The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind GOTY Edition reviews

This is the true adventure game. Set in the wonderful world where Oblivion happens to be set too, this sprawling adventure will sweep you away. The world is a beautiful place with full night and day cycle. The sky is absolutely amazing to watch and you could seriously just stare at it all day… not that I have. Cough.

This game is an old masterpiece that may not have aged too beautifully but is still as immersive now as it was back then. The combat I must say is terrible but the characters, pure fun of stealing and quests are interesting and worth doing for the experience.

The game is so much deeper than Oblivion, it's sequel, which took some features from Morrowind and dumbed them down (for better or for worse I guess?), for example there are spears in Morrowind! There are separate glove and shoulder armour pieces! There are throwing stars and knives! There are more skills! And the environments are so much more varied in Morrowind than Oblivion.

This is a great game that deserves the recognition it got at release.

The good: (1) Immersive, beautiful, packed with detail, atmospheric, complete freedom. It actually outdoes Baldur's Gate II in these respects. There are at least six distinct architectural styles, corresponding to different cultures; all 3000-odd NPCs and 10,000s of placed objects are arranged by hand; there are eight fully-developed storylines that you can explore alongside or instead of the main story. (2) Atmosphere: far superior to Morrowind's suc­cessor, Oblivion. You will really feel the xenophobia of the NPCs you meet. (3) Infinite moddability. There is a mod for everything you could want. My core recommendations: Passive Healthy Wildlife; FPSOptimizer; Better Heads; Better Bodies.

Oh, and this is before you start thinking about the expansions.

The bad: it's so rich that it can be overwhelming at first. When I bought the game I played for a couple of hours and felt a bit lost. Six months later I tried again and was hooked. (2) It is buggy. Crashes-to-desktop are, alas, too common. (There are mods that can reduce this problem.) (3) In all the Elder Scrolls games, it is in the nature of the rule system that once your character reaches about level 20, there is basically nothing you can't do; the game is no longer challenging (though exploration is still fun). This is by design: you have COMPLETE freedom, to become an invulnerable overpowered demigod, if you want; but personally, I find it's most fun to start a fresh character for each storyline.

The sequel, Oblivion, is regularly cited as one of the greatest games ever created; yet many people who have gone on to replay Morrowind, for old times' sake, have found themselves much more gripped by it.

Oblivion stayed on my harddrive for about three or four months; Morrowind has never left it and probably never will.

Even after playing this multiple times over 6 years this game is STILL my favourite in my RPG collection! It is by far better than its sequel Oblivion in terms of its plot and originality of quests.

The morrowind world is HUGE! 100s of caves and shrines that house bandits provide training to hone your skills for the faction quests and the main quest, although unfortunately some cave bandit NPCs are associated with quests so if you go and kill them before you get to the quest, it ruins your chance of finishing that quest which could jeopardise future promotions in factions and such. And these bandit NPCs are indistinguishable from non-quest bandit NPCs, so it pays to finish off most of the quests before you go nuts in the bandit caves.

The best thing about this game is thae fact that you can change your fighting style and armour preferences when you reach the maximum ability in your original fighting style or armour preference. Say if you reached 100 with long blade and 100 with heavy armour, you can change your fighting style to medium blade or archery or destuction magic and your armour to medium armour or unamoured, and that way if the creatures become too easy to fight at your high ability level you can challenge yourself by using a different weapon/armour and build up that skill.

The expansions that come with GOTY edition are awesome! The change of scenery they provide is a welcome change if you have explored the main games' map many times over! Bloodmoon's Sol­steim island and Tribunal's Mou­rnhold city are so different from Morrowind's Vvar­denfell and offer many more hours of exciting gameplay.

The posibilities are endless in this game! With a huge map to explore and many skills to master, you can never be bored playing this game!

‘The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind GOTY edition’ is a personal favorite of mine. While it is certainly and old release, coming into the picture in the early 21st century, it is not at all an out of date game.

Granted the graphics are fairly poor in comparison to todays standards, but they are not unrecognizable, and every good gamer knows that the content of the game and its overall ‘fun-ness’ are what matter most. I started out many years ago with naught but the original ‘Morrowind’, and instantly I fell in love with the game, recognizing something that I could easily play for weeks on end, months, sometimes even.

The storyline is much more complex and interesting than that of the games sequel, Oblivion, and the variety in quests is certainly refreshing when seen in comparison with many RPG's, where repetition forces the player to grow weary of the game after the initial thrill wears off.

But what strikes me overall about this game, even the normal edition, is the sheer vastness of it! It would take many weeks to discover everything on the map, even without doing any other quests or exploring them, and there are far more interesting places to go. There is a huge range of weapons and skills, and the leveling and attacking systems are simple, and very effective. It is impossible to complete every single quest in the game, as there are so very many factions and so many people to find in secluded caverns and little corners of the map, increasing the amount of fun one can have exploring.

This is a key point, as I am sure we have all found that exploring often gets dull without a purpose, and with the sure knowledge that nothing different can happen. Another way in which this problem is effectively solved is through the use of legendary and Daedric (tricky to spell, and even harder to find) items. These are scattered all over the world, and can be gained through exploration or through quests and they all have unique properties of high bonuses, making them coveted and thus, enjoyable to look for.

There are numerous different factions and guilds, each with their own storyline and way of ascension through the ranks, as well as the main storyline. This gives the player a wide variety of options involving gameplay, and the two expansion packs (Bloodmoon and Tribunal) that are included with this both have extensive, fun, and unique storylines.

