The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

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  1. joveyex
    Oct 30, 2017
    10
    Es war einmal im Jahre 2002...
    Wie die Zeit vergeht. Ja, Morrowind ist schon über 14 Jahren alt!
    Genau zum Release hatte ich Morrowind auch das erste mal gespielt. Damals wie heute bin ich von diesem Spiel begeistert, von seiner tollen Stimmung, die Freiheit in dieser kleinen liebevoll gestalteten Welt, ohne dass einem Questmarker und Textboxen für Doofe durch die Handlung navigieren.    Es war einmal im Jahre 2002...
    Wie die Zeit vergeht. Ja, Morrowind ist schon über 14 Jahren alt!
    Genau zum Release hatte ich Morrowind auch das erste mal gespielt. Damals wie heute bin ich von diesem Spiel begeistert, von seiner tollen Stimmung, die Freiheit in dieser kleinen liebevoll gestalteten Welt, ohne dass einem Questmarker und Textboxen für Doofe durch die Handlung navigieren.

    Auch wenn Morrowind heute sehr angestaubt wirkt was Grafik und Gameplay angeht, so hat das Spiel von seinem Charme nichts verloren. Ein Klassiker aus einer Zeit in der selbstständiges Denken in Rollenspielen noch zu den Standartvorraussetzungen gehörte.    … Expand
  2. ExcaliberDG11
    Jun 22, 2017
    9
    Ok, morrowind is the best Elder scrolls game to date, it had the most Character slots, The most magic, the most weapon variety, Holy **** there were **** Throwing Knives and stars even darts. Now the story of this game is that you are the neveriane, this prized being of any race that you picked at the beginning of the game that is supposed to stop the almighty Dagoth Ur, that lives on theOk, morrowind is the best Elder scrolls game to date, it had the most Character slots, The most magic, the most weapon variety, Holy **** there were **** Throwing Knives and stars even darts. Now the story of this game is that you are the neveriane, this prized being of any race that you picked at the beginning of the game that is supposed to stop the almighty Dagoth Ur, that lives on the peak of red mountian. Now there are tons and tons of side quests, Skill variety, there was even a medium armor class, there was washakis and there were even short swords and long swords. i think ive done enough explaining, at matter of fact ima play this game right now… Expand
  3. megabear
    Jun 12, 2017
    9
    Your review must be at least 150 characters long. Your review must be at least 150 characters long.

    (edit: left review on a wrong game and do not know how to delete it, so I'm giving it a 9 to match average review score)
  4. Gor1945
    Apr 8, 2017
    10
    Вершина Бесезды - на которую она больше не забиралась, масштабная, потрясающе красивая, с еще не скатившимся в банальности сюжетом (чего стоит только выяснять кто убил Неревара на самом деле), удивительный, невиданный ранее мир, масштабнейший лор - одна из лучших РПГ в истории жанра.Вершина Бесезды - на которую она больше не забиралась, масштабная, потрясающе красивая, с еще не скатившимся в банальности сюжетом (чего стоит только выяснять кто убил Неревара на самом деле), удивительный, невиданный ранее мир, масштабнейший лор - одна из лучших РПГ в истории жанра.
  5. Barnes1987
    Mar 6, 2017
    10
    Amazing game, Bethesda really outdone themselves with this one. A game that needs a modern HD Remaster. Anyone that owns a PC should try this game out at least once. You can thank me later.
  6. Kilgannon37
    Feb 12, 2017
    10
    In 2017 it's still one of the best and most immersive gaming experiences you'll ever stumble upon. You need to have patience and it actually demands your attention in order to progress. No baby-sitting. Play it with overhaul mods and you won't regret it
  7. Aeryx
    Feb 9, 2017
    10
    Morrowind is the greatest RPG experience of all time. It transcends gaming itself into becoming something that can only exist in gaming legend.

    My only regret is that Morrowind is so great that we will probably never see anything like it ever again.
  8. Zarniwooop
    Dec 19, 2016
    9
    Graphically, it doesn't hold up well today.

