User Rating: 9 | The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind - Game of the Year Edition PC
Morrowind is a brilliant RPG with a rich, large, open-ended and unique world. It has one major flaw: game balance and combat. From the starting sequence of interactions to creating your character the complex and completely optional main quest, I was captivated by this game. The graphics are first rate for any game environment, which says even more for the RPG world where graphics engines are often second-rate. The main quest is interesting and long and exposes you to most of the continent where Morrowind takes place. This is a completely open-ended RPG. Although there are lots to do in this world, there is nothing you must do. The skills based character development system is excellent. The world is fresh and unique. It is not populated with orcs and goblins. This is game is near perfection with one significant flaw: the combat system is miserable and the game is not well balanced. It is very difficult to advance in the earlier levels and then gets to the point where advancement and combat is so easy it is almost not fun. However, the rich world and stories and the vast number of places to explore make up for this shortcoming. If only the combat model had been improved, this game would have been a perfect 10. 
