Exploring CYRODIIL in MORROWIND! - Abecean Shores Lore Overview

[@johnnystonks3970]

This is what I'm talking about ! A decadent Empire ruled by ineffective emperors and ready to crumble

[@welltemperedclavier819]

Good to see another Morrowind/PTR video from you! And I'm glad you enjoy Anvil! I also liked your point about Colo-Nordic lords being bad with money. Even if Anvil's something of an exception, you do run into some local authorities who tend to overspend. Maybe they want too many fancy weapons or armor pieces.

[@lorcan_92]

Feel you, bro. I played Oblivion first and still harbor some nostalgic love for it. When I play it nowadays, I usually go for a fully modded, 'fantasy-kitsch' version. But it was Morrowind, which I played shortly after, that truly blew me away. I have a soft spot for weird fiction and Tolkien's more arcane works, like The Silmarillion. Morrowind is the only game that scratches both itches simultaneously.

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

This was exactly my experience. Started with Oblivion, fell in love with Morrowind's world. Hope you enjoyed the video! Be sure to subscribe and share the video around if so!

[@lorcan_92]

@@psychotripnerdstuff Done!

[@ironmaskofhell1877]

I would love to see more PC lore videos.

[@der_typ_halt7851]

Absolutely

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

@ Working on one now!

[@der_typ_halt7851]

@@psychotripnerdstuff Nice

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

@ Make sure you're subscribed if you're not already so you don't miss it!

[@hrabesancho1892]

excellent storytelling, pls do more videos about tamriel rebuilt

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

Working on a new one now on how magic works in Tamriel!

[@minerman60101]

I did some bugfixing in Ranyon-ruhn before the latest release (making the silt strider port use a newer bespoke asset and one or two minor bugs) and I regret not getting rid of the ugly foundation pieces the temple was using...

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

Honestly I've been hanging out in Ranyon-Ruhn for so long I don't even know what you mean by ugly foundation pieces. It just looks like Ranyon-Ruhn to me :P

[@raybuscus8257]

Oh my goodness PLEASE do more of PTR lore videos!!

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

Wow sounds like you enjoyed the video! Anything in particular you liked or want to see more of? Oh, and please subscribe if you haven't already! I'll be streaming Morrowind today, too

[@danielsimmonds2507]

While I could never get on with Morrowmind as a game, this version of the world does sound a lot more interesting than what we got in Skyrim & Oblivion.

[@varamyr_]

you should really try to get into it, once you overcome the Zoomer brain and get past the first 2 hours or so of gameplay you'll never wanna put it down back again. by far the best elder scrolls experience there is.

[@DiocletianLarius]

I'm a skybaby so my first Morrowind playthroughs were a real struggle, I opted for cheating my way through and I advise you to do the same, specially in stuff like "speed" and "hit chance" (thank the Eight they got rid of that). The story alone is superb, not to mention the lore, the quests, the land, etc. I remember getting so used to seeing giant fungi trees and volcanic wastelands that when I arrived at Solstheim I felt like it was as exotic as an alien world, it's really a game ppl should play only for that. Same with Daggerfall, the gameplay is even worse than MW but the story is worth it.

[@lorcan_92]

Go play it. I tried it after Skyrim and Oblivion. Never even played the others after starting it. It is peak Elder Scrolls. After Morrowind, play Daggerfall.

[@sethayers4522]

Yes Trip! missed your content man! great video and very engrossing!

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

I'm so glad you liked it! Stay tuned for more and share this video around to help the channel grow!

[@smuggrog9821]

Gremlins are the most important part of Abecean lore and it is criminal that you didn't talk about them at all in this vid, smh.

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

Ocli made a cameo in the vid but if you want more Gremlin lore maybe I can put something together. In the wise words of the gremlin people, "Yupee num-num!"

[@Nalier]

Yes, yes we do want more lore.

[@a.m.d.5154]

You know, with this version of the empire, it makes the storm cloaks seem a little bit more reasonable. Unfortunately, they just made them the good monarchy you see in generic fantasy.