    But, with mods, it can still be coaxed into an attractive form. Mods utterly change this game from an older, but charming game into something superlative. As a vanilla experience, Morrowind was a game world unlike anything I'd ever seen before. Eerie, beautiful and otherworldly, I really enjoyed experiencing it. I rated it a 9, because I    Graphically, it doesn't hold up well today.

    But, with mods, it can still be coaxed into an attractive form.

    Mods utterly change this game from an older, but charming game into something superlative.

    As a vanilla experience, Morrowind was a game world unlike anything I'd ever seen before. Eerie, beautiful and otherworldly, I really enjoyed experiencing it. I rated it a 9, because I didn't particularly enjoy the main quest, but if you love RPGs and exploring and don't mind older graphics or getting into modding, this game is still a stellar experience.    … Expand
  9. Hassaleh
    Oct 14, 2016
    10
    I harbor a deep feeling of love and adoration for this game. I was about 12 years old when I first played it and back then I was always obsessed with finding the most efficient way to play it, putting all my skill points in the right places and visiting the right locations to get all the best loot. But what's actually so amazing about this game is that it lets you have your way with it.I harbor a deep feeling of love and adoration for this game. I was about 12 years old when I first played it and back then I was always obsessed with finding the most efficient way to play it, putting all my skill points in the right places and visiting the right locations to get all the best loot. But what's actually so amazing about this game is that it lets you have your way with it. Want to join the thieves' guild or the fighter's guild? Want to be the usual good guy or the greatest scumbag that ever walked on Vvardenfell? If you can look past the graphics, which look pretty antique by now, you should dive into this game and its epic story. Prepare to lose yourself in Morrowind, the best rpg I have ever seen.… Expand
  10. Shadow1
    Aug 28, 2016
    9
    The Elder Scrolls is my favourite RPG Franchise and The Elder Scrolls III Morrowind is the best game in The Elder Scrolls Series, not to mention Skyrim. TES III Morrowind is amazing game for 2002, graphics in this game much better than in TES II Duggerfall, Storyline in this game is awesome, gaming world is bigger than in TES II Duggerfall and in this world very funny, in this game thereThe Elder Scrolls is my favourite RPG Franchise and The Elder Scrolls III Morrowind is the best game in The Elder Scrolls Series, not to mention Skyrim. TES III Morrowind is amazing game for 2002, graphics in this game much better than in TES II Duggerfall, Storyline in this game is awesome, gaming world is bigger than in TES II Duggerfall and in this world very funny, in this game there are skeletons, TES II hasnt got skeleton, TES III Morrowind ever better than TES IV Oblivion, but best game in series TES V Skyrim. TES III Morrowind is amazing game, awesome game and deserve rate in 9/10.… Expand
  11. cimerians
    Aug 19, 2016
    8
    This game would easily be 10 out of 10. I've played RPG's since the mid 80's on PC and recently fired up Morrowind Overhaul (the best way to play the game) and it still suffers from clunky combat, slow movement and semi-lifeless environments. The same feelings I had about the game when it was released ages ago. Somewhat overrated IMO, its still a great RPG to lose yourself in for hundredsThis game would easily be 10 out of 10. I've played RPG's since the mid 80's on PC and recently fired up Morrowind Overhaul (the best way to play the game) and it still suffers from clunky combat, slow movement and semi-lifeless environments. The same feelings I had about the game when it was released ages ago. Somewhat overrated IMO, its still a great RPG to lose yourself in for hundreds of hours just don't expect it to have aged very well even with the improvements.… Expand
