What's crazy is, due to MS's devotion to BC going forward, everything we're seeing with BC now will carry forward to the next gen... and even be improved. So in a way, we're only scratching the surface of how well these games can be boosted.
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Digital Foundry: Morrowind: Xbox One X vs OG Xbox: 16x Resolution + Massive Performance Boost
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Well it's not just software the additional powe in the X1X in conjunction with the emulator makes it possible.
My first couple hundred or so hours of this game were on Xbox. Absolutely loved it and it's crazy to look back and see how bad it looked and how awful it ran. This level of backward compatibility for console players is a great thing. Man the music always hits me in this game.
I suspected so :D At least these days it'll pass for polished.
I'm more likely to play something like the enhanced Oblivion, but I've never been more drawn to trying this game out again. I started it at the time, but the performance really put me off. I know there's a lot to like when you really get into it, and running at ~60 fps with minimal loading is an eye-opener. Oddly enough, I don't think I have the PC version anywhere.
They really need to push out the draw distance on this and the Oblivion X enhanced versions. It looks really bad. I'll take a locked 30 if it means I can see more than 20 feet ahead of me.
Can't afford (or need) a new XB1X (even if my OG1 dies), but if this continues with their next gen Xbox, they're setting themselves up real nice for the next round.
I don't even have an X1X yet, but this will be the first game I will replay when I buy one this year. Just bought a new sealed copy of Mercenaries last week for around 2€. Original XBox games are so cheap.
I believe it was the building designs. I only played it on the PC and remember hitting single digits everytime I step foot in that town.
Are you trying to say something ? Go ahead, say it, be proud of your thought
What 5taquitos didn't tell you however until Oblivion and Skyrim in that combat in those games uses a collision detection system and has semblances of an action game. Morrowind does not. When you swing your weapon in Morrowind a dice roll mechanic happens behind the scenes that determines whether you hit or miss, and starting early on you will miss, and miss, and miss, until your skill builds up which increases your accuracy. In fact connected hits have a ton of hit stun associated with them, so getting to the point you can consistently hit every enemy means you'll basically stunlock them to death with a barrage of melee.
Spell casting in Morrowind is much more flexible. You can for example have a spell that does 50 points of damage on touch for 20 seconds doing 1000 damage in total for example. There is also spells of levitation being able to fly.
Exploration is much more focused on the player knowing how to pay attention and referring to specific landmarks as there is no golden trail of breadcrumbs or compass arrow that leads you to your destination. A lot of travel will involve referencing the notes in your journal and going and using in-game signage to find a specific town or dungeon. Once you discover a place it will then be visible on your map but not before than.
Morrowind puts more emphasis on it's RPG mechanics and is less of an action game that Skyrim and Fallout 4 try to be.
All in all it's a very enjoyable experience but keep in mind it's a more of a traditional RPG compared to the newer games.
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What has this got to do with Morrowind BC though? Why the derail?
You sure they're using detail texture layers here? It certainly could be the case, I suppose.
It's called a troll, and thread shitting and it's already bringing the topic off topic.
Amazing work from the BC teams/MS. Wish I had an Xbox one x. Will give it a go on the S tho.
Man the menu controls and stuff have come a long way. Morrowind is hard to manage. But enjoying so far!
And that's saying something when you're praising Oblivion or Skyrim in terms of menu/inventory management.
And that's saying something when you're praising Oblivion or Skyrim in terms of menu/inventory management.
This is my only pet peeve with BC. Wish there was some way to get around this.... oh well - not a huge deal.
Just buy it. Its cheap. Great initiative to be supporting too.
Can't be 100% sure - it's been so long ago since I saw the game proper, and the artwork is pretty dark and muddy even at 4k in new captures. It was a time when it was really common to see, at least on XBox.
Looking at a close-up from your capture right now - it's either lacking detail layer(there's added noise close to camera on og XB) or it's missing an entire top-mip-map. But if it's the latter, mip-bias adjustment doesn't really explain it either as even if you pushed it out you should still get texels hit top-mipmap right next to camera. Admittedly missing a mip-level could also be explained by an emulator bug though I suppose - so it's not impossible.
Buying digital would be the only option right now.
I would be willing to send in my game disc to get a digital license transfer.
What? It's no different than if the system was playing the game from disc or you installed it from the disc to your harddrive, you still need the disc in the drive to play the game otherwise you could keep the game digitally and sell your physical copy.
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Yep. The next Xbox will probably have a 8 core/16 thread Ryzen 2 CPU..... and *almost* be able to attain a solid 60fps in Balmora. Maybe.
That's actually a fantastic idea.
Publishers should be all over this, as it gets rid of used resells (that they make ZERO profit from) permenantly.
I DESPISE my physical copies of games. If I could trade them in for a digital copy, I would in a heartbeat.
I really appreciate you posting this, thanks
I have to admit I am intrigued by the 'no breadcrumbs' aspect. Lately I've been turning off HUD/Minimap/Quest markers in any game that will let me, so I love the idea of a RPG designed around not having that stuff at the forefront
Sounds like it might be worth a try out of curiosity, maybe I'll DL it and roll a mage
Sorry for your loss, nice way to pay tribute. Hope you enjoy it.