Alright Morrowind was an alright game the story was decent, and some of the weapons were cool (like spears and crossbows), but overall it was pretty bland and boring with walls of text that killed your eyes. The combat system was horrible. But what scares me is all the demand that this game be more like Morrowind. Why? Morrowind was pretty unimpressive (I am not saying that it is bad, it is just nothing special). Oblivion was a lot better, the combat system was greatly improved and they actually got voice actors. Why the demand to base this game on a inferior game? The best things about MW they are not even bringing back (spears and crossbows), so does that mean they are just taking the bad parts? I am sorry but I fail to see how this game could benefit by being like a generic RPG. Oblivion had an enthralling landscape and an amazing story and the combat and voice acting blew me away compared to Morrowind. I do not see what would be appealing to either the fans or the developers about Morrowind especially in this day and age.

You need to play the games more to know the differences.

i played both.

I'm not gonna try to explain the good things of Morrowind to you .It would be pointless since you've played the game and did not like it
But if you liked Oblivion, you should like Skyrim even better according to what you said you like.

People like Morrowind because its more complex. But I'm sure Skyrim won't have blocks of text for dialogue (hopefully the books have depth) and the combat will without a doubt be better than Oblivion and Morrowind.

No it's not like Morrowind.

Gameplay wise, Skyrim should be it's own thing.

However, Cyrodiil was boring. It was nothing but a standard Medieval European setting, compared to the exotic Morrowind. Morrowind (and from the looks of it, Skyrim) had/have a developed culture, politics, religion, ect. There is no Cyrodiil culture.

morrowind stole my pc rpg V card so it will always be the best in my biased eyes.

Morrowind is quite the game if i may say so myself.

What you didn't like of morrowind are the limitations of being it an earlier game. In other words, you dislike the lack of FX (in graphics, sound and movement). Nobody preffer the FX of Morrowind, it would be moronic, there are many people (me included) that didn't give much importance to that comparing with other factors, but nobody doubts that Oblivion wins in that part and nobody is asking to go backwards in time in FX.

EDIT: Indeed Oblivion wins in other aspects as script eficiency and use of resources. Morrowind is way better in non technical aspects.

What they ask is: More content than morrowind, better graphics than Oblivion, more of everything they like, and none of the things they don't like (not even if they can turn those options off)

Some posts I've seen.. they make me afraid of people

Both games were different. Oblivion had better combat than Morrowind, but Morrowind had a much more interesting, varied landscape. Oblivion had voice acting, and while most of it was of high quality, there wasn't much variety in the voice acting - hearing one person do fifteen different characters, to me, is actually worse than reading walls of text, which generally had a bunch of depth and fun, lorey subjects within them. I choose Morrowind's text over Oblivion's overused voice actors.

As far as interacting with the world, I would choose Morrowind any day. In terms of combat, I would choose Oblivion. Even then, Oblivion didn't have that great of a combat system. It just had some fun quests, and some ridiculously clever quests which is really the only reason I liked it. The quests were really clever sometimes. Other times, not so much.

When we go over the pros and cons to both games, the hardcoe RPG fan is usually going to choose Morrowind.

So the OP thinks when people refer to Morrowind, they liked it for its wall of text, crap graphics compared to today, Static environment and poor combat Mechanics.


You have no Idea why people like Morrowind then.

If you played both MW and Oblivion and you can't tell the difference, I truly can't take you seriously.

Morrowind is the complete opposite of a generic rpg.

Skyrim seems to combine the best both worlds, the beauty of Oblivion and the uniqueness and Exploration of Morrowind.

Actually some people did like it for the fact that there was more text as it meant that NPCs had more to say. You could sit there and ask people about bits of lore and they'd spill several paragraphs' worth of their guts for you to root around in and enjoy.

The walls of text are based off of an RPG genre. Morrowind was massive, with a TON of stuff to do. When I got to the high lighted part...I just stopped reading. I realized you were playing the wrong game for you. If you were playing Morrowind for spears and crossbows, you were playing for the wrong reasons.

Definitely the worst in the series. Daggers my favorite then Oblivion. I expect Skyrim to surpass them all.

To clarify though, I love all of the games. That's just my personal ranking.

I don't understand this love for Morrowind personally but I do see it as a pivotal moment for Bethesda and the Elder Scrolls games.

Obvious troll is obvious. Anyone who says they were "blown away" by Oblivion's voice acting is being sarcastic. All he is doing is satirizing the people on this forum who want everything in the series to revert to what it was in Morrowind.

Oblivion was bland. The combat was more interesting, granted, and the voice acting and graphics were quite remarkable for the time, but the world was flat and lifeless. Compared to Morrowind, which had handcrafted dungeons, and alien worlds begging to be explored, Oblivion's randomly generated environments, objects, and enemies felt lazy and boring. Randomly generated loot and enemies were a huge drawback on an otherwise excellent game. When people say they want Skyrim to be more like morrowind, they are asking for a handcrafted world full of curiosities and intrigue. That seems like an improvement to me.

Thats like space traveler sayin to Earth folks: your cars still have wheels?! How lame! Thats so unimpressive!

You know things have to be judged solely in the context they are released, right? Morrowind was a VERY impressive game for its time.

Also, nothing to do with Skyrim.

Morrowind rewarded you for your high level skills and attributes, and it punished you for your low level skills and attributes. Oblivion did neither of these things... not to any substantial degree that would classify a phenomenal rpg. While playing Morrowind, 100 in a skill actually meant something, because there were few npcs in the game that could boast the same. In Oblivion, when you reach 100 in a skill, more than half of the population of bandits had the same expertise. Nothing is more annoying than seeing your character become weaker and weaker as you level up. Exploring in Morrowind gave you awesome treasure that had a meaningful impact on your character. Exploring in Oblivion gave you treasure that quickly became trash when you leveled up five more times (even the artifacts became trash).

These are just a few reasons why I hope Skyrim is like Morrowind. I don't even care much about the small details, like spears and crossbows... <_< The original poster obviously likes Action/Adventure games and not true RPGs

Anyway this has nothing to do with Skyrim


If Im an idiot for wanting everything morrowind did right to resurface in full glory in Skyrim then so fing be it.

Morrowind was so much better than Oblivion IMO, so I hope Skyrim is more similar to it than Oblivion.