The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Game of the Year Edition

i really like how they remade oblivion (it needed it) but why won't they remake this masterpiece. like, it doesn't really NEED it but it would be so freaking cool! i would absolutely love more modern graphics on this game.

[h2]Hard to get into, rough around the edges, but still worth playing in 2026[/h2] If you are looking to experience this game for the first time, here's three things that might help: [b]1) Get the openMW project and use that to run your game.[/b] It's easy to set up and will be more stable on modern hardware, while also running smoother. It's also supports a lot of mods. [b]2) Get your reading glasses and get comfy. There is a lot of text.[/b] Only a few lines in the game are voiced. Quests have a lot of text, which will give you clues on possible solutions, locations and additional sources of information. Check your journal, check the dialogue options with NPCs, read books and letters. You really have to read a ton, if you want to keep up with your tasks and the main story. [b]3) Don't go full murder-hobo. Or do, I'm not your real Mom.[/b] If you kill certain NPCs, the main quest will not be able to progress, even if the NPCs are no longer required for the story. You will still be able to "finish" the main quest, but you will no longer be able to experience the journey to the finale. If you get a message after you killed an NPC, it's best to reload. Likewise, you can find non-critical NPCs out in the wild, some who even attack you, who are important to side quests. If you want to rank up in the factions. Killing them before you get the quest can sometimes lead to a bad quest outcome later on. Overall, the game is mechanically and visually dated, but the journey from "zero to hero" is very addicting, once you get into it. And there's a huge world to explore, full of opportunities to get side-tracked. I recommend starting your first character with at least one weapon skill in your major skills, so you can hit stuff. The best faction questline to start with, is the Temple's quest imo. It shows you a lot of the world, provides a challenge and gives you some cool rewards.

[h1]Experienced on the Meta Quest 3[/h1] Yes, you can now play Morrowind in VR using the completely FREE OpenMW VR mod (search for it). The most difficult thing about using the mod is just finding it. However, it's an easy install. You basically just unzip, click on the exe, install on Windows or Linux, then just literally hit play. There's many VR options. I like smooth turning so I had to change the default turn and speed in the VR settings. Probably the biggest negative about the VR experience is just navigating all the menus in VR. It's a very slow and cumbersome process and, unfortunately, Morrowind is a lot about navigating the menus / UI. I was getting a steady 90 fps on my RTX 5090. I didn't experience any serious issues or bugs. You can play comfortably seated. You can view my live VR gameplay here: https://youtube.com/live/vs5wAIgdsc4 [b]VR Rating 8/10. The VR Mod is now in a very playable state. It just needs some QoL VR improvements.[/b] [quote]I bought this game! If you enjoyed my review, please consider joining my Steam Curator group [url=https://steamcommunity.com/groups/Oculus_WMR]Oculus Rift Reviews.[/url][/quote]

Don't let my play time fool you, I have a lot of time in Morrowind via OpenMW. Base Morrowind is already great, but the modding scene is still one of the best despite the game being almost a quarter century old. Tamriel Rebuilt and Project Tamriel mods have done more in the last fifteen years than Bethsda has done for The Elder Scrolls community in the same timeframe. If its your first time playing, go vanilla and beat the story. Then download the two previously mentioned mods and enjoy more of Morrowind and other provinces.

Suck it up, ignore the graphics, ignore the melee combat. It's a history lesson. It's time to play it you fake fan you.

One of the best RPGs ever made. [h2] Good [/h2] Morrowind is truly a role playing game. The game doesn't hold your hand or show you mission markers. But All you get is the NPCs to talk to and a Journal which gives you key information. If you want to find anything in this game you have to work for it. If you want to be someone you have to earn it. No becoming a beloved legend by all, if you side with some factions, you will upset others (unless you use wiki guides). Some missions will right up have you kill NPCs that are supposed to be in other missions, especially if you chose the easy way out (killing). The sandbox aspect is also great. Morrowind sits on a perfect generational stride of having the deep core systems of early DnD style stat systems, while also having the more visual and UI readable options that early games didn't. There is almost a spell for any power you can imagine. If a spell doesn't do what you want, you can tweak it with spell crafting. The world of Vvardenfell is also expertly crafted and woven by some of the greatest writers to ever grace a game development studio. The levels of interconnectedness and depth in Morrowind makes Skyrim by comparison look like a Monkeys attempt on a typewriter. The visuals are alien and unlike anything you have ever felt, but with time you will feel like part of the world. [h2] Bad Vuju [/h2] This is a 2002 game, and it looks like a 2002 game. I am lucky to have grown up in that era and am used to the graphics. But there is a large amount of Elder Scrolls Fans that can't get into this game because of the visuals. To that I say, just imagine it has a 2000s aesthetic and rawdog it. Morrowind despite its ground breaking strides uses a very old school DnD system for combat checks and dice rolls. This isn't like later titles where if your sword connects you hit an enemy. Without proper skill management you will end up just not being able to hit anything. Even with good selections you will often fail. Eventually through careful allocation and gear you will become a walking demi-god able to smite down anything, so just stick with it and test the skills. Morrowind doesn't hold your hand like later games. There are plenty of people who will tell you that Oblivions marker system sucks and ruins emersion, and I agree. But Morrowinds system can be brutally bare bones at times. You will miss out on content or quest ending options unless you are checking wiki guides.

