断断续续玩了两年，本体在去年已通关，最近又花时间拾回来打完了血月和审判庭，也差不多是时候给晨风写一点评价了。

无论出于个人喜好还是历史地位我都会给这部作品满分，在贝塞斯达新旧时代的交汇点很好地融合了两种截然不同的RPG设计理念，不仅拯救了这家风雨飘摇的工作室，同时也让老滚成为了真正意义上的顶级IP，单从这一点来看晨风怎么吹都不为过，绝对是比星空更名副其实的“贝塞斯达集大成者”。

vibe历代最佳，在所有我玩过的rpg里目前恐怕只有pst和vtmb能与之媲美。即使是抛开所有的文本叙述以及剧情刻画，单凭丹莫独特的人文风貌和建筑地理奇观，瓦登费尔也是一个能让人轻松沉浸其中的世界，尤其是在我对西幻题材RPG的审美疲劳日益加重的今天，这种新鲜感更是显得格外珍贵。

向来不care主角塑造的杯赛在滚3中的发挥反而出奇得好，尼瑞瓦因和黄金面具男应该会是我在补完红卫和滚2之前最钟爱的BGS主角和反派，事实证明以前的BGS是完全有能力在保证完全自由探索的同时讲好一个主线剧情的。以”七大试炼“为核心框架搭建而成的剧本聪明且高效，不仅通过一连串清晰的情节锚点很好地串联起了整个故事，还兼顾了尼瑞瓦因宿命感的刻画以及设定的铺开。除了稍显平淡的开场外，叙事节奏和主线流程整体的连贯性在我看来都比湮灭和天际要舒服得多。

当然，本作真正出彩的部分在我看来还是它在滚2基础上对整个”法术体系“的完善及改良，我是一个几乎从来不会在RPG里首玩法系的纯种战屌，但晨风却是个例外。这套由法术自定义、角色属性以及附魔系统所组成的体系哪怕放到今天来看也依旧是所有RPG里可玩性和客制化空间最高的那一批，甚至还附带相当程度的涌现式玩法基因。不过BGS后来没有选择再继续深耕这套系统，反而是将这些积累的设计经验以及大量的精力都转投到了对沙盒模拟元素的探索上，实在是遗憾。

关于血月和审判庭这两部资料片，说实话我并不太喜欢，至少二者在体验上都存在明显的瑕疵——血月中大部分任务的设计都不太好，节奏拉稀，前后任务之间的拼凑感太强，找柱子甚至一度让我弃坑缓了大半年。审判庭的剧本高开低走，在无论是角色还是情节都没能得到完全铺开的情况下以一个逼格全无的结局草草收尾，旧城遗迹的设计则更是糟心，说真的我宁愿再走一遍fo3的地铁也不想在里面多呆哪怕一秒。

当然这两部资料片也不乏亮点，尤其是当你在深入游玩过天际之后再回过头来体验时能发现许多有趣的东西。比如在血月里你能再次踏上索瑟姆的土地，领略当地在第四纪元红山喷发前的自然风光，而在审判庭中你则能遇见传奇的巴兰兹亚女王以及审判庭的另外两位神明。玩法方面，资料片中新增的一部分法术也大大扩展了附魔系统的可玩性，让一些疯狂的构筑体系成为了可能。

总结：

一部包揽了天时、地利与人和的作品，往前看，它继承了滚1滚2的设计基因，并用海量的手工内容弥补了前者有量而无质的短板，创造了足以称得上百无禁忌的RPG玩法。而往后看，作为大型3D开放世界的先行探索者之一，T0级别的地编水准以及远比滚2更加成熟的lore体系也为后来滚4滚5的成功打下了夯实的基础。在BGS已经基本同Todd划等号、emil水平滑坡难堪大用的今天，除非再出现一个可与Rolston能力比肩的王佐之才，否则像这样的游戏只能是可遇而不可求了。

