Cyrodiil a bit small? Options

[Olav]

I can't help but think that Cyrodiil seems quite small compared to Morrowind. Am I getting this impression only because it's possible to see that tall tower in the Imperial City from all over Cyrodiil, or is the game world smaller than it was in Morrowind?

In Morrowind I felt like I could travel in one direction for a long time, and my marker didn't move too much on the main map. In Oblivion however, I look on the map before doing a quest and think 'wow, it's going to take a long time to get there!'. But a few minutes or even seconds later I'm there.

Of course another thing that may give me this impression is that in Morrowind you never saw further than a short distance in any direction, while in Oblivion you can practically see 'as far as the eye can see'.

I'm not complaining or anything. After all we have the Oblivion realm to roam in too, as well as all the caves. And I truly love standing on a mountain somewhere in nice weather and see the tower and other cities and landmarks in the distance.

But I'm just wondering if anyone else have gotten the same impression as me?

[Rane]

Morrowind was basically an island in the game, while it should actually also be bordered by other provinces like Cyrodiil, Skyrim and the Black Marsh.

Morrowind wasn't just an island in the game, since what we got in TESIII was just the island of Vvardenfell and not the entire province. So Morrowind was/is bordered by other provinces while our TESIII island isn't and shouldn't be.

[Olav]

Morrowind wasn't just an island in the game, since what we got in TESIII was just the island of Vvardenfell and not the entire province. So Morrowind was/is bordered by other provinces while our TESIII island isn't and shouldn't be.

Ah, I see. I didn't know that. Thanks. Looking at the map of Tamriel that comes in the game booklet I can see that you are indeed correct. Vardenfell looks very familiar!

But then Cyrodiil should be much bigger than the area we had in Morrowind (the game), but somehow I feel it is smaller...