Many different things can occur in Morrowind, and the gamer is guaranteed to have fun as they find legendary weapons, or commission to have a house built.

My overall rating: 5 out of 5, and by far better than its sequel, Oblivion. The only misgiving that I have about this game is the complication of the logbook, it is quite difficult to look over past quests, and it is quite dull. Apart from this, I have to say that this is possibly the best game that I have ever played, and I strongly encourage any readers to do the same.

Morrowind is one of those games that has aged well, it's been 8 years and there are still fan mods being churned out. If you are one of the new Elder Scrolls fans who first played Oblivion, like myself, I'd still recommend going back to try it. While the graphics probably won't get on par with Oblivion's, they can be vastly improved with mods. Also, once you've plowed through the massive amount of content offered in the original game and expansion, you can get a lot more from mods.

And at $30, this game is a steal. You'll easily spend 50 hours on this or more(and that's if you use the wiki to find your way, this game is easy to get lost in), and most new $100 games won't give you much more than 20.

If Your looking for one of the best RPGs in the business you've found it! This game is great with its beautiful scenery vast landscapes bountiful loot and a large scale of monsters and quests this is defiantly one of the best games I have played you will never tier of this game it is defiantly worth purchasing. Looking forward to getting oblivion the elder scrolls 4 also a very good buy.

This game has been around for a long time and yet it still brings back lots of good memories from when I use to play it several years back, has a tricky and very advanced way of playing but overall it is pretty fun once you get the hang of it :)

Morrowind has been out for around a decade and is still played by many people. i played this for years and made mods for it. you get addicted to it so easily and the modding abilities just makes it even better. i still play this often i go on and off it, i play it for like a week straight then stop for a couple of months. there is so much to do and the graphics were incredible for its time. everything is different you can walk for days and never get bored. Without a doubt one of the greatest games ever made and probability ever will be. i have a very high opinion of this game but i do know those who don't like it. You either Hate it or think that it is EPIC!

Morrowind is a genre breaking game. I used to play it on xbox original and when i saw that it was at this price i had to buy it! great value, 3 games in one, the expansions r unbelievable as are game play and graphics. The games physics r amazing. It is very hard to get bored with this game!

Is a great game, have only just started playing it and am addicted already, but it is huge, the world is huge, which is both a plus and a minus, I love it cos its so large and I can explore anywhere, but it is a minus because you often get lost and can be running around for ages in the middle of no where. But I recomend this game as it is a realistic RPG and one of I kind :)

great rpg needs to allow cheating to be funner and a wider range of weapons and armor) but over all brilliant game and breathtaking graphics

This game is good for its time Its semi detailed in what you can equip onto your character and is a good RPG If you have played elder scrolls4 but not 3 you will enjoy seeing its origin

A great game worthy of your time

Don't let the graphics of this classic put you off. this is in my opinion the best elder scrolls game released to date. Has a very gripping main story, with plenty of interesting side quests to do. Both DLC's are are perfect example of what DLC's should be. Too many companies these days leave things out of the base game and make customers buy them as extra “dlc” just to get more money. Blood moon and Tribunal both are excellent DLC's which add hours of extra game play, new areas and whole new story lines. If you are really put off by the graphics, there is a solution; the Morrowind overhaul 3.0. It is a complete sound and graphics mod which brings the graphics up to date. Graphics aside though it is still a great game which is really worth the buy. Weather your an elder scrolls fan through and through, or just looking for a great classic RPG, then this is the game for you.

It still can keep pace with the modern games. Lots of quests to keep one guessing and leaves Enough options open to play the game in many styles.

Morrowind GOTYE, I was not disappointed amazing game at an amazing price I just had too by it.

Now I am playing Skyrim I keep thinking back to Morrowind. I think it was the best of the last three Elder Scrolls games. I would not like to calculate how much time I spent playing Morrowind. Definitely over 200 hours, possibly even over 300 hours. I finished the main quest four times, finished the quests for all houses and guilds, and spend a heap of time just wandering around. It rewarded wandering. Around every corner was something interesting. Even the remotest corners of the land were created with care and love by the programmers. You never knew what you'd find – a cave full of slavers or perhaps a talking mudcrab. The user interface was perfect. Everything you needed on screen (including current status effects – Oblivion and Skyrim take notice!) but nothing you didn't. Fast, clean, useful. The levelling system was great. Use a sword, get better at it. Use spells, get better at it. It had some strange quirks (like spell users getting better with swords because it took longer to kill opponents with swords than spells) but it generally rewarded the way you wanted to play. It let you fly. Again, Oblivion and Skyrim need to take notice. The main story was long and convoluted and satisfying. It wasn't, though, in your face about having to follow it. In fact, part of the Nereverine's story was the wandering around . I never finished Oblivion. I'm not sure why – I tried three times. I feel it was far too much style over substance. I've just started Skyrim. Let's see if it can take Morrowind's crown.

This to me is the game that started it all,the freedom to explore with the ability to have a never ending world thanks to the modding that is available plus thanks to people like Vurt we can rediscover the game with new graphics it is like playing a totally new game all over again.

This game is phenomenal, i've played it incessantly and loved it. Its a bethesda rpg to the core, got bugs, but also has a vast, gorgeous world to explore. The main quest is not fantastic but that's also bethesda style there.

The version they have here, though is not the one in that picture, it is a flimsy-cased PCGAMER edition, which is NOT worth the cost at all. I was getting a physical disk to add to the collection and got a terrible looking case and cd, buy it elsewhere, you can find a digital edition cheaper than this.

Lots of Fun, Intense Storyline, Very Suspensful definitely reccommend