I like to debate whether or not man's sole purpose of existing is to have created cheez-it's. My brother thinks if that were true, then we would have already blinked out of existence. I believe that since our factories aren't totally self-sufficient and self-operating nobody would be around to continue making the cheez-it's for the supreme powers so there's still a need for us...at least until we create a factory that is totally self-sufficient.
Back to the main point of this post though...
Aside from the beauty of this game; moving clouds, stars and moons, along with incredibly real sounding kick-@$$ thunderstorms(if you've got a subwoofer you're really one of us lucky ones-crank it up!!!) you have to have the patience to solve these quests in different ways. I don't think any one quest in this whole game can be solved only ONE WAY.
I'm a knight so I avoid any stealing from the people I've met in the world and, until recently, I've avoided magical powers other than restoration which are the powers given to me by my supreme beings to help the people of this world of Tamriel. I work on everyone I meet(especially merchants
with my personality to bring their disposition up to at least 90 so I can get the best information they have to give. I won't take any missions where I have to slaughter people unless proven that they are "bad people" such as the Commona Tong and I never steal from anyone, unless given their permision first
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Have you read any good books lately? Some of the stories in this game are absolutely incredible and there are many of them. If I ever get a house, I'm going to travel all over the world collecting all of the best stories I can find. I've already got them stacked in every Imperial Legion lobby across VVardenfell. That's one of the things that hooked me in The Elder Scrolls. I know, I know. If you wanted to read a book, you wouldn't have bought a game.
*My nod to Princess Bride*
Well, this game has a little of everything for almost everybody. Pirates, Giants, magic, Miracles, fencing, Sports(the arena), True love(just get some of those ladies up to 100 dispositon and stand around and listen to them cat-call you
, That's it's true secret. A little of everything. What you have to do is find out what it's got for you, we can't really help you with that. That's something you'll have to discover for yourself(or in yourself). If you find out that "that" is nothing, then this game was not made for you, and you shouldn't have any trouble finding a buyer for it.
I have actually never "finished" any of these games. The fun in playing THE ELDER SCROLLS, DAGGERFALL, and MORROWIND comes not in playing a game through unto it's completion as stated previously, it comes in immersing yourself into the gameworld itself. Becoming your character. Role playing to the hilt(or haft if you will), not against other people like in those MMORPGs, but in your own imagination as well. It's just you and Tamriel. And to finish it would be somehow like death. So I just keep them going...
Where do I want to go? Who do I want to be? Who do I have to talk to to complete this quest, or do I want to complete this quest or kill the person who gave it to me? You CAN be a Psychopath who runs around killing everyone(if the game gives you one of those quest-ruining messages mentioned earlier, just ignore it and continue) you meet, but I don't know why you'd really want to do that, you could have just bought the most recent Duke Nukem or some other brainless game like that if that's all you wanted to do. Are there things that bother me about this game, sure. How come most of the people in a city say the same things? Why can't I buy a house? How come no merchant can afford my treasures? Where's my horse and Cart like DAGGERFALL? Anyone still reading this has the constitution of a Buffalo, no life and nothing better to do...or I've bocome somehow more intersting than I've ever been before
But hey, this post has grown too long and I'm missing out on too much playing time. I already missed out on a couple of hours earlier cause some punks came through the neighborhood egging everybodies' cars...including my truck
Sorry if none of this helps those of you who were looking for a reason to keep playing, your only real help lies not on these pages, but in your own imagination...