I think the last interesting game in the genre is Morrowind. It has quite serious faults, mind you, and the AI isn't going to impress very much. But that's the

I think the last interesting game in the genre is Morrowind. It has quite serious faults, mind you, and the AI isn't going to impress very much. But that's the game for interesting lore and world style. Skyrim is mostly a medieval world all over. Morrowind has places like: Balmora, which looks more or less normal, but is already definitely something else, what with the giant insects used for transport: https://elderscrolls.fandom.com/es/wiki/Balmora?file=Balmora_-_Morrowind.png https://elderscrolls.fandom.com/es/wiki/Balmora?file=Balmora... Vivec, made of huge, identical buildings: https://elderscrolls.fandom.com/es/wiki/Vivec_(ciudad)_(Morrowind)?file=Vivec_-_Morrowind.png https://elderscrolls.fandom.com/es/wiki/Vivec_(ciudad)_(Morr... Sadrith Mora, where wizards grow giant mushrooms to live in: https://elderscrolls.fandom.com/es/wiki/Distrito_Telvanni?file=SadrithMora.png https://elderscrolls.fandom.com/es/wiki/Distrito_Telvanni?fi... Morrowind is the last game that gives the clear feeling of that it's happening in its own universe with its own weird culture. And the main plot, which starts quite standard but by the end you're not sure if you're being fooled or not. It's best played under OpenMW, and maybe a few mods to fix some of the rough edges.