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Old, boring, dumb

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 10 / 46
Date: August 27, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Why a 1?

a) The game is devoid of fun.
b) You move about as fast as a crippled snail, even when running.
c) The NPC's "talk" after you have concluded your text-based talking.
d) The graphics may have been good about 5 years ago but they are just muddy and dull now.
e) The game is open ended but as a result there is nothing really to do, and the land is so barren that you just get incredibly bored very fast.

I now know why there is no demo for this game, if there were no one would buy it.

BTW, some have argued that the "slowness factor" is a graphic/system problem but it is not. Your "character" simply is exceedingly slow, there is little jaggies or system level slowness. If you have played something like everquest or WoW, think of it like this; running in Morrowind is at the speed of walking in those games, and walking in Morrowind is about half that speed.

Also, the "since of wonder" at seeing stars is old, been done everywhere and doesn't impress. Walking down a road and seeing a door stuck in the side of a mountain means "dungeon" in morrowind...there is no since of wander, the dungeons are doors in the side of a mountain.

finally, if you want to buy this thing go ahead, clearly it appeals to some people. I rate it as one of the worst games I've ever spent money on and furthers my belief that if a game doesn't over a demo then there is some reason they are hiding it until after you make the purchase.

Poor interface ruins a great idea

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 32
Date: August 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This could have been one of the best games. The open playability is great, the characters and storyline are interesting, the fights are the right difficulty - BUT - the game is nearly impossibly to navigate. Clumsy two handed controls just to move and a lot of letter keys to remember for any given action. Also, while the graphics are decent, the viewing choices you are given go from bad to worse. :( I was really looking forward to this, and hoped I'd get used to the odd controls and view in time, but I finished the game still clumsy and disgruntled.

Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind Game of The Year Edition

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 48
Date: July 30, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is ONE OF THE WORSE GAMES I have ever had the displeasure of buying and wasting money on. I personally will never buy another game from Bethesda again. After all of the hype about the game, me and my spouse bought it. After 10 minutes of play, we found that this game required too much camera angling, two hands to use a mouse and keyboard. The hot keys, even customized, required way too much time to even enjoy the game. This game, in my opinion, is for people who enjoy complex playing, and not medium to simple play.

I am sure the game is great, but until a version comes along where I don't have to use one hand on the keyboard and the other on the mouse, pass this one by.

gamer

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 65
Date: January 04, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I rarely give feedback, but this game was so bad that after wasting several hours on the game I chose to waste a little more time writing this ZERO star review. I bought this game after the rave reviews, what a dissapointment. Fortunately I didn't pay much for it because after generating a character, exploring the first town, then about 1 hour of exploring and fighting wandering monsters I promptly uninstalled the game and tossed it in the trash where it belongs. Gameplay and the interface is poor. Combat with the pathetic monsters is no better. This game has no redeeming qualities. What a piece of crap. Please don't waste your money or time.

Without the cheats, I would not say it's worth it

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 26
Date: May 19, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I have to be honest in saying that I had fun doing those..

I have to also say that I HATED being LOST .. Literally LOST.
because of bad directions.. and no compass on the screen.. So you don't know where the heck you are, or are going.. LITERALLY HOURS of Real Time game play.. Just being LOST.

I have to say honestly that If I had not discovered the mods, and fast travel cheat , I would have tossed it out after the first few tries..

Very boring, quit playing after 2 days

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 27
Date: August 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I am a huge fan of the RPG genre and have played just about every one for the PC. Morrowind is the most boring one I have ever played. I turned it off after two evenings of SLOWLY walking around, having stupid repetitive conversations with NPCs, and lamely fighting rats. The interface is terrible. You are very limited in what you can carry, so after you kill a monster you can't even carry your treasure back to town. This "game" was all work with no fun. Do not buy!

Not for everyone.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 10 / 13
Date: June 22, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I love RPGs, both PC and console. I've played the big names, and whichever of the little ones I could find. So, of course, I tried Morrowind. To be honest, most people either love or hate this game. I can see where the love comes from - Morrowind is a party of aesthetic goodness. It boasts a gigantic world where freedom reigns. It also has a great community backing it up with fantastic unofficial add-ons. However, I can also see where the hate comes from. I do lean to that side after all. The combat and magic systems are terrible. The NPCs are lifeless and their dialogue equally drab. With freedom comes a feeling of aimlessness.

Don't get too caught up in the "Game of the Year" title, or rave reviews - bad reviews neither. If you get the chance, try the game first. That's the only way you'll know where you stand. Keep an open mind, but don't think that you have to like it.

Would be better if it didn't crash all the time

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 11
Date: March 18, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I really wanted to like this game. Really! Friends of mine had shown me the gorgeous graphics, and said that the replay value was endless.

The problem was I never got though it once. If you had the sound on, it crashed every 10-20 minutes. If you turned the sound off, you might get away with 30 minutes of continuous play. After several hours of this, applying every patch and every suggestion, I gave up.

I tried to like this game. I really did.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: February 08, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I am an avid computer gamer, primarily of real time strategy, but occassionally other genres. I enjoy RPGs as well including the Final Fantasy series, Dungeon Siege II, and Diablo II, but Elder Scrolls 3: Morrwind was just not a good game. Why you may ask?

Well my main problem with it is the battle interface, which is a primary aspect of the game. Hiting enemies, esspecally short ones, is very inaccurate and cumbersome, causing a great deal of fusteration. This completely ruins the 'fun' aspect of the game. Also, it can be occassionally difficult to figure out where you're going or what is happening. While this is true of many RPGs, I found it to be a much more significan issue with this game. I have a feeling that some of those who enjoy everquest type games will enjoy this, however, many casual RPGers and people who appreciate a good battle interface will not.

Also, while graphics are not that important to an RPG, this game is kind of weird here. Some aspects such as water and landscape are beautiful when the graphics are turned up. However, characters, monsters, etc., are very poorly rendered and akward looking and acting.

The game has an overal cheesy feel dispite it's depth. I have given this game probably 10 hours of play, and it was not fun at the beginning, and it still isn't.

Game of the Year...wish I'd known

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 19
Date: October 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Well, I've got a laptop, and this game seizes every 2-3 minutes given that the graphics aren't something that the laptop video card can really handle. I wish I'd known, because I can't play the game at all, and I'm not ready to spend the full cost of a brand new workstation so I can play it.

The game is so complicated (keep getting missions to go on while I'm trying to finish the one I'm on) that I wound up buying a guide.

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