» Fri May 04, 2012 4:01 pm
I bought Morrowind the day of release, and couldn't wait to install it. I've been on these forums since then to, but I can't remember my login credentials from when Beth changed forums. Anywho, I remember sitting there, while the cd was installing, and flipping through the manual. I'd always been a huge gamer, but never played anything like this, and totally missed the boat on Arena and Daggerfall, even though I was in my teens when they came out. So i'm watching the progress bar, reading the manual, and MAN was I super excited! Ten races? 27 skills? Level up by using skills and not by killing monsters for xp? A huge world to do what ever I want in?
I remember starting it up for the first time, and getting off the boat. Morrowind brought my pc to its knees, and with the highest FPS at 12 frames per second. Balmora was a slide show. I stepped off the silt strider into Balmora, and it started raining. When I heard thunder and lightning in Morrowind for the first time, it hooked me completely. I wanted to LIVE in that world.
I had super high hopes for Oblivion, and for Skyrim. They are both incredible games, but they will never match Morrowind for me. And i'm still playing to this day. I've had about 15 computers and computer upgrades since then, but Morrowind is always one of the first things I install right after installing my OS.
Happy birthday Morrowind!