I started Morrowind's expansion at level one on max difficulty

Поділитися
Вставка
  • Опубліковано 10 січ 2025

КОМЕНТАРІ • 787

  • @aqworldshayabusa1114
    @aqworldshayabusa1114 11 місяців тому +1250

    18:01 i thought that was just a meme for the video but its actually a real cut voiceline for the fucking expansion. That shit's insane

    • @JustBackgroundNoise
      @JustBackgroundNoise  11 місяців тому +354

      It's cut? Why did it play in my game then? I wonder if that's an OpenMW thing.

    • @shaynehughes6645
      @shaynehughes6645 11 місяців тому +123

      @@JustBackgroundNoise Probably openmw.

    • @JustBackgroundNoise
      @JustBackgroundNoise  11 місяців тому +640

      @@shaynehughes6645I JUST FIGURED IT OUT.
      So I installed Tamriel Rebuilt a few weeks back, but I deactivated it in the modlist, so it's not running. For whatever reason, having the files installed, but the mod deactivated, causes unused voice files to be triggered.
      Yagrum Bagarn even says his "A visitor. What brings you..." line.
      Still a weird fuckin' line to have as an unused file, though.

    • @emptylog933
      @emptylog933 11 місяців тому +240

      Disabling just disables mod/script. Any resources(like textures, models, animations, sounds) are loaded as long as the mod's path is included.

    • @SneedFeedAndSeed
      @SneedFeedAndSeed 11 місяців тому +39

      @@emptylog933 that's true but all voice lines are set up in esm/esp files, you can't just put a sound file a folder and have NPCs say it

  • @UnclePutte
    @UnclePutte 9 місяців тому +326

    I visualize the way this 1-second mercantile spell and speechcratf spell work in this way: first the character does all the picking and choosing, puts his offer on the table, and while the merchant is stink-eyeing them for their audacity, they do this Fonzie fingerguns "eeyyy" at them and the merchant is forced to admit defeat.

    • @bart3736
      @bart3736 Місяць тому +7

      This makes me want to rp as the fonz with low intelligence

  • @wizardjenkins7627
    @wizardjenkins7627 11 місяців тому +318

    Fun fact: The reason why armor started to become obsolete after firearms became readily available was mostly because of cost. It was pretty expensive to outfit soldiers in full suits of armor, especially because it had to be custom-made for each person. Good quality steel of that time could actually withstand being shot, but as time went on, it was deemed that being able to produce large amounts of firearms to put as many soldiers on the field as possible was more effective than diverting funds towards armor. There was still very much a period with soldiers using both guns and armor, but eventually, production costs for firearms were cheaper, and without the weight of armor, soldiers could travel farther distances on foot. Thank you for listening to my ted talk :)
    On a side note, very cool video. I find it amazing that skyrim still has so many people playing it, and morrowind is even older and still a classic.

    • @Ephraim225
      @Ephraim225 9 місяців тому +12

      Faster movement determined to be more important than the safety of the men? Story checks out. :P

    • @collenjets123
      @collenjets123 9 місяців тому +38

      @@Ephraim225 hm, its more like faster movement is an overall bigger boon than having slower and tankier units, and a smaller number of them. More guys on your side with guns shooting their side with guns is more effective than having 50 dudes in armor slowly trying to get to the gun guys.

    • @Bloodlyshiva
      @Bloodlyshiva 8 місяців тому +14

      'Good quality steel of that time could actually withstand being shot' Hence 'Bullet-proof'. To prove any specific set of armour was capable, quality, it was tested. They shot it.

    • @Bread_n_Roses
      @Bread_n_Roses 6 місяців тому +1

      ​@@Ephraim225 You do not know how warfare works

    • @koboldbussymuncher7240
      @koboldbussymuncher7240 6 місяців тому +6

      @@Ephraim225 faster movement AND cheaper cost. a couple of pounds of steel vs 10s of pounds per person.

  • @vertabun427
    @vertabun427 11 місяців тому +904

    "I could eat a baby's arse through a sewer grate" is the "i'm so hungry I could eat a horse" of mournhold

    • @Weyk47
      @Weyk47 11 місяців тому +51

      Right? lol It's not weird/difficult enough to eat a baby's arse but through a sewer grate? That shit is near impossible.

    • @hmr1122
      @hmr1122 11 місяців тому +80

      Sussy nwah

    • @beatnik6806
      @beatnik6806 11 місяців тому +6

      People are just too dirty minded these days 😂

    • @vertabun427
      @vertabun427 11 місяців тому +10

      @@Weyk47 not for a hungry durzog lol

    • @UNIRockLIVE
      @UNIRockLIVE 10 місяців тому +2

      Sick, get help

  • @VampireofEmotion
    @VampireofEmotion 11 місяців тому +319

    I like how the almalexia in your name acts as a clickable 'ask about Almalexia' button when someone says it in conversation

    • @senrabnaneek
      @senrabnaneek 8 місяців тому +52

      ah fucks sake, so that's why the king says "ah almalexia is kill"

  • @Skylartk
    @Skylartk 11 місяців тому +776

    Glad to see the resurgence of Morrowind content nowadays. It was my first elder scrolls game and still holds a special place in my heart.

    • @Jrock420blam
      @Jrock420blam 11 місяців тому +49

      If anything good came from COVID it was locking modders indoors for 3 years with nothing to do but mess with games like Morrowind.

    • @JinFreeks
      @JinFreeks 11 місяців тому +5

      @@Jrock420blam True that. I recon a good amount of New Vegas's modern modding rebirth has come thanks to that as well.
      @Skylartk Same here. I have this strange nostalgia for it where I don't actually remember much of the game but know I've spend countless hours in it on a friends PC back in school days.

    • @SeeNo3vil98
      @SeeNo3vil98 11 місяців тому +8

      I’m also glad because it’s filling the Micky d void while he’s on a mental health break

    • @Skylartk
      @Skylartk 11 місяців тому +6

      ​@@JinFreeks I remember playing it as a kid and just wandering around the world exploring, finding things, getting spooked by the various monsters. Got lost plenty of times because I didnt know how to use the map, probably got filtered by the bridge mage and went the opposite direction. It was truly a magical game and gave me a sense of wonder for the unknown that I have as of yet failed to recapture.

