» Thu Aug 13, 2009 11:25 pm
I can't speak from personal experience with Morrowind, since I started the series with it and only played Oblivion later on. Although I have also played Daggerfall and enjoyed it. But in any case, I can't guarentee you'll like Morrowind, of course, but I've seen examples here of players who played Oblivion first and still enjoyed Morrowind. And the fact that you didn't like the original Halo is not that much to go on if I don't know why even though you enjoyed Halo 3 you did not like it, plus, I've never played any Halo game. But either way, Morrowind probably isn't that expensive now, so I'd say it's worth trying, even if you end up not liking it, there could still be worse ways to spend your money, and if you do, you can expect to get a lot of entertainment out of it, since you won't be seeing everything the game has to offer any time soon. Just keep in mind that in many ways, Morrowind is different from Oblivion. And I don't just mean that the setting or story is different, or that Morrowind uses less advanced technology. I mean that there are many differences in game design as well. There are varying opinions on which is better, and I'm not going to waste your time on telling you what I think, because what you're here to ask is whether YOU will like Morrowind, not what I feel about it, but the point is that you should be prepared for something a little different from what you got in Oblivion. My best advice is don't give up simply because you don't really get into the game on your first sitting, because I would say Morrowind is harder to get into than Oblivion, by this, I mean that you can expect to spend more time not knowing what the hell you're supposed to do, especially when you first start the game and don't really know it very well yet. Just give it a bit of time, for me, the results of the time I gave it were certainly worth it, you can see for yourself if it will be the same for you as well.
You'll of course find that the graphics are dated, seeing as Morrowind was released several years before Oblivion. If that bothers you, you can download graphics replacers on the PC version, or if you want to do something a little more advanced, you can get Morrowind Graphics Extender, but I'd recommend trying the game without mods first, as once you've seen how the game is "out of the box", you may have a better idea of what you'd like changed about it. No amount of mods is likely to make Morrowind look exactly like Oblivion, but improving the quality of models and textures is certainly not a problem,
Also, you might try reading http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Morrowind_for_Oblivion_Players. While it might not answer your question, it could provide some information that will help you adapt better to the differences between Morrowind and Oblivion.
As far as how well it works on Vista, I don't know, since I'm still using XP.