The User Interface of Every Mainline Elder Scrolls Game 

I really love morrowind's UI because it really prioritises function over form. It's not pretty but it's straight to the point. Press one button and on a single screen you can see your character sheet, inventory, spellbook and map at once. You can move around and resize each window to your liking and you can even pin them so that they stay on screen while playing the game. You can, for example, pin your character sheet to see your stats while playing, which comes handy if you're playing as a mage for example as it lets you see exactly how much magicka you have left, instead of just having a blue bar. It also lets you know when one of your attributes is damaged. You can also pin your map for example, if you think the minimap is too small. I also love the way it works. Everything is drag and drop which makes it very easy to use and rather intuitive once you understand how it works. I particularily like how you can drag and drop items from your inventory onto the game world and vice versa. It makes it easier to place items and decorate a room for example. I also like that it's semi transparant and that you can control its opacity and size depending on how much of the world you want to see while browsing your menues. It helps with analysing what's going on while deciding what would be the best approach to certain situations. You can even completely disable certain windows if you have no use for them. Mainly, the spellbook. If you're playing as a warrior and never plan on using magick, you can outright disable the spellbook window to make more room for your inventory or your map for example.

One thing I don't think gets mentioned enough is Daggerfall's extensive control customisation screen (if you press Esc in-game to get to the menu) and if you press Enter it toggles the game into mouselook mode, like the later games use by default. With a bit of tinkering you can play Daggerfall almost like the more modern titles. Side note, I think Oblivion's UI is specifically intended to be a clipboard. Remember when clipboards were a thing?

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I really like Morrowinds UI and it's a shame that more games haven't done anything like it. There are some quality of life improvements that would be nice to have, like searching for things by name, sorting different ways and less dragging and dropping, but it's super useful when you learn how it works

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Damn, this channel is too good to be so underrated... I honestly love the constant memes -- never get tired of this style of editing hahaha.

Skyrim UI is tailored for consoles, and that's why it feels inconvenient on PC.

I'd like to mention Daggerfall's fullscreen mode where you only have small health stamina and mana bars on screen, makes it super immersive and definetly my preferred way.

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17:17 - I appreciated this meme 20:27 - Lmfao xDD Awesome rehash of these videos (the Arena & DF sections were great)! Also, the meme inserts and editing were very well done as always ^^ I hope TES VI takes inspiration from how older games styled their UI, not that Skyrim's is bad...maybe it could take inspiration from how Skyblivion does it.

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I played morrowind as an old friend advice me to when I have disappointed from VTMB 2 and the new people in charge, morrowind was indeed hard , harsh , I hate it then was scared , after that I study it, notice my errors, build my character better, then try again, And again, then I just adore it, it’s one of few games that I actually FEELS LIKE I am part of that strange beautiful world. It give me inner peace.. and I adore it! I really missed it! Once I fixed my game I will finally be able to play it!

You did a good job. I reference these games a lot for my work on my own games. I like that you spent a lot of time in your analysis paying attention to the tones and allusions in the paper UIs. I think these are very important. You can see good examples of the form too in Medieval Dynasty and Kingdom Come: Deliverance. These older games, back to Morrowind, were made at a time where we read more, used physical books, and even wrote each other letters. I think that's very important, and it would be nice to go back toward that a bit. Also that's a nice rat you've got there. It would be a shame if somebody put it in an opening Fighter's Guild quest.

Daggerfall also has a minimal hud

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i laughed when your voice went double on the unsheathe. morrowind is based as heck, spent like 3 weeks finishing that game and i had such a blast handling the journal.

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While not as big as the change from Oblivion to Skyrim there is a similar trend from Fallout 3 to 4 in the UI department, would be interesting to look at both under the same lens. Very nice video btw, like the style!

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I enjoyed your video thanks, Morrowind is my favorite game in the series, I just can't get enough of that game

I agree, the artwork in Oblivion is so good. I absolutely love it.

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The daggerfall box is so cool in person it's holographic

awesome video, thanks!

what a fun video! thanks for making it :]

I like Skyrim and Morrowind the most because I prefer the contrast. Its easier to read white text on black than black on beige or white. Yeah, SkyUI is a MUST for people who mod. Oblivion makes me think of old manuscripts, as seen in Inkulinalti and Pentiment.

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Honestly you could do a video just on the morrowind concept art booklet alone

Great video!

