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Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind Game of the Year Edition, The xbx Game Reviews
Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind Game of the Year Edition, The
Critic Score
Metascore: 88 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
9.5 out of 10
based on 25 reviews
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The Morrowind GotY Edition includes the original Morrowind, along with content from the two Morrowind expansions: Tribunal and Bloodmoon. This new product allows gamers to continue their existing games of Morrowind and experience the new quests and areas offered by the expansions.

PUBLISHER: Bethesda Softworks
DEVELOPER: Bethesda Softworks
GENRE(S): Role-Playing Game
PLAYERS: 1
ESRB RATING: T (Teen)
RELEASE DATE: October 31, 2003

What The Critics Said

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100
GamePro
The updated controls and interfaces enable easy, intuitive access to the game’s magic and combat systems. Bethesda has created not just a game but also a benchmark by which future RPGs will be measured.
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100
Armchair Empire
The depth of Morrowind’s gameplay and overall design is matched by the audio-visual presentation. Hands down, Morrowind’s soundtrack should be released on CD – once you’ve heard the opening chords you’ll be humming it for hours after first booting it up.
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98
Digital Entertainment News
I love you, Bethesda. I eagerly await Elder Scrolls 4 and Call of Cthulu. Marry me.
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97
XGP Gaming
In Morrowind: Game of the Year Edition, or GOTY, both of those expansion packs become available for the Xbox Morrowind fan. Hundreds of hours of gameplay have been added to the 200+ hours in the original, making this one of the largest RPG's ever.
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96
GameBiz
Literally hundreds of hours of gameplay. It is virtually impossible to complete everything in the game.
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95
Xbox Evolved
We've waited forever for a good RPG, but not only have we gotten one, Bethesda has left us stunned.
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95
3DAvenue
It will change the way you think about RPG’s and video games forever.
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94
Xbox World Australia
With two huge expansions and dozens of fixes and updates, GOTY takes the bar Morrowind raised and propels it to unbeatable heights.
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94
Game Chronicles
Adds a generous heaping of additional content to an already vast game.
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92
GameZone
Highly recommended for the Morrowind fanatic who simply must beat and do everything.
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91
Game Revolution
Terrific. It takes the most open-ended game around and adds more open AND more end, effectively turning a delicious double-scoop into a triple-decker.
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91
BonusStage
There’s so much depth to be found here that to pass it up because it’s not pushing the latest graphics technology would be foolish. Technical issues aside, you’ll not find a more impressive game world on a home console offline RPG, period.
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90
Team Xbox
An incredible game. The GotY Edition will give previous Morrowind fanatics a few more reasons to dust off their character, and at the discount price, it offers a great chance for those whom may not have played it to jump right in.
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90
XboxAddict
A little spit shine here and there could never hurt, but GOTY has really won me over... all over again.
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90
GameShark
Both Tribunal and Bloodmoon offer new lands to explore, new people to interact with, new items to acquire, new enemies to fight and new quests to undertake.
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85
Official Xbox Magazine
The deep storyline and character development system, seemingly endless quests, and miles of detailed, highly interactive locations to explore all amount to more than 200 hours of gameplay for those attempting to see it all. [Jan 2004, p.76]
85
RPG Fan
RPG fans who liked the open-ended gameplay and freedom of the first game will want to take a return trip-the two expansions with over 100 hours of new adventures coupled with the $30 price tag make this game one of the steals of the year.
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83
Next Level Gaming
Even though Morrowind is a one player game, there is a LOT of replay value, especially now with the expansion packs. Since there are 12 different races, 21 different classes, 6 different guilds, 5 different political houses, and no "one way" to do things, the possibilities are endless, and its not likely you will play the exact same game twice.
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80
GamingWorld X
The new content of Tribunal and Bloodmoon are well worth the price of admission, even if the core gameplay hasn’t changed in any way.
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80
Cheat Code Central
Morrowind is a great experience, especially for those that don't like being told what to do and where to go. It's a personal experience that makes you feel as though you're the only person in the world that matters. And isn't that what really matters?
80
1UP
Morrowind is still the most ambitious single-player RPG ever created. You will get lost in this game if you let its spell take effect over you, and no matter how many times you say "Aaagghh, why did the game do that to me?!!", you'll end up coming back again after you've chilled out a bit.
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80
Xbox Nation Magazine
These new options are perfect for the hardened "Morrowind" veteran, adding just the right amount of innovation to an already solid RPG, and fortunately, this edition is compatible with old save files. [Mar 2004, p.91]
80
GameSpot AU
Traditional console RPG fans may be intrigued by the concept but ultimately turned off by the totally open-ended gameplay style, while those coming over from the PC side of things will probably find it refreshingly familiar -- although we'd plump for the PC version if you've got a system capable of it, if only because it is, after all, a PC port.
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79
GameSpot
Though the individual aspects of the gameplay aren't always very satisfying in and of themselves, the sum total of all that there is to see and do in Morrowind is nothing short of remarkable.
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78
Game Informer
It's got an insanely high level of immersion, story depth, and character customization available. The big problem with this game has always been downtime - far too much walking around and wading through conversations. [Jan 2004, p.151]
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now! The average user rating for this game is 9.5 (out of 10) based on 140 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Gammacee gave it a10:
Never before has a single player game kept me playing for so long. Still not bored...

Krzysztof K. gave it a9:
Top notch. The nearly open-ended story and huge world makes for a wonderfully long play time without being too massive (as the previous installments were).

Mike K. gave it a10:
Truly a gaming masterpiece, in my opinion the greatest game ever made. Open ended gameplay, a positively immense world, multitudinous quests, great replayability, and a fascinating story line all add up to true perfection. This game will have you playing well into the night months after purchase.

B J gave it a9:
It rocked. The open ended worlds and endless weapons and upgrades.

Scott E. gave it a10:
Sure, the graphics aren't the best, but the game is massive. You have the freedom to do whatever you want, whenever you want.

No Name gave it a10:
Morrowind GOTY on xbox is a great RPG that allows any one to play weather they choose to follow the story line or just wander around the land, which is quite big, and do what ever that person wants to do like other quests, hunting down enemies, and serching for items that are hard to get or rare. Letting the player do anything instead of the story line is what makes Morrowind a great game.

Sam M. gave it a0:
Worst game I have ever played this game is for losers.

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