Morrowind taught me English because with its 900.000 words of translation it took more than half a year before it was released in Germany in actual German. I was 15 and had a computer that would let me play it for about 20min before everything turned into a diashow or would just crash on exteriors which why I had to be a lot indoors for the first 1,5 years I play. Which led to the fact that I just read everything and tried every dialogue option. I played it until I was 20 years old. There is no other RPG and no other game but CIvilization that caught me as much as this game and it has become a part of my identity. Forever House Hlalu!

I remember trying out Skyrim for the first time, which was also my first experience with an elder scrolls game. I could see why many people loved it, but I lost interest halfway. I thought about it and came to the realisation that for me, it was the immersion breaking. I was the legendary dragon born, and everyone praised me from day 1, even though the only thing I could was push people lightly over with my voice. This in a world where mages also existed; it seemed unrealistic to me. I played as a redguard carrying a big axe around, bothering with neither finesse or stealth, but I could join the thieves guild regardless. This apparently is an ancient organisation consisting of only the most trusted thieves. Despite this, three missions later, I found myself being the thief king while not in any way having a thief profile or having a clear idea who any of the thieves were. I know what the design idea behind this decision was: dont punish players for creating their own playstyle and just give them access to everything. But I felt like the game was essentially throwing participation awards at me: I could be the leader of the mages despite not knowing how to cast magic. I wanted the game to tell me: "No, you can't do this quest yet. Come back when you have appropriate magic/stealth/whatever skill." Turns out the game that I wanted existed: morrowind. After googling the reason why I couldn't hit anything and how levelling worked, it sucked me straight in, and I kept playing weeks on end. I love the world, the story, the creatures, the villain, the quests, the politics, the politics in the quests. I like how powerless you are at the start, and that slowly starts changing with every level, I like how the main quest giver just gives you some pocket change at the start and tells you to start freelancing before he gives you the quest because you are in no way ready yet. I like the absence of questmarkers: I have to frequently check my journal and go explore to find places without mindlessly following an objective on the map. I have to actually engage and think. All in all it's a very unique experience, and it kind of makes me sad that a lot of games nowadays streamline a lot of this quest design because you don't get to feel this very often.

I remember the little trap the developers set at the start of the game with looting the guy with the levitation jump. Players will dress up like a clown, get tossed high in the air, and die like a clown.

Morrowind "in my opinion" is one of the best RPGs ever!!!!! It doesn't hold your hand and tell you where to go and exactly what to do thus making it great and punishing all at the same time. If you figure out what you are supposed to do you are greatly rewarded.

I first played the game around 2003-04, when the GOTY Edition came out. I was absolutely blown away. Wandering into Balmora for the first time felt like nothing I had experienced in a game before. I have replayed it many times since, and still feel like I have barely scratched the surface.

I'll never forget the feeling of being a kid and finding the Sword of White Woe and becoming instantly rich, or realizing Ra'viir's Katana casts bound weapon which chews through the early game, or that scrolls are a genuine get out of jail free card with the guaranteed damage they put out, not to mention stuff like the Boots of Blinding Speed and Creeper. It made you really feel like a resourceful adventurer, and everyone who played long enough got their wink from the designers of "I won't tell that this is totally overpowered if you won't". Any single player game with level-scaling or balance between playstyles is sucking a huge amount of joy out of their game, half the fun of RPGs is coming back and clobbering the bandits that kicked your ass 10 levels ago.

Honestly I liked the dice roll combat mechanic of Morrowind. That first hit to connect on an annoying cliff racer right out of Seyda Neen was always a dopamine hit, and each skill level you could feel in real time your character improving as the success % went up gradually and the game could avoid saturating every mob as an hp sponge.

My favorite game of all time. I got lost, in Morrowind, in a way I didn't know was possible. After several builds I was still discovering things. Looking back...each of my characters are distinct and memorable.

