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‘Morrowind’ is the Best Bethesda Game

The third game in the Elder Scrolls series is the blueprint for what came next, and the best in the franchise.

Guide to Games is Waypoint's weekly short video series diving into a game we love, detest, or find fascinating. Header image courtesy of Bethesda.

In today's Guide to Games, Waypoint Editor-in-Chief Austin Walker makes a bold claim: that Morrowind is the very best Bethesda game. Not because it's the most polished or pretty, but because it broke with tradition and set a new standard for fantasy open-worlds.

Fallout, eat your heart out.

You can watch the video region-free here on YouTube.

Check back next Tuesday for another installment of Guide to Games!