I've played Oblivion on my Xbox 360, and I'm looking to get a game on my computer so I can get mods. Which do you think is better (Modded versions, I'm not going to play vanilla) MW or OB? And give me a reason why

I'm pretty sure Morrowind vs. Oblivion topics are banned cause All they insight is flaming and ignorance. I love both games the same and so I voted OMG potatoes.

Edit: Anybody who wants this topic to die Before flame wars starts vote OMG potatoes, becaues this threads an accident waiting to happen

This'll start flame wars. Lock it, quick.

This is going to be flamed to death. I'll give you exactly what I think. I far prefer Morrowind.

Morrowind is better for the lore it adds, it's more immersive, and everything is more diverse. I also prefer the interface of Morrowind.

Oblivion is a faster paced game. It breaks some lore, and is very cliché. It has better modding capabilities.

In Morrowind, skills matter more. In Oblivion, there is a lot more player interaction. Speechcraft and lockpicking are made redundant, and raising my block doesn't make a bg enough impact, for me. I think Morrowind's system is far better.

Many skills have also been cut from previous games in both cases. Oblivion has even less, since it's cut down from Morrowind, which was cut down from Daggerfall.

The only issues I see for Morrowind are bugs and outdated graphics. But, they're fixed by mods.

Anyway, anything you see here, even my post, is going to be one sided. You'd really have to play a game yourself. If you're low on funds, I'd reccomend Morrowind, though, as it sells for around ￡3 for GOTY.

Oh, and all of Morrowind's official DLC is free. None of this silly paying ￡5 for a mod I could have created myself.

• If you prefer a faster paced game with quite shallow "Good vs Evil" questlines, go for Oblivion.
  
• If you prefer a slower paced game, where character skills are immensly important, with in depth quests and lore and grey morality, go for Morrowind.

Graphics are completely irrelevant. Morrowind can look far better than Oblivion, when mods are concerned. It all depends on your system. I think Morrowind has a tad higher fps drop from it, though.

And, the all important phrase that people obssess over in Morrowind vs. Oblivion threads: IMO. About everything I've said. This is what I believe, and you're free to feel different. Don't flame me for giving my honest opinion.

Oh, and if you get Morrowind, play vanilla. I'd reccomend to only use graphical enhancers and bug fixes. You'll want to experience the game for what it is, first.

With mods...both are really damn good, I can't say which is better. I play both MW and OB with mods till there's no tomorrow. Two different flavors, awesome taste all around. Found that OB has much better quest mods than MW, though expect to add in more design changing mods. For Morrowind, most of the mods I have are either items for the hell of it, or cosmetics. Of the quest mods I have for it...I just didn't really like them that much as OB's, but MW, I find, has better built-in factions and MQ.

Advocating that it will cause flaming is a bad start to a topic. I am going to leave this open in the forlorn hope that there will be a decent and constructive discussion about the two games - don't let me down please.

When every other morrowind vs. oblivion thread has caused flame wars, we're right to be cautious. But if you insist, we'll try to behave.

I prefer Morrowind indefinatley. Oblivion's generic design and fantasy RPG setting disgusted me.

I would first like to say that both games are equally good, they both receive my seal of approval.

Morrowind - Epic story, first open-world RPG of it's caliber.

Oblivion - Epic graphics, new technology. (better melee mechanics, ect.)

Also potato's are epic!

In THAT case.

They both had their ups and downs.

Oblivions combat was superior to that of Morrowinds.
Morrowinds variety of skills was superior to that of Oblivions.

With mods Oblivion can be an awsome game. And though I like Morrowind more than Oblivion I always play Oblivion.

My feeling has always been that Morrowind is a better game. This does not stop me from liking Oblivion even more though. Something about Oblivion makes me love it. Morrowind is great. Oblivion is great. They are great for different things.

Matter of opinion.

I picked OMG POTATOES!!!!!!!! because it has the great, interesting, culture of Morrowind and the pretty game mechanics of Oblivion.

Okay, unmodded, I'd say MW beat OB, save for fighting mechanics which are pretty clunky.

When modded, both end up being more or less both the same great game, though different. Of the mods out for OB, it fixes many of its shortcomings (improves the combat heavily, differentiates between stabbing someone with a dagger vs. something else, adds some amazing quests, further polishes everyone's looks, better hair, makes the world more or less static like MW, and so on).

With Morrowind, most mods I find myself downloading are addition equipment mods and cosmetics. Tried a bunch of extra factions and quest mods, but they're weren't as great as the ones I found for OB. However, MW's built-in stuff for factions, quests, and so on is superior, I find.

I get that you liked that hit/miss thing Morrowind had, right?

Yep. As I said, Morrowind is more about character skill than player skill. A lot of us prefer that.

If you were going with Vanilla, I'd say Morrowind hands down. However, being heavily modded, Oblivion can feel like a whole new game. It takes a lot of getting acquainted with the different utilities and terminology that come with Oblivion mods, but I have found that it is well worth the time and effort.

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Can't argue with that. I have to say I kinda svck at Oblivions combat system. Perhaps a hybrid of the two. Or at least make it look like your missing the target.
Except bows, they required the same amount of player skill in both games.
There has to be a way to give everybody what they want.
You make a good point, but when it comes down to it Oblivions combat system is the way I would go.

I liked the system.

I didn't like how it looked.

A dodge animation would've made it perfect, but seeing your sword make contact and count as a "miss" bothered me.

When I play Morrowind, the only mods I use are graphics enhancing mods like MGE. I'm essentially playing vanilla. When I got Oblivion for the PC after playing it on the 360, even after installing 30+ mods that looked appealing to me, I still like Morrowind much more. I can only imagine a modded Morrowind would be even better.

I can't wait for the Morrowind vs. Oblivion vs. TES V threads that will no doubt be made once TES V is released. At least it will be a bit more interesting comparing 3 games instead of 2.

I'm pretty sure it'll be TES5 vs. Oblivion. We don't see any Arena vs. Daggerfall vs. Morrowind vs. Oblivion threads now, do we. Here are four games we could be comparing, but we only do two.

Morrowind contains better RPG elements and is more immersive in general

Oblivion has better graphics and combat

With mods? Oblivion, because everything that you don't like about it can pretty much be fixed, and there are some truly groundbreaking mods out there

Without mods I'd still go with Oblivion. Morrowinds combat system made me want to kill myself

Hopefully the new game is pure heaven and everyone agrees so, then we agree that MW vs OB discussions are now obsolete as the new game ends everything and is a bliss upon the fanbase.

The "with mods" part destroys the entire point. Who says Oblivion couldn't be modded to be better than Morrowind? Who says Morrowind can't be modded to be better than Oblivion? It's pointless.

TES: V [censored] everything that is TES! The argonians are two pixels taller, which is absolute bull! And I'm not even going to touch how the grass is three shades of a darker green than what was described!

The reason behind that is very simple. Morrowind still has a large fanbase, active forums and an active modding community. Daggerfall and Arena has none of those, and hasn't any of those in some time. That's not to say they don't have fans left, but those fans are invisible as far as the forums go. The past elder scrolls section is relatively inactive in comparison to the Morrowind forum. As long as there is a need for a Morrowind forum, and there will be for some time, Morrowind will be included in vs. threads.