My friend gave up on morrowind after losing 3 hours playtime to a crash. This was before any patches. He refused to play again for 12 years, until I finally convinced him to give it another go, sincerely expressing it was, along with fallout 3, which he had played, one of the best games of all time. He played it again... all the way through, and finished it, cos he was that kind of guy. He loved it, and agreed it probably was the best game. I guess we were ruined, we both found oblivion and Skyrim a little lacking. I can't say why. Anyway, these videos are so great, keep the game alive, and remind me of good times. He passed away since, I miss him but I remember him when I watch these vids. One day, before I join him, I really wish I could finish the blinkin game. He took 120 hours. I played 400 and wasn't even half way. If you play long enough, everyone seems to turn into sleepers.... This guy nails it. subbed on principle....

I bought this at a pawn shop around 2010. I remember the employee there telling me I was about to have one heck of an experience. Boy was that and understatement. This game changed my life and inspired me to become a digital illustrator. I've now been a career artist and worked on dozens of my own video games.

In a guard tower in balmora, sitting on top of a cabinet, is Sword of White Woe. How you retrieve it is up to you.

So true, the more you dive in is so rewarding. You'll find unbelievable surprises exploring. I went off once and got lost in a library and just picked out Dances In The Fire and ended up traveling across the whole map looking to finish reading a complete set. Then, robbed the Vaults in Vivec City Legit and locked all the Guards in the Vault 😂

"the magic is absolutly banana nut fucking muffins fun as shit" instant subscribe after hearing such an articulate expression about the magic gameplay

Have played morrowind since it was released. Best game of any genre of all time. I'm still finding new mini quests and tie-ins. The story and world is the most immersive thing around.

As an old timer, it is gratifying to know that people are still playing this game 22 years after its initial release. A colleague at work turned me on to this game, loaning me his XBox disc, which he had gotten from his older brother, along with a story worth telling. My colleague's brother had turned him on to the the game while still living at his parents' house, telling me he plugged the game in while lying in a hammock in the basement, and then did nothing for the next 12 hours except play Morrowind, only getting out of his hammock to urinate into a jar on the floor! Oh my God... I about bust a gut cracking up over this! My friend also loaned me his copy of Bloodrayne... great game. Morrowind is truly a work of art. I still have the XBox game booklet and map.

The greatest.The few initial notes of music from the intro was enough to give me the shiver 🙂…..

I love the depth of all the stories within Morrowind. Even very minor NPCs have fascinating things to tell you. It is my favourite TES game by far.

"You move too slow in this game" "No *you* move too slow" *hoptoads away*

Mournhold ...city of light,city of magic.....still remember this game very fondly ..my top 3 of all time ...20 + years later

My best gaming experience so far. Probably played about 200 hours. I bounced of the game 2 or 3 times. That combat was horrible. But one day, I decided, I'm just going to break that 30-minute barrier and I got hooked. I think it was when I realized I could go anywhere and do anything.

The reason morrowind can afford to not tell the player about core mechanics in a slog of a tutorial in the same way modern games do, is simple. It's in the game-guide that came with the disc. Back in the day, installing a game took a lot of time, and in the meantime you would read through the pamphlet that came with the game, explaining mechanics, character-creation, major background-information or otherwise all the things needed to just get going. This means that when it became time to open the game, you could just go. Because the game had already explained all you needed to know in the pamphlet. And if you were experienced with the type of pen-and-paper systems Morrowind borrows from, then you didn't even need the pamphlet to go. This game was made with patient methodical pen-and-paper systems in mind, and expected the player to read and inform themselves. The pamphlet is available on the steam-page for Morrowind. I took the time to read through it quickly while it downloaded and installed as I hadn't played in a while, and it struck me as a very elegant solution in general.

Great video, finally pushed me over the edge to play morrowind. Hope you keep up making quality videos!

I remember playing this back in 2003. To this day I have not experienced the joy and satisfaction that Morrowind provided. I loved leveling up the character and the story in this game is the best one of all the Elder Scroll games.

Morrowind is pretty much the only game that made me read its in-game books with excitement. I tried reading them in Oblivion and Skyrim afterwards, but there just wasn't much reason to. Playing Morrowind feels like uncovering an ancient conspiracy. You sneak around, talk to people and read ancient books. Not because the game told you to, but because you as a player invested in it.

