RyushiBlade on 12/2/2006 at 09:19

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Well, the board's getting a bit quiet, so I decided to post some of these early Morrowind screenshots.

"What!" I hear you cry. "Morrowind is outdated! I want Oblivion information and I want it NOW."

Chances are, you're going to get Oblivion information before me. Anyway. These old Morrowind screenshots are interesting. Incase you never followed the release of Morrowind, like me, you may be surprised at what you see. For example:

(http://archive.gamespy.com/asp/image.asp?/legacy/interviews/morrowind/m1.jpg) It looks like there used to be more to Vivec. Probably just messing around with buildings, right? But notice: the NPCs in the background are wearing robes. Pretty fancy ones too. I wonder why they took them out...

(http://archive.gamespy.com/asp/image.asp?/legacy/interviews/morrowind/m3.jpg) Another Vivec shot. It also looks as if you used to ride to and from different cantons manually. It actually looks pretty nifty and wish it had been kept in as well.

(http://archive.gamespy.com/asp/image.asp?/legacy/interviews/morrowind/m2.jpg) Not as interesting... But it's a shot from inside a building in Gnisis. This interior, as well as the Vivec shots above, show that Morrowind used to have a lot more color. I'm sad they made the final release of Morrowind so earthy and dark in color.

If, by chance, you find any more interesting shots of Morrowind before its final build, feel free to provide a link.

Lazarus411 on 12/2/2006 at 12:26

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Same reason they took the dynamic shadows out of OB I guess. :erg:

dvrabel on 12/2/2006 at 18:27

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The UI in those shots is hideous. I'm glad they changed it before the release.

RyushiBlade on 12/2/2006 at 21:04

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I actually liked some of the inventory setup. It was more that I liked the character having a real background behind it, I think, than just plain... black. But yes, I agree that everything else looked about as pretty as the wench I woke up with after a night of drinking.

(i.e., not very.)

Striker on 12/2/2006 at 23:23

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Quite a few of those early pictures were actually "concept shots" and were actually done in 3D Studio Max as a sort of indication as to what the game would look like.