The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind GOTY Edition

I envy anyone who starts playing this game for the first time. That's all I have to say.

I agree with all the previous posts.... Morrowind is unique, and possibly the best rpg there is. I have 2 copies of it on cd, and I still have the old xbox-version of it. And I just bought it again here. (Logged more hours in Morrowind than in Oblivion and Skyrim combined.) What Oblivion and Skyrim miss, is the feeling that your actions mather. That the world is alive. Morrowind, with it's faults (no-one ever sleeps, shops are open 24/7,...) and dated graphics and combat have this ; the world feels real and your actions (or inactions) do mather ! There are dozens of factions and not all are friendly to one-another. Joining 1 faction means some other faction will dislike you (hence you will not be able to join that other faction, and never get their quests). The same goes for the guilds (fighter, thieves, mages). You can join all three, but you will not get all the quests from those guilds, since your actions in the two other guilds will always make some questgiver unhappy. Your skills and abilities are simply better than Oblivion or Skyrim. While it is true that your original character choice will dictate what weapons/magic you can use, your character in time can grow in such a way that all weapons and spells can be wielded. The conversations you can have with the npc's is nothing like Oblivion or Skyrim. You can really talk about all locations or quests with all npc's !! For those of you who never played Morrowind : If you can get past the graphics and combat system (using mods can help), you will find an Elder Scrolls game like no other... and you will love it !

For me personally Morrowind is the best pc game of my life. I spent hundreds of hours playing this tittle. And I am still playing it from time to time, sometimes with my oldest character that i have created before more than 10 years (and map has still quite lot of the blank areas). It could give you perfect immersion to the story, lore in morrowind is very detailed, it has multiple ways how to finish the game, it could be done in minutes or in lifetime. It has a lot of options for the character builds. Because the graphical style of the game is very distinctive, it aged quite well even in this area. Soundtrack is wonderful, very decent and very calm, but energizing. It can be modded and modding community is alive and well and still improving Morrowind (even this was not a factor for me, a I like vanilla version more).

This game is a feature rich game that is an excellent example of how games used to be developed. For starters. the game has an excellent environment that is immersive,unique and open-world. The game offers a wide-variety of weapon/armor types and classes. Unlike the newer Elder Scrolls, you can layer your character with several different types of apparel at once. (belts over robes over armor over shirts,etc..). Another interesting feature is the fact that everything the merchant sells is actually in the store. (Unlike some games where the merchant's inventory cannot be stolen). The enemies are unique and challenging, and the spells you can learn are awesome. (you can actually fly in this Elders!) Some aspects of Morrowind's age do show a bit however(the graphics a bit and the path-finding)

I've spent several hundred hours in Morrowind--more than any other single player game. I made dungeons with the editor, played it in the back of slow college classes, and even got my girlfriend hooked on it. I've trained skills until I had infinite flight or invisibility, and I've slowly walked hundreds of in-game miles to explore the old fashioned way. I've bought morrowind three times: once when it was new, once as the GOTY edition on disc, and once again for Xbox. I'll be buying this one when my computer finally croaks and I need to get a new version for a computer without a disc drive. The only downsides in this game involve the systems underlying the game: once you understand how leveling works, it's hard NOT to be a powerleveling min/maxer. If that doesn't bug you, or you're able to resist doing it until you've beaten the game, GET THIS NOW.