I’ve been a fan of the Elder Scrolls series since Skyrim came out all those years ago, though that led to me playing all the games backwards. If I had to rank them: Skyrim > Morrowind > Oblivion > Daggerfall.
Skyrim was my first experience with the series, so it will always hold a special place for me. Morrowind has the best lore and world of any of the games, but the gameplay has aged like. That’s not including graphics, that I can forgive. But how come the PC moves like a snail on glue, all your attacks are RNG, and you’re constantly attacked by diseased and blighted animals every ten feet? Oblivion is fine, but it’s the most generic Tolkien-inspired fantasy out of the three. Cyrodil just feels… boring compared to Skyrim and Vardenfell.
And I never finished Daggerfall. Too archaic.
Anyway, what really got me back in the series was this video by Allinall. (CW: Lots and lots of animated blood.)
My understanding of the lore was basic but nothing that deep. Watching that video, even though I never played the Knights of the Nine DLC, made me want to know everything about the character. Which lead me down the rabbit hole that is Elder Scrolls lore. Now I know that Tamriel is video game, not just in real life, but in-universe as well. Reading up on Khajiit lore also elevated them to my favorite race now. It inspired me play as a Khajiit martial artist in Morrowind, with the sole goal of defeating Dagoth Ur purely hand-to-hand.
It also let me get back into some fan works, such as the homestuck-inspired webcomic Prequel (which I recommend checking out before flash is nuked), and allowed me to discover the madness that is young scrolls. Can’t even say ironically at this point, I listen to Zoom just about every week.