Morrowind and Oblivion

[lars573]

All told Morrowind only had about 3 more guilds than Oblivion.

Both have these incommon
Blades
Fighters
Mages
Thieves
Assassins*

Unique to Morrowind
Imperial legion
Imperial cult
Great House
Vampire clan
Tribunal temple
East Empire company
Nord Villiage

Unique to Oblivion
Arena**
Knights of the Nine
Mad-gods court

*Two different guilds that amount to the same thing
**I could never be bothered with the Arena in Morrowind so it might very well count as common to both.

[johnhughthom]

**I could never be bothered with the Arena in Morrowind so it might very well count as common to both.

You can duel one character at the Arena in Morrowind, that's it.

You forgot the vampire clans in Morrowind and you have the three Great Houses down as one despite each questline being very different.

[lars573]

But you can't join all three, in the same game. Only one, so all though there are 3 it's effectively only one. It's really one of the few times in either of the ES games I've played where joining a faction closes off joining others. The Vampire clans are the other.

[johnhughthom]

Yes but that adds to the replayability of Morrowind, the very thought of playing through Oblivion again sends me to sleep.

[lars573]

Really? I've done that 4 times. If my Xbox worked I'd do a fifth.

[johnhughthom]

Really? I've done that 4 times. If my Xbox worked I'd do a fifth.

So you do multiple playthroughs? That pretty much makes your argument about only being allowed into one of three choices redundant. You can have three very different games in Morrowind, each with a lot of unique content, pretty much every playthrough of Oblivion is the same.

[God Emperor]

I completed the dark brotherhood along with the mages guild,here some time ago, and I had this feeling that about 50 % of the game was done:p

Though it makes no sense at all for me why the mages guild fights the necromancers, and further more, why it does not raise infamy for doing so.
The dark brotherhood was, I must admit, actually fun to play. Though I never got to use the poisoned apple :(

The Arena in Morrowind was used for more than one fight, but it is true, it was not a very active place

[lars573]

So you do multiple playthroughs? That pretty much makes your argument about only being allowed into one of three choices redundant. You can have three very different games in Morrowind, each with a lot of unique content, pretty much every playthrough of Oblivion is the same.

I was talking about Oblivion. If my Xbox 360 was working I'd play through Oblivion a 5th time. I've not done the Knights of the nine or the Shivering Isles but once.

And my Morrowind games are always very similar. Never do the thieves guild, stealth skills are too counter-intuitive in Morrowind. Great houses are not the best quest line, I don't like them. I've only ever done 2, Hilaalu and Redoran. I'll never go near Telvanni. And I'll never touch Hlaalu again. Redoran is the only one for me. I won't ever try and join the religous cults again either. Not after trying to join the Tribunal temple.