I usually prefer a more minimalist UI, elements that fade away when not in use, which is why despite not really liking Skyrim's UI 'design' I do like how un-intrusive it is in gameplay. Actually selecting items, going through the menus and not being able to see my character when selecting armor is a pain in the butt tho. OH! And the constellations are actually amazing, they're so pretty and I love how it has that awesome 3D effect when zooming into different perks.

I think the thing with Skyrim's UI functionality is that it was designed with controllers in mind, I wonder how the console version of the other TES games fair in UI functionality.

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I find skyrim's UI design to be a healthy mix of being clean whilst having just enough flair to be a standout. I find it fits quite well with the rest of the skyrim's themes, seeing as skyrim and it's nordic inspiration is overall more simplistic focusing on lineart. Shame the major quest knotworks around quest names weren't brought up, probably one of the most elaborate and unique pieces of UI in skyrim. It's not super expressive but it's hard to dislike imo. More in line with morrowind in it's design. And the map in skyrim is honestly one of the best in video games. Some minor issues like the limited camera movement aside, seeing a full 3D model of the world and being able to pan around it and really be able to plan your routes is great. Meanwhile the inventory/magic menus are certainly the weakpoint, which is why SkyUI is such a core essential. I do hope with tes6 they bring back some of the morrowind UI features, like customizable window sizes/locations, a minimap, etc.

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Never seen your channel or videos before but this is really good. You got talent and I will check out more. Can you do something on daggerfall unity? Maybe with some mods since a channel like jodzie makes it look like a current day indie masterpiece and I would love to see your take on something like that.

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Morrowind appreciation from a fellow Gen Z, as well as wojaks and nerd memes throughout the video? Subscribed

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Morrowind has the best UI and it's not even close.

I think about oblivion’s UI all the time, it did so much for immersion and aestehtics…

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This deserves waaay more views. Excellent job!

Oblivion’s main quest is better than Skyrim, but wait until you get through Morrowind. Best story, best lore.

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You can tell the UI has been more and more dumbed down to make it easier for use with a controller + console throughout the games. My personal favorite is Morrowind's, although I would like it to have a functioning map and journal like Oblivion and Skyrim had.

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Uriel Septim after daggerfall travelled to Turkey...i mean to visit a Redguard hair transplant doctor... mean Mage, and than he reverted his balding.

Good video, me like :)

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love your videos lol. :D Yeah, Skyrim's UI from a functional standpoint is great but UI before it was so much cozier and immersive.

Morrowind had the best inventory. It wasn't plagued by console design.

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Thankfully the Skyblivion Project is not using the modern-esque UI and going full blast in the artistic side

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Ye olde medieval UI is GOAT

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In terms of functionality the Bethesda fallout games have TES beat. Even if i enjoy the TES menues art design more.

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What about elder scrolls online?

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Oh the racism... Fond memories....

Pitty you didn't cover Battlespire, Redguard and ESO. Battlespire has the worst UI, all icons are the same and I am not talking about all potions, but unrelated items like potion and scroll. Redguard UI is predecessor of Morrowind and Oblivion and I love it. ESO UI is meh as it copies Skyrim UI, but with no logic. Skyrim to some extend had subtle norse art like knots at the end of a window (wish Skyrim went more on that like they did with menu), in ESO it makes no sense, because it covers whole Tamriel. It's not distracting at all, but functionality is the only thing it has going for.

I love morrowind, but I hate everything about the user interface

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I hope they'll never bring TES VI, because atm it seems they kill every franchise. Every new Fallout was a downstep, Starfield is a disgrace in comparison to real RPGs and don't mention the other vampire thing game they made... To be honest, they are not capable of doing a good game. Bethesda always relayed on modders to fix their game and screwed them over afterwards. but looking around they missed the big step in the future, how games could be nowadays - and there are some great games out there! I loved Oblivion back then, I played Skyrim when it came out for such a long time, but in all that years I learned to dispise Bethesdas dealing with the customer. I don't believe that they will ever recover or even want that. They sold Skyrim, how many times "as new" in a decade? Nah. That hype is over loooong ago.

Some people complain about the quests in the journals getting simplified over the years but it really embraces the local cultures. In Morrowind you have paragraphs sucking yourself off whilst talking about your tasks whilst Skyrim embraces the Nord mindset of “hrm do thing”

UI in skyrim is trash

The number of memes you use is so annoying

They are losing money if they don't remake the first 2 games to look more like Skyrim/oblivion or Morrowind but I hate Morrowind game mechanics