The writing in this game in my opinion surpassed the book that was inspired by in the first place, the reason is that you got Dune without orientalist point of view or agenda, the result is a world even if it looks alien it feels right at home, I say as a guy from the Middle east, you have the western invasion and occupation, people are divided on this matter like in every little matter, you have racist and fanatic people, wizards (we have a lot of those), and everybody is just mean to one another; I like treating the people in the story as people, they misunderstand a prophecy or a part of history, they made up part of history or a prophecy to influence their side, I say they nailed it! Role playing is much better even, but it looks like you are "The boss" is very old concept in the Elder scrolls. as for gameplay I hate that no other Elder scroll game used magic as a utility in the world, fast travel especially, you have some little funny magic stuff around that are funny and (useful) here and there, it helps the world building, and for me I didn't find the fighting any less enjoyable than any part of the series, all of them are weak in this regard. Quests are harder to manage because there is no indicator where to go, sometimes you may have to ask someone to give you more information to where to go, and sometimes you have to memorise or use screenshots, I am gonna be honest I love this, it adds a layer for the gameplay that makes each quest like a small puzzle.

Absolute peak gaming. The mod community is PEAK and you get so more game for your game.

[h1]The elder scrolls III, the game that will change your mind about open world rpgs forever.[/h1] Don't let 83 hours on this game fool you, i might have more that 500 hours on modded Morrowind easily, and why am spending so many hours on a 2002 game with graphics so ugly even for it's time? [h2] BECAUSE, AND AM NOT JOKING, THIS IS THE MOST IMMERSIVE GAME THAT YOU WILL EVER PLAY[/h2] This game won't catch you by it's stunning vissuals, incredible mecanics or spectacular story, you are just another prisioner, an outlander, entering an alien province, segregated for not being from Vvanderfell. But you have a path ahead of you, one that you shall walk if you want to. You are not the chosen one, you must become the one. A premise so ahead of it's time that not even today can you see something similar, you are always the heroe, the great powerfull warrior, slayer of big evil. Here, you are an outcast that forges it's own path through great effort, you'll have to learn about the culture of the people that surround you, about the history of the ground you take steps and make your own view about certain events, because, as in real life, history has many views. You dont feel like you are playing a game, you trully feel like a part of the world, you'll meet people that'll you love and people that you'll despise, you will get many allies and you will be betrayed. The world feels alive, because it's not a world built for you, you will have to rebuilt yourself for it. And that's what makes this game so great, nothing is handed to you, you WILL have to earn it, every single coin, weapon, piece of armor or new spell, and with that, more knowledge about not only the world that you take part from, but also about you, and what can you do for that world. Of course not everything its sunshine and rainbows, there are many things that this game has that not everyone will be quite fond of. This game is not hard, but rather... merciless, if you dont learn how to make a good build, you won't suffer no, you won't be able to do ♥♥♥♥, and i mean it. But once you learn on how to make a good enough build (which is not even hard tbh, just look a 5 min video on yt) you'll be able to play AND make progress. Am not going to lie when i say that it took me till the 4th try on this game to, well, actually play it, so don't feel bad if it doesn't click with you right away, it's and adquired taste... maybe, idk. There is also the combat, the render distance, and the thing that everyone hates but to many of us its the best ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ feature... NO QUEST MARKS Yup, not a single quest mark, you won't even know where to go in the map, you'll get the location of the place where you have to go if you are lucky, but 3 time out of 5 you wont even find it cause it's cammouflaged or you already discovered it. And why it's so beloved then? Again, this is by far the most immersive ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game there is, and the way you go and do quests, it's one if not the main reason you get so immerse in the world. You just get instructions where to go, simple as that, sometimes you dont even get them and it's up to you where tf to go. It's not that it's impossible to figure it out, but sometimes you'll be scratching your head trying to see wtf you have to do. And please, don't look for a video on how to get that ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ cube, just be smart, everything is there for you to do it right (except for you, you ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ trial, where tf are those ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ teeth in the ocean, that doesn't make ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ sense). Welp, am done with my 3AM schizo rant about one of, if not my favourite game of all time. The worst part of this game, is that there won't be another game like this, and the first time you finish this game will be so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ rewarding, that the second time just won't hit as hard. I completed the game in 100 hours give or take, and the rest of my 500 hours where just chasing the same feelings i had when i played for the first time, but to no avail, that first playthrough was so great, that no game will be even close to top it. Beware then, because playing this game it's a before and after, and you'll be wishing to get you memory whiped just to play this game again. "Welcome, Moon-and-Star, to this place where your destiny is made."

Arguably the best game ever made.