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Morrowind is very open, I think even more so then Oblivion. There is a lot of time you can spend in morrowind. (Don't forget to eat.) Don't expect to win it in one week, then sell it back. It is not that type of game. But if you like these open storyline type games, then it might be for you. If you are able to find it, there is a Game of the Year Edition floating around, that gives you a few more hours... nevermind weeks-months of gameplay "100+ Hours of exciting new gameplay."
I like games where you can explore. I like to put it as games where you can jump. In most games they have a path to follow anywhere from KOTOR, Doom 3, Halo campaign, Splinter Cell, etc. Morrowind on the other hand is one big island called Vvardenfel. There are no walls, and the paths are lines through the wilderness that connect town to town. You are free to roam anywhere. There is a main quest, but there are also various mini quests, and even some other major quests not related to the main quest. There is a lot of time that you can put in it. It is like exploring a town of 3000 people. The Game of the year edition has a side island to Vvardenfell, and also the walled capital city of Mournhold. Both of the areas are a bit tougher, so you might want to get some awsome weapons, or level up a few times before you explore them.
The main quest is less then a quarter of the game play, and the person that you report to even tells you to join a guild to keep a cover. The main quest is pretty long. It took me about a year to get through it, but if I went through it again, I could do it possibly in a month and still eat and sleep. I don't have Xbox live, but I am pretty sure it isn't supported by it. You can't battle your friends online. :( I talked to one person that played it for a little bit, but if I remember correctly he couldn't remember where to go for the main quest. Another friend wasn't able to find a certain object for the main quest (I got some help from online walkthroughs occasionally). There are a lot of bugs, and glitches in the game, even to the point where I think some friendly glitches were put there on purpose.
I haven't played much of Oblivion which is Elder Scrolls: IV. Morrowind is Elder Scrolls: III. I think the others can be found online. There isn't any quick travel at anytime like Oblivion or Horses. But there are a few ways to get around. The main way are stilt riders and boats. The boats are usually found on town near the surrounding ocean. The stilt riders or Bug Buses, are close more common in the towns away from the water, they each cost money depending on the distance you want to go. Also with the mages guild there are guild guides that transport you for a base fee to other mages guilds to another guild guide. With these three ways most of towns are covered. Also there are a few handy spells that you can use to transport you. There are two main religions on the island one is the Imperial Cult, and the other is the Native's Temple. With those two there are certain spells that you can use to take you to the nearest Temple or Imperial Cult location. And there are also two spells that work together to take you back to where you came from. The First spell is Mark, you cast that in a building you are using as your base of operations or near a favorite trader. The other spell is Recall, that takes you back to where you last cast the recall spell. (Example: Through one of the Great Houses, I was able to get a house. I cast the mark spell in the building near a few containers, and out of the way of main traffic. So I then go on a raid of a nearby cave. In the cave there is a lot of loot that I want to bring home. So I collect all the loot, then cast the recall spell and there I am back in my house along with all the loot. Or if CC wants to send me on a few errands, I cast the mark spell near that person, do the errands then recall back to CC.) Notice that you need to either by scrolls (one time use magic spell), or buy/learn the spell from certain people. For the temple and cult spells they are probably found with magic user of that religion. There is also another object late in the game that takes me to the main city in Morrowind, and also 2 other places one is impossible to get to otherwise. But if I am way up in the boonie sticks I can use it to get back down to civilization.
Hints:
>Don't go too deep in the water, and watch out for cliff racers!
>The balance of the game (I think) favors the warrior, but some spells would be good. ENDURANCE.
>It might be fun to collect odd things. Pillows? Forks?
Quick explination of the bars in the lower left hand corner of the screen:
The red bar is health, the blue is magicka, the green is fatigue. Rest or various spells or potions bring back Health, Rest and potions bring back magicka, and resting various spells, food, potions, and walking or standing still bring back fatigue. Getting hurt damages the health. Running, swimming, or swinging weapons lowers the fatigue, (you are more likely to be sucessful in doing various things when your fatigue bar is mostly full). Casting spells, or eating rat meat, lowers your magicka. (If you travel by boat or bug bus, some magicka, health, and fatigue come back.) For you GotY users, the yellow bar is the target's health at the time that you last hit it. (Spells will lower the target's health but not provide feedback.)
Part of the Intro to Morrowind from the instruction booklet. It is written by the Morrowind team. "Huge, detailed, and open-ended are words that come up when talking about... Morrowind... One of the first questions people ussually ask us is, "What do I do in theis game?" The answer we give is inevitabl "Well, what do you want to do?" Morrowind is filled with things for you to do.... It is in these moments... that you will forget the real world... and lose yourself in ours."
If you have any questions I'd love to help. It might take a while to get back to you depending on how you contact me. If you search on your own, either "Elder Scrolls" "Morrowind" or something like that.
http://www.imperial-library.info/ - http://morrowind.ttlg.com/ - http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Morrowind
Wow! That was long!
“Abandon hope, all ye who enter here.”
-Aligheri Dante: Inferno III, l. 9 (also in Fable)
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