The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind GOTY Edition

More and more these days I'm seeing people acknowledge Morrowind as a great game. Before, it was overshadowed by it's brothers Oblivion and Skyrim, but with the ESO dlc coming out, it seems more people are checking it out before they sink into that one. I got this game last year, after playing an extensive amount of the aforementioned TES titles, with a craving for more. I got into Morrowind, and the first thing I noticed was that it was a different game than its successors. I realized this and kept playing. Before I even realized it, I was sunk deep into the world of this game. I have never played a game for so long on Steam, knocking over 300 hours on it, and every hour was interesting in some way. Morrowind fundamentally is built differently than its sequels. It's goal is to be an RPG with it's own unique world. It was supposed to contrast the enviroments shown in the previous games in the series, being generic grassy mountains, but here we have an alien world with giant jellyfish, fleas, and mushrooms all over it. You have a volcano at the center with evil lurking around every corner, and deserts of ash surrounding it. You have three great houses fighting over full political power of the island. You have a foreign group moving in trying to influence their culture, with two of the great houses trying to push them back. You have a false god growing to power in the harsh depths of the volcano. It's beautifully written with a total alien world, ditching the Tolkien fantasy most rpgs are known for. The writing is excellent. The game does not hold your hand, it has you trying to figure out how this strange world works, and how the game mechanics work. The creation and customization of your character hits that sweet spot of being complex but not being too complex. While what I describe sounds great, the game is definitely flawed. The combat is often criticized, the graphics are very dated, the dialogue is basically a wiki page, but it's still a masterpiece in its own right. Even though it's flawed, it's still amazing. Go and buy this game right now. It's too amazing. Try to get past all the flaws the game you will find a unique and interesting rpg experience that it worth your time. 5 stars.

A game in which one your hero can follow the path you want because it is an open world but also because your character have a lot of skills to learn. The world is vast and the story deep and intersting.

Why 'the odd one out'? Because it's a great game in otherwise mediocre series. I'll keep this short, so let's start with negatives; Cons: - Balance; some items are clearly better than other, some skills are clearly more useful than other... expansions in particular suffer heavily from this. - There are some bugs and questionable obscure mechanics (I'm thinking of you, stealth) that require use of community made tools like Morrowind Code Patch, but then again every single piece of software has bugs. Pros: - Everything else. tldr: Best. Game. Ever.

It's a fantastic game, lots to do and see, couple of things to note get the "Morrowind Overhaul 3.0" mod, it brings the graphics closer to newer titles such as Skyrim, also uesp.net is your friend..there are no quest markers just directions given via speech which are then logged in a journal. Research merchants ;)

OK, 'Gothic' saga may be closer to my heart, 'The Witcher' trilogy has a lot better story, and later TES games are more polished in terms of gameplay... But if you're looking for a world to totally immerse in, look no further. 'Morrowind' may seem quite static, but that's the point. Those who played isometric RPGs like 'Baldur's Gate' or 'Fallout' surely know why - because this world comes to life in your own imagination. To be honest, 'Morrowind' is not the greatest adventure I've ever had, it was never meant to be. But as you embellish the home you've earned with decorations of your choice, as you mix different armour pieces to create a new epic set (I'll never forget the awesome outfit I traversed the land of Vvanderfell in), as you invade a tower of an ancient archmage, to make it your new dwelling (in later instalments the enemies respawn and possessions you leave in, say, chests, disappear, but not in 'Morrowind'! Once taken, a location may become your new home - a palace I've captured after a tough battle with a semi-god may be a good example), as you create your own spells or scheme to infect citizens of Vvanderfell with vampirism, prepare to rob a museum of artifacts or join a barbarian tribe of Nords from Solstheim (because, hey, why not?) - you know, that you've found a game you'll spend your next months or years in. If you don't forget that it is a game, that is to say.