Is morrowind worth playing... casually?

[Stonewool Jackson]

Simple as stated, I am not a hardcore rpg fan. I enjoy games with a good story, and challenging gameplay, but adore impressive scenery just as much.

Just got oblivion because someone on steam still owed me some money, but now I'm wondering whether I should play this first.

Finished Skyrim's main storyline a while back, probably getting back to it when I get a better computer.

[BarbarianHeart]

Morrowind is a good rpg and there are many texture replacers available to update the graphics and make the game look more modern. It really doesn't matter lore-wise which game you start with, but starting with the earlier game may be more satisfying in other ways.

[Brandybuck]

It's not like old school RPGs where you live in a complex decision tree and have to make notes of everything every minor NPC says. It comparison to classic 1990s RPGs, Morrowind *is* a casual game. Which is why I am amused when Morrowind fans call Oblivion and Skyrim "casual".

There is a good story, probably the best in the entire series. It's a slow burn though, it's not a sequence of action packed dungeon crawls or anything like that. It's very lore based and you spend a lot of time in the main quest doing research and investigating. There are also a crapton of side quests for factions and others, and most of these quests are short fetchit quests to earn you reputation with the quest givers.

I would not call it "challenging gameplay". Combat is fairly simple, the game even handles the shield use for you. Internally it's complex, but in terms of gameplay it's simple. At low levels the combat is very tough, at high levels it's so easy it's an annoyance. Magic is much more complicated, and you can make your own spells and combine effects. Potion effects stack, etc.

I consider the scenery impressive. That's the vanilla graphics. Some people overhaul the graphics, but to me that just destroys the feel.

[Royal_Tenenbaum]

You would find it difficult to power through 3 like you could with 5. It has so much going on and so much to do. I marathoned Skyrim over a weekend finishing all guild quests and main story. That woundnt be so easy to do here.

[Stonewool Jackson]

Don't intend to rush it, I think I spent at least a month or 2 on skyrim. Well, actively, kinda on and off after that, I wanted to try some more mods, but my frames were kill. Shame steam still doesn't track offline gametime, I really do wonder how long I've actually played it.

Anyway, guess I'll get morrowind either way, it's not like it won't be worth the 5 bucks.