I hate and love them!
On one side, if the Dwemer were going to leave Tamriel, shut the steam down! Turn off the machinery! Why would they have armies circling underground with nothing to defend? Then the falmer, cute snow elves once, angry flippy's cousins who want you dead now with as much torture as possible. (Still shocked by the Alftand expedition for it going so terribly when they had a unique shield on their side!)
But Blackreach is so... Blackreach! The mushrooms, the nirnroot that made me spend two hours circling the headaching blue looking for them (FYI, I was terrified of fighting giants since I lost to one at a low level, the one in there was unavoidable conflict and my first time feeling baddass in game!) Then the awesome dwemer artifacts:
- Volendrung
- Keening
- Grimsever
- Warped Soul Gem
- Cups and plates (love those)
- That helmet that spits steam breath (name is weird, and I am lazy to search it)
- Aethereal stuff
- Calcelmo's staff
- Dynamo Cores (Had a house dull of those)
- Armor and weapons
- Heavy as Oblivion Cogs and Strut Metals that are not worth it and force you to leave other good stuff for them
- Wraithguard
So what, they made mazes out of their houses, it's the only place where you can feel alone (except Alftand), the thrill behind the story in every dungeon is awesome, the engines are inovative and you get good stuff!