morrowind
 

I have two jobs that involve selling videogames. I know of only one other person that likes this game. How come no one likes it? I think its great myself. It just needs more time than the average rpg IMO.

It's a step from the original, no question about it. Still, I find that I've been spoiled by multi-player games. Playing by myself just isn't as fun anymore. I've got Morrowind, and I've hardly touched it.

I like the game, it just takes some getting used too. Its more open ended than most RPGs i've played lately. The story line really didn't pick up till half way through the game for me. I think thats what people don't like. There is hardly any sense of direction in the beginning.

I like, personally. it's great being so non-linear and having so many options.

the problem is, a lot of people need direction or a thick plot. this has neither. (almost none)

to me its a great game when you're tired of the normal routine.

Morrowind is great. I love invading peoples homes and saying "Hey, this place is nice. NOW I STAB YOUR FACE AND STEAL IT." You just don't have that freedom in Final Fantasy.

It is really broken though, too many things you can exploit, like combat. Get a melee weapon and run up and smack someone, run away, dart back in and hit themwhile darting away from them while they swing. This is fine if the AI did it too, but it's just too easy to kill things with their current AI.

play the expansions.... PC only of course, well for now anyway

The current one (Tribunal™) is more plot based than the original game. The second one (Bloodmoon™) should hit shelves in little bit, a month or so I think...

I haven't played this game, but I watched my friend play it for about 10 minutes. The continent is WAAAAAY to big in my opinion and there doesn't seem to be enough action and killing.

I'll give the contintent is huge, but if you find the right places, the combat is brutal. You'll find plenty of enemies, though the combat is basic.

Game too damn long. No real plot. If it wasn't for the massive amount of junk you can do, the game would completely not be there. The story is so weak it might as well not even have one, "An RPG, with a hint of story."

It's fun, but too easy to exploit its skill system.

Like, jumping everywhere I go. I'm a wizard with 99 Acrobatics that I got in a few hours. That's silly.

It's nice to know that there are others.

I really like Morrowind. I consider it to be one of my favorite games because of the open ended gameplay. And, if you're playing Morrowind and you haven't downloaded a single mod, add-on, or plugin, you're really, really missing out. There are some seriously awesome additions to the game. Think it's too easy? Difficulty increasing mods exist. Want new items? Tons to be had. There are mods that are as simple as adding on new vendors, to new houses, to new cities, to tons of new monsters ranging from mundane fish to dragons. The mods I think really make the game that much better than a lot of the other RPGs out for the computer. Check them out sometime, you might just like them.

Great game. Only problems are that aside from the cool game world, there really is almost no interaction between yourself and other characters (aside from enemies), which makes for pretty repetitive questing after a while.

Oh, and the cliff racers suck too.

I just picked up Morrowind earlier this month on suggestion from a friend. Great game, the sheer size of it is a major plus for me. I haven't picked up the expansions yet, but I will soon. My one big gripe about the game is the graphics engine, no matter what I do I still get the occasional 5-10 second lock up and some funky clipping issues. (Playing it on a P3 2.2 ghz, 256ram ,Geforce 3) But all in all, I'd give it an 8.5 / 10.

And I'll go with Nappa on this one, cliff racers do indeed suck...a lot.

Yes, nothing like skipping along your merry way and then getting the hell scared out of you by a squawking bastard. It doesn't even feel good to bring it to their grill either.

I carry an enchanted bow just for those bastards. 1 clean shot and they drop. :)

i love the game, it had me hooked for like a month non stop i think its cool that you can literally do whatever you like

Morrowind is a great game, but my computer isn't good enough to run it without turning the draw distances to the lowest setting, and even then the frames per second drop to 15fps... I'm an FPS whore and 15fps makes my eyes bleed and almost explode.

It needs multiplayer, too... I wanna play it with my friends.