上古卷轴3晨风的旅程临近尾声时，在索瑟海姆的一个冰洞里不经意间听到了关于未来龙裔的预言:
当帝国风雨飘摇之际，龙之血脉将再次出现。
但是镇压红山，拯救生灵的强大的尼瑞瓦因却并没有发现他在预言中扮演的角色。
而当时间进入第四纪元，晨风的丹莫全族蒙难，最后一只阔步沙蚤的悲鸣响彻天际之时，尼瑞瓦因的身影却消失无踪，难道他的命运仅仅就是阿祖拉预言中的棋子而已吗？
也许就在第四纪元末，尼瑞瓦因会重返泰姆瑞尔，战斗在海尔辛的又一次狂猎之中，而再次凯旋的他，将领导高傲的丹莫人走上真正的复兴之路。
有缘再见，瓦登费尔！

你是尼瑞瓦因，你是被选中的孩子，你没有失败的余地。

支线是几乎毫无信息量的纯跑腿，瓦登费尔岛又交通不发达，很多地方只能拿腿硬走，令人呕吐；主线本来挺多悬念，但最后我在意的所有悬念在游戏里都没解释清楚，明明看着也不是没机会解释：尼瑞瓦是怎么死的、煅莫去哪了、达格斯·乌尔和尼瑞瓦又生了什么（尤其是最后这点对我很重要，达格斯·乌尔的重男程度令我害怕，可我不知道他们到底发生了什么让达格斯·乌尔一直惦记尼瑞瓦，所以我只能害怕+不解，没法即刻开始支援他们谈恋爱）

两个DLC也，索瑟海姆只是让我梦回滚5（或者应该倒过来说），然后在布满野猪和蓝客灵猪骑士的原野上自由的奔跑，从地图最东边被追到最西边，一回头看到身后跟着的野猪已经能开一个养猪场；哀伤之城本来以为会趁机展开讲讲审判席和尼瑞瓦的过去，结果也没讲，阿玛莱西娅和达格斯·乌尔（这二位倒是一个前妻一个前夫）一样，啥都没透露，在你以为该对你和盘托出的时刻选择大杀特杀然后寄了。我拎着两把神器、站在两具尸体旁陷入沉默，现在我剧情缺的那块谁给我补啊。

好了，既然已经说完残念的剧情，我可以开夸这游戏在剧情之外的地方与滚5相比有多自由了（没错，即便是滚5，它的自由在滚3面前也不值一提）。

首先，发现居然有飞行和水行魔法可以想去哪就去哪就已经让我大为震惊，发现可以自己组合法术效果用自创法术更是震惊中的震惊，冬堡魔法学院从此跌落神坛——校长连飞行都不会，龙来了只能站地上和龙对波，与此同时瓦泰尼巫师那飞行术已经普遍到了塔楼不用安楼梯，差距立显。部分法师技能和战士/盗贼技能的效果重叠也是合理的，修理/充能、撬锁/开锁术、运动杂技速度/交通类法术，即便加点不同也能用自己的方式进行游戏（虽然玩到最后都会变成水桶号）。装备部件拆分更细，暖暖更爽，装备效果之间的叠加也玩得更花；当然得益于法术效果更多，装备附魔的效果也种类更多，甚至可以选择效果的范围、持续时间、作用对象，这才是真正的定制嘛；对亚龙人和虎人可穿戴装备的限制虽然给我带来了一些麻烦，但这么做反而更符合实际，况且因为装备种类更多，这点限制可以忽略不计。

我又在边骂边沉迷的玩滚了这是怎么回事啊.......