  12. bobwilliams
    Aug 16, 2016
    10
    One of my two favourite games of all time.............................................................................................................
  13. crimsondoor
    Jul 31, 2016
    10
    There is only one Elder Scrolls worth playing and it's Morrowind. To be honest, I regret spending my time on Oblivion and Skyrim and wish I had only played Morrowind. Oblivion and Skyrim are the dumbed down versions of Morrowind and everything gets boring very fast. I'd get a HD mod of Morrowind and play it again!
  14. Einar
    Jul 23, 2016
    2
    ok so i am going to start with listing the positives: the artstyle is the good (just google why. my opinion on the artstyle basically belongs to the entire human race as well) ok now for the **** parts: the combat is awfull with you having to move for diferent attacks and therefore mising all the time and even with the always use best attack on you miss anyway becuse unless you are levelok so i am going to start with listing the positives: the artstyle is the good (just google why. my opinion on the artstyle basically belongs to the entire human race as well) ok now for the **** parts: the combat is awfull with you having to move for diferent attacks and therefore mising all the time and even with the always use best attack on you miss anyway becuse unless you are level 10000000000 in the weapon you are using then you will miss a lot no matter if you are a mele guy. traveling is complete torture becuse even if you are sprinting then you still walk in a decently brisk pace and becuse stamina drains so fast then you will have to rest every milimeter (by the way no fast travelling). and the interference is so unintuntutive that a nuclear reactor would burst into laughter. i could go on and on about why this game i so bad but have **** to do like say deleting this **** tragedy of a game from my steam library. (sorry if there are typo's im terrible at spelling).… Expand
  15. Seafox89
    May 28, 2016
    5
    I definitely struggled to enjoy this RPG classic. Understandably, it's a defining release in open world RPG gaming with excellent music and great graphics for the time, but I found it difficult to get into this game without the nostalgic sentiment that probably drives many other players in the realm of Morrowind. My biggest critiques: 1) walking everywhere takes forever (this issue isI definitely struggled to enjoy this RPG classic. Understandably, it's a defining release in open world RPG gaming with excellent music and great graphics for the time, but I found it difficult to get into this game without the nostalgic sentiment that probably drives many other players in the realm of Morrowind. My biggest critiques: 1) walking everywhere takes forever (this issue is fixed wonderfully in the sequel, Oblivion, with fast travel, horses, and a more condensed map), 2) many of the quests are extremely repetitive and involve tortuously long walks to various locations. The map is epic and huge, which is awesome, unless it takes forever to walk everywhere, which is the case. You can ride to and from major cities via the silt strider network, but I found myself still having to walk for 5, 10, even 15 or more real-time minutes just to get to a location for a quest after riding to the nearest city via silt strider. Due to the repetitiveness of many of the quests, you'll have to walk the same long path several times before you complete the quest. I really felt like 60% of my play-through of the main quest and side quests was just walking slowly through the map. That being said, I appreciate Morrowind as a great foundation for it's sequels, Oblivion and Skyrim, some of the best games the RPG genre has ever seen.… Expand
  16. anarky321
    May 2, 2016
    0
    this has got to be the most overrated game on the PC

