Morrowind

[slickstaa]

I havent heard much about this game since it came out, and was wondering if anyone whos played it has any comments

 

[lucasc]

Graphically it's an amazing game and the gameplay itself is very good. It's a very open ended situation where you can choose to follow the story line or wander off on your own and find some other part of the game to become involved in. Everything from character creation at the beginning to the way you choose to interact with your surroundings is an immersive experience. The sound is incredible - every time it rains the thunder claps scare the crap out of me it sounds like they're right on top of you. If you've ever played an rpg like Diablo II you'll love this. If you've never played an rpg I'm pretty sure you'll quickly come to enjoy this as well. The point-of-view is like an fps or you can put on 3rd person like in Alice. It can be overwhelming what with magic skills and everything else but the details are what make it such a great game.
The only warning I'll give is that if you have an older or somewhat slower system you may not be able to run this very smoothly. I've got a friend with an 866 PIII, 512 pc133 sdram, SBLive!, and Radeon 8500 and he has fps in the teens (that's under 20) and as such the game is slow. On my rig Athlon xp1700, 512 pc2100 DDR, gf3 ti200 I get mid 20's to low 30's. It runs fine and is very playable with few hitches. If you've ever run 3DMark 2001 tests imagine playing a game at the Nature Test level of detail and you'll have an idea of what Morrowind is like. The publisher is working on a patch to improve fps which should help all systems. When you see the game running you'll understand where all that performance is going. It is absolutley incredible. And I haven't even gotten into the real time weather patterns and night sky. It might as well have been made by Pixar and in theaters everywhere.

Instead of saying Stranger, couldn't it just say, "New to the Area?"<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by lucasc on 05/13/02 04:29 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[lucasc]

just an upodate on my friends system. He installed the latest ATI drivers for the 8500 and the game runs fine now, much better fps and menu speeds.

Instead of saying Stranger, couldn't it just say, "New to the Area?"

 

[AMD_Man]

I'd like to add that this game seems to also be very CPU intensive, so you'll really want a GHz+ CPU for smooth graphics.

I'm not sure what the main bottleneck is however, the graphics card or the CPU?

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[Harisahmed]

I was thinking of spending some money on this game, but my system can't handle it, P2-450, 128MB PC100, and a TNT card. I was hoping that I could at least play it with the details at the lowest level.

Now I'll have to either upgrade earlier than I wanted to, or wait to play the game until later this year. Anyone want to donate some old equipment?

 

[Pettytheft]

Waaay back when they began development of this game they said it would require at least a 500Mhz proc and a 32MB video card. This was something like 3 years ago, I guess they were correct. This game taxes my 1.33 and GF2 Ultra.

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[Harisahmed]

The screen shots look amazing, I just hope I can upgrade while it's still SOTA.

So what are your impressions of the game so far, besides the graphics and how's it compare to other RPGs?

 

[slickstaa]

thanks for the rundown..my friend recently bought the game and it looks awesome, but like you said, it runs a lil slow.

sorry bout the late response...been out of town for a while

 

[BunnyStroker]

I've been playing Morrowind for a few days now.

Graphically, it's amazing. The water effects are especially good - they are probably the first good use of a GF3 (or 4, of course) that I have seen in an actual game. Of course, the game cripples my system - I have an Athlon at 1.4, a GF3, and 256 mb RAM and the game is playable, but chops quite a bit in busy areas.

If you like massively open and non-linear games, then you will like Morrowind. There is a main plot thread, but at any time you are free to go off on tangents and explore any of the hundreds of side quests that exist.

Personally, I find the game a bit overwhelming - I feel like if I sat down with it and spent a good deal of time with it I would love it - but I simply don't have the time to devote to it to really explore the world. As it is, I can't shake the constant feeling that I'm missing something in the game, as there are hundreds of NPCs and miles of terrain to explore.

My overall verdict is still pending. If you like huge, open-ended fantasy RPGs, you will love Morrowind.

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[slickstaa]

i just played this game a little, and the graphics are awesome. My system is getting a little old (1ghz tbird, 512 pc133, gf2 mx400) so it runs a little slow at times. This looks like one of those games you have to sit down and play for a long time to really get into. I dont really have time for this right now, and i just got Jedi Knight 2, which is pretty cool, so i doubt i will ever get into Morrowind. Oh well, at least i didnt pay 50 bucks for it.

 

[Guest]

Haven't seeen it on the shelves here in england yet .. any idea when it will arrive??

 

[cakecake]

Someone with an overclocked Pentium 4 DDR RAM system could tell us what kind of frame rates they get and that would probably shed some light on whether or not it's the CPU or GPU bogging the game down.

 

[FatBurger]

It's the GPU. I have to play at 800x600 because of my GF2MX. I could lower the detail, but I'd rather play at a lower resolution and better detail.

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