Morrowind for the XBox is one of the best games ever made. The graphics are excellent and almost never distract. Almost all the limits are for solid game reasons rather than artificial graphical limitations. There are problems: the artistic style is intentionally gloomy, there is no freeform note taking, money is too easy to acquire, it is too easy to train in all areas of expertise, and the AI for tough enemies is too simple. In spite of these minor flaws, the ability to explore such a huge, beautiful, and dynamic world is exciting.
The detail with which your choices affect your experience is amazing; for example, wearing heavier armor makes you run much slower. I love how you can join a variety of different factions, each of which is competing for dominance. When you interact with other characters, they really care about what choices you have made. If you give a merchant a nice item, they will often wear it from then on instead of offering it for sale. If they do decide to sell it, you can usually see it displayed on a shelf.
There is a great sense of mystery in the unfolding plot. As far as it unfolding slowly, that is only the case if you ignore the world itself and the plots that are exclusive to members of each faction. I've never seen or even imagined a game with so many stories to read; there are tons of short stories and full novels on the shelves of libraries and private homes, many of which provide insight into the people you meet and the challenges you face. Yes, it takes some time before the story is over, but that does not mean it proceedes slowly. Instead, there are a lot of different chapters to enjoy as you go.
I enjoy multiplayer games, but single player games will always have a place. Morrowind is one of the best single player games that I have been privaleged to experience.

I really hope there has been some development in the combat in the latest add-on. I'm sorry, but that is where this game falls FLAT on its face. Otherwise it is in my top 5 list of all time greatest RPGs. I love not being tied to any one particular plot or location. Though alternative transport like a horse for speed would be welcome on those LONG treks that you invariably end up taking.

I just bought it for my dad... hope he likes his father's day present

Its a pretty cool game, being so open ended an all but theres nothing really compeling you to explore. I myself got bored about 2 weeks into it and tryed to see if i could kill everyone in the game. I went through about 4 towns before i got bored i havn't really played it sence

It's the loneliest game I've ever played. I played it for about 12 hours. I had been playing for about 5 hours without interacting with anything (except the painfully boring enemies) so then I just put it away and never had the urge to play again.

edit: oh ya, don't get lost. If you get lost you might as well just start a new character.

i appreciate the open-endedness considering the constricting linearity of recent RPG's (read: FFX). however, nowhere near enough gameplay testing when into this. the skill and combat systems can be abused tremendously, and certain items/spells can be used to make your character all but invincible.

if bethesda could make a decent engine and fix these glaring gameplay problems, the daggerfall series could be amazing.

Morrowind is great.
Morrowind + Tribunal is great.
Morrowind + Tribunal + Bloodmoon is shit - tons of bugs preventing you from finishing the main quests of the expansions, frame rate drops, memory leaks - you name it.

Is there any way to get rid of a death warrant? The guards are becoming bothersome.

Death warrant? I know how you can get your Wanted Status to go away. You can do that by either talking to the guards and paying your fine or going to jail(going to jail reduces your skills).

Or you can join a Theives guild, the one in Balmora will let you pay off you wanted fee for half the price on your head. To see how much your wanted price tag is, go to the Stats/Inventory menu. In the side where all you skills are listed scroll to the bottom. It should be at the bottom of the list along with all the factions you are a member of.

Morrowind is great. I finally picked up Tribunal yesterday, and although I am still working on the main quest the nice addition to the journal is awesome. Hopefully another game doesn't steal my attention away before I can try Bloodmoon. can't wait for Fable...

Looks like I cant get rid of the death warrant ( happens when you kill too many people). ah well, time to start over.

I love the game. I haven't it played it much since my hard drive crashed, though, cause I don't feel like taking so much damn time just to get to where I was at pre-crash. :mad: The Bloodmoon expansion sounds pretty awesome as well.

morrowind is one of my favorite games right now... if only i could get the time to play it. :\ the open endedness of it is what i really enjoy about it. i dont find it too easy at all, but i also dont look for any exploits. i've got tribunal and bloodmoon, but havent loaded them up yet cause i dont think my character is even close to ready.

I really like Morrowind, I just don't have enough time to play it.

I haven't played this game, but my brother has it and seems to love it.

I just got it..I need bloodmoon for the werewolves though...*yum werewolfy goodness*

I've had the game for a long time now, it is very hard to find the time to play it.

But I do so love it, openness is what gets me. The ability to just do whatever, and work on the mainquest when I feel like it is just fun.

I had the first zelda on N64 and I didnt like it because I was always running across the large plain in the middle. The fact that morrowind exists blows my mind. The last RPG worth playing was FF7. Just look at some screenshots to remember what it was like.

Alternate title:

Morrowind:
Because a sucker is born every minute

Of course that is all my opinon, but to me my opinion is the only one that really counts for anything anyway.