    the combat is awful and uneralistic the cities feel like set pieces with no soul the world just feels empty and uninteresting every dungeon is depressingly flavorless walk/run speed is obnoxiously slow graphics are OK with all the MGE mods etc. but the animations etc have not aged well even the guards won't attack monsters that    this has got to be the most overrated game on the PC

    the combat is awful and uneralistic
    the cities feel like set pieces with no soul
    the world just feels empty and uninteresting
    every dungeon is depressingly flavorless
    walk/run speed is obnoxiously slow
    graphics are OK with all the MGE mods etc. but the animations etc have not aged well
    even the guards won't attack monsters that run into town

    i have to say i've tried 3 times now to somehow get into this game and it is a no-go....

    if you want something to compare this game to, go play Gothic 3 which is light years ahead of this game in character, storyline, graphics and everything else..Gothic 3 (2006) came out 4 years after Morrowind (2002) but feels 20 years ahead in everything

    that fact that so many people seem to adore this game makes me wonder..it really does    … Expand
  17. minsh2112
    Apr 13, 2016
    10
    I loved the story, the big differences between landscapes. lots of reliable weapons and armor. a lot of spells more than oblivion and much more than skyrim. you start really really weak but at the end you are this super creature that ended the great evil no one could. enchanting is much better than oblivion and skyrim , needs some tweaks though. i really liked the various styles ofI loved the story, the big differences between landscapes. lots of reliable weapons and armor. a lot of spells more than oblivion and much more than skyrim. you start really really weak but at the end you are this super creature that ended the great evil no one could. enchanting is much better than oblivion and skyrim , needs some tweaks though. i really liked the various styles of dungeons not like oblivion its just 2 or 3 styles . lots and lots of quests , the main quest, the great house quest and 7 guilds each has their own quest line most of them not 100% linear . traveling was cool with spells. the exploration was awesome you wouldn't know what lies in a seemingly regular looking cave it could have a legendary item or a one of a kind quest.the lore in the books was complementing the plot. so overall its my personal "best game i have ever played" of course half life 2 too.… Expand
  18. chronoT
    Mar 22, 2016
    8
    After putting another 20 hours in and considering the age of this game, I feel the need to update my review. I got over the outdated graphics and repetitive reading and realized there is a deep RPG here that is clever and fun. You see alot of good design elements in Morrowind that are copied still to this day, and in some instances this game still outdoes modern rpgs.
  19. theredcritic
    Feb 22, 2016
    10
    This game is great i dont know why every one hates this game, this should be rated event higher than what it should be rated, i cant event find the right algorithm to fill the 10/10 for rating this game.
  20. GatorGar14
    Feb 13, 2016
    10
    This is the deepest, most immersive RPG I have ever played in my life. Install the Morrowind Graphics Overhaul to bring new life to this incredible game. Playing this game is like playing your way through an enthralling, 700 page novel. I can't recommend the GOTY version of this game highly enough.
  21. TMath
    Jan 20, 2016
    8
    By today's standards on a technical level this game is pretty bad. But, the sheer amount of content, and how well the main story and side quest merge together makes this game quite amazing. its big. takes at least 50 hours to beat. and has a huge amount of hardcore RPG elements. if i was rating this game when it game out it would be a 10 or close to it. but by today's standers its a littleBy today's standards on a technical level this game is pretty bad. But, the sheer amount of content, and how well the main story and side quest merge together makes this game quite amazing. its big. takes at least 50 hours to beat. and has a huge amount of hardcore RPG elements. if i was rating this game when it game out it would be a 10 or close to it. but by today's standers its a little dated in the graphical and technical departments ...i give this game a STRONG 8… Expand
  22. Srith8
    Jan 20, 2016
    10
