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 - The Elder Scrolls III: MorrowindWelcome to my review of the third installment in the Elder Scorlls series, Morrowind. Morrowind is my first ES game, and all I can say is, "Are they all this good?" If someone asked me what my favorite game was two weeks ago, I would say, "Ocarina of Time." Now, however, I would flatly state, "Morrowind. Hands-down." Now, on to the actual review. Graphics: 9/10 The graphics are absolutely awe-inspiringly gorgeous. I have not seen this realism in a video game since... ever. The only problem is that the graphics require a near-supercomputer. Mine is kind of super, and the graphics look fine, but the framerate is slightly choppy at times. Otherwise, great. As close to perfection as I have ever seen. Sound: 10/10 Swords cling and clash. Magic blasts roar with power. Daggers swiftly slice through the air. Water sounds like water. Perfection. Absolute realistic perfection. Voice Acting: 8/10 The voice acting in this game is excellent. Sadly, the voice acting is limited to two sets per species: a male set and a female set. You hear everything, from the male Wood Elves speaking of your freeness when you prance around in your underwear ("How free you are to venture in the nude!") to High Elves speaking of teleportation accidents ("I didn't remember using teleportation, yet there I was. Alone. Naked."). Even a celebrity voices all of one set. Who is it? Lynda Carter (aka Wonder Woman) voices all of the female Nords in the game. Music: 9/10 The music is great. From the first time you boot up the game and hear the roar of drums, to when you're adventuring across the Morrowind countryside and hear beautiful, beautiful music, the game's music is spectacular. Story: 10/10 You are a prisoner in the Imperial City's prison. You have just been released and are being taken to Seyda Neen for an unknown purpose (although you will find out why later). You create a character, are pointed in the direction of the main quest, and cut loose. From there, it's your story. You can choose to involve yourself with the Temple, a House, and a Guild. If you continue the main story, you can also be a member of a heroic organization known as the Blades. Gameplay Gameplay 1: Character Creation: 10/10 When you first start off, you'll get to make a character. This character can be anything from humans (Imperials [Cyrodil], Bretons, Nords, and Redguards) to elves (Wood Elves [Tree-Sap], Dark Elves [Dunmer], and High Elves [Altmer]) to beasts (Argonians [lizard people] and Khajits [tiger people]). This allows for rich enough gameplay, but you can also pick classes, such as Crusaders or Witchhunters. Not only that, but you can create your own classes with different skills to excel at, such as Alchemy, Destruction, Long Blade, Heavy Armor, Short Blade, Acrobatics, and more. Gameplay 2: Controls: 10/10 This is one of the few PC games with great keyboard-and-mouse gameplay. The mouse looks around. W moves forward. A and D strafe (or turn, depending on your options). S goes backwards. R and F ready weapons and magic, both of which can be used with the left mouse button. Right-clicking brings up an equipment screen. 1 through 9 are assignable quick-equips. 0 puts up your weapon and readies you for hand-to-hand. Tab switches between first- (through your character's eyes) and third-person (seeing your character) view. Caps lock and shift determine your walking speed. Control (Ctrl) makes you crouch and sneak. -, =, [, and ] are quick weapon and magic cycles. Gameplay 3: Combat/Items: 10/10 The game's controls are perfect for combat. Very fun. There are a wide range of weapons and items ranging from longswords to books and scrolls. There are many different varieties of enemies as well. Perfection. Gameplay 4: The World: 10/10 Morrowind provides a huge landmass to explore, full of items, characters, and enemies. The game includes an easy-to use construction set, as well, which infinitely expands Morrowind's world. The expansion packs also add to the world, adding the Imperial City of Cyrodil (by teleportation) and a freezing-cold island that can be reached by swimming (good luck; there are Slaughterfish in there) or taking a boat. I don't have the expansion packs, though, and the game is near perfect now. Gameplay 5: Character Interaction: 7/10 This is the game's only weakness. Interaction with other characters is limited to choosing items on a menu. It is okay, though, and still immersive. Overall Gameplay: 9/10 Final Verdict: BUY THIS GAME. If you have an XBox and a PC, get the PC version. It has a construction set. Also, don't get this, get the Game of the Year edition, which includes the expansion packs and costs about $40 less than buying the main game and the packs seperately. ESRB Rating: T for Teen (13+) for violence, blood, and gore My Rating: 10+ for violence, blood, and mild language Buy or Rent: If you like RPGs, buy now. If you're not sure, rent it first. [...] Rating:  - Morrowind One Of The Best Games EverMorrowind is simply one of the best games of all time with so many quests and things to do you can spend hours playing this game. It is a great game and from start to finish it is packed with fun. Their are so many things to do that to simply just do one quest is almost impossible without running into other quests or people involved in a quest. With at least a little more than a 1000 of NPCs just waiting to be talked to and robbed, pickpockited , killed, guided, talked to, traded with, train with, persuade or just walk by I have to say that this is one of my favorite games. This game simply is all that. Period Rating: - Utterly unbelievable!I almost feel like I shouldn't write a review of this game, because I just don't know where to begin or how to say all that I want to say. This game is by far the greatest RPG I've ever played. It is big and sprawling and almost literally allows you to do anything you want. After the character creation process and the initial 'start' of the game, you walk outside and are free to go *anywhere* and do *anything* you want. You don't even have to pursue the main game, and there will still be 100+ hours of things to do. I played this game for several months non-stop and never once got tired of it. Even now, a few years later, I still have memories of doing things in the game that are so vivid that I feel like I've been there myself and actually *did* do those things. A quick anecdote: I was used to playing console RPGs (old-school types, like Breath of Fire, etc.) in which everything was linear, and you (and everyone else who played the game) had to progress at the same pace and in the same way. This meant if you came to a river, you'd have to wait until you found the 'boat' or 'canoe' and then you'd have access to that part of the map. In Morrowind, I chose to play as a mage, and one of my starting spells was "Waterwalking". I didn't know what to make of this at first, but then I used it and my character was walking across the water! I wasn't used to having that kind of ability right at the start of the game, but that's what makes this game so great -- you can do virtually anything, and at your own pace. The world is huge and the cities you can visit are numerous. You can spend time in each one almost as if you were in a real city and you were touring it (especially Vivec). The expansions are good also, but naturally they aren't as large as the original game. Just an amazing, unbelievable experience. Rating: - Very Good GameOkay, fellow Morrowind fans, remember bringing the game home, excited? ready to expreiance what is told to be one of the best RPGs ever? Well, after installing, you start, get mystified in the voice of Jiub? Then getting lead up to the census office to complete your files. Then the best part, you walk out into Pelgaid and then WOW! Biggness, you get a tinkling feeling down your spine, wow, you can tell this is gonna be good. Just get this game, but make sure you have a respectable computer to run it. For players who are bored, don't know what to do? Take a trip around the island, trust me, in no time you can raise levels and have fun doing it! Rating: - WOW! One of the most sophisticated games ever!This game's so fun, but it's also so hard! There are too many things to do, but it's fun! You can do anything you want, you can be anyone you want, and WOW!
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