在b社濒临破产之际 上古卷轴3晨风拯救了b社 21年之后的星空令b社口碑下滑 之后的滚6能否救回b社口碑呢

better than starfield
比星空好

即使放在现在也远超绝大部分RPG游戏的设计水平 文本量极大 互动性极强（npc人均5个对话不同分支和一大堆信息）问一圈日志一下记几页内容密密麻麻全是字 但是游戏弱引导很多信息都需要自己跟npc互动后自行提取有用信息（寻路模拟器）
不过光是所有npc可以被击杀还有祖传控制器功能就超越现在很多游戏了（
其他细节也很多 不同开局身份不同行为都会影响剧情和npc态度 半条命水平的物理交互（尸体能拖椅子能坐盘子能偷）
难以想象是2002年的游戏（除了画面比同期水平的烂和祖传的抽象脸模）
不过steam版bug有点多 而且游戏由于比较古老在国内也是比较小众几乎没有多少中文攻略 游戏机制比较复杂耗时间 游戏操作比较复（抽）古（象） 甚至我开局加点没加到人都打不死 30多小时大概也就完成游戏5分之一的内容还不算dlc和不同其他选择的分支剧情
放在游戏界确实是前无古人的开创性的设计 说真的即使是bg3很多设计都能看到晨风的影子 而且即便是上古卷轴四和五在很多内容上也没有达到晨风的深度 还有一点上古卷轴系列祖传的bgm就是晨风的主题曲（4代5代主题曲eso每个资料片的bgm都有晨风的改编曲调） 不过如果想体验更高清更完整的晨风省地图非常建议游玩上古卷轴ONLINE 晨风章节是免费章节内容。

Please remaster this game Todd!!! This was my favorite game as a kid and I would buy this 100 times like you wanted us to do with Skyrim! Give the people what they want. Morrowind remastered.

After 22 years I finally MANAGED TO ENJOY Morrowind!

How can you not like Morrowind you ask?
2002 also was the release of Gothic 2, which I had played before Morrowind and it profoundly shaped my understanding of what an RPG has to be. Then I played Morrowind and I was like...seriously?
Why do herbs and mushrooms not disappear when I pick them?
Why is nothing of the dialogue voiced?
Why don’t I hit when I clearly hit?
Why do guilds accept strangers into their ranks just by asking?
Why can I join multiple guilds?
Why do I have a map by default?
Why can I carry so little?
Why is there so much ♥♥♥♥♥♥ loot?
What is wrong with this game…

I played for, a couple of days. I liked the visuals, the exploring, the different races and all that, took many nice screenshots, but the rest never really clicked for me. Same story with Oblivion (but here I only endured like 30 minutes). When Skyrim was released, it finally felt like a good game, without the jankiness and weirdness of the former titles. From time to time I wanted to give Morrowind another shot, but never made it past Balmora, it felt all so alien.
But over the years I became more and more sceptical about newer games and started to play indie and old games, even turn-based and cRPGs which I used to loathe. Obviously Morrowind had become a cult classic by now and you can’t overhear the voices screaming “Morrowind is the BEST Elder Scrolls”. I heard what they have to say, and thus decided I give it another try.

Its 2024 and I’m determined to play this game til I like it. They say the magic system is superb, so I start a mage. I choose a Breton and fail to learn any spells. Instead I bought a couple of scrolls, thinking these are my weapons, wasting my money. I join the mages guild, where when not here can I acquire me some spells? Can’t find it. I end up stabbing worms with a dagger, which, surprise surprise, I can’t hit but it’s the only defense I have atm. Ok, screw the mage. I’ll be a thief instead.

Once again I see Jiub’s familiar face. I watch some tutorials and start the thieves’ quests. I managed to steal the diamond, but only because of my zoadiacal invisibility. How are you supposed to do that without invisibility I wonder (today's me says: how about a potion? lol). Luck’s on me though. Second quest getting the key. Can’t find it. I google how to pickpocket. I try. I fail. I google how to do the quest. In the forums they say yeah, this quest is a bit awkward, you need a high skill to successfully steal it. Wait, what? I’m just starting out, it’s the 2nd quest. How can I have high thieving skills? Weird. You are supposed to bribe. 400 Draken poorer the guy out of the blue offers me the key. How should I have known that? But ok. Next quest. Loot a chest that is guarded by two guys that never look away. Doesn’t work. I google. Yeah, that quest is kinda hard they say. I thought Morrowind offers so much freedom and build versatility, but apparently the only way is to kill everyone… but I don’t wanna do that. Pretty annoyed I leave it be, find a cave where I’m asked to escort a hostage to Balmora. Ffs, and I thought the escorting in Gothic was bad. The hostage keeps going in wrong directions, gets stuck at stones and fences, can’t climb a hill, seems to disappear etc. I literally have to walk slo-mo in order for it to keep up with me. Very tedious. But I made it. In Balmora the door is locked. I try different daytimes to see if he opens his door. He does not. Well, then I’ll pick the lock. The owner attacks the hostage, I help him. He says thank you, pays me, quest finished, I click ok. Then he attacks me. Wtf! How am I supposed to do this quest? I lost it at that moment. I curse these quests! What a bad design. I need a break. I call it "the ♥♥♥♥♥♥ game" from now on.