    • @idontwantahandlethough
      @idontwantahandlethough 11 місяців тому +1

      me too, I'm so happy

  • @MasterTangerines
    @MasterTangerines 11 місяців тому +606

    This video is just me on my first Morrowind playthrough not realizing I even started the DLC.

    • @TheGoombaslayer
      @TheGoombaslayer 11 місяців тому +87

      You poor thing Jesus Christ haha.

    • @darealmacpower5702
      @darealmacpower5702 11 місяців тому +22

      Jesus Christ is the Lord not a curse word

    • @TheDsRequiem
      @TheDsRequiem 11 місяців тому

      ​@@darealmacpower5702Jesus christ. Shut up

    • @fday8432
      @fday8432 11 місяців тому +127

      @@darealmacpower5702 Jesus Christ, get over it.

    • @TheDsRequiem
      @TheDsRequiem 11 місяців тому +90

      ​@@darealmacpower5702Jesus christ, nobody cares.

  • @dessertion
    @dessertion 11 місяців тому +179

    6:01 You know, they're cute when they're small, but when they start getting too big, everyone just flushes their pet orcs down the toilet, and this is what you end up with. Full-grown orccos running amok in the city sewers.

  • @JeremyFinch42
    @JeremyFinch42 11 місяців тому +98

    The discarding of that goblin shield with constant restore health was soul crushing. I mean, yeah, for this challenge it's useless, but that enchantment saved my ass on regular playthroughs.

    • @darthbrooks4933
      @darthbrooks4933 6 місяців тому +12

      I would always make one out of an amulet with a grand soul gem with a golden saint.
      Golden saint in grand soul gem would give you the “permanent” option

    • @xenxander
      @xenxander Місяць тому +2

      I would make constant effect restore health on a Deadric Tower Shield, and be nigh invincible for a tone of the game based on my health just regenerating way faster than damage could be dealt to me.

  • @reederickson3202
    @reederickson3202 11 місяців тому +108

    Goblins in Oblivion: Weak. Some of the first enemies in the game. Complete pushovers.
    Goblins in Morrowind: Strong. Organized. Armed with weapons that outperform even daedric weapons. Will turn your immortal demi-god of a character inside out.

    • @HenrySomeone
      @HenrySomeone 6 місяців тому +2

      Goblins in Oblivion weak? 😁😁 Goblin Warlords are the tankiest arrow sponges in the game, lol.

    • @iMajoraGaming
      @iMajoraGaming 6 місяців тому +15

      Goblins in Oblivion are organized enough to have regional cultures and tribes and have a sophisticated religion and tribal culture that allows even non-Gobbos to become ranking members of the society.
      Every Gobbo is part of a tribe, every tribe has territory, every tribe has shamans.
      Gobbo shamans are actually some of the strongest enemies in Oblivion and their staves are worth thousands of septims.
      They're also sacrosanct and the tribes in Oblivion will actively wage war to steal or reclaim staves.

    • @iMajoraGaming
      @iMajoraGaming 6 місяців тому +7

      Morrowind Gobbos are however probably more intelligent as they're able to actually form a standing-army *for a non-Gobbo king.*
      And they're capable of having blademasters to train them.

  • @TheTyuqa
    @TheTyuqa 5 місяців тому +41

    A little part of me died when he called out a misspelling of "Flair" as "Flare" and then corrected it to "Flaire" instead.

  • @tazamane9705
    @tazamane9705 11 місяців тому +56

    Can't wait for you to fight level 100 werewolves in Bloodmoon at level 1

  • @Caydos
    @Caydos 9 місяців тому +2

    I was like why not Redguard but explained around 6:30
    Well put video. Always a pleasure to see Morrowind content creators doing new challenges.

  • @shingshongshamalama
    @shingshongshamalama 3 місяці тому +13

    Adamantium is a metal of the earth. It has incredible material properties, but it's not magically attuned like silver or mithril or other materials are.
    Bone has a natural spiritual connection, so it makes sense that even though it's not magic, it can interact with spirits.

  • @Gorvinhagen
    @Gorvinhagen 11 місяців тому +78

    "ooo from what beast is it hewn"
    man, your videos are too good.

    • @DatsWhatHeSaid
      @DatsWhatHeSaid 11 місяців тому +5

      ..That line + delivery made me grin like a derp, too😂

    • @burnin8able
      @burnin8able 3 місяці тому

      see this just proves the Goblins subscribe to the same logic as Monster Hunter. steel weapons? meh, rarity 2-3 and only strong enough for low rank quests at best. big ol' bones and sharpened scales? you're ready to cut down god.

  • @Anno_AD
    @Anno_AD 11 місяців тому +164

    18:00 Don't know if you know, but Morrowind's damage ranges aren't random, but work off how long you "charge up" the attack. That means you always get max damage if you wind all the way up, so if two weapons of the exact same type have different damage ranges, the one with the higher max damage is objectively superior.

    • @afatneckbeard5272
      @afatneckbeard5272 11 місяців тому +20

      but, spamming looks funny

    • @xxthexboxnoobxx4174
      @xxthexboxnoobxx4174 11 місяців тому

      @@afatneckbeard5272hehe yeah

    • @DatsWhatHeSaid
      @DatsWhatHeSaid 11 місяців тому +11

      "so if two weapons of the exact same type have different damage ranges, the one with the higher max damage is objectively superior" - but there is such a thing as DPS?
      So if the weapon type of those two weapons non-charged spam attacks deal more damage per second, albeit it the listed minimum damage for each _single_ attack, the one with the higher min. damage would be objectively superior😋

    • @Anno_AD
      @Anno_AD 11 місяців тому +29

      @@DatsWhatHeSaid I'm pretty sure the spam attacks would usually be inferior anyways, but another factor is how the game calculates damage reduction from armor. Basically, the less damage an attack does, the bigger the percentage of the damage of that attack that gets reduced. So against an enemy with 80 armor, one attack doing 80 damage would do 40 damage, but two attacks doing 40 might only do 20. I don't think those are the exact numbers but that's the general premise, so big hits are way better than lots of small hits.

