With few exceptions, the series has always been rather bland - a predictable mix of elves and men, swords and sorcery, plentiful dungeons and the occasional dragon. The Elder Scrolls is a fairly straightforward fantasy world. It has the feel of a long-forgotten spin-off, pushed out sometime between Morrowind and Oblivion. It's probably just 'cos Medieval II: Total War is getting on a bit these days, but I'm loving the chunky 3D look to these armies of angry Norsemen and wry reptilians.
The final update for the ambitious mod launched on November 11th 2019, eight entire years after Skyrim roared onto the scene. The Elder Scrolls: Total War - a complete overhaul to Medieval 2: Total War - launched this week, bringing some proper bombast to battlefields across Tamriel. Even Skyrim's nation-rending civil war never amounted to much more than a gathering of drunk LARPers waving sharp sticks at each other in the snow. Unfortunately, Bethesda's open-world games have never been too great at the whole mass battle thing. Like any big daft fantasy blockbuster, The Elder Scrolls needs war.
