Why do some consider Morrowind a better game than Oblivion?

[Citrus]

Pretty sure it's the nostalgia talking. That tends to be the cause of a lot of "Old X is better than New X" discussions.

 

[More Fun To Compute]

There are differences in game mechanics being simplified but both are broken in my opinion so that wouldn't be enough for me.

Oblivion is more fun to play, in a way, but Morrowind has things that I love like Telvanni towers and getting lost on the larger maps without magic compasses. Oblivion is just a bit blander and smaller.

 

[Woodsey]

Because Morrowind is better then Oblivion. In every way

This, unless you prefer Oblivion (like me).

There's no mystery about it, the mechanics are actually quite different so people will prefer one or the other, as with all things.

I find the combat in Morrowind dreadful, so I much prefer Oblivion (as well as for other reasons).

Do you play it on PC or console?

PC - never found any problems to be honest. Although maybe I just found it such a relief that when I bashed something over the head it recognised that I had actually bashed it over the head.

The Morrowind combat was just so strange, like it was trying to imitate Dragon Age play/pause combat (the proper phrase has completely escaped my memory) but without the pause function, and putting you in direct control.

It just felt so off, which I guess is the problem you had with Oblivion.

 

[Knight Templar]

Because they like what it offers and what it offers if diffrent to Oblivion. No leveled monsters might also be a factor.

Couldn't get into it myself, going to try again after some advice from the Elder Scrolls group.

 

[almostgold]

Why DO people like Morrowind more? The story was just as crappy as Oblivion, there were way too many skills, Oblivion's open world level scaling made it truly open and accessible, and in Morrowind, everything was brown and fugly, not lush and realistic.

A lot of people liked the brown and fugly enviroments. It was more original than Oblivion's cliche western fantasy setting.

 

[Pimppeter2]

Oblivion was the better game

But Morrowind was far the better game

If you catch my drift.

 

[Kiefer13]

Because people don't all have the same opinions?

Though they may be predesessor and successor respectively, Morrowind and Oblivion are very different games. Some people like the experience that Morrowind provides better and some people prefer the experience that Oblivion has to offer. It's that simple. Arguing over which game is objectively "better" is both foolish and futile, because there is no correct answer.

Personally I prefer Morrowind, because I felt it was a much deeper and more atmospheric game. I also didn't like the fact that they removed a lot of things from Oblivion that were present in Morrowind (Levitation, Crossbows, Polearms, Medium Armour etc). Not that I didn't like Oblivion though. I thought it was still an excellent game. Indeed, there were some aspects of it that I thought were better than in Morrowind. The combat, for one thing.

That's just my opinion though.

 

[Axolotl]

Because Morrowind was agreat game and Oblivion was a terrible game? It's not complicated.

 

[brodie21]

i liked oblivion better than morrowind because mostly i could get places faster

 

[deadmandante]

I'll boil it down in one sentence. It has more story quests and more pointless quests. That's pretty much it, I've also heard complaints about the strength based inventory and the fast travel. I got both of these games for my computer for the first time last year. I beat Oblivion in a ninth of the time it took me to beat Morrowind. Both were fantastic games, but I'm really really really picky about what I play, and I will maybe play back through Morrowind once or twice more, if the cd messes up I will not rebuy it. There's just too much pointless drudgery.

 

[Axolotl]

Ok heres a good tip for yall who are planning on getting into the elder scrolls games.

Whatever you do, dont play Oblivion before you play Morrowind, other way round. Personally I think Oblivion was better, but thats because I played it first and after that morrowinds pretty hard to get into. A massive map, no fast travel, a complicated (if better) interface, clunky combat, etc. I loved Morrowind, but I had a very hard time in the first 20 hours playing.

I disagree. I played Oblivion then moved on to Morrowind. Sure Morrowind was harder to get into but when I did I was rewarded by an interesting Fantasy setting and a cool world to explore. When I got into Oblivion it was like being slapped in the face repeatedly by an idiot.

 

[GeekFury]

I liked both, but then again I'm the sort of person that likes anything thats a fantasy RPG.

 

[ottenni]

I prefer Morrowind more for the small things than any other major changes, with the exception of way points and fast travel. That may seem like a rather petty complaint but i really enjoyed actually having to look for places as opposed to instantly knowing where they were, and often being able to just teleport there. Morrowind also had the feeling that Bethesda put allot more effort into it than Oblivion. You know the suicidal troll in Oblivion? Little things like that were EVERYWHERE! I liked that they tried to keep it up in Oblivion but it seemed that they ran out of time. I mean even all the bandits had names. Oh yeah and none of that leveling stuff. No bandits wearing Daedric. There was only two full sets of Daedric in the game, and that was awesome. Oh and the mud crab merchant.

Oh and did i mention NINJA STARS!

 

[thatstheguy]

Because Morrowind is better then Oblivion. In every way

This is the comment that people like me get confused over. Even if you think everything about something is better, it kind of backs up your argument a little more to tell why it's better. It's comments like these that start threads like these.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

I've played and loved Oblivion for 350 hours plus, and cannot get into Morrowind.

Why?

'SWAWK SWAWK'

Swipe swipe swipe swipe swipe swipe HIT swipe swipe swipe...

 

[Flying Dagger]

people hate change.
for every minor detail you change you're going to have 10 people crying about it, and when you make enough changes you get proper "OMG YOU RUINED IT FOREVER" syndrome.

and yeah the combat and the inability to run everywhere killed it for me. though i didn't play it when it came out, but if you started on oblivion there's not much chance to enjoy it.
Though the world did look more interesting, i just couldn't get into it, i'd buy it if they remade it with oblivions engine though.