    • @DatsWhatHeSaid
      @DatsWhatHeSaid 11 місяців тому +6

      Makes sense, and thus it all depends on the situation@@Anno_AD.
      Versus the naked Nord, or some cloth wearing citizen/mage, spamming light attacks may very well be the stronger option, but against most medium- to heavily armored foes, of course going for maximum damage would be more feasible!
      Cheers! :)

  • @misterperson3469
    @misterperson3469 11 місяців тому +58

    Really enjoying these!
    One note on armor and firearms: armor stuck around all the way to the napoleonic era! Just not the horrifically expensive full suits. People like not getting stabbed as it turns out.

    • @Highraven
      @Highraven 11 місяців тому +1

      Oh now you tell me! Go figure...😅

    • @mjay6245
      @mjay6245 8 місяців тому +1

      True, people don't like being stabbed..unless they live in the UK 2020s

  • @BrentStarling
    @BrentStarling 11 місяців тому +20

    15:09 God I need to see a stupid High Elf training a bunch of goblins.
    “Let your weapon guide your arm in a ceremony of finesse-“
    “Heheheheh SWING SWING sword is SHARP, yes yes!”

    • @AthenaTennosN
      @AthenaTennosN 11 місяців тому +7

      Apparently, High Elves have been doing it since 1st era. Also there is a quest in ESO that kinda implies Goblins used to be smart enough to have actual diplomatic agreements with Summerset elves, so there's that too

    • @YouthRightsRadical
      @YouthRightsRadical 3 місяці тому +1

      People used to think the same about Orcs.
      Some regressive sorts still do even after they were granted full citizenship status in the Empire and Arkay expanded his Blessing to include Orc souls among those protected.

  • @Strider73
    @Strider73 2 місяці тому +20

    Your morrowind videos give me life. You truely have a great style of storytelling to keep me coming back for more

  • @jojowasukranian8131
    @jojowasukranian8131 11 місяців тому +392

    Morrowind max difficulty is actually the best out of other TES games. It doesn't make your enemies bullet sponges that take 30 attacks to kill, but every mistake is punished way more

    • @Rosvosektori
      @Rosvosektori 11 місяців тому +82

      I play unarmored khajiit samurai... I kill in one hit. I die in one hit.

    • @lowenevvan8619
      @lowenevvan8619 11 місяців тому +73

      Agreed. Oblivion's difficulty slider is terrible. No distinction between playing on Novice, Adept or Master, just "Slightly left" or "Slightly right". Skyrim caps out at dealing only 1/4th your normal damage, but taking only 3x more. Oblivion caps out at 8x damage, while dealing 1/8th yourself. Max difficulty oblivion is basically just hating yourself or playing a Conjuration run, on account of summons being unaffected by difficulty.
      What I can find about Morrowind's difficulty settings, you deal only slightly less damage (-20%) while enemies deal 6x damage. This only applies to physical, thus why Magic was consistently the least threatening thing in the run (with exception to intentionally overpowered AoEs)

    • @TenshiOkihana
      @TenshiOkihana 11 місяців тому +11

      Totally true, i only play Morrowind in max difficulty because it's more realistic... i mean, any person would die if it gets hit in the head with a sledgehammer xD

    • @magesticalmysterium6856
      @magesticalmysterium6856 11 місяців тому +9

      @@lowenevvan8619 yes, although Oblivion seems to actually be a 6x delta. 6x Damage or 1/6th basically. I looked in the data files and it seems to strongly suggest so

    • @ladyakkyn
      @ladyakkyn 11 місяців тому +3

      ​@magesticalmysterium6856 This is right. The exact center is 1:1 difficulty, and there are 50 ticks in each direction, each tick lowering your damage and raising enemies' by 10%. Since you're adding, not multiplying, 50 ticks to the right grants 500% on TOP of the default 100% equaling 6x difficulty.

  • @MisterBones223
    @MisterBones223 11 місяців тому +585

    Fun fact: I played for 80+ hours my first playthrough, and I was so unoptimized that I leveled up ONCE during the whole 80 hours

    • @weirdieoid
      @weirdieoid 8 місяців тому +101

      thats tragic and hilarious at the same time

    • @Sweglord_wow1991
      @Sweglord_wow1991 8 місяців тому +38

      ​@@weirdieoidIt's also not true lmfao

    • @mjay6245
      @mjay6245 8 місяців тому +55

      I don't believe that for a second. Unless you were just running around doing zero quests and not engaging in combat even a single time.

    • @MisterBones223
      @MisterBones223 8 місяців тому +126

      @@mjay6245 Yeah that's exactly what I did lol 😆
      And the combat I *did* do was done after save-scumming for literal hours
      I didn't have any decent skills in any weapons that I could find/afford, I didn't know about Fargoth's ring, I literally used the dagger you find stabbing the note at the beginning (even though I had literally no skill in short blade) to try and fight in the little dungeon just outside of Seyda Neen and had to fight for like 30 seconds until my health was low, sleep until I either healed or a Dark Brotherhood assassin spawned and killed me.
      I then gave up on that dungeon after a few hours and tried adventuring somewhere else.
      I died to either cliffracers, plagued rats, or those little Kwama worms or whatever. I gave up on following the roads AGAIN, and tried swimming away but was quickly humbled by slaughterfish. After that, I finally made it to Balmora by just running away and was just trying to pickpocket and do little quests for the guilds (I'd die of course, even to the rats). After AGES, I got super bored and gave up

    • @soupstoreclothing
      @soupstoreclothing 6 місяців тому +14

      i had a similar experience but not as bad lol. i got to the fighter's guild quest to clear the rats for the pillow lady and i kept dying over and over to these fuckin rats. eventually i turned the difficulty all the way down and i STILL died. i literally had the slider all the way left. gave up lol

  • @TizerakYT
    @TizerakYT 11 місяців тому +18

    "Who seems to be a few scrib short of a kwama mine" - subscribed, liked, bell notification, EVERYTHING

  • @bimbendorf5166
    @bimbendorf5166 11 місяців тому +144

    18:41 Damn, didn't know Ryan Gosling acted in Morrowind. Underrated part in his career for sure.
    Edit. Whelp, the same joke was in the video. Guess, you should watch everything before commenting

    • @JustBackgroundNoise
      @JustBackgroundNoise  11 місяців тому +46

      Glad I'm not the only one who sees it.