All these years later, I'm still replaying it. My current character is an Alter historian who was studying the Velothi exodus, became enthralled by Velothi ideology, spurned Summerset, and renamed himself with a Chimeri variant of his birth name. He Champions Ashlander theology and is a reformer of the temple. Enjoying the Tamriel Rebuilt mod alongside it

Wow, this was an amazing video. One of my favorite parts is how you described the growth a character can take in Morrowind by choosing to focus on new skills rather than grind the same skill tree like is necessary to keep up in Skyrim. I thought it was interesting and I feel like I haven't seen anyone mention it before.

Man i love Morrowind.. it was perfect.. i wasfacinayedfrom the start, the ambience, music, lore.. the animals, the chaging stars on the sky, the weird tombs, i was so confused.. so i started reading, started colecting books about the imperium, the religion, the story, the wars.. and started advancing.. i found the shrines of the pilgrimage described on the books about the tribunal and vivec and then.. after getting a potion and a master pick i was able to sneak on vivec's temple on the capital, i just wanted to know what was there.. imagine my surprise when i see Vivic in the flesh.. floating and meditating.. i was blown away, the tribunal gods are real? So many great moments, like finding the first sleepers and uncovering wtf these crazies were doing, or going out the ghost fence and face your first ash storm..

"wake up, you were dreaming. What's your name?" immortal opening

I loved having no "X marks the spot", just some vague words describing the path to get there. The joy of exploring and get lost, to eventualy reach the destination.... Diving far from shore to get to the sunken Daedra shrine... And, of course, flying (levitating)!

I got my first og xbox way back in the day from my uncle, i forget if it was a gift or if he just wanted to pass it on. Had all the classics you could ask for, kotor, star wars battlefront, halo...and this intriguing looking game called Morrowind. Never touched it for the longest time, until I decided to read the manual one day. Booted it up as soon as I was finished and it was over for me. Still one of the best (and most horrifyingly broken) games I've ever played.

The title music always hits.

Your videos are so well made i didn't realize how small your channel was, you deserve at least a few thousand subs

my gf is a big Elder Scrolls nerd, knows all the theories and lore and stuff. I had played skyrim on my ps3 back in the day and I think one of my brothers had Oblivion but I never beat it. she talked about Morrowind all the time and would make references that would go over my head. when i told her I wanted to play it to see what the big deal was, she had so many tips and things I should know going in like about agility making your attacks hit and you can totally fuck a save if you're not careful. When I DID finally start playing I really only stuck with it because A: it meant a lot to her, and B: she had given me enough info that I wouldn't fuck myself right out the gate, and by the time I got to Balmora I was actually getting the hang of things. beat the game a few weeks ago, and now on my replay of skyrim I literally did the fuckin Leo-pointing-at-the-screen meme when I went up north and that weird scroll wizard is TRYING TO GET INTO THE HEART CHAMBER AND HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE NEREVARINE, THAT'S ME WHAT THE HEELLLLLLL 10/10, play Morrowind N'wa

I love how Broken Enchanting is in this game... you can Make crazy gear XD

I feel like the biggest problem with TES games that followed Morrowind is the fact that Bethesda picked the most generic, boring and bland lands for setting. Think about it - Vvardenfell is one of the most interesting settings in games. On the other hand, Cyrodill or Skyrim are pretty much just another high fantasy setting which we already have a lot of. I also agree that Morrowind weird scaling (or lack thereof) is a cool feature. If you're bold or lucky enough, you can get the best items in game at level 1. In Skyrim you can do the same, but then you'll be stuck with a shitty version of the item

This was my first open world game back in the day. I played it back in 03 when I was eighteen having grown up on JRPGs this game first completely overwhelmed me then totally blew my mind. I still believe Morrowind was a masterpiece.

The music is haunting, I used to dream about it when I played 12 hours a day. I didn't even know you could pickpocket in Morrowind, I had never tried.

You didn't have to shit on Cyberpunk. It has many flaws, but still has nothing to even be compared to since Witcher 3, and is overall one of the best games of last years. And Morrowind is just magic. I am shocked that Skyrim is so popular and talked about, when it lost so much comparing to Morrowind.

Forgotten deep game design from the good old days

Cyberpunk's script and combat were great, even the example you give is funny. Are you okay?

