As pointed out by others - Morrowind is a true RPG with all its pros and cons, compared to it Oblivion can be called an action adventure (or by ones who really hated it - arcade) game. So if you can't do a quest unless the compass tells you where to go or you hate public transport and just want to travel by point'nclick than you should reconsider getting Morrowind. But if you truly love Dunmer and are not afraid to think outside the box and come out of the lazy closet - this is a one and only chance to experience something amazing. Oh, and I wouldn't worry about graphics very much, it can still leave you breathless at times :wink_smile:

It depends on whether you can play old games, I know sounds silly but it is vital. I'll give the anology of hitman 1 and hitman blood money or any game franchise that's been around for 10 years. Can you enjoy the MGS games from the PS 1? If you're not that into older games then it's not for you. More importantly the game just plays different, it's slower and combat is heavily dependent on dice rolls, you can control when you swing but not when you hit for instance. For me Morrowind was a mixed bag, the story was intriguing (I don't rate it that much higher than Oblivion as some do, Dagonites>House Dagoth), but it suffers on the gameplay front.

Thank you all for the comments. If I am going to be honest, the fact that it is eight years old is somewhat of a turn-off for me. I've never played a game from that generation. On the other hand, the fact that your damage and whether you hit is based on your stats doesn't bother me in the slightest (I actually enjoyed that type of gameplay in DA:O). I know I would love the story and the lore though. I love to play pure spell casters, but is a mage even feasible in a game with non-regenerating magicka? Also, I won't mod the game if I get it, so if all it has is limited faces and hairs, that is what I'll play with.

I don't remember this. Are you sure it wasn't a mod that did it?

Morrowind is an awesome game. My favorite game in the series.

If you can survive to earn quite a bit of gold you'll be able to create some very powerful spells and carrying potions around isn't that big a deal... so yes, it's possible but the expansions are next to impossible because most creatures have reflect.

You should get the Morrowind Patch Project and Morrowind Code Patch though, they don't really count as mods.

If you enjoy Oblivion and the Elder Scrolls in general then you should try out Morrowind

Just seeing Sadrith Mora, Ald'Ruhn, Balmora, and of course the confusing city of Vivec was worth exploring.

:blink: You need to get Morrowind.

hell yeah you should get it!

Ok, I'm definitely going to get it. I want to finish up with the character I am playing in Oblivion first. I'm going into this pretty unspoiled (I know the basic story from reading a lot of lore, but that is about it). I'll post what I think of everything as I play, if anyone cares to know. ^^

Just think of it as playing Oblivion with the atronach birth signe, remember to pick alchemy.

The game is quite old but if you can get past the dated graphics and animation, it is a solid gem. There is literally hundreds of hours of gameplay to be had and the gameplay is more deep and less streamlined as well if you discount the combat aspect. The mod community has also done an admirable job improving the games visuals so if you find it is to hard on the eyes you can go that route.

Playing a mage with no maigika regeneration is easy to do. I play with the Antronach sign so even if you sleep you don't regenerate magika. Put it's easy to get magic when you need. It can be a bit of a pain in the butt, but I usually eneded up doing the same thing even if I could sleep and regenerate magicak.

Since this isn't the spoilers section, I guess we can't say how to do it. Make a thread in the spoiler sections then it can be easily answered.

Oblivion was my first experience with the Elder Scrolls. I absolutely loved it and consider it my all-time favorite game. I loved it so much that I tracked down and bought an old copy of the Morrowind GOTY for the Xbox. I just couldn't get into it. The graphics are pretty outdated and the combat gameplay is horrible. I feel like I would have loved it if I played it when it first came out, but Oblivion's graphics and gameplay have spoiled me... That's just my two cents. If you've got the cash I'd say go for it... It's not very expensive.

I too started out with Oblivion and later got Morrowind and older titles. And all I can say is: get it! I don't think you will be disappointed.

If you were a TES lover you would not be asking this question.

However,

You are an Oblivion lover therefore you should stay faithful to your true love of Oblivion and avoid the alluring powers of any older game set in the TES universe. As we know more mature games while they may lack the looks of youth have an exotic depth and ability to seduce far greater than younger games You should also not fool around with the upstart Skyrim later this year least you begin to look upon Oblivion as old and wizened compared to this fresh thing of beauty.

Stay faithful Oblivion lover - do not stray now.

I have a feeling that I will like the gameplay in Oblivion better than Morrowind just from what I have read online. On the other hand I think I am going to like the story, setting, and lore of Morrowind more than Oblivion due to my Dunmer obsession.

It's not a mod, they're on the bottom floor of Fighter's Guild in Balmora along with Hasphat Antabolis. I remember them spar, although to me it wasn't all that impressive...

I still don't recall seeing anything like that. Just Hasphat and Flaenia Amiulusus down there, doing nothing as usual.

It's in a script from living cities of Vvardenfell - it fires off every time you visit - they have a spar then disengage

This has happened to me more times than I can remember. I've played with mods for so long that after awhile I forget what's in the vanilla game and what isn't.

I often check with the 'ori' console command when I'm not sure. But often things turn out to be vanilla after all.

Just out of curiosity, why don't you want to mod it?
Just seems a little odd to me. I totally get wanting to play it at least once vanilla to see the product as it was made by Bethesda, but do remember the construction set is a part of the product.

There a plenty of 'light' mods that don't really effect gameplay, such as all the graphics mods. I'd definitely suggest getting some of the 'must-haves' like a new texture set if you just can't do the dated graphics. Just take a look at some comparison screenshots for the better bodies mod, and you'll see the whole world of difference some of those mods can make.

Sounds like you can handle the gameplay, which is good.
Personally, I strongly prefer the way Morrowind handles skills in comparison to Oblivion.

No need to stay faithful. Oblivion and Morrowind are both single player games: That makes it okay to cheat.

there are mods that add regen magicka to the game. even if you dont install a regen mod there really is no shortage of magicka potions or ingredients to make your own potions after level 7 or so. its only difficult at the very beginning of the game. also i would suggest some texture replacers and the lighting mod because the game looks very dated. once you get the graphics mods though the game looks almost as good as oblivioin and in fact some things like lighting and the watershaders look better than oblivions. be warned though that the combat is just plain awful especially if you used to games like oblivion and dark messiah and mount and blade. i put morrowind in the same category as vampire bloodlines. awfu awful combat but unsurpassed story and atmosphere and gameworld. happy gaming.