    • @DIEGhostfish
      @DIEGhostfish 11 місяців тому +18

      I am going to sue Todd howard for putting Literally Me in this game without paying royalties.

    • @dylanmonstrum1538
      @dylanmonstrum1538 11 місяців тому

      ​@@DIEGhostfishL I T E R A L L Y
      M E

    • @kajetankramek8299
      @kajetankramek8299 11 місяців тому +6

      ​@@DIEGhostfishyou mean the orc?

    • @redfoxdog1
      @redfoxdog1 11 місяців тому

      dayumnnnn @@kajetankramek8299

  • @XemawthEvo2
    @XemawthEvo2 11 місяців тому +153

    The idea of an adventurer having yo wait an entire 24 hours after a fight in caves, sewers, and people's homes is hilarious to me.
    "Why yes, i can clear out your sewer goblins. See you in a week!" *scurries down trap door*

    • @vonshroom2068
      @vonshroom2068 10 місяців тому +9

      Every D&D campaign with a wizard in a nutshell.
      3 levels of dungeon? We'll be back in a month! Due to all the long rests.

    • @OXY187
      @OXY187 7 місяців тому +2

      Ahh, that one was extremely exhausting. I’ll just rest here for a day, then continue forward.

    • @lunyxappocalypse7071
      @lunyxappocalypse7071 Місяць тому

      Well, there _is_ a reason splunking takes so long.

  • @TheNoobilator
    @TheNoobilator 11 місяців тому +59

    I have got to be honest, despite having finished Morrowind many _many_ times since first playing it as a young kid, I never actually finished either of the expansions! So this was incredibly cool to me both as a fun challenge run, and as my first time actually _seeing_ the story and content of Tribunal beyond the sewers and connected ruins! Somehow I have managed to never actually see that final room before, and the image of Sotha Sil strung up from his machinery is actually very evocative and chilling.
    As per your most recent poll, Morrowind was my first TES game, and honestly it has always held a special seat for me at the top of the TES pile. The old-school design sensibilities with the world being seen as more important than the player (well, early on anyway - you do obviously go God-mode), locking content if it doesn't make sense for players to be able to access it (I have always loved giving the examples of the Telvanni towers - a modern TES game would likely not allow a tower you can't access without levitation magic to exist, but it makes perfect sense for the megalomaniacal and egotistical Telvannia wizard lords), as well as the CRPG-esque systems; it all just speaks to a certain part of me which loves to get lost in worlds and mechanics. Anyway, that's a long and rambly way of saying - thank you for putting together all of this very high-effort, great Morrowind content - I really appreciate it

    • @robertharris6092
      @robertharris6092 11 місяців тому +3

      You should play them. Especially bloodmoon. Being able to build your own town is pretty cool.

    • @therexbellator
      @therexbellator 10 місяців тому +2

      I played Solsteim a few times but I tended to avoid the Tribunal stuff cause I was never a fan of the way Mournhold was designed (being almost entirely made of interior cells), but watching this makes me think I was shortsighted. On top of enjoying Background Noise's playthroughs I'm getting a hankering to return to Morrowind.

    • @derekbum
      @derekbum 9 місяців тому +1

      Ooh yeah. The sotha sil scene really disturbed me when I first encountered it as a kid. The way the textures look made it hard for me to distinguish what I was looking at until I got a close look at him. Then once it truly sunk in, I freaked out and had to bail.
      There one other game that has a similar scene that also creeped me out. Clive Barkers Undying. Finding Aaron’s mutilated body strung up beneath his own sisters room. Ugh. Chilling.

  • @Edders234
    @Edders234 11 місяців тому +29

    Morrowind is such an incredible game, yes it's maybe not aged the best, but its still such a deeply satisfying experience . Glad to see more of it from you dude, keep it up.

  • @jazzochannel
    @jazzochannel 11 місяців тому +2

    52:31 "if you had drank all the potions, what are you supposed to do?" You just levitate up there like a normal person, duh.

  • @temmiesbreakroom3715
    @temmiesbreakroom3715 Місяць тому +6

    I love that having Almalexia in your name caused it to light up as a choice in dialog.

    • @roecocoa
      @roecocoa Місяць тому +4

      From experience, it automatically becomes a topic the first time you visit Mournhold or the first time you talk to any NPC there. I do want to experiment with including key phrases in character names though. Edit: I misread your comment, sorry. Second part still stands.

  • @miroslavzima8856
    @miroslavzima8856 11 місяців тому +16

    Oh god, this reminds me I´ve never completed Morrowind and Oblivion - just stuck in never ending loop of exploration!
    Thanks, you are amazing!

  • @DityaMalkava
    @DityaMalkava 11 місяців тому +28

    There is a daedric wakizashi you can loot from an assassin in street theatre quest. Takes like 5 minutes and you got yourself one of the best short blades in the game

    • @DityaMalkava
      @DityaMalkava 11 місяців тому +11

      Also: with high mercantile skill you can literally sell money to people. You can sell 1 septim for 5 septims or something. The more you sell the more you get

    • @Bloodlyshiva
      @Bloodlyshiva 4 місяці тому +2

      @@DityaMalkava Great, the commemorative coin market now exists in Morrowind.

    • @MeepChangeling
      @MeepChangeling Місяць тому

      Yeah, but if you use it you're a weeb and supporting forcing more Japanese junk into a fantasy setting that's best when it isn't using real life culture's stuff.

  • @Kepesk
    @Kepesk 11 місяців тому +14

    Just wanted to leave a comment saying I really enjoy your content. I'm always happy to have more Morrowind in my life.

