cheap potion recipe, that is very useful, is salt rice, heather, and scuttle. It makes a potion that gives both fatigue regen and feather. Feather makes you faster or allows you to carry more loot. I call it 'Traveler's Brew' and I made it my mission to sell 10 or so to every single bar or tavern in the game, plus place at least one behind the bar. As if I was brewing a new alcoholic beverage and shipping it all over Vvardenfell. I didn't really need the money; I could make much better money off of pure stamina potions. But I liked the RP. You could also make a more expensive version that buffs speed directly as well as stamina regen, though without moon sugar you will get a momentary drain fatigue effect from it, which could put you on your ass if you drink it without any fatigue. Finally, for my mage character, I also had a combo potion of Fortify Int + restore Magicka. The intelligence will boost your Magicka pool for casting those more Magicka intensive spells. Kinda expensive if you don't have a solid income stream and a high alchemy skill. Also to note; I don't use the intelligence exploit for brewing stupidly powerful potions. If I am brewing intelligence potions I make sure I don't drink intelligence potions first. I will use my base alchemy level for any intelligence potions.

[@ryconroleplays]

Well that was a journey, a wonderful retrospective. 8 hours watched over the course of a week.

[@benkelly3372]

What’s up Rycon my man 🤙🏻

[@olivierborg3968]

Heeey Rycon love the content! Have a good day man

[@sinsoftheswamp8346]

I watched in day and I didnt remember what happend so I watched it again. And now im back for the 10th time

[@hellspawn3200]

@@sinsoftheswamp8346 I keep watching it as I'm laying in bed and have freshen asleep to it 3 times now

[@dan12981]

8 quick hours

[@RimmyDownunder]

Man, I absolutely adore this video. I have more proper memories and playthroughs of Oblivion which I still appreciate as it was the game I played a lot of growing up (I remember going through the wikis and finding different types of recommended roleplays, so I'd roleplay as a member of the town guard or a merchant or the like, even where the game didn't support it) but Morrowind will always have a special place in my heart as one of the first video games I ever played. My memories of it were mostly of the utter confusion of a child facing the complexity by choosing to ignore prophecies and instead just create my own stories in it. I don't think I ever beat the main quest. Spent a lot of time in Balmora and Vivec, often murdering people so I could take their house as my house then robbing everyone so I could decorate it. My morality in video games can be mapped out like a bell curve as I age it seems. Also fell asleep watching this and had some mad dreams so I'm calling the ordinators on you you fucking sixth houser.

[@Patrician]

When I was a kid I never imagined I would do something that would influence peoples dreams. I also liked RPing as a merchant since there seemed to be so few businessmen in Vvardenfell.

[@RimmyDownunder]

​@@Patrician It's odd to think our jobs weren't a thing when we were kids. I always used to want to make games until some bastards in the Yogscast made me realise I could talk about them instead. That level of RP was actually one thing even young me liked Morrowind more for over Oblivion, being able to join so many factions, the Imperial Legion in particular. I actually recently booted Oblivion to film a joke for a video and saw my old save files. I'd modded them to hell and not only was I surrounded by dogs at all times from the pet mods, but I had turned the game into a zombie survival game with the old apocalypse mod. I also realised the game looked significantly worse than my memories told me. I suppose it's time to go marathon the Oblivion review and cry as you piledrive my childhood memories into the ground.

[@Izzmonster]

Are you me? Though I always took the orc womans house in Balmora.

[@douglasbubbletrousers4763]

N’wah

[@Guitarist19887]

I remember grinding ordinators for their armour and selling to the scamp lol 😂. And yeah decorating your own house you stole or you could get an awesome tower going telvanni or some other cool houses depending on faction. Morrowind rocked when I was young.

[@Voradix]

It is a very weird feeling. I've been playing Morrowind for a long time and long time ago. It was the first game I bought using my own money. I wasy playing it for hundreds of hours but it was very difficult for me to explain to my friends why I like it so much and why am I not playing something else. I think I might understand my fascination back then about this game a little bit better now. Thank you.

[@hogexd]

Awesome video! these long analysis / retrospective videos help me sleep better for some reason haha

[@dsintheb]

For a quest where race does matter: an Argonian can skip most of the busywork in the quest where you help the slave hunter in Suran search for Hides-His-Eyes, since you can immediately translate the Argonian name to the English pseudonym. Characters with high Intelligence can also figure this out immediately too, iirc.