The algorithmic mechanics give devs the ability to make late game enemies that are more than just damage sponges high luck or agility characters/enemies can just "dodge" all your attacks

"Start off with questionable graphics?" Sorry, I don't agree at all. For 2002, after exiting the boat, you could breath Vvardenfell just looking at the (incredible for the time) water and the small settlement that was Seyda Neen. When I went out the boat, I was immediately captured by the atmospherical graphic of the game.

Great video! Scaling is the single biggest problem TES 4 and 5 have. Starting out the game and just deciding a direction and then coming across a mega sword that actually kills everything feels SO good. I don't know if it's just me having a god complex but if you can build towards being OP just works. Unlike with scaling every item you come across has the change to be great which feels like finding an actual treasure. Goldbrand is a beast.

Nice! Keep making comfy videos and you're channel will probably get big someday!

Thanks for this. I subbed and liked. Hope your channel grows!

Morrowind was the first hard "easy RPG" made. By comparassions, Baldurs Gate is very easy. Just because you can save and heal anytime anywhere. One could try 90s RPGs, then 80s RPGs like Pool of Radiance, Ultima series or Wizardry

great video!! wish you had more so i could binge watch em ;3;

Runescape music in the background is a great touch :)

I still play it daily on my phone. The game is so euphoric/relaxing, IMO.

This is actually a very different point of view from many other Morrowind fans! Great to hear some more thought provoking opinions!

Damn are you really going to make me play Morrowind for the millionth time?!

Played over 1000 hours on PC and more on xbox before that... still havent fought the end boss

Weird thing I liked, the movement in morrowind felt a lot less floaty than oblivion and skyrim. oblivion was particularly bad. it felt like you barely weighed anything, sent flying by running over a particularly protruding part of the terrain. and the corpse rag dolls... so immersion breaking

I still need to play the mages guild, cult, temple and telvanni, hopefully sooner than later

I finally took on Skyrim recently. I love it. But every now and then i'm like "damn, in Morrowind this was handled better". Like i entered Windhelm in imperial outfit and nobody batted an eye. It really annoyed me.

I bought morrowind in around 2004 and I’ve played it ever since. I love it. I begged my sister for years to give it a go. She would always give up after a short time. By around 2010 I convinced her to at least persevere till level 10. She’s been hooked ever since. We both agree it’s the best game ever made. We love oblivion and Skyrim but they don’t come close to morrowind.

Played Morrowind for the first time in February, best Elder Scrolls so far, along with Daggerfall, which I played in 2022. Likely not going to be going back to Skyrim again, unless I need a nostalgia trip.

Most of Bethesda's games you are the chosen one. In Morrowind, are you the chosen one? In Oblivion, you are not the chosen one.

agreed. 20+ years later, courtesy of several wonderful, WONDERFUL modders; the game is still entirely enjoyable...play wise, and visually.

For first time players nowadays, I'd recommend modding the game to remove the dice roll combat system. ONLY as a tool to help you get into the story on your first few hours of play time. Once you're invested, take off the mod, start a new character and play. You'll be much more likely to push through the difficult early game to get through the main quest once you know how interesting the lore and the story is. This is what I did and now I'm having a blast as a spellsword with no game play changing mods.

They should have mass effect 3 like option for playthrough next elder scroll. Like play game as action-adventure, modern rpg and traditional rpg. The traditional rog being an experience like morrowind.

For me, Oblivion was the best stock game experience. I thought it was the best blend of story (IMHO better than Skyrim) and game mechanics (IMHO better than Morrowind). I hope the remastered Oblivion comes into being. I am still playing a heavily modded Skyrim today.

I'll never forget making a ring that had levitate, feather, and speed gain............. lmfao fly everywhere!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Morrowind has RPG noir characteristic both in its challenging moral dilemma and its settings. It has such atmosphere which later iterations did not try to replica. Those who have used the TES Construction set know how much could be done with lighting and weather effects to create a mood in Morrowind and how much the world building team did with light. Characters with torches and paper lanterns created so much atmosphere. Yet in Oblivion this feeling is all gone. Idiotic NPCs and guards walk at night by no lighting (they don't have torches too) and despite all the hustle and bustle the cities lack anything visually compelling.

That one House Redoran Quest that depends on finding some random shack in the Ashlands where the quest giver just gives you wrong directions is sort of a problem with House Redoran. Along with them frowning on you fighting and killing people and giving garbage rewards, this is one more reason not to play House Redoran.