  • @JesusChrist-pd9py
    @JesusChrist-pd9py 11 місяців тому +81

    Morrowind is just so good man. Second and third best DLC's in the series too in my opinion, only overshadowed by the Shivering Isles

    • @alexbeesley7971
      @alexbeesley7971 11 місяців тому +5

      i've actually never finished it properly lol. i like being a god so i invariably get drawn toward the enchantment/alchemy/fortify loop stuff and end up jumping across the map. then i get too distracted and never actually do the main quest

    • @JesusChrist-pd9py
      @JesusChrist-pd9py 11 місяців тому +1

      @@alexbeesley7971trust me man, I've spent HOURS of doing nothing but exploring so I absolutely get it lol

    • @kajetankramek8299
      @kajetankramek8299 11 місяців тому +6

      Tribubal is not so great, but blood moon is in my opinion THE best expansion ever. It just adds so much to the game

    • @arvidbergman
      @arvidbergman 11 місяців тому +3

      While I think the Tribunal storyline is great, I feel the gameplay itself isn't that great
      Bloodmoon's cool though

    • @lunyxappocalypse7071
      @lunyxappocalypse7071 Місяць тому

      @@alexbeesley7971 Huh, what an ironic statement. Considering the possible end of the quest.

  • @MrBones248
    @MrBones248 10 місяців тому +2

    Apparently the "i could eat a baby's arse through a sewer grate" is a line in the files of morriwind, big surprise though it isn't meant to appear, it was probably added in the early testing days for a laugh

  • @plammery
    @plammery 11 місяців тому +10

    I love these videos. I never really got morrowind but after these videos and trying it for myself, it’s easily one of my favorite rpgs of all time. Thank you for sharing this masterpiece of a game.

    • @kg7219
      @kg7219 11 місяців тому

      It’s seriously one of the only games that has made me feel that type of way …. It’s frustrating but very rewarding and the writing is actually rly good. Only other game I can think of that comes close to that is prolly Escape From Tarkov weirdly. It’s like th e only thing I ever wanna play these days nothing can compare. I guess I just enjoy more “hardcore” experiences ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ but I hate dark souls Lmfao

  • @TelvanniWizardMoneyGang
    @TelvanniWizardMoneyGang 11 місяців тому +5

    This kind of run is why God made SPEARS.

  • @ham8426
    @ham8426 11 місяців тому +19

    While the whole fortify fatigue going negative does sound like a bug it kind of almost makes sense after a "berserker rage" you might drop to your knees for a bit to recover.
    Also i think with you doing so much 24 hour resting to recover the rage ability leaving the bodies on the floor wouldn't be much different because the large span of time your passing would naturally respawn things anyway.

  • @Madalovin
    @Madalovin 11 місяців тому +5

    Just coming back to this video to say I really enjoy your long-form content.
    Your voice over is calming and nice to listen to. Your editing is great and I find myself both watching/listening to your videos as something I'm invested in or as- Background Noise for goin' to sleep to or while gamin'.
    Heheh, but again, thank ye. Yer stuff makes me smile and I'm happy you're uploading.

  • @eleckson
    @eleckson 10 місяців тому +8

    I subbed solely based off how quick and polite his "please sub" was.

  • @Noobazzah
    @Noobazzah 3 місяці тому +5

    Perhaps the Dwemer construct bolts are classed as darts because they are too large or heavy for any bow or crossbow to utilise. In history, "war darts" were essentially throwing spears with fins attached for more stability in flight.

  • @5Megamen
    @5Megamen 11 місяців тому +6

    20:11 you are joking, but people actually used to believe that mixing bones with iron granted magical effects to weapons created with them
    And they weren't entirely wrong, because the metal did bind better due to chemistry (I forget which elements it was)

    • @JustBackgroundNoise
      @JustBackgroundNoise  11 місяців тому +9

      I think it was the Vikings. They'd mix ashes with the iron to make a primitive form of steel. The ashes acted as a source of carbon.

  • @hallowacko
    @hallowacko 11 місяців тому +3

    "So, for this challenge I will use NO exploits"
    "Okay so let me tell you how to use this exploit"
    "Did I say exploit? I meant exploit"

  • @LafBoi
    @LafBoi 11 місяців тому +3

    Pretty sure the walls of Sotha Sils chamber were supposed to look like computer circuit boards. Pretty badass.

  • @mohamedmaatougui2469
    @mohamedmaatougui2469 11 місяців тому +14

    Awesome video, i actually did the same exact run with the added caveat of no potions, it's really funny seeing how maany similar strats we used lol
    Bloodmoon is also very fun, but quite abit easier until the last few quests

    • @JustBackgroundNoise
      @JustBackgroundNoise  11 місяців тому +12

      How did you deal with all the magic damage?

    • @mohamedmaatougui2469
      @mohamedmaatougui2469 11 місяців тому

      ​@@JustBackgroundNoise i stunlock all enemies with a ranged weapon, a spear or a staff and Berserk, also the Goblin Clubs, can't really get hit by anything when i don't give them the space to initiate any attacks, even easier when i outrange all of them
      I also had the Atronach Sign on the slight chance something got through (and for the mfing traps) and Elbert has a small chance of having Spell Absorption scrolls
      Having experience from Bloodmoon i already knew everything was gonna one shot me so i invested in mobility and ranged weapons and abused the hell out of Berserk, once i unlocked the dwemer ruin the game was basically over as i got more than enough Dwarven Darts to destroy any encounter left.
      Berserk's biggest weakness is running out and dropping you defenseless, so every fight becomes a really fun DPS race where you have to time your attacks well to stun-lock them and dish out enough damage to kill them, it just so happens that the Dwarven Darts have insane speed and damage, early game i remember using Bels Uvenim's Silver Spear, not amazing but does the job by keeping everything at bay and dishing out enough damage, eventually the blessed spear was a nice upgrade and finally ended on the darts.
      Oh yeah i just remembered i think i scavenged the random crates in the Imperial Guard area and got a Halberd, i also remember being fucked by the Adamantite Spear because it has 1 range in the OG Morrowind instead of 1.8 like all spears lol

    • @mohamedmaatougui2469
      @mohamedmaatougui2469 11 місяців тому +7

      Stunlock with Spears, Darts and Berserk
      High movement speed for dodging and kiting
      Atronach Sign and scrolls

  • @Cheese_Lord
    @Cheese_Lord 11 місяців тому +2

    Absolutely love your Morrowind videos. By far my favorite UA-camr that plays and does challenges for this game. Keep it up! You always scratch that Morrowind itch