[@rayfelsinger5970]

crazy how Bethesda thought about that back then

[@sugoha_2548]

@@rayfelsinger5970 and such a shame it wasn't featured more prominently in the game

[@thomaswillard6267]

You: "Nobody is going to watch a video this long" Me, who has to cook an entire Christmas Dinner: "Don't tell me how to love my life"

[@lillycline1414]

Fucking mood

[@mamamommy42]

this video seriously saved me by giving me something to listen to while finishing christmas preparations

[@BubblewrapHighway]

"Love your life or live your life?" Yes.

[@JohnDaubSuperfan369]

🎻 🎶🎶 Here's the world's smallest violin playing for every schmuck complaining about having to make the christmas dinner

[@WizoIstGott]

@@JohnDaubSuperfan369 I watch long Videos as well while I cooking and i fucking love cooking. Its just super chill to have something to watch while doing repetetive tasks. I don´t think OP was complaining, he´s just enjoying himself.

[@danieldunkum8394]

Absolutely love that this was made to listen to more than watch. I work 10 hour shifts 4 days a week and sometimes volunteering to work overtime on weekends. I find long videos to listen to about games I love and this is a perfect kind of video to have in the background while I work. Thank you!

[@hughlion1817]

I love these long form videos so much. Thank you for existing

[@davidkelley8541]

its always been my humble opinion, that missed strikes on enemies should make A "dull thud" sound instead of the missing "swish" sound, and would've fixed peoples perception of how failed strikes behave.

[@Rokaize]

That, or maybe they block the the attacks you miss.

[@donkeysaurusrex7881]

They would have wondered why block and armor skills weren’t going up faster then.

[@tgr3423]

I sort of intuited that a hit connected based on the blood spewing out of their bodies followed by a guttural "OOOF", so I'm not sure why this was such a confusing experience for some people. I guess if they don't KNOW that it's a roll based system, it's harder to chew on, but I knew that going in so it never bothered me.

[@oceirus6103]

After watching the Oblivion analysis and now re-watching the Morrowind retrospective, something tells me the Skyrim magic system tangent is going to get its own 8 hour chapter. And I cannot wait for it.

[@everfire6002]

I'm just happy to have gotten to go through this incredible journey with you, even if I'm a few years late. Started with the Oblivion retrospective, then came here, and I'll be moving to Skyrim's next. Amazing work, absolutely fantastic, and thank you so much for this.

[@hermesriddims3708]

Just wanted to say that I love you for making this video. Lmao it's just honestly my favorite video of all time. I rewatch it regularly. Hearing you talk about my favorite game of all time just let's me be there without having to make all my mods run xD

[@karlgallant8334]

“the composer takes another Ritalin and throws another layer in” line is too funny

[@mateusgabriel3013]

Timestamp?

[@karlgallant8334]

@@mateusgabriel3013 34:23

[@eeyoretriple6]

same that killed me. ive heard that a lot of the devs used adderall during this time cannot confirm but seems reasonable

[@2ndcitysaint52]

@All_lives_matter, reject fabricated racism by govt right dude said during this time, like adhd meds are the most overprescribed meds in the western world

[@Logan_93]

@@eeyoretriple6 of course they did

[@vitosanto9702]

0/10, you actually trap the Atronach in a paradox by saying he'll kill you with the sword, not the spell. Delete this and remake the whole video, please

[@Patrician]

You're correct, I even show myself answering with that answer. Shame!

[@Moshthun]

I will now downvote this video. I cannot believe this inaccuracy.

[@mushymcmushington7176]

Literally unwatchable, unsubbed and reported

[@buckett9758]

Unacceptable

[@whomthebelltrolls1361]

I’m watching you, outlander

[@SheolAbaddonus666]

I'm going to watch this whole video because it honours the sixth house and the tribe unmourned.

[@Jason-mg2vj]

Closed captions really did the most in this video. "and the sun's golden honey kills the land. Hail, savior water to a net of green."

[@pooface1041]

you know, that part where you're talking about Todd Howard's writing, made me respect Howard a lot more. i really don't like a lot of design choices i've seen in modern Bethesda games, but i can understand that fear of being shut down if a game flops. i sincerely hope that Bethesda doesn't get broken up in the Microsoft merger, and hopefully it'll put their series on the right track.

[@HoHhoch]

I don't think Bethesda is going anywhere for a while. You don't throw down billions (yea, that's a b) to then break up the company. Let's hope what happened to Minecraft happens to Bethesda under Microsoft.

[@donkeysaurusrex7881]

@@HoHhoch Yeah, but MS’s marketing dweebs are going to come in and tell them to dumb it down, and the games are getting progressively simplified. We already know Bethesda’s accounting dweebs want games as a service just by looking at Fallout 76.

