Skywind – a grand mod challenge to rebuild Morrowind utilizing Skyrim‘s slightly more contemporary tech – may be shooting for the moon, but those stars feel almost within reach thanks to its latest trailer, released yesterday. Taking us on an ominously (and professionally) narrated tour of House Dagoth’s volcano-side properties, it’s a testomony to what a small staff can obtain with the precise instruments, sufficient time and a whole lot of dedication. Check out the video under, and its official TES Renewal Project web page here.
As somebody who blasphemously bounced off Morrowind and didn’t actually get into the Elder Scrolls sequence till Skyrim, I’m hoping that Skywind will get accomplished, though it’s an unlimited enterprise for a staff of hobbyists. As a lot as I respect Morrowind’s bizarre volcanic, marshy environments and outsized mushrooms, the fight at all times rubbed me the incorrect manner, particularly in its obfuscated to-hit cube rolls. If the TES Renewal Project (the staff behind Skywind) can retain the ambiance whereas overhauling the moment-to-moment motion, I’ll be very comfortable.
Clearly an enormous quantity of affection has been poured into this challenge, and the Skywind staff have gone above and past in relation to detailing its environments. Skywind’s caves are irregularly structured volcanic formations, and its Dwemer ruins seem fantastically lit. It’s additionally good to see some Skyrim-style fight in there, though the shot of the mage operating backwards from a zombie feels par for the course. Sadly, there’s no phrase on when Skywind will launch and the TES Renewal staff are nonetheless looking for 3D artists, in keeping with the trailer’s description textual content.
Fortunately, a number of different Bethesda-adjacent mod initiatives are on the horizon. Skyrim whole conversion Enderal will debut soon on Steam with a brand new growth, and Fallout: New California (a New Vegas mod) is due later this month, with the spectacular Fallout: The Frontier hopefully not far behind. Even if Fallout 76‘s upcoming multiplayer sandbox isn’t to your style, first-person sandbox RPG followers are spoilt for alternative. Plus, there’s at all times the upcoming Elder Scrolls Online: Murkmire DLC, taking gamers to the almost-as-weird Argonian homelands.