  • @galleo9462
    @galleo9462 11 місяців тому +4

    As your name suggests i use you to help me sleep laying im bed idk why but morrowind and oblivion videos really ease me off to sleep and how you do them as small challenges and your voice just kinda mesh together into perfect wind down content so thanks :P and the times i cant sleep the videos contents are interesting enough to watch anyway

  • @timcarpenter6098
    @timcarpenter6098 10 місяців тому +3

    I love this channel man. Morrowind was an escape from my kinda crappy life as a young teen. I remember freaking out when it hit OG Xbox, I bought GOTY. I tried to get all my friends to play it. I actually tried the game first at a friend's house on PC. I was absolutely amazed and hooked. But was poor and had no PC. Man the amount of time I spent in that world is insane. There just wasn't anything like it. Specifically on the OG XBox. I love the vids on tricking the game, I definitely did my own game breaking way back. Thanks bro, good feels.

    • @Nekufan1000000
      @Nekufan1000000 10 місяців тому +1

      I don't know how I did it, but I'm sure the community could tell me, but I remember playing Morrowind on the Xbox and glitching out a bound battle ax at level 2. It was just permanently on me after I did a rest or something. My friend lost his mind because of how strong it was and not having to recast the spell was huge for a pair of nerds that preferred making new characters every 15 levels instead of ... actually beating the game. We never got to see how much bound equipment could fall off in the late game, we just knew that having it permanently attached was a crazy glitch.
      He really lost it when I shown him using a Breton with the Curiass of Savior's Hide to nullify the Boots of Blinding Speed's debuff, plus my own 100 speed, plus fortify Speed 100. I remember moving so fast I was hitting loading zones every couple of seconds, and one time I actually crashed the game by hitting so many of them in sequence. That was probably one of the best summers of my life in retrospect.

    • @warzagg5022
      @warzagg5022 10 місяців тому +1

      @@Nekufan1000000 You probably encountered the conjured item repair glitch. In the vanilla game, if you repair any summoned equipment before the spell wears off, it'll be stuck in your inventory for the rest of the playthrough (on the Xbox at least).

  • @Aegishjalmer
    @Aegishjalmer 9 місяців тому +1

    Absolutely loving binge watching these Morrowind videos. Thanks for the awesome content man!

  • @Kevin3826
    @Kevin3826 11 місяців тому +2

    7:10 what makes goblins so irresistible to you?

  • @notthedroidsyourelookingfo4026
    @notthedroidsyourelookingfo4026 11 місяців тому +9

    When people say your name in a dialogue, the "almalexia" part becomes a topic! 😱

    • @notthedroidsyourelookingfo4026
      @notthedroidsyourelookingfo4026 11 місяців тому +3

      Correction: When Fedris Hler says your name...

    • @DibsAtraiyu
      @DibsAtraiyu 2 місяці тому +1

      Ya, it's a lil quirk. You can speed through very specific quest by having your name be a topic and speaking to the specific npc. No need to fluff about.

  • @jaytheviking2706
    @jaytheviking2706 11 місяців тому +1

    19:00 I dunno if it was about piercing, I think it was more like. When the cannon came out, right? A large piece of stone being shot out of a giant high pressure popcorn maker powered by boom powder would about scare the shit out of anybody. Why do you need armor when something that's gonna take your left side and carry it 1250 meters into the deep, or 4 feet buried under the field, is being used by the enemy. We need our own one of those. And thennnnnnn after the amazing discovery of the matchlock, and flintlock pistols. I'm not sure if Europe used those stick guns, which happened in china way earlier than the Europeans had cannons. But they would've been invented after the fact I figure.

    • @jaytheviking2706
      @jaytheviking2706 11 місяців тому +1

      No hate btw, just caught my attention

  • @BlackstoneMASK
    @BlackstoneMASK 11 місяців тому +1

    I'm at 24:00 and wondering if I'll see Helseth's busted "you win the game forever" ring get mentioned.

  • @mrcowman1092
    @mrcowman1092 11 місяців тому +4

    Please don't stop making videos! You have such a unique blend of calming and entertaining videos, it's good to see a creator with nuance!

  • @elgatto3133
    @elgatto3133 7 місяців тому +2

    13:50 It depends on the place, New York has nice bricked in sewers you could walk in but most places now they're concrete tubes you survey with cameras.

  • @zephh_sk
    @zephh_sk 11 місяців тому +7

    Respect for going melee for this challenge. I think any sane person would go for marksman or ranged mage.

  • @mysticmoonxv
    @mysticmoonxv 11 місяців тому +1

    I really appreciate that the effort you put into your videos is consistent, even in longer challenges. I hope you do more of these Morrowind videos.

  • @friedrichfreigeist3292
    @friedrichfreigeist3292 11 місяців тому +3

    My Potions are too strong for you traveler

  • @sayftysayfty4228
    @sayftysayfty4228 11 місяців тому +6

    You can double the haggling fun if you give yourself 100 points in personality and mercantile in one spell.

  • @HereticalKitsune
    @HereticalKitsune 11 місяців тому +9

    Tribunal gives me flashbacks, that was such a hard DLC, even with my first end game character. I vaguely remember, or just imagine, breaking goblin shields a lot before killing the gobling holding it, but I could be wrong about that.

    • @AthenaTennosN
      @AthenaTennosN 11 місяців тому +6

      Goblin equipment is crappy durability - wise, so totally possible. Stats are a different story though.

  • @Crossbow-xy4xg
    @Crossbow-xy4xg 11 місяців тому +2

    The "I could eat a baby's arse through a sewer crate" was so damn random. WTF

  • @LCyoutube291
    @LCyoutube291 11 місяців тому +1

    Bro I love your vids. This is one of my favorite so far. Love the difficulty challenges.

