The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind GOTY Edition

It's safe to say that The Elder Scrolls is my favourite franchise ever by far. It's also safe to say that Morrowind is my favourite game in this franchise (quite frankly, it's my favourite game of all time). It's lore and worldbuilding is, quite frankly, unparralleled. Michael Kirkbride and co. did such an incredible job making the world of TES feel like, well, an actual world from the truly weird to the downright bizarre. You start your journey as a prisoner (how original) released by Emperor Uriel Septim VII in Sayda Neen, tasked with contacting undercover Blade's agent Caius Cosades in nearby Balmora; though, as your journey unfolds, you discover you hold the burden of prophecy. Disregarding the worldbuilding (we'll get to that later), what I love most about this game is that it doesn't hold itself back. Right before exiting the Census and Excise office at the start of the game, you find a ring with a minor healing enchant on it. On a first playthrough, you might disregard this as an "early game magic/enchant tutorial", and move on to Balmora. Though if you end up speaking with Fargoth (right there in Sayda Neen!), you'll discover that it's _his_ ring (!), and you'll be given an opportunity to return it. What I truly adore about this game is that it doesn't _tell_ you this. You're not given a quest marker or anything like that; it's up to YOU, the player, to explore the amazing world around you. However, the gameplay isn't my favourite part about Morrowind (in fact, I think it's a bit of a sore spot (more on that later!!)). What _is_ is the world. I have so much to say about the world of Morrowind, and TES as a whole, that I truly can't think of a place to begin. I'm not going to go into too much detail, as I'd rather someone discovers this naturally (and also don't forget to go on UESP!! you won't regret it, truly), but what I implore you to do is Read The Books. The world of the elder scrolls is so wonderful and weird that I truly believe that you'll develop such a deep appreciation for it. There is a reason that I didn't give a 5/5 rating, though. My main and only sticking point is the combat. I know, I know, this point has been beat to death, but what can I say! I don't like dice roll combat; it's a matter of personal preference! But hey, it's a very minor "issue" (again, it's a matter of taste). When all is said and done, I don't want combat to be the reason to not play this game; however, I want you to be aware of it. Overall, this game is truly special and important to me, and I couldn't recommend it highly enough. PS: I would also implore you to use either OpenMW or the Morrowind Code Patch.

...stayed for the world. When it came out and I saw the screens I thought how can a game look so unreal, it whispered to me of playing it, and I had to buy a new pc too, so it took a while. Then I disappeared from the real life at least for a month, oh how young and strong and free I was to allow myself such a thing. Of course now it looks old, still the atmosphere is unsurpassed, at least for me. All kinds of spells, creatures, the cities! The world! Go anywhere kill whatever you like, get killed, start again! The music... probably the most iconic theme in rpg games, so beautiful. The story... the story is minimal or so it seems, a cutscene now and them would've helped but I guess the story was not the point of the game, at least for me. The point of the game is to explore a gigantic world, the lore, the factions, the depression, the mystery. It has aged, but for the fans of rpg's it is must play.

This is a phenomenal game. Keeping things short, it has: 1. A vast, open, and interesting world. 2. Good graphics (for it's era), that still look decent today. 3. Solid (albeit dated) gameplay mechanics that are still fun and interesting. 4. An extensive modding community to improve the above and add tons of additional content of every conceivable variety. My only hitch with GOGs version of Morrowind is that it doesn't come packaged with the video files that the original installer ran from the CD. I keep getting a brief (not gamebreaking) error message every time I start, but all else runs as smooth as can be.

This is one of if not the best most open ended rpgs ever. Do not compare to later elds they are little more than action games with level up that give you perks no real development. I will not buy from here as I already have an old copy goty and it runs bad on modern pcs. I did play this back in the 32bit days and it ran so smooth never looked great but was good enough. The immersion and ability to actually do nearly anything you want makes its story line top notch. This is one of the first games I cut my teeth making mods you could do so much more. The biggest problem was always stability even running vanilla you had to save often. The difficulty level was pretty high many veteran rpgers had hours of trouble and learning.

this is what i was looking for, first time playing an Elder Scrolls game and is one of the best RPGs i have played.