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Remake Morrowind, not Oblivion, you cowards


Who knows if the much teased Oblivion remake or remaster is happening, but a glossy makeover risks missing the point. Morrowind, meanwhile, is ripe for it.

The river city of Balmora feels almost mediterranean, the grand capital of Vivec stretches upwards with its vast cantons, there are mage towns grown from magic trees, and an entire settlement inside the hollowed out shell of a gigantic emperor crab. Oblivion players will know that it bears little resemblance to the capital we actually got to explore in The Elder Scrolls 4, which was much more reminiscent of a Gondorian walled city from Peter Jackon's Lord of the Rings than the almost Amazonian metropolis conjured up by a source that is, in fairness, of dubious canonicity. Directions are given in a fashion similar to that thing that used to happen before satnav, where your dad would flag down a pedestrian and actually ask them how to get somewhere nearby, and it would be a load of vague nonsense like "first left here, second right there, then down the lane until you see a bush that looks like Bob Holness eating prunes".

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