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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

Although flawed, still one of the best console RPGs to date. Entorphane (370) 4.17 Stars4.17 Stars4.17 Stars4.17 Stars4.17 Stars
One Giant Ball Of Awesome Lord Dayin (11) 4.43 Stars4.43 Stars4.43 Stars4.43 Stars4.43 Stars
Nearly as much freedom as real life Horny-Bullant (59) unrated
They did a great thing bringing this game to xbox. Efrum TheRetartedRabbit (2) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars

The Press Says

IGN Jun 17, 2002 9.4 out of 10 94
Game Over Online Nov 30, 1999 92 out of 100 92
UnderGroundOnline (UGO) 2002 A- 91
Game Chronicles Aug 08, 2002 9 out of 10 90
TeamXbox Jun 15, 2002 9 out of 10 90
4Players.de Dec 07, 2002 87 out of 100 87
GameSpy Jul 04, 2002 85 out of 100 85
GamesFirst! Jul 13, 2002 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 80
ntsc-uk Feb, 2004 8 out of 10 80
Gamestyle May 06, 2006 7 out of 10 70

Forums

Topic # Posts Last Post
Morrowind vs. Oblivion 19 St_Martyne Bronze Star Contributing Member (3563)
Jul 26, 2007
3D game comparison 2 Indra was here... Bronze Star Contributing Member (13177)
Jun 26, 2007

Trivia

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


This entry was contributed by NeoMoose (1114)
 

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