Poking enemies with a two-handed polearm is another feature that differentiates Morrowind from its younger siblings. Skywind's site also mentions that it plans for this aspect to be configurable, so perhaps it's already possible to play without quest markers appearing uninvited. Instead of fast traveling, the video shows a player mousing over locations mentioned by the quest giver before setting a custom marker on the map to navigate by. However it will still be quite possible to play through the entire game without them.'Īs it also points out, Skywind's quests are built with this in mind, providing the same context in dialogue that the original Morrowind did. 'You will be able to use fast-travel and quest markers because they come with the Skyrim engine.

In the FAQ section of Skywind's website, it does address its plans for both, saying: Instead, quest givers verbally give directions to important locations.

Morrowind, unlike later Elder Scrolls games, had no fast travel and no quest markers.

One big takeaway is how the video shows off using the map during the quest to kill Sarayn Sadus. It feels like a realization of an imperfect, rosy memory of a place-that is, it looks like what I might think Balmora looked like in Morrowind if I were reminiscing, which isn't what I'd see if I booted up the original game from 2002.Įven the dialogue system, formatted like Skyrim's instead of the oppressively large text boxes from Morrowind, keeps a touch of 2002 with its blue and gold color scheme. The upgrade to Skyrim's engine does the riverside Dunmer town plenty of favors, updating it from its sparse Morrowind look to a golden, hazy hub closer resembling its appearance in The Elder Scrolls: Online. Like almost every other part of Skywind will be, it's a recreation of an actual quest from Morrowind. The video begins in Balmora where the Nerevarine, Morrowind's protagonist, accepts a writ for the assassination of a Dunmer named Sarayn Sadus. The video shows off a few key features that Morrowind fans have asked the TESRenewal team about in the past. In a proper answer to last week's new cinematic trailer for Skyblivion (the big modding project porting Oblivion to Skyrim's engine), we've now got a full 11 minute gameplay video for sibling mod project Skywind, which is, yes, Morrowind recreated in Skyrim.

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