"A gane worthy to be in the rank of the God Kings"

The Elder Scrolls has been one of the best RPG's to date. The GOTY edition includes the expansions Tribunal & Bloodmoon plus the original game.

Tribunal is the first expansion, it takes place in Mournhold the capital of Morrowind. Where a relentless new king has taken the throne of Morrowind, your journey will lead you to the Clockwork City of Sotha Sil, to massive epic-sized dungeons. You'll encounter new enemies such as goblins, lich lords, and the mysterious Fabricants, You'll also get to meet the two other God Kings,Almalexia and Sotha Sil, while discovering why the Dark Brotherhood is after you, stalking you on every turn.


Bloodmoon is the second expansion it takes place in Solstheim, an icy region north of Vvandefell. In the wilderness of Solstheim you'll experience snow, blizzards, and new creatures. You have have a choice of main stories to follow and have the opportunity to defend a colony, take control over how the colony is built up, and defend it from the werewolves Or, you can decide yo become one of them by catching the disease.

Gameplay:9.0/10
The gameplay is great, you have the freedom to go anywhere anytime, you'll encounter hundreds of Dungeon's,Tombs & things to buy. You can steal,float,turned invisible,make spells,swords & jump hundred's of feet into the air just to name a few. The battle system is pretty good but gets a little repetitive over time, is based on that of D&D hit or miss, the more fatigue & skill of that weapon you have,the less likely you're going to miss the target. If you get caught stealing, you'll either be dragged to Jail,pay the fine or resist arrest and become an outlaw, the more crimes you do the bigger the bounty will be, for example if you kill a guard you'll raise your bounty by 1,000 and every single guard will be after you until either you are killed or pay the fine, but if you kill too many people you'll get a death sentence which will make every single guard on the game will try to kill you without giving it a second tough, you will also find that some houses have been locked and some people are afraid of you know. The game has over 500 quests to do from the main story to factions and errands. You can also become a vampire or a werewolf by acquiring a disease and slaughter entire cities.

Graphics:9/10
The graphics are awesome from the raging blizzards of Solstheim to the calm water Vvandefell. You can either play in FPS or 3rd person camera. The only problems are that the framerate droops and some of the animation is sloppy, but overall this game has some of the best graphics.

Controls:8/10
The control of the game is pretty average, you attack with the right trigger,jump with the Left trigger,ready magic with A,ready weapons with Y and open the menu/map with B. The controls are responsive but you'll often have to pause the game to get past your hundred or so spell's inventory which will lessen the feeling of the real time battles. Customization also helps the score a little.

Sound:7.5/10
The worst parts of the game the sound,the game has only 3 themes of music while the rest are remixed versions, I have heard them hundreds of times but they still don't seem to bother me, you may think so otherwise. Another thing is the damn footsteps which get extremely annoying, each race has their own voice for the gender and different Race, the characters of the same race seem to be too stupid to know other conversation, even if you choose another gender they'll always say the same thing. But overall is not as bad as I make it sound, you'll just have to hear it yourself to judge.

Replay:10/10
This is where the game really shines, I have spend hundred's of hours playing the original game(which is included with this one) , there will always be something new that you missed a tomb or dungeon that you have not yet found, not to mention that you have to beat the game two times to complete the two main storylines and another 10 to make all the factions quests and find all the legendary Items, not to mention that now this game can be a challenge on any lv unlike the classic morrowind with the new difficulty slider. And if you're a newbie to GOTY you'll find out that there is no other game like this one, you'll just have to try it yourself to believe me.

Overall:9.5/10
This is possibly the best game on the Xbox so far,a definite must have for hardcore RPG fans and casual as well.

Prons and Cons

Prons:
+Huge worlds
+Good graphics
+Choose between first or third person view
+It will take you over 200+hours to finish the game W/O doing all the factions
+It will take you months to finish the entire game
+Many races to choose from
+The DDE has been drastically reduced(I havent experienced on yet)

Cons:
-The music & sound are awfull
-You'll really loose sleep with this game
-Battle system gets repetitive
-The dialog are the same for most of the characters
-The uniquetivity of the game is not for everyone

Buy,Rent, or Ignore?
Buy:
Get definetly this one instead of the original morrowind, its only ten bucks more but is well worth it with two expansions added to it and none or few DDE.

Rent:
If you're new to this type of game then you might be better off renting it, but if this review convinced you, I recommend that you buy it.

Reviewer's Score: 10/10, Originally Posted: 11/06/03