Oblivion vs. Morrowind

The Terrain in Morrowind was very harsh.... hilly, rocky, set around a massive mountain, and there was a heap of lava everywhere. With Morrowind, you had to THINK where you had to go to get there, by talking to people, listening to what people said... or by reading... books for example.


Travelling to all the places without using fast travel quickly becomes boring in Oblivion. There's nothing to be found (Except piss weak enemies that magically get glass armour when you're level 15). In Morrowind you could really explore and find awsome things.

Problem with way Morrowind was, was all the console noobs. - most couldn't get past the first mission because they didn't THINK. Even less people could get past the second mission simply because they didn't know where to go.

After two years I can still renember where to go:
head south out of Balmora, cross the bridge, follow the path till you find a turnoff that goes up a hill.



[edit on 27/2/2008 by C0bzz]

Well i for one enjoyed Oblivion much more than Morrowind, just personal taste I guess, maybe it was Morrowind's drab boring surroundings, I am a bit of a whore for jaw droppingly gorgeous graphics.

The combat system was far better than Morrowind's clunky fighting system where if you attack something, chances are you are actually going hit your target instead of stumbling off in the opposite direction somewhere.

Then there's the environment. The NPCs actually go about their daily lives (Shopkeepers interact with their customers, guards patrol cities they are stationed in and even relieve each other at the end of their shift, citizens within each city wander the streets and return to their houses to eat/sleep, (the list goes on) instead of just standing around doing nothing in particular. And what's more you can actually talk directly to the NPC's.

Both very good games, but I do prefer Oblivion. I think we are all pretty spoiled by its gorgeous graphics and immense area, and to me it's not boring at all. Especially if you compare it to games we were playing just a decade ago!

All I can say is Morrowind is best game ever (aside from Falcon 4)
I've been playing since it came out and with all the addons and mods out there I'll never get bored playing it. The only annoying thing at the start were those incessant Cliff Racers.

I'll let you know about how I feel about Oblivion in about 10 more years.

I've never had a chance to play oblivion myself but I've played Morrowind a lot. I love the open endedness of the character generation and how you play the game. I'll admit that one of the things I love about it is it modularity. There are plenty of mod packs for the PC version availiable. I have my own personal list of "Must haves". I agree about those cliff racers but one of the first things that I do is use the editor and make them all non hostile until I attack them. Then I simply hunt them for the plumes.