Comment by [deleted] on 15/11/2011 at 15:35 UTC

106 upvotes, 9 direct replies (showing 9)

View submission: The Evolution of The Elder Scrolls

The jump in graphics quality and technology from the second to third is fucking insane.

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Comment by Teraka at 15/11/2011 at 17:03 UTC

60 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Well it's the jump from 2d sprites in a basic 3d environment to a full 3d environment. It's like going from cartoon to animation movie.

Comment by mohawk75 at 15/11/2011 at 17:06 UTC

51 upvotes, 2 direct replies

Well, Morrowind did come out 6 years after Daggerfall. A lot happened for graphics from '96 to '02.

Comment by SailorDeath at 15/11/2011 at 17:58 UTC*

7 upvotes, 1 direct replies

I should post a picture between the console version and the PC version. I put my PC gameplay up on the TV cause a friend wanted to watch what I was doing at one point and we noticed an insane difference between the details on the PC and PS3 (I'm running a Phenom II 1090T BE and XFX Radeon HD 6870 BE). The Ultra Texture mapping, Anti aliasing and other settings on the PC make the game look 100 times more crisp and defined.

herpderp edit: 1090T not 1080T

Comment by Learfz at 15/11/2011 at 18:40 UTC

7 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Morrowind *is* one of the major reasons that RPGs and open-world games are as popular as they are today.

Comment by [deleted] at 15/11/2011 at 17:27 UTC

15 upvotes, 2 direct replies

The jump in graphics quality and technology from the fourth to fifth is... Never mind.

Comment by RAT-REX at 15/11/2011 at 20:58 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Well he forgot to include Redguard, like everyone else always seems to.

Comment by ManikArcanik at 15/11/2011 at 21:41 UTC

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In between those two were *Battlespire* and *Redguard*, making the transition a bit more gradual.

But those weren't really Elder Scrolls games as much as they were the death of a franchise miraculously resurrected via *Morrowind* and Todd's brass balls.

Comment by cresteh at 15/11/2011 at 16:54 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

My guess is that's when direct X came into play more. But I don't know of the time too well.

Comment by duckylam at 16/11/2011 at 08:06 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

That's because OP forgot Redguard.