  • @christophermccutcheon2143
    @christophermccutcheon2143 10 місяців тому +2

    Yo what the fuck is that voice line at 18:00? "I could eat a baby's arse through a sewer grate."??? The fuck? How the fuck has that never come up in a Morrowind video before XD

  • @TDeck24
    @TDeck24 11 місяців тому +26

    "People told me flare is spelled with an I so there you go" "*Flaire*"
    You little rascal you

  • @Dovah_Slayer
    @Dovah_Slayer 11 місяців тому +1

    This man does things no sane person would even consider i tip my hat to you

  • @editingdude122
    @editingdude122 11 місяців тому +1

    This is really high quality Morrowind content. Subscribed and can’t wait for more bangers

  • @ArachD206
    @ArachD206 11 місяців тому +8

    The negative fatigue after berserk kinda makes sense to me. You go berserk, give it more effort than your body can take!
    Gotta be pretty exhausted after that. No idea if that's the reason though, or if its just Bethesda being as they are.

    • @RancorSnp
      @RancorSnp 11 місяців тому +5

      Yeah, almost definitely not intended but this is very much a case of it working well enough to the point you can say "it's not a bug it's a feature"

  • @MacstersUndead
    @MacstersUndead 11 місяців тому +2

    28:40 til if your name includes a dialogue option, the game links that option. in this case "almalexia" in the name "almalexia is kill"

  • @badluck9749
    @badluck9749 11 місяців тому +3

    18:03 the good part.

  • @jchart
    @jchart 11 місяців тому +1

    Been really enjoying your Morrowind videos since I came across them. Really takes me on a nostalgia trip.
    Here's an idea for another one:
    Find a way to defeat Umbra at level 1. You can add other rules to make it harder or easier as you want, like doing it without abusing alchemy or Sujamma, or not standing on a rock and killing him from range, etc.

  • @Kaij-
    @Kaij- 11 місяців тому +1

    The thing i love about these videos is the lore and explanation that goes into them, you dont even need to watch (hence, background noise) it just makes for such an enjoyable experience. You deserve every success.

  • @thescaledstranger5644
    @thescaledstranger5644 11 місяців тому +3

    A cool trick to employ against some enemy spellcasters, usually through enchantment because reflection is problematic, is damage intelligence. It's dubiously useful if you desperately need mana and can't afford to have it reflected on you, but if you can make a weapon or piece of gear that hits enemies with the effect over a period of time. That way all you need is one hit before backing off and waiting for them to become too stupid continue casting spells. Doesn't ALWAYS work but when it does it can be pretty handy.
    Quick edit that I forgot to mention, it's best paired with another enchanted item to restore your own intelligence so you can easily get any mana you might actually want back without needing to lug potions everywhere or visit temples.

  • @theseb1979
    @theseb1979 Місяць тому

    I first played this game when it released with both expansions as a package. Yes, that was a long time ago. I had no idea what I was doing and whilst I wasn’t playing on the hardest difficulty I ended up doing the tribunal stuff before the main quest. It was a struggle at certain parts, especially that damn bosmer. I used to run away from him in panic. Eventually I finished it and played the main quest afterwards, which obviously was super easy. Still have such fond memories of this game.

  • @llllB06llll
    @llllB06llll 10 місяців тому +3

    The strafing method in fromsoftware games actually comes from kings field

  • @gaming_bigfoot
    @gaming_bigfoot 11 місяців тому +2

    Saw Skylartk's comment, felt I needed to say this since they shared their love of MW being their first Elder Scrolls game
    Skyrim introduced me to the series; then went back and did Oblivion, felt it was better in a lot of ways
    Then went further to Morrowind, and while aged in some ways, still felt better in an number of others
    MW easily feels like the most "Elder Scrolls" of the titles, as opposed to "increasingly generic RPG world experience" that Skyrim ends up feeling

  • @Haedgehog
    @Haedgehog 11 місяців тому

    Absolutely loved the video, it was really nostalgic for me and the narrationstyle was 10/10. Made my day, please do more! ♥

  • @michaelbayley9432
    @michaelbayley9432 11 місяців тому +1

    Low key the strongest spells to pair with weapons are weakness to element they effectively let you max out your weapons enchant damage fights can end so fast if you cast a -200 weakness doesn’t have to last long reducing cost fairly significantly.

  • @sergejslocmelis4687
    @sergejslocmelis4687 11 місяців тому +1

    I did that too +no deaths or reloads. Made gold by buying soul gems, capturing summoned pals, and selling. Spear+bow. Invisibility, sanctuary. Sneak attack. that kind of stuff. Paralyze works too.

  • @SkyBlueFox1
    @SkyBlueFox1 11 місяців тому +1

    that unused/placeholder voiceline is tremendously cursed holy shit

  • @gr8828
    @gr8828 11 місяців тому

    Just to say that I love your morrowind content, seeing content of my first elder scroll is a joy!

  • @LivrahYT
    @LivrahYT 11 місяців тому

    After watching a few videos in a row in background, I noticed the channel name.
    Keep up the good work!

  • @Daniel-sn2zv
    @Daniel-sn2zv 11 місяців тому +2

    Alma dashing through that explosion at the end was so cool haha

  • @Judgement_Kazzy
    @Judgement_Kazzy 11 місяців тому +7

    You gotta do Bloodmoon now. Give us Micky D viewers some closure

  • @brandonfranco9340
    @brandonfranco9340 11 місяців тому +1

    I am sick as a dog and this really is good background noise. Also you silly goose you can use levitation in the sewers.

  • @MittensOnly
    @MittensOnly 11 місяців тому +3

    18:03
    I'm actually shook, what the bloody fuck was that?

    • @JustBackgroundNoise
      @JustBackgroundNoise  11 місяців тому +2

      I can only hope it's like "I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse."
      Like...it's so gross, but he's _that_ hungry. Why a baby? Who fuckin' knows.
      It was 2002, so slang was surely different. Please, Todd.

    • @bradmarkus7768
      @bradmarkus7768 18 днів тому

      TODD. HOWARD. DIDDY PARTY

  • @sergeyir
    @sergeyir 11 місяців тому +4

    Video idea: sneaky nerevar
    You can only level up sneak, short blade, marksman with only throwable weapons, security, and unarmored (maybe also athletics and acrobatics to speed things up a bit), every attack must be critical sneak attack, if possible, and no scrolls to open locks are allowed. The goal is to beat the game

  • @wrath_spirit4705
    @wrath_spirit4705 11 місяців тому

    Your videos are my new addiction! Thank you

  • @datglasstho
    @datglasstho 10 місяців тому

    This was a fantastic watch. I played so long ago that a good bit of this didn't look familiar, but there was enough that I recall (the weapons and boss fights) that I knew I had completed it all before. Oblivion and Skyrim never quite delivered the same. I don't know if I would ever want to really invest the time needed for a proper revisit; if I'm in the mood for an open world RPG I turn to Witcher 3.