Excellent video. I wish everyone would give it a shot or give it another shot if they've tried before. I'll admit it took me a few attempts to get into, but now it may very well be my favorite game of all time. I was able to beat and make several more characters to roleplay and have fun. This game changed my life forever

No need for motivation. Been playing this game for over 20 years, and it never gets old, no matter how many times I come back to it.

Look... I know for a lot of you out there 20 years ago is well, your life time.. but i was 21 when I got this game on the Xbox in 2004. That seems like a long time ago, but it really isn't.... and if you live in Florida and the majority of people you interact with on a daily basis are 65+, 20 years is nothing... Once you're out of high school and have a steady job and steady relationship time speeds up drastically,. that being said... It was an amazing looking game, and a deep rpg that made you feel like you were truly exploring an alternate world. It will always have a special place in my heart and my memories.

I started with skyrim and worked my way backwards and after a few attempts over the years i managed to get into morrowind. Morrowind kind of has the reputation of being a "hardcore rpg" that is "not accessible to *casual* gamers", but from my experience thats completely wrong, I believe morrowind to be a easily enjoyable game that really doesnt expect the player to invest that much more mental energy than other games. The problem with morrowind that the game frontloads all of its worst qualities without explaining how 99% of the systems work or how the player can overcome difficulties or what the player "should" do to "make progress". The start was kept me from enjoying the game and by the time my character started becoming moderately powerful and spent time looking up how mechanics like leveling up, combat, skills, attributes etc actually worked it just felt like i was playing a more sandboxy version of skyrim (i mean that in a good way). On the "dice roll combat", imo the combat is actually pretty good (no, seriously) the main problem is again that the game doesnt explain anything that is happening. What the game's combat really needs is obviously a better tutorial and also a fucking combat log!! Imagine playing something like baldurs gate but the genius devs decided to remove every ui element that communicates how attack rolls and damage rolls work, thats morrowind.

12:36 that is how I like to play Skyrim. I play it basically like a walking simulator, where every quest is like a guided tour on my walk 😊 we go through a lot of haunted house theme parks 😅

video feels like it needs way more views

not waiting to play cyberpunk was unfortunate. 2.0 feels so great in comparison

Really missing the interactions between the guilds in the newer games. Becoming leader of Fighters and Thieves is very hard, if not impossible as one hsa you kill the leader of the other. Also the different houses, so much depth, and you can only join one or the other (even if you become speaker of all during the main quest). I also really like the requirements to get higher levels in Morrowind, that makes it more believable to become a high rank, you gotta have the proper skills! Meanwhile in Skyrim you can become the Archmage by casting no spell whatsoever. But I don't like the actual game play of Morrowind, I much prefer the more streamlined play of Skyrim. Gimme Skyrim's gameplay and Morrowind's roleplay and world building, that'd be awesome!

This was my first es game and it still hasnt been beaten. Absolutly amazong game.

I maintain, that Morrowind is the greast single player RPG ever made. Baldurs Gate 3 take the place as the best group RPG ever.

Great script! I wholly agree with your review. The story is the best part of the game and so many things prevent so many people from getting to experience it.

Great video bro! 😎

Great video! I'd love to see your take on Daggerfall.

Give me Morrowind melee combat over Oblivion’s or Slyrim’s any day

Man i remember playing this for the first time and it was so fukin good, if i found something i really disliked a mod would fix it like the dice roll accuracy, the magic system world building was so good, love the biomes morrowind has and the dunmer culture, the fact they still have slaves was cool since it gave you a moral dilemma of the world and it was all so alien, its why oblivion and skyrim to me has a underwhelming world since it was fair more basic, especially when you figure out the lore in ES is wacky af too

Im happy that you can join the east empire company and can liberate all the slave plantations AND destroy all houses ! I love this kind of freedom

They were almost going bust so they had to put their all into what could've saved their company, a shame they seemed to have let that success get to their heads and have been making terrible decisions years afterwards.

Now, with Tamriel Rebuilt, we can enjoy the game more than ever before.

