How The Elder Scrolls' Weirdest Lore Makes It a Great RPG Setting
On the surface, the setting ofThe Elder Scrollsis instantly recognizable to anyone with a passing familiarity with mainstream fantasy. There are Elves, there are humans, there’s an Empire, Orcs, and so on. In many ways, the series' relatively generic world has been part of the key to its success—the fact thatSkyrim’s setting was instantly recognizable as a fantasy stand-in for Scandinavia during the Viking Age helped make the game the hit it was....