The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind Game of the Year Edition
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Video Game Reviews of The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind Game of the Year Edition
Customer Review: Morrowind: A Good Game
Summary: 5 Stars
Morrowind is one of the games that fall under the category of games with huge worlds but mediocre graphics. The world of Morrowind is so huge I have used dozens of cheats to move faster, teleport, etc and I still haven't explored a quarter of it. I've player for 100+ hours. The world is so variable you can go on forever. The storyline is excellent but can get boring at times. I don't follow the storyline so I have more fun. The number of side quests is huge and must amount to hundreds. For the cons the graphics for people are not great and the graphics have some problems. when you walk up stairs you appear to be floating and when things die on uneven surfaces they tend to float. The voice acting is pretty bad and the people have a small vocabulary. I love how it is basically unscripted and you can do almost anything in any order. All in all this is one of the best open ended RPGs ever made.Customer Review: Large world, ultimate freedom in gameplay
Summary: 5 Stars
I have never seen a game as open as this when it comes to being able to travel wherever you like. There are seemingly countless quests to pursue, and a lot of useful character interaction with NPC's graphics are good, and game can keep you hooked for quite a while. I really enjoy this one!Customer Review: a fantastic game - from a very casual gamer
Summary: 5 Stars
I am what I would consider a non-gamer, or a casual gamer. I have an old GameBoy I tote around to fool around with, I play KOTOR II on and off as well as SIMS 2 depending on the mood. I have a hard time with beginning games all enthusiastic and then just dropping them a month later - only to return to them a year later. This is one reason that Morrowind sounded so appealing to me. There is a main quest but there are a gazillion different side quests, and one can just wander the expansive countryside (by design or usually b/c they are lost lol) for hours. Mods from sites like Planet Elder Scrolls add everything from entire new quests to clothing stores you can operate yourself. There is simply so much to do - no matter what you interest that it is hard to get bored. If you are a hack and slash type person there are tones of opportunities to be that person and advance in a guild's ranks at the same time. If you are more of a non-combatant you can chose to be a monk or a pilgrim - while you WILL have to fight, it is not the focus of your character's life. If you are horrible with dying at every turn there is also a game difficulty slider (0-100 scale) that effectively makes your life easier so that you can better appreciate the game without constantly worrying about how you will make it out of this one!
The game does have a few cons though, but nothing too earth shattering.
1) For someone whose experience with CRPGs was confined to point-and-click adventures the world of Morrowind was overwhelming at first. I felt like I was faced with a massive learning curve - just thrust into a world not knowing what the heck I was supposed to be doing. This really is not much of a con though b/c the expansiveness of the game is what makes it fantastic. Once you figure out what you are doing you can really get into it and enjoy it for what it is.
2) The BIGGEST con that anyone you talk to will point out, is that this game is riddled with bugs and glitches - even with the patches installed. For me this is a huge con, and I quickly learned to quicksave the game after I'd done anything of import so I wouldn't have to go back and do it again if my game crashed on me. The thing with this though, is it is only a con if you make it one. That game is so unique in many ways that while people complain to no end about the crashes and bugs, love of the game reigns supreme and you just live with it. You adapt your gaming style to it and move on. Please do not pass the game up just because you don't want to deal with the bugs - in the end they aren't as overwhelming as one would like to have you believe.
Trust me, this is one of the best 20 gaming dollars you will ever spend but be forewarned ... it is HIGHLY addictive. Once you catch the Morrowind bug there is no turning back :)
Customer Review: Steal, kill, GLORY!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Good, Bad, Ugly, Glorious, Bloodthirsty, Adventurous.... Anything you want to be!! Get stronger and you will become a god. Sneak and you will become a master theif. Murder and you will be hunted. Help the weak and you will rise to the top. The choice is yours....Customer Review: great game but does have some problems
Summary: 3 Stars
mainly crashes are the downfall with this game, and that's unfortunate because this game is so good. This game makes you save literally every minute or two because of the sheer volume of crashes. Other than that, this is one of the best games I've ever played. It's too bad they couldn't work out the bugs though, it gets really annoying to have to reload your game all the time.