The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

Trivia

Morrowind is told to include 3244 NPC's, 316 042 hand placed objects, 480 billion possible characters to create and play, 150 billion spells by using spellmaking in the game, and six full sized novels worth of text.

Ever wonder why Morrowind can run at such a slow FPS sometimes and why the game is notorious for making even expensive, fast systems seem slow? The answer is simple; polygons. While playing the game you'll encounter vast areas full of interesting people, objects and architecture. All these are made from polygons and require the videocard to process them. Morrowind possibly the heaviest counts of polygons in a single videogame... most likely surpassing every game before it and still with a vast number more than current (early 2004) games.

Lynda Carter, the woman who played Wonder Woman during the 70's, did voice overs for the game.

There is a single daedric crescent from "Battlespire" hidden in "Morrowind", but getting to it requires some work and initiative (it isn't a part of any main or faction quest), or access to a hint guide.

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.

Morrowind was named Game of the Year and Role-Playing Game of the Year by RPG Vault.

Morrowind was named PC RPG of the Year by GameSpy.

Morrowind was named " RPG Game of the Year" for 2002 by Computer Gaming World (225, April 2003).

Contributed by PCGamer77 (3025) on Feb 22, 2003.

Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind was named #3 overall in the "10 Best Games of 2002" by Computer Games Magazine (No. 148, March 2003).

Contributed by PCGamer77 (3025) on Feb 10, 2003.