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

Stormcloaks are always gonna be reactionary right-wing populists unwittingly doing the bidding of their "true" enemy (The Thalmor). But their grievances certainly become more BELIEVABLE under this incarnation of the Empire. On that we certainly agree. Isn't it funny though that the games became so safe and generic that they took the "EMPIRE" and made it safe and morally whiteashed?

[@a.m.d.5154]

Quite the hilarity, though I don't mind Uriel Septim just being somebody's grandpa in oblivion.

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

@@a.m.d.5154 Lol he came off as more than just a grandpa in Oblivion to be fair. Patrick Stewart is the GOAT.

[@jacobayers2391]

Great video and hope you do more. I love the 3rd era lore so much because morrowinds version of Tamriel imo makes the human races just as interesting as the mer cuz oblivion going forward as you said is very bland and grounded.

[@DiocletianLarius]

I think the idea of Roman ruins buried in a caribbean jungle is cool as hell, but tbh I prefer Oblivion's terrain. That being said I do think they wasted a lot of opportunities in TES4, specially with already "established" things like the growing unrest in the Empire, Uriel's sons being impostors, colovian&nibenese cultures etc. For me, Morrowind was clearly setting the tone for the fall of the Empire. I don't mind the daedric invasion-end of the world event or Martin's story, but I wish they had explored the other plots first, leaving the Oblivion gates as a "late game plot twist". *Oh no, the Empire is crumbling, the sons of Uriel are waging a civil war (Colovia vs Nibenay?) against each other thanks to some Imperial council puppeteers, and now the demons are invading!* something like that. Though what irks me the most is the Imperial Legion reskin, wth was that?? They removed all of Morrowind's Roman style in favor of some cuirass, a weird Corinthian-like+medieval helmet/abomination with pointy stuff and an incomplete cingulum as a skirt. Even Skyrims imperial armor looks better than that.

[@sultanofrum2478]

Well they had to make it look like Gondor armor, duh, it's not like they had a choice.

[@spartanq7781]

He's alive?😮

[@nidhogg6344]

That FOV ... how can anyone play with such an FOV.

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

1. Strong stomach 2. Big monitor

[@nidhogg6344]

@@psychotripnerdstuff i have a 21:9, hurts my tummy :( Thx for the video tho :)

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

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[@arthurgrmg2850]

Todd Howard should have never watched the LOTR movies 😢

[@Otterdisappointment]

Oblivion only takes place like a year or two later too not that it matters when scale and art style are subjective Ngl tho I like the stable Imperial Federation system shown in Oblivion ‘Luv Umaniteh ‘Luv da Noin ‘Ate Elves Ain’t racist ‘ust don’t loik’em ‘Simple as

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

Lol. I get what you're saying, but I couldn't get over the fact that every mine and fort in Oblivion was ruined. It made it feel like the Empire was in even worse shape than in Elder Scrolls III!

[@Otterdisappointment]

@ Yeah that’s a fair argument against the Lotr art style when everything is a ruined stone bastion with no flair or purpose. Some forts are actually occupied by the Legion funnily enough. Fallout doesn’t get much better with that. Also bandits everywhere despite Cyrodil being the equivalent of maxxing out every holding in CK2 there’s just no way that much prosperity and security even at sea allows for such successful banditry.

[@blueshit199]

overabundance of ruins and bandits and the lack of towns bothered me way more than no jungle tbh

[@Otterdisappointment]

@@blueshit199 A jungle makes no sense in: flatland, with a lake, surrounded by mountains, above the equator Like how do they even work with that with what’s actually built there? The deciduous Cyrodiil on its own is a paradise; forget Shangri-La.

[@blueshit199]

@@Otterdisappointment I know, right? I think for Bethesa in the late 90s this was a way to justify why northern Hammerfell in Daggerfall was made into a desert with 1000 and 1 nights flare (which was done for variety's sake and clear cultural clash/contrast when moving between provinces). moderate/mediterranean climate is perfectly fine for Cyrodiil, but more roman influence over medieval europe are always welcome to me.