Veteran Morrowind quest designer returns to the setting they helped build with a huge mod project
Red Wisdom: An Ashlander Prophecy is an expansive Morrowind mod written by original developer Douglas Goodall
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Red Wisdom: An Ashlander Prophecy is an expansive Morrowind mod written by original developer Douglas Goodall
In 2002, Bethesda released its third mainline Elder Scrolls game, Morrowind, and changed the role-playing genre forever. Polygon recently tracked down 10 former staffers including Howard, concept artist Michael Kirkbride, and lead designer Ken Rolston. We discussed the very conception of Vvardenfell, the strangest bits of Elder Scrolls lore, and the game’s challenging development and creation.
While we all await news on Bethesda's upcoming Elder Scrolls entry, we can channel our inner Bob Ross in Morrowind with this mod instead.
Elder Scrolls, Cut It Out With The Silt Striders Screenshot: Bethesda / Kotaku I don’t like bugs. Never have. Flies, bees, wasps, crickets, I hate ‘em all. The bigger they are the more I can’t stand them. So the giant insect-like Silt Striders, first seen in The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, are my worst nightmare and I want them all to die. I mean, if no one minds. Advertisement . Younger Zack wasn’t a fan of them. But the simpler visuals of Morrowind mostly made it easy to think of them as big weird alien things and not creepy, nasty bugs. Unless I got too close and noticed their...