{"id":26,"date":"2005-10-27T13:07:48","date_gmt":"2005-10-27T13:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alquier.org\/linfa\/play\/2005\/10\/27\/the_elder_scrolls_iii_morrowin\/"},"modified":"2005-10-27T13:07:48","modified_gmt":"2005-10-27T13:07:48","slug":"the_elder_scrolls_iii_morrowin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.alquier.org\/laurent\/sites\/2005\/10\/27\/the_elder_scrolls_iii_morrowin\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Vvardenfell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"210\" vspace=\"10\" hspace=\"10\" height=\"158\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\" alt=\"morrowind1t.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alquier.org\/TES\/images\/morrowind2t.jpg?resize=210%2C158\" \/> Where do I even begin talking about <a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/www.uesp.net\/wiki\/Morrowind:Morrowind\">Morrowind<\/a> ?<\/p>\n<p>How about with a shot from one of the very first scenes in the game ?<\/p>\n<p>From the moment you step out of the prison ship that brought you, an outlander, to the Land of the Dunmers, one thing is clear : this is way more than a simple game.<\/p>\n<p>The 3rd chapter of The Elder Scrolls&nbsp; series from Bethesda Softworks, is a serious attempt at creating a living, breathing world to play with.<\/p>\n<p>In many respects, they have beautifully succeeded.<\/p>\n<p>Morrowind is the first game where I felt actually intimidated by too many possibilities. <\/p>\n<p>After going through the opening sequence and the character creation process (smartly fused with the flow of the game through a registration process with the local Customs), the game welcomed me by a merchand killing my character in a local shop as I tried to look at something on his shelves (much less trying to steal). <\/p>\n<p>The second attempt at starting the game was more successful. I went through the first mini-quest without an itch and ended up leaving the little village of Seyda Neen only to stop at the first crossroad.<\/p>\n<p>What to do next ? Take the path through the swamps ? the road up the hills ? or the local &#8216;bus&#8217; service to go straight to the first city ?<\/p>\n<p>For the first time, there was no clear path to the next quest. That much freedom can be intimidating.<\/p>\n<p>So I did something I could never do before in a game. I found a rock by the water and stood there to watch the sun go down in the ocean and observe the stars as they were revealed by the night. <\/p>\n<p>Morrowind has night and day cycles&#8230; and cloud patterns &#8230; and moon cycles&#8230; and weather patterns. It has fog in the morning and rain under cloudy skies. And this was only the beginning. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where do I even begin talking about Morrowind ? How about with a shot from one of the very first scenes in the game ? From the moment you step out of the prison ship that brought you, an outlander, to the Land of the Dunmers, one thing is clear : this is way more than a simple game. 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