    Al jugar Morrowind sentía realmente como si la isla de Vvardenfell estuviera realmente viva, todo eso a pesar de la evidente “estaticidad” de su mundo y de sus personajes. Sencillamente explorar las ruinas, tumbas y cavernas es una delicia, perderte en sus regiones y poblados para luego encontrar un artefacto legendario por pura coincidencia, es una impresión sencillamente extraordinaria.Al jugar Morrowind sentía realmente como si la isla de Vvardenfell estuviera realmente viva, todo eso a pesar de la evidente “estaticidad” de su mundo y de sus personajes. Sencillamente explorar las ruinas, tumbas y cavernas es una delicia, perderte en sus regiones y poblados para luego encontrar un artefacto legendario por pura coincidencia, es una impresión sencillamente extraordinaria. Aun hoy son pocos los juegos me han hecho pasar tantas horas frente a una pantalla, todas ellas dedicadas a explorar los recovecos del Morrowind, todo eso a pesar de las modernas mejoras gráficas y de hardware. La historia a pesar de no ser extraordinaria es ciertamente interesante, la cantidad de cosas que hay que conocer es inmensa, el "lore" es colosal y ciertamente interesante, la cantidad de gremios a los que puedes unirte es también grandiosa y aún hoy, todavía sigo encontrando misiones que jamás había realizado. Es un juego grandioso y no es la nostalgia la que habla por mí.… Expand
  23. Lokidos
    Jan 18, 2016
    10
    I've got many years ago the GOTY edition..its an amazing game that u can still play without hesitation...Just imagine being on ur own in an open world where everywhere u meet something , u want to go one direction to find something and u meet something else.Missions much more interesting than the ones that new games have , AI much better than new games ofcourse...New games like Creed , MGSI've got many years ago the GOTY edition..its an amazing game that u can still play without hesitation...Just imagine being on ur own in an open world where everywhere u meet something , u want to go one direction to find something and u meet something else.Missions much more interesting than the ones that new games have , AI much better than new games ofcourse...New games like Creed , MGS , Cause etc etc have AS (artificial stupidity)...This one is a feast for the eyes.… Expand
  24. GolovA
    Nov 22, 2015
    9
    Again, one of those games that revolutionized my Game awareness :) i was not ready man, i was not ready for such scale and for such involving depth. It was overwhelming at first, but once i got used to it - there was no turning back, man :))
    A superbly magnificent example of not only the RPG genre, but an epitome of what a dedicated game design can accomplish.
    Are there titles out there    Again, one of those games that revolutionized my Game awareness :) i was not ready man, i was not ready for such scale and for such involving depth. It was overwhelming at first, but once i got used to it - there was no turning back, man :))
    A superbly magnificent example of not only the RPG genre, but an epitome of what a dedicated game design can accomplish.
    Are there titles out there today that can compare with such humble nobility as Morrowind?    … Expand
  25. gracjanski
    Nov 22, 2015
    10
    What is the best RPG ever? My first 2 answers: Baldurs Gate 2 and Morrowind. Gameplay is complex, the char creation very free, unfortunately has some weaknesses, but anyway there are a lot of possibilities. You can do a lot of things, even creat new spells. The world is amazing, open world at its best: there are so many things to discover and rewarding. There is so many content to discoverWhat is the best RPG ever? My first 2 answers: Baldurs Gate 2 and Morrowind. Gameplay is complex, the char creation very free, unfortunately has some weaknesses, but anyway there are a lot of possibilities. You can do a lot of things, even creat new spells. The world is amazing, open world at its best: there are so many things to discover and rewarding. There is so many content to discover and understand, epic in onw word. And the whole world is adult, very immersive. No childish dialogs, no arrows above NPCs and so on. Music perfect, I still listen to the main theme in my car. Graphic is good even today, but only if you put a lot of mods, otherwise is very outdated. Normally I dont like games that demands 100 or 200 hours of your life, but this game made it. I dont know any better open world RPG. Thank you Bethesda.… Expand
  26. CheeseSteakJim
    Nov 20, 2015
    10
    One of the greatest video game codes ever created. One of mankinds greatest achievements, a true god within the gaming industry. Rivaled by a few, but second to none.
  27. JasonCDaniels
    Nov 16, 2015
    8
    I've replayed Morrowind recently, and even more recently joined metacritic. So I figured I'd toss my hat in here.