  • @dylanmonstrum1538
    @dylanmonstrum1538 11 місяців тому

    PLEASE never stop these, you actual legend

  • @Self-replicating_whatnot
    @Self-replicating_whatnot 11 місяців тому

    I love watching Bethesda Game challenge runs, but there are almost noone doing them in Morrowind. Thank you and keep up the good work!

  • @arvidbergman
    @arvidbergman 11 місяців тому +1

    Think that for the donating artifacts part, you couldve just went for the BiPolar Blade from the sidequest where you set up a date! Really easy, really fast, no required skills. Great video though!

  • @Matikz007
    @Matikz007 11 місяців тому +2

    lmfao I love how you still spelled it "FLAIRE" with an E just to be cheeky. Unless that was also unintentional lol.

  • @nobodyimportant4778
    @nobodyimportant4778 11 місяців тому +8

    Fun fact!
    ELDEN RING has the exact same bug that makes goblins do damage the second their animation is triggered!
    Except in elden ring, it makes certain bosses and minibosses dodge or do attacks when the player presses a button to attack or heal!
    For example, Margit's combo moves and godskin apostle's heal-interrupting-fireball are SUPPOSED to come out when the player is partway through an animation to attack or drink a crimson flask, but they trigger the instant the animation is called instead

    • @arcaniaagarthus7363
      @arcaniaagarthus7363 9 місяців тому +5

      Ya know, when ER released, I got to Caelid around level 7-8 through a shortcut and to the invisible sorcerer city (along with killing the dude who summons archers to get sorceries from the guy in the shack). Needless to say, pretty much everything murdered me from the very start of the secret chest portal cave thing. The sky being red and the scarlet rot made me think of the first time I stepped foot in the Red Mountain region, and I was a little kid so I didn't know what I was doing, so I just got by an ascended sleeper. I also was scared of the zombies, the rot is kinda like Corprus in that sense but without the benefits of getting strong while losing your mind.
      The area where you fight the summoner knight thing also had weird trees, so I thought about mushroom trees from the swampy areas of Vvardenfell, but like if you added The Crimson from Terraria and allowed it to corrupt the swamp.

    • @mjay6245
      @mjay6245 8 місяців тому +1

      You have a source from the devs for that? Because most people I know believe that's purposeful to stop you from panic healing in the bosses face.

    • @euclidYT
      @euclidYT 4 місяці тому +1

      ​@@mjay6245its certainly buggy, but not the fact that they do it, but more how fast they react sometimes, or how exactly they react. The bosses are supposed to react to the animations you do but sometimes they'll react faster than they're supposed to because of falsely recognizing certain animations or just react to you actions the wrong way. Like for example trying to dodge you healing like you're throwing a projectile.

    • @mjay6245
      @mjay6245 4 місяці тому +1

      @euclidYT Yeah, I do agree with that. I find it quite annoying when devs are either lazy or just dicks and make bosses/npc's have reaction time measured in single digit frames.
      Imo if you want your AI to be challenging but also FAIR AND BELIEVABLE to your players, they need to have human level reaction time.

    • @LilacGeese
      @LilacGeese 2 місяці тому

      @@mjay6245 I wouldn't necessarily call it a bug but Zullie the Witch did a video on it to prove it wasn't actually input reading. It *is* being triggered on the very first frame of you using a flask though in the cask of godskins.

  • @Voromire1
    @Voromire1 11 місяців тому +3

    Ok, her monologue SUCKS to sit through if you already know it's coming. But that twist was genuinely so cool the first time I played it. I sort of gathered she wasn't all she was cracked up to be since she had to have us go make the sandstorm for her, but IMO, her sending you here to die was SO cool.

    • @karlk5801
      @karlk5801 9 місяців тому +1

      How else could a god kill a level 1 character?

  • @AlchemistOfNirnroot
    @AlchemistOfNirnroot 11 місяців тому +1

    Triburnal was the expansion I went into thinking the game was too easy and went max difficulty around lvl 20. Definitely made the DLC more enjoyable :D But F those centurion archers and black dart gang.

  • @Thumper17
    @Thumper17 3 місяці тому +1

    54:20 Almalexia!? CURSE YOUR SUDDEN BUT INEVITABLE BETRAYAL!

  • @r4dios1lence92
    @r4dios1lence92 10 місяців тому

    I'm lactose intolerant, and this video gave me the giggles as much as it gave me the runs. Great job!
    Also, WTF WAS THAT LINE ABOUT BABY AND SEWER GRATE.

  • @HerpDerpingtonTheIII
    @HerpDerpingtonTheIII 11 місяців тому +1

    "5 seconds? What am I, made of time?"
    *Waits 24 hours for beserk to refresh*

  • @Enoonb
    @Enoonb 11 місяців тому

    I am really enjoying everything you do. Thank you. For everything.

  • @P.Manoel
    @P.Manoel 11 місяців тому

    Max difficulty is really fun! There's just something viscerally satisfying about trying a fight over and over, trying each resource you have until you finally find something that works.

  • @gabecore717
    @gabecore717 11 місяців тому

    Holy tits I've been watching all your morrowind videos the past day or so while getting my game all modded and ready to play to my heart's content. I love the way you make your videos and your knowledge on the game, I've been playing since I was 7 and one could refer to my childhood obsession with morrowind as a "special interest;" I don't know how many rants I've gone on to my friends about older generations making videos who act like they know they game so well cause they played some in college 2002, and I, not even born when it was released, knew way more about the game, all in a very hyperbolic sense like this sentence overall. You really inspire me to push past my comfort zone and maybe one day finally start making some videos on the game I love so much.

  • @Dianthain
    @Dianthain 11 місяців тому +1

    Almalexia looks like she's coping with divinity loss by being hella high on skooma...