Skywind s first gameplay demo in a year shows original Morrowind quest expanded and improved

Skywind s first gameplay demo in a year shows original Morrowind quest expanded and improved

Skywind's first gameplay demo in a year shows original Morrowind quest expanded and improved Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Skywind's first gameplay demo in a year shows original Morrowind quest expanded and improved A worthy companion. News by Wesley Yin-Poole Deputy Editorial Director Updated on 15 Aug 2020 17 comments The modders behind Skywind have released its first gameplay demo in a year, showing off how an original Morrowind quest has been expanded and improved for this hotly-anticipated fan release. Skywind is Morrowind recreated in the Skyrim engine. It's been in the works for quite some time now, but the volunteer developers continue to make progress, as the video below shows. The video sees the player picking up a quest in the city of Sadrith Mora, NPC dialogue, voice acting, exploration, dungeon crawling in a multi-level dwemer ruin alongside a companion (Imperial Larienna Macrina), and a boss fight against a Daedroth called Hrelvesuu. Battle at Nchurdamz is a quest that was in the original Morrowind, but the modders have expanded and improved it for Skywind, adding new writing, a new pipe puzzle, a grate scene and new daedric ruins at the end. It's all very atmospheric, as any dungeon crawl in Morrowind should be. I particularly like the dwemer chests, and the transition from dwemer ruins to daedric ruins is pretty cool, too. "One of the most exciting things in this video - although it may not look like much right now - is that we finally have simplified the process for creating custom creature skeletons and animations!" the developers said. "Our Dwemer spider was the first test using these tools, and in fact uses a different skeleton than the Skyrim Dwemer spider. This marks a major milestone in our development, as these tools have been in the works for years. This opens the door to all sorts of new creature animations, such as for the guar, betty netch, silt strider, kwama, and much more." Skywind is one of the biggest and most ambitious mod projects in existence, with hundreds of contributors working to recreate Bethesda's seminal 2002 role-playing game in the 2016 Skyrim: Special Edition engine. "The video is not a release announcement," Amos (aka Egrets) from the Skywind team told Eurogamer. "Skywind still has no release date, but progress at the moment is more consistent than ever." Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More News Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 59 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 4 Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 11 Latest Articles Preview Football Manager's new Console edition is the best you'll get without a PC Getting Touch-right. Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 59 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 4 Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store
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