Great vid, always loved Morrowind the most, too! What is the name of the song that is played at around 17:00 tho? :)

Morrowind really is superior if you give it a honest chance and if your trying to quit alcohol it gives you something to focus on

this is a fantastic video, very much considering playing it now

The only thing I hated about Morrowind was the UI(User Interface).

As someone whose childhood is basically Morrowind, I can literally fire up Morrowind and create a gamebreaking character at level 1-2. But the only reason I can do that, is because I have 5000-6000 hours in the game and know where all of it is. What a great childhood I had. Never before has a game encouraged me to explore, discover and engage with the world like Morrowind did. ^^

Definitely my favorite as well. It just feels so alien and familiar at the same time, yet it all feels like a real world with a long history. It all Adds up to a very immersive game and that ultimately is the number one requirement IMHO for a big Bethesda game. I do want to add that the original vanilla game is buggy and flawed in many ways, and I recommend that new players (and old ones as well) use OpenMW, and open source modern engine for Morrowind. It is amazing, efficient and stable. Also has tons of improvements like a far view distance that makes it so much more amazing. Especially cool if you have the mod Tamriel Rebuilt installed as you can see the outlying lands and mountains in the distance, really cool even if you are not Going there to play it’s worth it for the vistas. Also the combat system is messed up as even the biggest fans like me will concede though the miss issue can be fixed with mods. I would highly recommend the mod Morrowind Rebirth, it adds tons of stuff but stays true to the original game feel and intent, as well as some much needed rebalancing and fixes. If you are going for just one mod I would recommend that one. I played the latest version on OpenMW 0.47 and it is amazing, also very stable (zero crashes in 80 hours playing). I still play Morrowind like once a year. When I do I play it for 60-100 hours at least, usually in a single month. Then I am fed up with it for another year. So be warned - this thing is addictive, not at first but once it grows on you it won’t let go. It will probably stay with me the rest of my life. Caveat emptor!

I love this game. It's the best xbox game especially if you have the game of the year edition which adds the northern island, Solstheim, and the city, Mournhold.

and you didn't even mention the incredible DLC of bloodmoon (and yes, mournhold exists too) I bought this game before any of the DLC were even developed, right at the beginning. It's been one of my top 3 games (along with the original deus ex and the civ series) of all time. When the DLCs came out, they offered so much more, aside from the extra quest content and adding an entire 4th of the map to the game, it also patched up a lot of bugs, which made the game even less buggy (it is a bethesda game still). But the best part about this game is the freedom you have to play it the way you like, no handholding, no immortal NPCs, and gamebreaking spellcombo's, I never understand why they removed the magical aspect of the later games, because that was what made this game so incredible!

My first RPG and I still play it on pc and xbox. A True Classic.

You shouldn't bash the game's graphics. Back when it was released, it was the best looking game I had ever seen.

you really gaslit the hell out of me. when you said dawnbreaker is leveled i thought "yeah that really is bummer... wait. no it isnt. am i crazy?" and yep, theres only one version of dawnbreaker. skyrim only has a handful of leveled rewards, and dawnbreaker's not one of them.

I always thought Morrowind was the best, even though I love both Oblivion and Skyrim. But after hundreds of hours with Skyrims easy to use menu system, going back and playing Morrowind again after years away from it makes the whole user interface seem archaic by comparison.

oblivion was my favorite rpg ever, i know all the exploits and 100% the game 3 times in my life. skyrim was good, in its own way, but i never felt the need to do every single quest line present in the game. then i played morrowind. lightly modded (code patch, mgexe, patch for purists, etc.) morrowind made me question what kind of elder scrolls fan i really am...it ruined elder scrolls for me lol, cant even play oblivion or skyrim cuz i just hate it now. arguably the REAL value of a bethesda game is the mods anyways. thanks morrowind, thanks for opening my eyes to the garbage that is bethesda. morrowind creation club update when?? X D

the only rewards in skyrim that are leveled are the thieves guild actually also how do you not become overpowered in skyrim?

What does the "15% or more on car insurance" spell do?

I always play Nord (it started in Morrowind because i liked the face. And damn Skyrim was disappointing as all hell) so my first run i did was for House Hlallu but now after getting to know stuff im Telvanni. Being a all powerful mad wizard just sits with me well.

need to analise daggerfall too, my favorite one.