Shaido's Morrowind Overview


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Name...............: Morrowind
AKA................: The Elder Scrolls chapter III, MW,
Publisher...........: Bethesda Softworks in the USA, UbiSoft in Europe, and Electronics Boutique (exclusive)in Australia.
Release Date...: USA, Europe May 2002, Australia June 21 2002
Rating..............: ERSB Teen (USA) (Blood, Violence, (it does contain fantasy narcotics)
Platforms...........: PC (2 CDs, 1 for the game and 1 for the Editor), XBOX (1 DVD)
Minimum Specs.: Windows ME/98 128 MB RAM; Windows XP/2000 256 MB RAM; 500 MHz Intel Pentium III,
...........................Celeron,or AMD Athlon processor; 8x CD/DVD-ROM Drive; 1 GB free hard disk space;
........................... Windows swapfile; DirectX 8.1(included); 32MB Direct3D Compatible video card and DirectX 8.1
.......................... compatible driver; DirectX 8.1 compatible sound card; Keyboard; Mouse

Recommended: 800 MHz or faster Intel Pentium III or AMD Athlon processor; 256 MB RAM; NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS,
......................... or ATI Radeon 7500 or faster video card.

Supported Chipsets: GeForce4; GeForce3; GeForce2; GeForce 256; NVIDIA TNT2;
.............................ATI Radeon 8500; ATI Radeon 7500; ATI Radeon 7200; ATI Radeon; ATI Rage 128;
..............................Matrox G550; Matrox G450; Matrox G400

Status.............: The game is available.
Extras.............: PC version comes with the ES3 construction kit, There's a Collector's Edition and
....................... A 373 page Official Strategy Guide sold seperately.
Addons.............: Morrowind: Tribunal (due November 2002)
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The Elder Scrolls games are huge, first person, single-player, non-linear role playing games that allow you to play the character you want and to do what you want.

Morrowind follows in this tradition and is the third installment of the Elder Scrolls saga, following Arena and Daggerfall, and promises to be the best CRPG ever.

You could even become a Vampire or a Lycanthrope (Were-creature) in Daggerfall.

There are no Lycanthropes in Morrowind though. Well, not until I get my hands on the editor!!! :)


Morrowind's Features


The Collector's Edition

The Collector's Edition comes in cool black box with gold text.
The Daedric words on the cover are the names of the 6 Great Houses.
The CE comes with several bonus extras:

The ES3 Construction Kit


Non Player Characters



Miscellanious Information


  • Fatigue effects Weapon Accuracy
  • The game isn't multiplayer because the Elder Scrolls games are a personal experience like Deus Ex, Thief 2 and System Shock 2.
  • Initially, the Khajiits and the Argonians weren't playable races, but due to fan reaction and Maverique's help, they changed their minds.
  • There is a non-licensed Importer/Exporter plug-in for 3D Studio Max that will be available for download at the official website when the game is released.
  • The first quest takes 10 minutes in REAL TIME to complete.
  • There are also time sensitive quests: If someone is diseased and you're late with the cure, they'll die.
  • While the engine specifics are top secret, they are using NetImmerse Technology
  • Thaumaturgy and Alteration were combined into the one school : Alteration.
  • The script in the Editor doesn't allow you to define functions and is not object orientated.( What would be the point? You're dealing with 3D objects anyway!!)
  • The clouds and weather effects aren't static, but rather dynamic. You won't see the same shaped clouds ( unlike Anachronox where they showed the same cloud shape in two screen shots.
  • When I say everything can be manipulated, I mean everything! Even down to the cutlery (knives and forks)!. You can even re-arrange books on a shelf
  • You can wrap any .tga file around the skeletal model. (Buffy's head on an Orc's body?).
  • As you go up levels you get attribute points to spend.
  • You can't be a werewolf in MW. BOO!
  • ** Please note ** : All information gathered here is from various sources and is as correct as possible at time of posting. This site is updated monthly or when possible.

    My sources are : The Official Site , Official Forums , Destination: Morrowind ,
    Morrowind Summit , various magazine articles ( US PC Gamer July 2000 and July 2001, PC Zone, Hyper, Pc Powerplay, Computer Gaming World) internet interviews, (Voodoo Extreme, IGN) and IRC chat logs from IRC #Morrowind on the DALnet network.