The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (2002)

i've tried playing this game so many times. modded, unmodded, so modded my computer nearly shut down, you name it, i've tried it. but i never managed to even get out of the first area. i was never sure why, and at first i concluded it must be the dated graphics (mods do help but they can only do so much) and left it at that. it was a logical enough explanation.

thing is, i don't usually care about graphics all that much. so it kept nagging at me. why this one? why just morrowind? i've played games with much worse graphics and had a blast. that's when i realized: it's actually the dialogue system. something about clicking keywords instead of full, question-marked sentences takes me way out of the game and feels clunky and cluttered. i especially identified this as my problem when i found an oblivion mod that turns those keywords into sentences. it was like night and day. it's so weird the things out brains decide to focus and pick on. really wish we could just pluck out those little bits of grey matter that get in the way.

anyway, i know i'm still gonna try playing it again eventually. i want to experience the story too much not to, and i usually don't really have the attention span for let's plays.

A vast world to explore where an outlander is part of a prophecy in which the game adapts to the player's style playing giving him a vast list of possibilities where he can be part of several factions having a guild ranks according to the recommended skills that the player has.

I found the evolution system and the various reactions of the NPCs depending on the persuasion they have towards the player quite interesting. The two expansions that the game offers I really liked the Bloodmoon where I played a werewolf.

BUT for those who have never played the game (like me) and do not know the world, the navigability can become confusing because they do not know the world. I don’t know if in the previous titles it’s in the same map or not.

Unfortunately there is no voice in the interaction with NPC. For those who do not like to read (which is not my case) there will have a bad timing. There is a vast library in-game where the books can have more than 20 pages to read.

The game's side quests can become repetitive after some time. As in other Bethesda Softworks games, there are some crashes in the game, which is why I suggest save frequently. Despite being my first game of the genre, I loved the experience and ready for the next title.

Taking a break from this game, is very overwhelming with the freedom it gives you.

Need an advice, I'm 12hs in and I'm genuinely considering restarting from the beginning with the knowledge I now have about the game, to create a different type of characters. Is it worth it tho? Or should I power through and eventually max out everything anyways?

Also any mods you guys recommend, I'm trying to play it vanilla first but I'm open to suggestions

Trying this out for the first time. I added some mods to make the models look a bit better and improve resolution and textures and I have to say it doesn't look too bad for a 16 year old game.

My pc - I have added a mod to increase the number of heads and hair but it made it hard to choose one, I'm not sure about her but she's not too bad.

I'm not sure if I'll like it yet - I'm only a couple of hours in - but it seems good so far.

A very large, open-world quest/fetch game in the Elder Scrolls series. The original game world still looks fine in 2017, but the enemies and NPCs are flat and angular. I highly recommend a graphics mod if you plan on staying in the world to obtain 100% completion.

The world is colorful and interesting with some difficult enemies to defeat, there is also some humor, and a couple of puzzles. There are tons of items to use/steal/gather, your character is highly customizable, and you have the option to play as a "good" person or a truly "bad" character who kills everyone and everything.

Possibly the best Elder Scrolls game?