[@SaltySeaCaptain]

@@donkeysaurusrex7881 They've been dumbing down their games without Microsoft's help.

[@creedencerat9032]

Honestly I actually kinda like Todd he’s been with us since the beginning and he’s been a community meme forever. It’s gonna be sad when he retires

[@nowheredan27]

Can you timestamp it?

[@tycer9754]

I’m way late to this party. But lack of fast travel was PIVOTAL to how amazing Morrowind was. While not the only reason Morrowind felt so immersive compared to the next two games, I believe that the planning needed to travel the map made it so much more interesting and fun. It really forced you to experience the map. Think of Valhiem, the survival aspect of traveling the map is a huge part of the experience. Morrowind travel gave it a sort of soft-survival feel. The next two games were just fetch quests that could be fast traveled to, therefore ignoring most of the discovery and cool map features.

[@chaosordeal294]

You can fast travel in vanilla Morrowind. Yeah, you might not figure out how until a few hours in, but you totally can.

[@wabbit2099]

@@chaosordeal294 True but the fast travel in Morrowind was limited. It wasn’t the sort of open the map anywhere and click fast travel.

[@pennywright3274]

Well, I feel more that it was the lack of fast travel AND there was valuable stuff to explore along the way. I can't stand not fast traveling in Oblivion because there's nothing to explore. It's just the same meadows and occasional point of interest for 90% of the map. (That 90% number is completely made up, but I'm standing by it.)

[@tycer9754]

@@pennywright3274 good point. The map has to be filled with little secrets and surprises and landscapes for it to be worth walking through over and over. They go hand in hand.

[@baronvonbeandip]

Anyone who has played D&D as more than just a series of AD&D-style dungeons knows the worth of diagetic travel. Showing where food comes from, how disease is transmitted, the struggles of politics, and the logistic problems inherent with transport, economy, and war all help to build the versimilitude of the diagesis. As Bethesda has build their games like action-adventures, they have increasingly encountered scrutiny concerning the believability of faction conflicts, character development, and faction interplay because such questions would naturally arise if the world was actually a living, breathing thing. Morrowind, for its time, avoid most of those pitfalls and delivers on a believable world and that's what makes it a good RPG and not a passable action-adventure like Oblivion and Skyrim.

[@technobabb4233]

This sort of longform video is, genuinely very nice! You've done a very good job at keeping the audio nice and even volume wise, so if I use it as background noise I don't have to worry a bit about getting startled- But equally so, you do such a good job at explaining things that I am planning to actually *buy* morrowind now.

[@rollingrock3480]

This is one of the most amazing videos ever made about Morrowind. This is just truly an amazing documentary. Thanks so much for this!

[@danielmiskelley1402]

I appreciate that the majority of this video is actually focused on Morrowind without solely relying on comparisons to later games in the series to pad for length. This is something that I think many other reviewers of this style/genre could definitely learn from.

[@Mannnnnnnn]

Yea besides the annoying as intro just saying how much better morrowind is than oblivion or skyrim lol felt kinda unnecessary

[@thatrandomcrit5823]

@@Mannnnnnnn I believe in Daggerfall supremacy.

[@Stryker1297]

@@Mannnnnnnn he simply addressed a bunch of dumb comments that pretty much get thrown at every morrowind vid in advance. Add in that the vid is well time stamped and that you're leisure listening to a KZbin vid to begin with, and "necessary" seems like a really arbitrary thing at that point

[@Mannnnnnnn]

@@Stryker1297 just a morrowind handjob lol its not that complicated

[@thatrandomcrit5823]

@@henrycrabs3497 I am not. OP was refering to people that compare the games. I didn´t compare them. I simply stated that I believe in Daggerfall´s supremacy over the rest of the series.

[@tidus_on_crack6570]

When I did the Hlaalu quest in the ebony mine, i thought "shut down mine operation" meant everyone had to die, so i used my characters high personality and speech to taunt every single mine gaurd, worker, and supervisor into fighting me one on one. Than I hit it with the overhead deadric dai-katana instantly killing them. That my friends is how you *legally* commit a murder spree.

[@johntaylor7029]

You can literally taunt your way to killing just about any one. Amazing.

[@ProjectRedfoot]

30 separate counts of self-defense lmao

[@daizenmarcurio]

Sigma grindset moment

[@obiewankenobie3]

I just have to say man this is one of the best videos I have ever seen, I back all the time can't get enough really good work man