There's jank aplenty: enemies will get fixated on attacking one player even while the other one's battering them, and the real-time but RNG-based combat system is comically outdated (though, like most things, fixable with a mod). Playing Morrowind in multiplayer scratches an itch I've had ever since I first got off the boat in Seyda Neen and explored the surrounding swamps, some 20-odd years ago. I've tried to convince myself that The Elder Scrolls Online is my dream game, but not even the nostalgia-filled Morrowind expansion from a few years back felt like a safe, sanitised tourist tour rather than the game I know and love. Sure, the idea of a fantasy city bustling with other players sounds great, but the reality is that those players aren't sitting in taverns, chatting with fantasy accents about in-world events, getting into bar fights or fishing in the canals – they're all just bottlenecking to talk to the same quest-givers and merchants as you. I don't want to enter caves and mines to find trails of monsters already slain by the previous player, I don't want perpetual (yet weirdly frictionless) grind, and I don't want text boxes filled with acronyms and 'LFGs' and sellers. Rudimentary though it is in places, it still showcases how fully integrated co-op could be a star feature in The Elder Scrolls 6 ( whenever that may come), and one of the most important evolutions in the series' history.Īnd before someone points out that The Elder Scrolls Online is a thing, I'll preemptively retort that there's no comparison between the intimacy of exploring a world with a band of friends and the noisiness of a congested MMO. The classic 2002 RPG Morrowind was, like every mainline Elder Scrolls entry, never designed for multiplayer, but thanks to the wonders of OpenMW – an open-source recreation of the Morrowind engine – and TES3MP, a project that adds servers and networking features to OpenMW, you can now enjoy it as a near-seamless co-op game. Guards look an as my partner not-so-sneakily sneaks into the basement It's the first twist in our freewheeling co-op adventure in Morrowind, and it feels great to do these traditional Bethesda RPG shenanigans together. We're forced to flee, immediately becoming fugitives in the crossroads town of Pelagiad. She escapes but – kleptomaniac that she is – can't resist nosing in a sack on her way out, which the guard duly walks in on. The said attributes gave them the needed advantage to survive and thrive in their swampy homeland, Black Marsh.Then, one of the guards makes a move, and starts to stride in that unmistakably Morrowind way down the stairs I give my partner the signal to wrap up her raid on the Cyrodillic Wine and get out of there. Having the name in mind, speculations also pointed out that the game's storyline would likely focus on the "least popular race" of the Argonians.Īrgonian, in previous titles, is a race of "reptile-looking" individuals with superior natural abilities like immunity to diseases as well as the capacity to breathe underwater. Tehran Chronicle claimed that the game would take place on the swampy marshland of Black Marsh or Argonia. Several tech sites contributed to the rumors even saying that the ES 6: Argonia could have already been revealed (behind closed doors) on EGX 2014 which took place this September. "Although plenty more games could be announced until then of course," the site explained. The other thing is that Argonia "won't have that much competition" around the mentioned release date. The media outlet further vindicated the claims saying that the date "would coincide with the average release schedule of Bethesda," given that it would take several years for the company to produce an 'Elder Scrolls' game. According to the publication, an alleged leak from Bethesda's headquarter pointed out that the title is scheduled for a March 2016 release. However, Master Herald reported that fans don't need to wait for the occasion to know about the game. Word on the streets indicates that the game studio would unveil the next (purported) Elder Scrolls game titled The Elder Scrolls 6: Argonia during the PlayStation Experience Event which will take place this December in Las Vegas. News surrounding the sequel to Bethesda's well-loved The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is once again making rounds among gamers and fans of the franchise, with most rumors pointing to a release date of March 2016.
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