The Elder Scrolls: Ranking Every Game From Worst To Best

2. The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

The Elder Scrolls
Bethesda

Before Skyrim came out, this was the RPG that all developers looked to compete with. Even with numerous other games released since Morrowind, it's still one of the best RPG's off all time.

One of the best things about Morrowind is its world. Unlike other games in The Elder Scrolls, Morrowind's map is pretty extraordinary, and untypical of a fantasy game thanks to such a huge variety in scenery. This makes exploring it legitimately surprising, especially when comparing it to the worlds of other games in the series.

Morrowind also represents a big change in The Elder Scrolls, refining third-person combat and general animation to set it on a path towards where the franchise is today. If it wasn't for Morrowind, you wouldn't have Skyrim.

Although the world may have been massively reduced from Daggerfall, it allowed Bethesda to focus on the areas that needed the most attention: crafting a mighty RPG experience like no other. If Morrowind was remade in HD with some slight improvements, it could easily be the number one pick.

For now though...

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Jumping through portals, swinging through cities, destroying beings made of darkness and occasionally shooting a gun or two. I also write about games.