The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind GOTY Edition

Really tried to love this game, but I just don't. Why? It's boring, one of the most boring games I have ever played. I tried everything - modded the graphics to perfection (over 100 graphical mods) played most of the guilds, the main quest, read the books etc. The Problem - The quests don't branch. You never feel like you are working towards something, you are just running errands for various groups that don't care about the Nerevarine. Why should you? - The dungeons are tiny, most are terribly small. - The combat is awful - even when you are skilled enough to hit everything - The world is empty, brown/black terrain - The NPCs are shallow Wikipedia guides. The lore is good. The game is not. Just read the books on Imperial Library and you're all set.

Not as good as Oblivion, though. Fight me.

The most captivating part of any Elder Scrolls game, the world, is totally absent in Morrowind. Npc's, assets, dialogue and even geography are all copy/pasted. I gave up after 30hrs at Vivec city once I realized there was no point in talking to every NPC, for an incredibly small fraction of them actually give quests and all of them have the same dialogue responses. This game is just a walking simulator in a copy/pasted open world map. Compared to other hand drawn RPG's like Gothic, I can't recommend anyone purchase this game. Played the unmodded version on my MBP using wineskin and had no performance issues, but the excruciatingly slow iv drip of an introduction only sets you up for far too much walking, that even the non-existent dialogue and RNG gameplay can't relent. This is a walking simulator disguised as an rpg.

Don't listen to everyone who's completely high on their nostalgia. This game did not age well at all. It is filled with horrible design decisions and has little to no redeeming qualities. Just go play a modern sandbox and save your sanity.

As I remember the game, it was great! Awesome world, weird creatures, difficult dungeons. But, I played it in russian as it was on my fathers computer. So this review is more about the GOG download more than the game itself. As the title says: No russian, No purchase.