Description

In the tradition of the Elder Scrolls series, Bethesda created a huge fantasy role-playing game that leaves more freedom to the player than most other games before. After being released from a prison ship at the shores of the island Vvardenfell, Morrowind heroes may do more or less what they want: follow the main quest and solve the mystery of an ancient prophecy, join any of roughly a dozen guilds and rise in their hierarchy by performing duties, or simply explore the gigantic island with its very individual cities, hundreds of dungeons and tombs, ancient ruins and mighty fortresses.

Morrowind uses a two-stage skill system. Your hero’s primary stats (strength etc.) increase with each level gained, secondary abilities improve by use – the more often you jump, the more proficient you become in the »Acrobatics« skill. The real-time fights are simple exchanges of strikes or spells, until one combatant dies. The enemy's condition (‘How wounded is he?’) was not originally shown, however, at the request of customers a health bar was added for enemies as part of the first upgrade patch.

Your race and gender, but also your reputation influence the reactions of NPCs. If a character’s sympathy for you is low (rated on a scale from 1 to 100), he might refuse to answer your questions; if it is high, you’ll get more detailed information and better bargains in shops. Most quests involving other persons can be solved by persuasion, pick pocketing, or simply by force.

Morrowind’s NDL 3D game engine is powerful in drawing wide, detailed outdoor landscapes as well as complex indoor environments. Transitions are not fluent; houses and dungeons must be loaded upon entering.

Alternate Titles

  • "上古捲軸 III:魔捲晨風" -- Chinese title (traditional)
  • "上古卷轴III:晨风" -- Chinese title (simplified)

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User Reviews

Bites more than it can chew Windows Zovni (9141)
The best single player RPG I've ever seen, and probably the best for a while. Windows munchner (11)
Although flawed, still one of the best console RPGs to date. Xbox Entorphane (370)
Sigh... Windows Rabbi Guru (1238)
One Giant Ball Of Awesome Xbox Lord Dayin (11)
'Many Fall One Remains...' Windows MasterMegid (858)
Great game, but incomplete Windows tata_lu_stefan_cel_mare (17)
Nearly as much freedom as real life Xbox Horny-Bullant (59)
The best singly player RPG to-date. Windows Thiago Oliveira (90)
The third installment in the ES series is, like its predecessors, a flawed masterpiece. Windows ShadowShrike (313)

The Press Says

Game industry News (GiN) Xbox 2002 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars 100
CanadianGamer Windows Oct 20, 2002 93 out of 100 93
Gamers.at Windows Jul 29, 2002 90 out of 100 90
Game Critics Windows Nov 06, 2002 9 out of 10 90
GameSpy Windows May 15, 2002 89 out of 100 89
GameSpot (Belgium/Netherlands) Windows May 28, 2002 87 out of 100 87
GameSpy Xbox Jul 04, 2002 85 out of 100 85
PCMag.com Windows Sep 17, 2002 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 80
All Game Guide Windows 2002 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 80
Game Critics Xbox Jul 31, 2002 7 out of 10 70

Forums

Topic # Posts Last Post
Morrowind vs. Oblivion 19 St_Martyne Bronze Star Contributing Member (3562)
Jul 26, 2007
3D game comparison 2 Indra Depari of 'da Clan Depari Bronze Star Contributing Member (13163)
Jun 26, 2007

Trivia

Some monsters and creatures went through drastic visual changes from "Daggerfall" and "Battlespire" to "Morrowind". First, the type of khajiit are the same as those presented in "Redguard", while the Dremora were turned from fair-skinned, horned demons to black and red-skinned demons. Harpies were replaced with (visually at least) Winged Twilights, and other monsters such as the slaughterfish, orcs and others remain much the same, though much better looking in true 3D.


This entry was contributed by NeoMoose (1114)
 

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