    Executive Summary (TL;DR) 8/10 for its time: This is largely due to tons of exploits and bugs that never should have been day 1 bugs, muchless persistent. (I just love exploiting games, but it is an indication of poor quality control.) The general fun I have playing, the    I've replayed Morrowind recently, and even more recently joined metacritic. So I figured I'd toss my hat in here.

    Executive Summary (TL;DR)

    8/10 for its time: This is largely due to tons of exploits and bugs that never should have been day 1 bugs, muchless persistent. (I just love exploiting games, but it is an indication of poor quality control.) The general fun I have playing, the compelling story, and overall replayability make the flaws it has easy for me to overlook. This is a GREAT addition to the Elder Scrolls franchise as well as to the corpus of RPG games.

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    Detailed review:
    The Bad:
    1. Attributes and other boosts aren't checked/capped. There is no upper limit one can boost these to with potions. The number will also suddenly flip to a largely negative value. This is near inexplicable behavior if you don't know the innards of a computer (I do). If you love exploiting things look at the next item for why this is bad even if you don't cross that magical negative flipping boundary.

    2. Some temporary boost potions can kill you when they wear off, if you have boosted yourself more than 2x your HP, and have taken more than 1x your HP in damage that's unhealed. I experienced this with 30seconds of a quick save and 6 hours of the prior regular save. I eventually survived...

    3. Buggy on release. Many of these bugs persist, long after the game is no longer being maintained. Too many mods are needed to fix all of the bugs, bogging down the machine running it, doubly true for the hardware of 2002.

    The Mediocre (Not bad, not great):
    1. Melee combat. It's serviceable, but rough.

    2. Spell crafting. I like crafting spells, but the UI is merely serviceable, even by 2002 standards.

    3. Side quests are a mixed bag for writing and presentation.

    4. In game books -- like real life books the quality of the writing in these is all over the place. The reasons to read them are three fold: a) skill increases (very rare), b) increase player knowledge of the game realm that is Elder Scrolls, c) you actually like the book(s). (some people do!) The reason to carry them in inventory is for gold. Skill books command a good price.

    5. You can talk to almost everyone! But not everyone has something valuable or interesting to say. Those with little value to say pretty much share the same dialogue tree.

    6. The DLC was a mixed bag in my view. For me, the stories for those felt forced at times, with the exception of Bloodmoon.

    7. The graphics were mediocre for 2002. They've not aged as well as one might have hoped. But I still enjoy the game a lot, despite this.

    The great:
    1. Well thought out main story with great writing. I felt motivated to figure out if my character was actually the Nerevarine. This was a very enjoyable experience for me.

    2. The RPG mechanical elements, such as skills, attributes and the like are well thought out, tho not perfectly balanced. These allow for a lot of replayability while having to master new gameplay mechanics each time.

    3. In game tutorial woven through as part of the game at the start. This is a huge bonus as it ensures you know the basics of how to play and manage your character.

    4. Magic is well done in this game and the variety of schools to master is a detail I find highly enjoyable. While spell crafting can be tough for the faint of heart, you have no absolute need for it. You can buy good spells in every Mages Guild.

    5. Factions/Guilds have separate agenda's and their own involved quest lines that can rarely come into conflict with each other. While not as thoroughly polished as the main quest, these are still intriguing and fun to play, especially when you must choose to never complete a quest or to get ejected from a guild. If you don't like such tough choices, don't join any guilds.

    6. The volume of side quests, while fulfilling the main archetypes for quests, is just astounding. You have to play for a very very long time to find, and complete them all.

    7. The world map is HUGE. It's open, more open than even its descendants, and is very detailed for its time. The types of landscapes you'll encounter are varied, and with no loading screen for moving from the swampy areas to the desert and then to the ash-blown wastes that is the volcanic center of the island-nation of Morrowind. But be warned if you try that, you will be doing a lot of walking. Mage Guild Teleportation, or Silt Striders are your best fast travel options.

    8. You can keep playing after the main quest is done! Yay!

    In conclusion 8/10: This is a GREAT addition to the Elder Scrolls franchise as well as to the corpus of RPG games. I find this an immensely replayable, fun, well written game with a larger than desirable share of non-game-breaking bugs. If it had better QC it would have gotten a 9 or 10 from me. But as a professional software engineer of over 20 years, and having played video games since Pong in the 1970s (I was a wee tot then), I have high expectations of software, especially games.    … Expand
  28. Tapxd
    Nov 15, 2015
    10
    Best The Elder Scrolls at all times. Before the advent of pop Oblivion and Skyrim. was Morrowind. You are not an RPG aficionados, if not when played in Morrowind, its beutiful game of its time. 10/10 .
  29. poons
    Nov 11, 2015
    10
    The absolute pinnacle of the Elder Scrolls series. Take some time to get used to the game mechanics and you will find one of the deepest and most believable fictional worlds ever created.
  30. mcfry
    Oct 17, 2015
    9
    I've re-written my review to honor this game better.
    Morrowind was my first true open-world RPG experience. It was massive. Unbelievable, how big this world was, and how realistic it feet. It was true immersion of the kind that I had been looking for in a game for so long - Morrowind made it come true. The key to that experience was that the game world didn't make me feel too welcome. I    I've re-written my review to honor this game better.
    Morrowind was my first true open-world RPG experience. It was massive. Unbelievable, how big this world was, and how realistic it feet. It was true immersion of the kind that I had been looking for in a game for so long - Morrowind made it come true. The key to that experience was that the game world didn't make me feel too welcome. I had to find my place there myself. Following the plot, I could become a great hero - or focus on advancing in the ranks of a guild that I sympathize with - or I could avoid the sociability and just explore ash deserts, climb mountains ... follow a river, hoping to hit a village soon, not knowing if a would find allies there ... or enter dungeons, not knowing if I can make it out, or if I will find the treasure. Morrowind is rough, it let me die under lots of different circumstances. Stealing, fighting, or just talking - none of it is easy from the start, but depending on my own focus, I can make it work. Well, in fact, a little more common sense could have prevented me from dying most of the time ... Still, it was worth it - dying out of stupidity made the world consistent! Reality doesn't do that anymore.