It's an awesome game, but each individual element is average because of its scope. Sound? Average. Gameplay? Average. Battle system? Average. Quests? Repeditive. World? Static...very lonely, only excused because of the world's size. Still, this game had me hooked for ages; I've got one room full up with literally hundreds of candles, it looks awesome. :D

the amountof crap in this game alone is astounding. Though daggerfall in my opinion was a better game. Arena (the wolfenstienlike precurser to Daggerfall) was amazing for its time. There were a few other TES games that royally choked on it. i stopped playing morrowind because ofthe repetativeness of the missions (find letter to find man t find book, repeat...)

I just beat it yesterday, and I started up a new character right away. Its a great way to while away time.

Yeah you cant get rid of death warrents, oh well i dout i could pay off my fine its somewhere around 42000

is this game a sequal to daggerfall?

Yes it is a sequel to daggerfall

*gets out his 11 foot pole" i might touch it.. it isnt buggy like the old one is it.. god you were right in saying if you get lost make a new char lol..

The system specs are FAR too high for the average gamer. I believe thats why things are the way they are.

I liked this game. I played it for about 3 months daily until I got bored. Maybe its because I found out that some shopkeepers have unlimited amounts of some ingredients and I kept buying them to make potions to sell and got extremely rich off of it. I ended up with amazing custom spells and an insane alchemy skill. The story is non-existant early on, but I sorta got into the prophecy later. Its too bad that I made a wrong turn and got lost for a week. Its amazing how fast you can get lost, and how long it takes to get from 1 place to another. I was hoping for some kind of teleportation system like the Waypoints in Diablo 2 but no such luck. I hate how some of the required quests involve going between the big cities and the little town out in the middle of nowhere (i forget the name of the desert camp with the important people like the old woman or whatever) that took an hour or more to get to running. I also didn't like finding books and stuff that I spent several days looking for and it just got me like a compliment and another book searching quest.

Overall, I'd say its an 8/10. It is worth playing because you'll get several hours of entertainment. Always join the Thieves Guild. I was in all three guilds. The best part about the Thieves Guild is the ability to get warrants off you with bribes. I stole a shop from a shopkeeper by killing him and taking all his fine wares, then ran as fast as I could to the guy you pay to get the warrant to go away.

I thought it was a fairly sweet game, but the play balance could have used some more balancing... after level 30 or so my assassin was totally unstopable.

I enjoyed morrowind, but some things were lacking. Like becoming a guildmaster didn't really mean anything, other then that it was pretty good.

I too think it takes some time getting into, but once you do, it is pretty addicting...to me anyway

I loved morrowind. My PC couldnt' handle it so I got it for xbox. I actually thought it was a little easier using the controller with menus, but the game was so buggy, I stopped playing it. I was a level 52 thief. The best part about the game was m fiance actually got into it too and we'd spend weeks playing it. Hopefully when the Tribunal and Bloodmoon equipped version comes out, i'll start playing it again.

Morrowind is great, i played this game for the longest time.. still do today. The only downside is thers not really any plot involved so it can get boring.

I had a really difficult time getting in to Morrowind. It seemed to be almost like an offline mmorpg, yet who wants to play with npc's instead of players? Being linear isn't necessarily bad, especially when telling a story. Some of the best rpg's are as linear as they come.

I thought morrowind was awesome, I don't play it much anymore but I was really addicted to the game for awhile.

I love Morrowind, I just wish I knew what to do next!! I am level 40 and don't have much to show for it except the people in Vivic hate me for trying on some gold armour once!

LOVE THAT CREEPER!

There are definitely man yways to exploit and cheat in the game.

However I think it's one of the best RPGs I've played so far. I try not to cheat and just play the game. It does have a very deep plot and history but it doesn't come out til after a few missions in the main quest.

And the books lying around actually tell a very good history of the land, people and their various religions. I am surprised and impressed by the amount of details they've put into it.

There are some addons you can download, and improve the game imensely, like one that makes you control the people in a guild if your a guild master and heaps of other stuff

yeah, too many ways to exploit it. especially with tribunal. i can't bring myself to live without alchemy, it's just too damned convenient. but the realization that i'm just a few button presses from being able to take on the most difficult fights in the game suck the fun out of it for me. i'm kinda interested in finishing all the quests, but they all feel like, find, hack repeat.

I thought it was a great game until I had so many side-quests that I couldn't keep track of them all and ended up just wandering around lost. I finally died of boredom and never played it again.

Oh, and this was on XBox. Worst feature was the 5 minute loading screen after each death. Hard to stay awake...