Music, S.E.(Sound effects), Etc.-8[]
They are perfect, the best music you could have on an RPG. But, they start to repeat after a few hours, like when you have alot of health and your fighting and you make the same noise over and over when you get hit.

Creativity-20[]
The absolute best imagination that can be displayed in a game. Thousands of items, NPCs(Characters), towns, creatures, all with different names!!

Gameplay-6[](with mods, 7)
The gameplay is...unperfected. It can become extremley boring if you are trying to make it to a faraway town or person. If you are using mods, it can be entertaining to just oblitherate everything in your path, then set your crime level to 0 when you reach the person. And fighting is completley retarded. You just click the mouse and hope you kill the dude. You cant use any kind of stratagy.
Well, there you go. Overall, it gets an 8. I strongly reccomend this game to any RPG fan.

A Look at the Strategy Guide (Rating: 5.00)
Review : I recently discovered the Morrowind Game of the Year strategy guide and thought that players would like to know that it exists and is worth looking into if you are becoming perplexed by the challenges of what is probably the world's most detailed RPG.

This is the first guidebook that can cause sudden-game-depression. You start out in one city on the continent of Vvardenfell play for 20 or so hours and you begin to realize that you have covered exact four tiny squares on the map. And the more you wander, the more you find. Eventually you decide you want to get on with it, but it gradually becomes clear that you aren't quite sure what 'it' is. You break down, by the guide, and you finally realize that Morrowind and its subgames are inconceivably huge.

There are hundreds of cities, dungeons, fortresses, monsters, and NPCs. All with individual stories. And the only way you have any hope of finding all of them is to wander forever or buy the guide. The guide provides heavily annotated maps, and descriptions of all the major and minor quests. Various hints, and even discussions about what to do in Morrowind between tasks (go out and kill a few diseased crabs). Even with all 400 pages, I doubt that the guide covers much more than half the possibilities. The scouring of Vvardenfell could take years of play.

Even with everything that is in the guide, there is yet more that I would like to have seen. In particular, indexes and where found guides. I guess the publishers decided that anything more than 400 pages would scare away the average buyer. Seriously, though, a guide is almost a necessity if you want to get full values from the game without dedicating your life to it. It is well written and organized. I would have preferred better quality printing but not at the price it likely would have cost. If you get a chance pick it up, it will greatly increase your appreciation of the game.

Maybe the Best RPG Since Baldur's Gate 2 (Rating: 5.00)
Review : What can I say about The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind? Well, I don't know if I've ever played a stand-alone game (i.e. not an MMORPG) that made me want to explore such a vast beautifully rendered fantasy world. Morrowind is one of those games that you'll never fully appreciate if you don't have a top of the line video card, a large monitor and some nice speakers or headphones. It truly does capture your imagination and throw you head first into the world you're exploring. It's also one of the least linear RPG's I've ever played. There were hundreds of quests and I didn't have to do anything in a specific order. I could become a dastardly criminal, a chivalrous knight, and then suddenly change my occupation to a mysterious mage. Except for a few game essential characters, I could kill anyone and steal anything. Not that I wanted to, but that's just to give you an idea of how much is possible in this game. If I could compare Morrowind to anything it would be an offline version of Everquest because the vast amounts of land and people in this game almost feel like an MMORPG. Morrowind has it's own system of rules and leveling and that would be one of my few complaints, leveling is too darn easy in this game. It's very easy to obtain a "god level" in no time at all. Also, while there are hundreds and hundreds of quests and NPC's, sometimes there isn't enough variety to keep your interest. But the Game of the Year edition comes with both expansions so that should help ease some of the problems that inflicted gamers who only played the original game. The first expansion, Tribunal, takes place in a large city and is heavy on NPC interaction while the other expansion, Bloodmoon, gives you another world to explore that focuses on werewolves. Morrowind is one of those love-hate games. Gamers either love it to the end or end up hating it for some of the reasons I mentioned above. Whatever your final opinion of the game is, you will definitely be hooked for at least two or three weeks. Morrowind is a truly ambitious RPG and brings new life to this once popular but declining genre.

The perfect RPG (Rating: 5.00)
Review : First, Morrowind is HUGE. Enormous. Gigantic. I've had dozens of hours of entertaining play (although wandering monsters are a bit thin on the ground), and not even touched 1/8 of the map (if that). This is a game that's going to take me a long time to complete properly.

Second, it's extensible. Bundling the tools used by the developers with the game is not an entirely unique idea, but it's never a bad idea. The mod community is large and varied, and almost everyone produces stuff that harmonises with the game, rather than massively unbalancing it.

Third, it's truly open-ended. There are quests around every corner, and it's often not obvious which quests are even part of the main storyline. You just play as you see fit, taking memberships in guilds and cults that suit your playing style (and getting sent on missions by guildmembers or by members of the public -- and thus advancing through the ranks), and pretty well do as you please. You will need a strategy guide or walkthrough if you're one of those people who just wants to get on with the main story and complete the game as quickly as possible. You are 100% free to ignore the main story. You're never forced into it, and can get 100s of hours enjoyment without it, just from a single character (let alone the huge realm of possibilities afforded by playing different characters in different styles).

Fouth, for about ten years now, I've been working (in my head) on the perfect Skill and Level advancement system that a computer RPG should have. Morrowind has that skill system, only even more sophisticated and slick. As you use skills, you get better at them, and as your skills go up enough, you gain Levels, which give Stat advancements. Players are rewarded for acting consistently and within character, and in ways that are fairly obvious to the player at character-generation time.

