OK. So in searching for something new to play that will run on my antiquated PC - looks like Morrowmind will do it.

The reviews are unabashedly positive and it seems like one of those games where you lose yourself for a while.

Anyone here had experience with it? Is it as good as the hype says? Gimme some examples of what you get up to.

The 'gold' copy that has 2 expansions included (Blood - something and Tribunal) is available cheap, but i thought i'd ask opinions before buying.

MorrowWind, is one of the long line of Elder Scrolls games. I've followed the series since Arena: The Elder Scrolls. Morrowind is probably my favorite iteration of the game simply because it does so much right--yet a few things wrong.

I much preferred the pre-Morrowwind combat. How you swung your mouse direction determined your weapon swing--thrusts being more accurate but least damage and an overhead chop/smash being the opposite. Yet in the end MorrowWind was in many ways the most visually unique of the games, and included so much STUFF that made it feel truly vast for a small island.

I suggest you get some of the custom content (primarily, the one which makes the flyers whose name I forget sometimes passive, or you will be constantly fighting them.)

The game is vast on its own, a bit emptier for some people than they'd like, but still full of places to explore, things to see, and jump to and fall from, and swim around and so on. The custom content is huge as well.

One of my favorite aspects of the game is that you can join many different organizations, make a custom class, make custom magics--the latter has been true since the first game, and that is TRULY a fantastic thing. (Albeit I miss the wall melting/floor dissolving spells of the first game, I understand why they were removed..)


The world is fun, huge, alive in many ways, the people react to you based ona  huge number of factors. You can become a Vampire, get cured, and with Blood Moon, become a werewolf and gain control of it--not to mention the quests that have you facing all sorts of terrible plague creatures, magic wielders, and other enemies.

Plus of course if you are really bored like me you can attack any NPC in the game and start something up. (Yes even the "gods", you do not want to know how hard much patience it takes to beat one of them to death with your bare hands....)

I've loved the series--Morrowwind was my most played one. I'm trying to get through Oblivion off and on now, which is gorgeous--and fun--but seems to miss some things (weapons) that limit my concepts I'd done in Morrowwind and previous games.

Sounds groovy! I always misread it as Morrowmind, it's Morrowind isn't it?

I've heard that you can do pretty much anything you want to within the game world without it interfering with the overall plot. Is that really the case?

Quote from: One Horse Town;222440Sounds groovy! I always misread it as Morrowmind, it's Morrowind isn't it?

I've heard that you can do pretty much anything you want to within the game world without it interfering with the overall plot. Is that really the case?

Yeah, I do too..which is why I tried to emphasize it. You can do most anything--only a few lynchpins stop you in the overall plot in the main area. Even then you can mostly ignore the plot and have fun.

I love Morrowind and the series in general.  But the in game freedom is it's biggest problem.  It's far to easy to skip off the main storyline and just run around.  Then by the time you get back to the story line it's typically boring as hell.

On the other hand playing through following the story line is it's own trick because it's really - really easy to jump off track and once you do, it's even more difficult to get back onto it.

But that aside you can still put many, many hours into this game playing it however you want.

Well, for £3.98, seems like i can't go wrong really!

Pentium 4 2.4ghz
512mb Ram
32mb graphics.

Is that good enough to run the game? It meets the minimum reqs that i've seen, but i also see that there are some crashing problems on lower spec systems.

should be enough, just adjust the graphics and stuff,

Keep in mind the game very main design philosophy is freedom. Dont expect to be told what to do, its for you to find out the options and choose. To be honest, i didnt enjoy that much freedom for i expect the game to give me reasons to play it not the other way round, but i am probably the strange case since the game was an extraordinary success. If you feel like an explorer without a rush to wrap things up fast, it will surely fit your taste.

Make sure to download stuff like the improved faces and all the clothing packs and stuff.  It's fun.

I loved Morrowind and highly recommend it.  Find some of the well rated mods when you get a chance and want some added variety.

Any PC that can run Morrowind isn't antiquated... it can do nearly all office work well...

The graphics are dated but it is the nearest thing to a sandbox RPG - the game world is vast, there is a mind-boggling range of quests and organisations and it is good for literally thousands of hours of play.

There is a linear main quest where you save the world but you will probably get creamed in its later stages unless you do some side quests to level up first.

One tip: get the two expansions Tribunal and Bloodmoon as they add a lot but make sure you find and download a Dark Brotherhood Attacks Delayer mod immediately after you install Tribunal.    

Second tip: find a multimark spell mod as it allows you to easily teleport around and avoid those pesky Cliff Racers.  

The banking mod is also a must if you can still find it.

On your spec it sounds a lot like my old Dell desktop which ran Morrowind fine at quite high graphic settings (and which I still use for everything except gaming) - but the key is your graphics card.

Thanks for the input guys!

The tribunal and bloodmoon expansions are part of the 'gold' set, so i'm getting them all in one package.

I loved it. I never finished it, because I kept going off track to look for the vampire nests, or smugglers, or find some more treasure.

I should start it up again.... Sad part is I'm almost done!

Oh, and my mods were a stronghold (because I like a nice place to keep my crap) and one that improves the inventory.

Oh, and here's a tip:

Whatever skills you plan on using, DON'T make them your Primary Skills! The Primary Skills are what nets you XP to level, and the game's difficulty is always geared towards whatever level you are at. If you race through the levels you'll eventually find the game retardedly difficult. Also, this allows you to control when you level, since, say you want to level up, you simply go out and use the Primary Skills a bit (y'know, the skills you never use except for leveling up). Otherwise the end of the game might be too hard.

For example, when I make Fighter/Thief types, I put all the spell skills as my Primaries, i.e. the spells I never use. So when I want to level up I just start using my Destruction or Enchantment spells for a bit and then level.

Also: I agree. Get Tribunal and Bloodmoon as well. Some of the mods might require a better computer than you have but nab some of those as well. There's STILL mods for this game out out every week.

-=Grim=-

Get the Fashionable Merchants mod. It fixes a small but annoying bug where every time you sell a piece of armour to a merchant, he put it on and wears it. Soon you have these fine haberdashers, pawnshop brokers and other nice townsfolk standing about in full armour, which is a bit stupid.

As others said, better bodies and faces, as well as any other visual enhancement mods are good.

Get the official mods from Bethesda. A few minor quests and the like, but can't hurt.

Important tip: Don't try to learn and thoroughly understand how the leveling up system works. If you do, you'll soon find yourself sliding down a pit of unwilling munchkinry, resorting to "practice cantrips", jumping and running around for half an hour realtime and extensive tables with checkmarks as you try to squeeze your levels for better ability improvements. Just don't.