Solstheim really is Skyrim in miniature, which is really what Skyrim DLC should be. There aren’t any huge cities on Solstheim, but we do have the town of Raven Rock (which Morrowind veterans will remember actually founding in Bloodmoon), as well as the return of the Skaal Village and the small Telvanni holdfast of Tel Mithryn in the south east. As much as I liked Dawnguard, it missed the point of what made Skyrim great, and thankfully Dragonborn does not make this mistake, and gives us another big, beautiful world to explore packed to the brim with stuff. Things have changed in Solstheim since Bloodmoon however the eruption of the Red Mountain between Oblivion and Skyrim has coated the south of the island with ash. ![]() The snowy mountains in the north certainly aren’t far away from Skyrim, with Morrowind style mushrooms found in the south. Solstheim does tread a line between the geography of Skyrim and Morrowind. Although this DLC, Dragonborn, doesn’t quite capture the Morrowind magic, it still almost had me weeping with nostalgia at times, and is an excellent slice of Skyrim in its own right, and is definitely a great improvement over the Dawnguard and Hearthfire DLCs. I was therefore, frankly rather giddy with the news that the newest Skyrim DLC will return us to Solstheim, an island midway between Morrowind and Skyrim which was previously featured as the setting of the excellent Morrowind expansion pack Bloodmoon. The Roman influenced Cyrodill of Oblivion and the Nordic influenced Skyrim, as great as they are, could never come close to a land absolutely brimming with weird and wonderful sights. I sunk a frankly terrifying amount of time into Morrowind I loved the island of Vvardenfell, in it’s beautiful weirdness, and the truly alien culture of the Dunmer. ![]() However, Skyrim isn’t my favourite Elder Scrolls game, oh no, that would be a little game named Morrowind. Sure the combat is extremely ropey, the character animations are terrible and the writing isn’t even that great, but I don’t care about that, because I just want to explore. It appeals to everything that I most enjoy about gaming. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: Dragonborn DLC for Xbox 360
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