While right now I have just recently installed MGSO and it has prompted yet (another) return to the game after about a month break, I've maxed insane amounts of hours on Morrowind with just a few bugfixes on LOW settings. The game is wonderful, and graphics/drawdistance honestly RUIN the feeling of the game entirely from what it is meant to be perceived as.

I'm playing through Morrowind, my second time after my initial playthrough back in 2004 while also playing through Skyrim for my second time. I play either one depending on how I'm feeling and they balance each other out quite nicely. I tend towards Skyrim much of the time but neither game feels like it outright beats the other. Something that doesn't get mentioned too often, among talk of "visuals", is the element of immersion. Skyrim wins hands down in this department, and I don't know why it doesn't receive more praise for the atmosphere the game surrounds you in, whether you're walking through the frozen woods or sat in a tavern. I love Morrowind's locations, but the game feels very static in comparison to Skyrim, which feels more breathing and alive. That's not just sound and visual, but NPC behavior.

When it comes to actually playing the games, either satisfies - it is NOT like playing one game that works incredibly and one which is broken. As someone who is playing both, I will say as I've said before - they're not as different as people make out. The schematics have certianly been changed around and some bit have been taken out, but the experience of actually putting the games in and playing them is very similar. I don't get how somebody can like one of the two tremendously and the other quite little.

Anyway, they're both out there so enjoy them if you can. Me, I'd have to try pretty hard NOT to enjoy playing an Elder Scrolls game.

Most likey. It may or may not be the story, the action, the memories while playing, the excitement, the character you roleplayed.. I mean this list can go forever.

Why do I still play Doom (Graphics?), why do I still play the Mechwarriors series (rather poor story line), why do I still play Thief (no flaws ), and varying other olden games. Different reasons for each.

People who don`t like seeing people talk better of Morrowind than Skyrim should go play Skyrim.

If we want to say Morrowind was basically better for gameplay we will and you won`t stop it.

I loved Morrowind in its time, but can't stand the shallowness now: Majority of boring 1-level caves, Daedric Shrines that are usually also small on the interior and exactly the same design, npcs that are forever pacing or standing still in the same spot, every enemy going down in a few hits after reaching level 25-30, Armorer skill instead of smithing armor and weapons, same spell effect for practically every variant of destruction spell (all fire looks the same), shallow quests such as killing named npc and handing over a writ without any real choice to poison, stalk prey, etc. Also, mages guild, fighters guild and most houses have you doing same kind of quests...going somewhere and simply killing someone or a bunch of someones.

In fact, the only thing that makes the Morrowind experience so long is because youre moving at such a slow speed wherever you go, and the fact that you have to find obscure entrances that ultimately lead to the same generic hideout with barely anything noteworthy inside. I really dont understand why its still considered such a deep rpg? Is it the statistics and numbers, or the genuinely slow methodical pace? I invested 100s of hours into the game, but to put down Skyrim in order to get more of Morrowind sounds crazy.

because you liked morrowinds setting or art style better or how every npc was an encyclopedia. but still dont let it permanently damage your outlook on other elder scrolls games like has happened with so many other people who like morrowind.