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Morrowind is my favorite game that I've never completed. I've started it a dozen times, devoured the lore, savored its truly unique setting, but I cannot get pa

• ericcholis 4y ago
  I think it might have been my first experience being fully immersed in a world. Other games felt like they were just letting you into their playground.
• corrral 4y ago
  The first few levels are brutal, but after that your weapons actually start to hit things most of the time :-) The main mechanical difference from modern games, other than that, is the lack of fast travel—but it kinda does have it, it's just in-world. The three (? IIRC? Though admittedly one is a ton of work to get) fast travel networks, the mark and recall spells, and almsivi/divine intervention, between all those there pretty much is fast travel, it's just in-world rather than a meta thing you do on the world map. Oh, and the lack of quest markers, I suppose. You do actually have to follow the directions people give you, to find things. But that's excellent and it's a shame they took that out of the later entries.
  • robonerd 4y ago
    > Though admittedly one is a ton of work to get) fast travel networks, Four; silt striders, boats, and mages guild are straight forward, but propylon chamber are a pain in the ass.
    • corrral 4y ago
      Ah, yep, forgot about the boats somehow.
  • jhgb 4y ago
    Don't forget Jump+Slowfall -- probably the on-average-fastest way to get anywhere.