    Trivia:
    Vivec, the capital, is the most annoying virtual city I have ever been forced to visit. I would *not* live there.
    I love the magic skills in this game: you can play completely different types of magicians - or, as before: ignore it and whack the wildlife with club, sword or bow instead. Why fly, when you can jump? (But flying is cooler.) You can do both.
    Once I got myself trapped on a roof and didn't want to reload, so I started jumping in place until my Acrobatics were advanced enough to let me survive the fall. Needless to say, skilling took more time than replaying the lost part would have - but it felt like an achievement. Stupid old days.

    Reasons to stay in Morrowind:
    What happens when the nostalgia fades? Well, even then Morrowind should still be worth a (longer) look, and that is because of its freedom, and because of its world. Some may call it barren, lacking vegetation, or miss people riding about. Yet this is not a big deal, I think. The different regions have a lot of character, despite the raw textures. Not to forget that essentially you are an explorer in a rough world, and people would be strange to have around in a desert. People stay in their towns, that is what towns are for. The only thing I missed, are more trees and animals. The latter can be modded into the game.

    Bugs:
    Some are bound to happen. Quests might fail because of dysfunctional pathfinding or unforeseen events. Saving and loading skills required. Be careful: As realistic as it is to be able to kill anybody - without some characters, certain quests (even the main quest) will be impossible to complete, and some doors will stay closed.

    Tech:
    While the sound is great, the graphics are not. I would not call them ugly, because I do value a fitting texture, and I really like the water, even when I've seen better. This game does not need hi-def graphics, but if you do, then it's simply not a match :)
    My opinion regarding the basic technology, the interface, and the modding capabilities are basically the same as those in my review for Oblivion, Morrowind's successor. It was mostly negative criticism, though. As a result, after hundreds of hours of installing and running modifications, I've decided to stop doing that entirely, for as long as the foundation of the Elder Scrolls games is so not fit for modding. Here my review ends on a bitter note (because I love the things you can do with mods).

    I rate Morrowind one point over Oblivion, rewarding its deeper roughness, its greater cultural richness, and higher exploratory qualities. Ash deserts, you are my true home!    … Expand
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Awards & Rankings

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#11 Best PC Game of 2002
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#1 Most Discussed PC Game of 2002
2
#2 Most Shared PC Game of 2002

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
89

Generally favorable reviews - based on 30 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 30
  3. Negative: 0 out of 30
  1. Pregaming
    90
    One of those games that just visually takes your breath away. It has some of the most detailed, and well realistically rendered environments and characters ever seen in a computer game.
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  2. Game Revolution
    83
    The Elder Scrolls tech support forum is overflowing with user complaints about compatibility issues. At any rate, this is still the biggest, deepest, most detailed RPG to hit the PC since Daggerfall, and for that, earns high marks.
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  3. PC Gameworld
    91
    This is a game that can stay on your hard drive for six months, still offering new experiences.
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