WHAT!?!?!?
Morrowind is THE BEST game I have ever ever seen. That and Diablo II.
*dons flamesuit*
Diablo I/II - some excellent class and character concepts, but is nothing more than a grindfest. It's hardly even "glorified" except by hardcore fans of the concept. A part of me actually winces at the fact that I've finished both as a kid. So much precious time lost...
Don't get me wrong, Diablo is and always
will be a classic, but I don't consider it "the best" or even "great." I admit that it has probably paved the way for a number of RPG concepts, but nowhere near as much as classics such as Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale, Planescape or Arcanum have. If anything, Diablo was an
optionally offline MMO with such a thumb-suck storyline it could scare the knickers off a Korean MMO.
I have no affinity for TES in the least. I consider it one of the most mindless, uninteresting, unexciting and linear series to ever corrode the RPG genre. Oblivion was by far its best attempt at being an
interesting game, but as far as I'm concerned it is nothing more than a large-scale first-person perspective adventure game with character customisation. It is so
linear it's laughable, but they mask that with an open-ended world, so who'd notice, really?
My favourite part in Oblivion was probably when I may have "accidentally" offed some poor soul who crossed paths with me. I felt bad, but then I met The Dark Brotherhood and I stumbled on what I believe was the most interesting and fascinating story arc in the entire game. I freely admit it was brilliant. But that was it. That was all the appeal Oblivion had for me.
Again, don't get me wrong - I understand that a number of people enjoy games like Diablo, Titan Quest, Silverfall, TES and a number of others that have currently slipped my mind... But I don't find them interesting or entertaining past perhaps the two-hour mark. I'm picky and stubborn
