Baldur's Gate 3 and Divinity publishing lead disagrees with Bethesda veteran, says Morrowind with a modern combat system "would sell like f***ing hot cakes"

Baldur's Gate 3 is quite a (beautifully) chaotic experience, and the new Divinity game seems as though it'll mirror this unbridled chaos well – so it comes as little surprise that developers behind the two Larian Studios RPGs are fans of other similarly, er, wild titles.

Publishing director Michael "Cromwelp" Douse is certainly no exception, making it clear he's a fan of what might just be Bethesda Game Studios' wildest experience to date: Morrowind, of course.

The 2002 gem is remembered by many for its strange humor, surreal settings, and unforgettably off-the-wall gameplay. It almost feels like a fever dream to me, personally – one I'd love to see come reimagined via an Oblivion Remastered-style remake.

Douse would likely agree with me – or so it seems. Responding to Bethesda veteran Bruce Nesmith's recent assertion that fans don't actually want a Morrowind remake, as if they actually went back to play it, they'd "cringe" despite the "fond memories," Douse argues that there's someone out there who could revamp the decades-old game. Not only that, if they did, it might even succeed and "sell like fucking hot cakes," too.

"OK," writes Douse, "call me optimistic, but there is a very technically qualified developer out there that would happily remake Morrowind with a modern combat system, and it would sell like fucking hot cakes." I mean, I can certainly see it happening.

He jokes in a follow-up reply, "Mission to find Bethesda's Bloober: go." For anyone out of the loop, Bloober is the very talented team behind the Silent Hill 2 and upcoming Silent Hill 1 remake.

Oblivion Remastered is the best example to look to if there's ever been a good one, though, in my opinion. Heck, it took just a single week to become the third best-selling game of 2025 back when it launched – and I'm sure a remaster of Morrowind would boast similar numbers as the Oblivion revamp, if not more. It's still widely regarded as one of The Elder Scrolls series' most iconic entries, along with the long-lived Skyrim.

Comments under Douse's thread show fellow hopeful Elder Scrolls stans, with one eloquently saying, "hell yeah I would play the shit out of that." Me too. Others argue it wouldn't even need a "modern combat system." Either way, I'd be pleased.

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