OT: Morrowind?

AgentZero · #1 May 1st, 2005, 08:32 PM

I was in a game shop today and noticed that they're selling Morrowind and its two expansions for 20euro. I'm just wondering, is it any good? I remember seeing plenty of good reviews for it, but I'm just wondering what the general consensus is. My RPG collection is dominated by BioWare titles, the odd ones out being Diablo II and Sacred (neither of which I managed to finish). I prefer RPGs with a lot of character interaction, Baldurs Gate II being my all-time favourite, and I'm wondering how Morrowind stacks up in that department. And all the other ones, of course.

LordAxel · #2 May 1st, 2005, 08:49 PM

I have morrowind for xbox and its pretty good. There are alot of different paths you can go in the game. You can put the main mission off as long as you need. To go through all the different paths of the game will take quite sometime. I did however get bored with the game after awhile, some objects are very small and hard to find even when at the location they are at. Very difficult game to excel at without using a guide of some kind fortunately there is a free one on the net that helps as little or much as you need.
http://www.uhs-hints.com/uhsweb/morrownd.php
gives good information to about the game

Phoenix-D · #3 May 1st, 2005, 08:57 PM

Its good, but two things:

A. It is a resource hog.

B. it takes a LONG TIME to get through.

Also, if you get the PC version there are quite a few mods out there to improve the experience. They is a lot more interaction than Diablo but less than Baulder's Gate since you're on your own 98% of the time.

NullAshton · #4 May 1st, 2005, 09:17 PM

I thought it was slow, but some people might like it. Graphics aren't the best in the world, but still pretty good. The best part about it is the open-endedness. There's a way to get the best weapon in the game near the beginning, and it involves little danger.

Gandalf Parker · #5 May 1st, 2005, 11:02 PM

I liked Daggerfall alot more. I thought Morrowind was kindof a downgrade. But its worth buying cheap

boran_blok · #6 May 2nd, 2005, 04:20 AM

The freedom is sometimes too much, but it is a fun game.

Puke · #7 May 2nd, 2005, 03:47 PM

i enjoyed it a great deal. i often thought about picking up the expansions, but there are so many other games out there that are worth playing, i'll probably just wait for Oblivion rather than doing the add-ons for MW.

great game though. hundreds of hours of gameplay, if you like playing open-ended games. the various quests and faction-plots are great.

it can be easy if you find the best way to "min-max" your character. an optimized fighter can easily destroy most creatures in the game, even at low levels.

I first started as a balanced class, between fighter-thief-mage. i could do most things, but they were all fairly challenging. when i played again as a pure fighter, i cleaved through a room full of opponents at 2nd level, that before required me to gather strength and resources up to 8th level before i could face them.

if you put all your resources into being the best mage possible, instead of focusing on combat, it will be MUCH harder.

How you level up and spend your points and optimize your stat-gain is also very important. its easy to be a munchkin-gamer if you try, but also easy to overlook or not impliment the abusive aspects of the game, if you just play casually.

i mean, its not really fair to say that a single player game is broken if you abuse it. all you have to do, is NOT ABUSE IT. its like playing the AI in se4. you KNOW when you're cheating at technology trades, and you dont HAVE to offer them empty engineless escorts in exchange for their warships.

deccan · #8 May 2nd, 2005, 07:13 PM

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Puke said:
if you put all your resources into being the best mage possible, instead of focusing on combat, it will be MUCH harder.

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i mean, its not really fair to say that a single player game is broken if you abuse it. all you have to do, is NOT ABUSE IT. its like playing the AI in se4. you KNOW when you're cheating at technology trades, and you dont HAVE to offer them empty engineless escorts in exchange for their warships.

I recently bought Morrowind GOTY and tried playing it normally, wanting to make a wood elf archer, but I ended up not being able to resist abusing the system. It's just soooo easy to make a few cantrips and practise casting spells for several days until you become an uber-mage...

Incidentally, anyone want to join me in playing Anarchy Online? It's free now...

Starhawk · #9 May 2nd, 2005, 08:15 PM

Yah abusing the system cheapens the gaming experience and ruins it for me so I generally don't cheat/exploit my *** off

Alneyan · #10 May 3rd, 2005, 09:15 AM

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deccan said:
Incidentally, anyone want to join me in playing Anarchy Online? It's free now...

I suppose free applies to the game itself, and not the monthly fee? I hope so anyway; otherwise, that might remove one of my main ways of avoiding MMORPGs (not having a credit card handy to pay the monthly fees). Must resist... spending my five months... of holidays... playing...