The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind GOTY Edition

Morrowind is like a fruit that has the sweetest pulp you could imagine but it only grows in the most excruciatingly remote location and is guarded by werebears.

Morrowind is what I would call to be the last great Bethesda game. You can even see the (unfortunate) turning of the page right around the time of the Mournhold expansion. And it isn't for everyone, much as the attitudes of the Dunmeri of Vvardenfell are openly hostile to outlanders. It was supposed to be out to place it closer to Daggerfall, then when it landed. And that mechanical firmament may not be for everyone. But if you master the mechanics, the world is quite yours to make. This was the last time levitation appeared in the series, the only time spears and halberds appeared, there was a good amount of experimentation to be had. Unfortunately, future titles would be streamlined into bland gruel thanks to a movie that would adapt a very old book. Much like Daggerfall and Arena before it, the first obstacle is going to be before you even start the game: A good starting build. Privateer's Hold filtered anyone who didn't make choices during creation that gives a Silver+ grade weapon thanks to a cheeky imp, and Morrowind will quietly suggest, "Ah, wouldn't hitting things be nice if you had any agility to speak of?" Oh, and pick a weapon skill, you s'wit. Yes, you could try your hand at being a mage, but unless you know exactly the threads you weave, you'll be left perplexed at failures. Patience, my child. Learn then land, then learn the magic of the land. As for me? Having played the precursor, knew what possible trickery could be had. I was ready to be an archer, and a sequel to my previous character. I had some growing pains. Limited munitions, a strange new leveling system, the cave that always blows up new players. But. I adapted, surely becoming more sure of my footing, always enjoying going off the beaten path once I knew the humble scrib was not going to eat me. Sure, the cantons of Vivec City will make you absolutely dizzy the first time, but the layout becomes quite sensible when you see it as a whole. And Morrowind is about a grand journey. It isn't destiny, it isn't fate. Azura might loudly claim otherwise during the opening, but she's been wrong before. You get booted off a ship in some tiny village and the next nearest place is quite a walk though a very alien swamp. Your first lead on anything resembling The Quest is your boss in Balmora, who thanks you for showing up, and then tells you to go and experience life on the isle. And until very recently, some 347 (and change) hours later, I've finally started following up on that. That is the beauty of Morrowind. I'm not being pushed by someone urging me to become the destined, I'm not even that welcome in the land. (If not for my absurdly high personality score to start, that helped things quite a bit.) Morrowind is exactly what you can make of it. It is your clay. Practice.

This game is just too good. You can do just about anything you want, heck you can sell treasure to a crab if your ambitious enough. MSGO makes it even better.

I will be quite short. This game is amazing. It is probably the best RPG ever done. If you like open RPG, you need to play this one.

I want to write this review to adress buyers who where like me before i bought the game in 2017. First off i want to say that i have no nostalgia over this game as i have never played it before. I was drawn to this game by the forums that praised it as the godfather of freedom of choise and also the hardcore RPG element. Now that i have played that i have played the game enough, i can definately say that it delievers: freedomwise and RPGwise. RPGwise. Its an OLD school rpg that translates every single action you take as the means of leveling up. That said and for example : hit a bandit with a Short Knife and you will get rewarded by expertiese points on that weapon and you will be able to be more profficient with it. You barter with a merch and you get a 2gold discount for the item, you will be rewarded for that as well! You can buy a 10k gold piece of armor for 3400(!) as you progress. Or you can just as well be the gung ho guy who axes questions! The world you are into -Morrowind/Tamriel has depth and weight -alot of it!. You can learn about it by asking npcs or reading actual books(ingame) that are mindblowingly well writen! As there is no actual main quest line, whatever you choose to do in this game just keeps you going on to learn about what happens next and whats your standing. And last but not least the element i enjoy the most about this game. The fact that there is no exclamation point over quest giving npcs! Yep there in none! And thats what makes it so charming! It makes you learn you ways around map and pay attention to what the npc has to say. For example if an npc wants you to get to point B from point A he will give you directions that you have to follow to get there. There is alot of exploration as the map is vast and alot of role playing involved as you have to take several descisions! There are complains about the combat system. Its a dnd based system based on dice rolls. You are not hiiting, your character does! Mods Highly suggested!