But the raging is what kept me going. I had fun not having fun, if that makes sense.
Next day I break in again, hit the hostage on the head, get payed, quest completed, AND… he doesn’t attack me this time. What did I do different? I don’t get it. But I progressed. Carry on I do. I find a big mazy dungeon, at the end there’s a ritual room with bells and a hammer. Obviously they want me to strike a combination on the bells. I hit, and...nothing. No sound, no animation, I just hit through air. Really? Even the biggest Morrowind nerd has to admit that this is weak. 30 minutes or more lurking through the dungeon and at the fancy room there is nothing to do? Well, it might be triggered by a quest. Still, big disappointment.

I got attacked by an assassin. I managed to kill him and wear his armor now. It seems very OP. It helps a lot but I take it with a grain of salt. Its useless now to check other armors, compared they are all ridicously bad. A bittersweet find. But the sword with stunning charges is great. Still use it. I wonder why I can’t find better weapons, they all have damage like 6-12 or so. But eventually I’ll learn that it is your skills that bring more damage, not the weapons. A blade is a blade. It makes little sense having one blade with 5 damage and another with 300, like I know it from every other game. I have to give Morrowind that, it adds a layer of realism.

And then in between, I have to admit, all starts falling into place, starting to make sense. The landscapes are amazing. My short blade skill developed and I can hit now. I do some other quests and read dialogues, even some lore. Wow, that is pretty deep I must say. I watch more tutorials and start to see these old obscure mechanics as unique and cool. And not only that. They are actually pretty similar to the mechanics I planned for my own game which I hope to make someday. And finally my running speed is somewhat ok, and my jump can even be called a jump, I can walk over rough terrain without getting stuck like a jerk. It slowly starts to feel smooth.
A friend on discord asks me to press F1 - the quickslot menu, hallelujah!

I start the main quest, looking for a Dwemer puzzle box. Completed the dungeon, no box in sight. Where the hell is it? It must be at the end somewhere, doesn’t it? Well, who said that? It was my modern gaming instincts that told me so. Turned out it was pretty much at the start. Quite unorthodox, but you could say one is required to think outside the box ;)

And then came the big turning point. I realized that you are not supposed to talk to every NPC or visit every house or learn every corner of the map by heart. You only go where you have business at. Like IRL. Same with loot. You don’t pick up every loose thing. Only what is worth selling and what you can carry. There’s a heavy armor at the end of the dungeon, alleged reward? Nope, the weight/value-ratio is too bad, but thats ok, I make money nevertheless somehow. You don’t even have to accept every quest, there are plenty of it! A naked Nord looking for help in the wilderness? Well FU, I’m busy! Quite the revelation for me. From here on it started being real fun and step by step I got soaked into the charm of Morrowind. I’m now ~40 hours in, captain of the thieves guild and crave to make a mage and a warrior, but I keep playing my thief. I want to explore the main quest and become a living legend. Hell yeah, folks even starting to call me that in the guild and they admire my fancy clothes. Feels good.

Sometimes I still can’t find stuff and have to look it up, rather than stray around for hours. But the missing quest markers was one of the incentives to play this game, therefore the good outweighs the bad.

The questions I had 22 years ago have all been answered. I learnt, once again, not to compare one game to another, but rather stay open minded and go with the flow. I get it now. This is a fantastic game and I’m baffled they were able to accomplish such in 2002. But the start can be pretty tough nowadays, especially if you’re coming from another type of RPG.

Thanks for reading my rant/loveletter to Morrowind :)

玩之前：什么黑暗精灵，好丑
玩之后：N'wah! 来我们晨风要饭来啦