I tried playing Morrowind again, and honestly, I just can't get into it. I still love the game, but it's not the same. It's like trying to play Dragon Age: Origins after Dragon Age 2. Dragon Age 2 was inferior in every way - except for the fun combat and voice acting. Going back to Dragon Age: Origins combat was really, really tough. I feel the same exact way with Morrowind. It's so... boring.

Anyone else feel the same?

I do too actually, I just reinstalled it with the Overhaul mod, and while the graphics are awesome the character models appear very dated : \. , but I think it's more about being patient and fully allowing myself to become immersed in Morrowind. Tune everything out and roleplay

Really, I think the reason that Morrowind is so loved is because of nostalgia. It had many bugs and other problems.

But, for many, it was the first TES game, or the first in the same niche as Oblivion and Skyrim. Anything even remotely like MW will receive a kick in the teeth as people are gripped in nostalgia over MW.

The reason the nostalgia doesn't [censored] with me so much is because I played my first RPG, Fable, before I played MW. Right before, in fact. The nostalgia from Fable will ALWAYS overwrite MW.

ALWAYS.

Morrowind's graphics are fine, as far as I'm concerned. I played my last two games (2009, 2010) without any graphics mods installed and enjoyed both games. It's the animations that kill my enjoyment. Morrowind's animations were poor by 2002 standards and they look even worse today, by comparison.

The combat is what killed it for me in Morrowind. Also, some of the quests seems to tell me very minimal information in my journal where I felt like if I wandered off there was no way to get back into the same quest without feeling like I had to go back and read even then I couldn't figure it out because of very minimal information about the quest. It felt like I was restricted. It was not fun.

this is why i have guides books for morrowind oblivion and skyrim they are very interesting

I feel the same way about Daggerfall, which was one of my first big scale PC games. It was way bigger than I had ever expected after playing Master of Magic. In fact, I still have a DF install on my machine right now that Ioad up more than once a week. My Morrowind discs stay firmly planted in the box, because I lost my mod discs and I don't feel like downloading and managing the 30+ GB of mods I needed to make it as palatable as it could be.

My biggest bug was the Vampire clans that never ever worked for me lbut yeah only reason I like it is because of nostalgia.

The reason the nostalgia doesn't [censored] with me at all is because Im a video game addict and newer games are my fix

I have been playing through Morrowind's main quest line over the past few days, I think it has aged just fine. Just as addicting as ever.

I played Morrowind after Oblivion, and I liked it much more. Now I just wish I could get that first time feeling for Skyrim.

It's aged as well as nostalgia has.

I loved lots of qualities of Morrowind, but it's the least played out of that, Oblivion, and Skyrim, for me.

I always found the menu UI clunky, though I played it on Xbox, so that was probably partly why. And the combat system absolutely svcked compared to how they got it right in Oblivion with actually making it so that you controlled your ability to hit and block, instead of leaving it to a weighted dice roll.

But the thing I have to acknowledge is that Morrowind was my first true entry into the Elder Scrolls series, and you never really can quite go back home, so to speak. It's partly why I love how they included some of the music, especially that one piece that would always swell up in volume at the right moments to make even the mundane moments in Morrowind seem strangely epic.

I'd happily play an updated version of it, but it's otherwise its own chapter for me, much like Oblivion is, and much like Skyrim will be. Each game, I've found my own faults and loves for each, and I really don't try to compare one to the other, because each one is different enough that it's never a straight comparison.

But one thing I will say is that Skyrim feels very much like a cousin to both Morrowind and Oblivion, in various ways, and is a lot like Morrowind in more ways than some players with nostalgia lenses would probably admit.

They even brought back Temple quests, to a degree.

Me and you Brony.
Me and you...

I think it aged pretty well.

Bethesda does have a Morrowind forum even today. It's frequented often by myself and others. I thought we were talking about Skyrim over here?

i miss the MW argonian and khajiit bodys they were more animal like and unique

I think it depends on the person, and how tolerant they are of older games.

Personally, I have absolutely no problems going back to both Morrowind and Daggerfall.

Hmm what does this thread have todo with skyrim? Post it in the morrowind forum

If you grew up playing games from that era I'd say it's aged ok, but for the newer gamers of today, I'd say that it hasn't aged that well. (And of course this won't hold true for everybody)

I just Rebought Oblivion and Morrowind to use the mod that combines them and I've found Morrowind to be fun. I'm not very far into it yet, but I'd say it has aged fairly well. Character creation is definitely still fun.

The quests and exploration are still great fun in MW, but the combat and animations make it harder to get into than it used to be. I've thought about getting the morroblivion mod going and try it with a more updated engine and see how that plays, but will worry about that when I get tired of Skyrim.

A hell of a lot better than Oblivion's aged. Especially with mods. I still have fun in Morrowind but I want to gag myself with a spoon if Oblivion gets brought up.

I first played Oblivion in '07 and finally played Morrowind this year and I like Morrowind the most. It just has so much to it.

People who keep shrugging off Morrowind's popularity as nostalgia should take note of this.

Morrowind may have more to it but in Oblivion and Skyrim a lot of the dungeons are bigger and better looking. Morrowind may have more quilds and quests but a lot of them had pretty short dungeons. they spread themselves to thin even though the game isn't as big as Dagger fall. The main story quest was a chore to play through

I'll probably install it again when I've had my fill of Skyrim. Make take a while.