I like Skyrim and Oblivion, and everybody says Morrowind is the best in the series. However, needless to say, the game is old. Will it feel too old to be enjoyable?

Vanilla Morrowind will. If you get the mods "Better bodies" and "Better faces", as well as the "Morrowind Graphics Extender", then the exreience won't be quite as visually distasteful.

I say give it a try, but try to get the GOTY edition, so that you get the difficulty slider, the enemy health status, etc.

It′s not too old. Good games doesn′t age, but you may find combat and graphics a bit clunky. It should not stop you from getting it though, and you have a nice little island in Solstheim. Good for hunting werewolves

Yes buy it.

I had the same fears for Oblivion and I liked it so I guess I'll get Morrowind.

If you don't we will find u and burn u alive. :flamethrower:

It depends.

Morrowind is not 'in your face action'.

The way it's presented is you are given some vague directions and then just left to explore the world and do quests. In fact, I believe it used to be a complaint that the MQ was too easy to miss, as people didnt even notice it was the main quest and didnt do it.

The game is slow, and at times fairly unexciting. The draw that most player's like is that it is huge, doesnt revolve around the player, great storylines and lots of interesting lore.

All that sounds good to me.

Never to old to enjoy a game. Also, seeing ya played Oblivion, I think this would help, alot, in ya case when coming into the land of Vvardenfell:

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Morrowind_for_Oblivion_Players

Also, I suggest trying out Daggerfall when ya get the chance.

i just got it today, 10 bucks on steam

look for the Graphics Overhaul mod, it gives you an easy straightforward setup of a BUTTLOAD of mods, makes the game look much nicer

Not to mention 15,000 mods that can take your Morrwind experience to to a level far beyond what you currently think possible for a 10 year old game.
There are mods that enhance graphics , overhaul the combat , new quests, landmasses , cities etc, more than enough to keep you entertained for a very long time.

Whilst Morrowind does have its weak points, a modded Morrowind compares favorably to newer games in most areas whilst totally outshining them in terms of additional content. The whistles and bells of a new game will keep you entertained for a short time but won't be long before you are twiddling your thumbs wishing there was more , or that the developers had done this or that. With mods there is much much more and what the developers didn't do the fans have often done instead.

If you are into RPG and you can cope with a clunky game engine then Morrowind is well worth a look, after all not many 10 year old games can boast a large fanbase and active nodding community ( clues to how good this game is ), come to that not many new games can either

Definitely true. What other games ten years old have an active fanbase and forum? Not so many I′d say. Pleeeease buy it! :clap:

Even the vanilla version is awesome, at least for me. Always have been, still is. Might be because of my overly large fan glasses though. Still, I can't help but like its angularity, darkness and atmosphere very, very much! Morrowind Code Patch is something you should get, at least, but heck, I could even do without it.

And you ask if it's worth buying. I think it's worth six or seven of its copies! -.- If you devote to the game enough, its attraction will last forever. I could almost guarantee it, but not quite, since there have been someone somewhere that hasn't liked Morrowind.

Yeah I think I remember him. Tall with glasses and freckles, right?

Yeah. He came by somewhere in 2008 or so. I think he got banned from this forum section alone. Reason: not liking Morrowind.

Morrowind is definitely worth buying, if your like me, I played Morrowind first but didn't enjoy it, went to Oblivion, loved it, and then decided to go back to Morrowind, best decision ever, it's such a fun game, and graphics don't even bother me anyway, i can see why people say it's the best Elder Scrolls game.

Short answer? Yes

Longer answer? It depends.

Longest answer? You will probably need to be patient with the game in the beginning but once you get the hang of it. (Perhaps you will need to bite through the first few hours.) Then you will have a game that you can play for literally hundreds to thousands of hours.

I'll copy + paste what I wrote to another new Morrowind player:

My biggest suggestion is have patience. The game starts out pretty slow - you're weak, you've just come off a boat from years in prison, and the world is ready to chew you up and spit you out. There's also a steep learning curve, so while for the first few levels it's tempting to stop playing and say 'ugh this is too hard' or 'ugh this svcks' just give it a bit more time. You'll start to appreciate it before long.

Everything about Morrowind is more deliberate - you need to read paragraphs of information when you meet a new, important quest giver to really know what's going on. You can ask so many more questions, and get so many more answers. Factions have many more quests, and longer ones too - you'll be sent out to some rural, backwater place on the island and you'll need to walk there - and then walk back unless you were prepared enough to take advantage of the game's limited fast travel magic, which are your friends. (Almsivi Intervention takes you to the nearest Dunmer temple, Divine intervention takes you to the nearest Imperial temple, 'Mark' marks the place where you're standing, and when you use the 'Recall' spell you will be teleported instantly back to wherever you marked. Also, take advantage of the spells in Morrowind that Bethesda cut from subsequent games. There are spells that allow you to swim faster, walk on water, jump really high, and even fly! All are necessities for playing a magic character, but any character should think about possessing items with these effects enchanted into them.

Even the pacing of the story is different.

Skyrim and Oblivion have you thrown into combat, fighting for your life, escaping, and then 'hurry up the world needs you'. 'Go slay a dragon'

With Morrowind you leisurely step off the boat, tell the immigrations agent what your race, class, etc. is...and then you're on your own. No one is screaming at you to do something, no dragon is swooping down on you. If you choose to do the main quest, you show up at Caius Cosade's house, and he is the grandmaster of Vvardenfell blades. First thing he'll tell you is that you look like a noob, here's 200 gold, and here's the nearest trainer. Now go shape up and come back in a few levels when you're more of a badass.