Someone remarked in a thread in the Elder Scrolls Online forum that if anyone thought that any game besides Skyrim was the best in the series they would be in the small minority.  I am now curious if I am in the small minority.  To me, Morrowind was the best of the series.  So here's a poll!  Apologies if it has been done, a search for elder scrolls in the subject yielded no posts.

Oblivion was quite amazing, and tremendous fun. But it did feel a little more "generic fantasy" then it's predecessor.

Skyrim was beautiful and rich. It was exactly what I was hoping it would be, and lived up to it's expectations. But I think that's why I didn't vote for it.

I voted Morrowind because it exceeded expectations, felt unbelievably original and immersive, and captured my imagination. Without it, I would not have been as excited for the follow-up releases.

For the sake of completeness, I did not play any of the other versions.

I've liked all the games I've played but Morrowind is my favorite. I'm actually replaying it along with skyrim.

I've also started Daggerfall but I feel the start is a bit fo a slog as it's sooooo old.

Daggerfall all the way, it was first 3d elder scrolls it was far ahead of the competition. In comparison no other elder scrolls has ever matched it in innovation or leading the field as much as Daggerfall did in 1996. 

For me, it was between Daggerfall and Morrowind.

You may think that Daggerfall is a crappy game and it probably is by today`s standards, but in its time, it was absolutely amazing game.

On the other hand, Morrowind is one of the best games I have ever played, so that my final vote goes to this game.

Originally posted by Grotar89
Its Elder Scrolls Online, dunno why it aint on the list......

 haha, good one

Originally posted by Grotar89
Its Elder Scrolls Online, dunno why it aint on the list......

Maybe in a few months it would fit in a poll like this.

I like all the TES-Games but I voted Skyrim, because it was the first to get the regeneration system right. The world and the story in Morrowind were great, but I hated resting in between battles all the time. It got better with Oblivion, but Skyrim is the first game that actually plays really nice (and more action-based, which is always a nice thing).

Originally posted by Betaguy
You are polling a small group of people here as well. This is a MMO site not a consol/PC gaming site for open worlds.

Sure but I bet alot of the people here have played most of the ES games.  Just a poll, vote or not as you please.

I chose Skyrim, just because I felt it gave the best all around experience, especially when it came to combat. Combat was always a stickler for me in Morrowind and Oblivion, having to navigate UI to get to spells and whatnot. While Skyrim didn't completely alleviate it, the left/right hand change made it a bit more dynamic.

I do miss things like creating your own spells and just a lot of the other spells in general, like water walking, but Skyrim really delivered for me.

Morrowind. Absolutely.

There are lots of reasons and I will read all your points in this thread, but for me, one thing sums it up.

Discovering the loot stashed in the faction vaults in Vivec. That was so amazing. Having to figure out how to sneak in there and then to pick the 100 locks. Or maybe it was being a Breton with magicka resistance and getting the boots of blinding speed and flying with the levitate spell. That was awesome.

House Telvanni was amazing. I loved the factions. 

I'm going to go back and do it again with the graphics extender.

Edit: I played for almost 2 years and I still didn't finish all the quests. I never did the Redoran or the Imperial legion quests, for example. And the music. I still listen to the music sometimes. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWuNf4gxwuM

Voted Morrowind. 

Morrowing and its predecesors were from an era of RPGs that didnt hold your hand.  They all had varying level of complexity that I miss.  You had to actually use your brain at times, or put in extra effort to finish a quest.  Every game since then has been a dumbed down version of the last.  I did enjoy oblivion though.  Skyrim, I did not enjoy as much.

If you voted for Skyrim and havent played the previous games, you owe it to yourself to try themout.

I picked Daggerfall because I loved that big free roaming world.

Morrowind is a close second.