It's nice that Elder Scrolls Online will bring up to regions in Tamriel that I question will ever be seen in the main games. Although we see some of Black Marsh in the base game, Murkmire brings us to the land of the Argonians and I feel it explores their culture a lot better here. I said something similar when I played the Wrothgar DLC but Argonians were never an Elder Scrolls race I cared much about but now I have a new found appreciation for them. Seeing the visual variety of the Argonians was cool and I was intrigued by the different tribes that make up Murkmire. There's plenty of beauty to be found in the seemingly dank swamps of the region. The most interesting thing about the Argonians was always their connection to the Hist; a possibly sentient race of trees that guides the lizard folks' actions. I don't think we necessarily learn anything new about their relationship but I enjoyed seeing it on display throughout the DLC. The main villain being an Argonian desperate to make a connection to the Hist that they never had is a pretty good motivation for the course of the story. It's a pretty self contained episode with no grander arc and they make good use of the shorter story. There's a decent attempt to make the main quests feel different from one another even if ultimately, you're mostly just killing hordes with the same combat system as always. I did quite enjoy my time with it.

It's nice that Elder Scrolls Online will bring up to regions in Tamriel that I question will ever be seen in the main games. Although we see some of Black Marsh in the base game, Murkmire brings us to the land of the Argonians and I feel it explores their culture a lot better here. I said something similar when I played the Wrothgar DLC but Argonians were never an Elder Scrolls race I cared much about but now I have a new found appreciation for them. Seeing the visual variety of the Argonians was cool and I was intrigued by the different tribes that make up Murkmire. There's plenty of beauty to be found in the seemingly dank swamps of the region. The most interesting thing about the Argonians was always their connection to the Hist; a possibly sentient race of trees that guides the lizard folks' actions. I don't think we necessarily learn anything new about their relationship but I enjoyed seeing it on display throughout the DLC. The main villain being an Argonian desperate to make a connection to the Hist that they never had is a pretty good motivation for the course of the story. It's a pretty self contained episode with no grander arc and they make good use of the shorter story. There's a decent attempt to make the main quests feel different from one another even if ultimately, you're mostly just killing hordes with the same combat system as always. I did quite enjoy my time with it.

As the final chapter of the Daedric War storyline, Summerset takes us to the land of the Altmer. The chapter doesn't make the High Elves particularly likeable since they are hard to like with their stuck up attitude but we do get some insight into their culture which is usually the goal of these expansions. The region has a high fantasy looks to its bright colours and white brick towers. It is very gorgeous to look at but I could probably see people saying it looks generic. The main story is decent and it was nice to see some Daedric Princes duking it out. I did really enjoy the characters in this one. Although this was always the case in this game, it became more obvious with this chapter how much dialogue there is and how characters change and have things to say even after their part in a quest is done. There was a number of returning characters and it was interesting to see how they developed since you saw them last and this goes for even small side characters. A character you have the option of saving in a side quest the Morrowind chapter showing up here. She isn't part of a quest in Summerset; she's just working a job and will thank you for helping her and tell you what she's been up to since that quest. I find stuff like that quite rewarding. The side quests in Summerset aren't as good as they are in the Morrowind expansion but they're still pretty solid. A new chapter usually brings a new feature. The one here was jewelery crafting which is pretty light as new features go and it probably should have been there at launch. Getting materials for jewelery crafting was also way more grindy than all the other crafting and was only fixed in a patch in 2023 so it was never that great. Overall, it's a pretty good expansion and provides a decent end for the Daedric Wars storyline.