Fifth. It's pretty. Oooh, pretty. My GeForce 2 MX is woefully underpowered for the full experience, but even chugging along at 1024x768 with medium to low detail, it's one of the graphically most impressive games I've played, both from a design point of view, and a presentation point of view. Morrowind is the primary driving force behind my wanting to upgrade my graphics card.

So, five areas in which it's superior to every other computer RPG I've ever played, plus the innumerable other small details and kinks that make it unique and special? That's got to be worth five stars.

Quite Possibly THE most Fantastic CRPG Ever! (Rating: 5.00)
Review : This game will redefine the computer role-playing game genre forever. If you have any interest in CRPGs then this is the game for you. I picked up the original two years ago and still play it to this day. The replay value is astounding. What Morrowind has that no other CRPG comes close to is open-endedness. You literally can wander anywhere your heart desires on the island (which is massive to say the least). The graphics are fantastic, the experience system is very realistic - you learn by doing - the more you do something (successfully), the better you get. The world created is so atmospherically saturating and immersive that you literally feel like you are walking through a swamp (or wherever). Almost every single shortcoming of this game has been overcome through the massive modding community that supports Morrowind. Thus the potential universe for you to explore is quite literally limitless. The original game promises over 200+ hours of gameplay to cover each and every possible quest (I honestly think this is conservative given that you cannot possibly do a all the quests with any particular PC). Each expansion adds at least 100+ hours of gameplay each. Then there is the mod community. Morrowind ships with a construction set that allows even the most novice of us to learn to create whatever worlds one desires. Some more clever people in the modding community have gone well beyond the initial scope of the construction set to enhance various aspects of the gameplay experience. Quite frankly, as you are playing the game, if their is something you think that should be improved, it has probably already been thought of and their probably is a mod out there that can do it. If not, pull up the construction set and go onto the chat bullentin boards to get some help. The mod community for Morrowind is second to none and supports people at all levels.

That being said, what kind of game is Morrowind? As I said before, it is extremely immersive, extremely detailed, extremely open-ended. What are the weak points?
Although it is possible to gun through the primary quests in much less time than the entire game encompasses, but why? If you want a game that can give you a fast fix (say 30 minutes of action) then this is NOT the game for you. The biggest hurdle most people face is getting familiar with the game. When I first played the game, I initially became quickly frustrated at the lethargic pace of progress my character was making. For people who like fast action-oriented games, they will likely abandon this game after 30 minutes because the pace is too slow and their character is too weak to even handle a rat. It will likely take hours of gameplay before your character has enough fortitude to wander through the wilderness at night and not get killed by even the most benign of critters. However, once you get past this initial hurdle, you will most likely be hooked for life.
The other limitation of the game is combat. Despite whatever weapon used, there are really only three different moves a character can make: chop, slash, and thrust. For fighter oriented characters, this gets quite boring after a couple of hundreds of hours. However, this also offers up a new opportunity. If you max out your fighting skills (say 100% with long swords) then why not take up a little bit of magic with the same character? Unlike other games, you are not restricted in any way in which skills you can pursue. Another limitation this game has is the repetitiveness of dialogue, voice acting and character graphics (I must remind you that what becomes boringly repetitive for Morrowind is not on the same scale of most other games as you will likely play the game several orders of magnitude longer, as a result even the most creative aspects of the game will seem a bit boring after, say 500+ hours of gameplay). However, as I mentioned before, there are mods out there that add a great deal of diversity to all of these constantly keeping the game fresh.
The other significant limitation to the game is a lack of multiplayer. The game was never designed with multiplayer in mind. Although some people have tried modding it to be multiplayer, none have been successfull. What makes Morrowind great: a completely immersive single-player experience, is what keeps it from becoming multiplayer.

All in all, a fantastic, unparalleled, single-player CRPG. A game that will redefine the genre. For people who are willing to become immersed in a limitless, unique world for hundreds of hours at a time. Not a game for people looking for quick, fast action. This game truly takes time and dedication to enjoy. It is addictive at some level, but you can also leave it for months, come back to it and enjoy it anew. Any when you finally think you have seen everything there is to see or would like to change something to your liking, just hop onto the bulletin boards and start downloading some mods. Quite limitless gameplay and probably the most entertainment bang for your buck in gaming. Morrowind will likely have replay value for years to come, since the mod community is still growing strong.

On a side note: picking up the strategy guide is a must for most fans of this game. If for nothing else than the maps that show exactly where certain quest tidbits can be found. It is far too easy to spend hours looking for the precise location of something in several acres of terrain. After spending 6 gameplay hours looking for a specific person in the vast city of Vivec, I gave up and bought the strategy guide and found them in 10 minutes. Plus the fact that there is SO much detail in the game that you can quite easily miss 90% of it just by rushing through certain areas. I have revisited some areas 10 times and found something completely new (to me) each time.

Okay (Rating: 3.00)
Review : Scores out of 10:
music - 9 - pretty good, not too repetitive, i liked it
graphics - 8 - alright, fairly good for computer, but not amazing or anything
controls - 8 - they're easy to figure out and they work well.
story - 6 - okay, it's somewhat creative, but not explained very well.
gameplay - 6 - it's a little confusing to know what to do. and it's just not very fun or rewarding to play.

overall, this gets about a 6 or 7 out of 10. it really isn't good as all those 5 star reviews imply. i didn't enjoy it, it just didn't flow very well. and it's too bad it's not multiplayer, that would make it much better. the world is just so large, it's easy to get lost and it's irritating trying to find a person or place. i've seen several better games for free, i don't know if i'd pay so much for this quality - or lack of it. but you may want to check it out, if you're an rpg fan.