QUOTE(ImperialSnob @ Jul 17 2013, 09:34 PM)
We have to be a critic to everything,even those things we love.
QFT. For so much delicious, juicy truth.
For me, Morrowind is a flawed diamond. It gets a lot of stuff right, in my opinion; the Middle-Eastern inspired aesthetic is unique and interesting, the story is a refreshing twist on 'The Chosen One' and is helped along by a well-developed and sometimes even sympathetic villain, the music and sound effects are pitch-perfect and the atmosphere is so thick and potent that you can use it to smother a small child.
The problem for me with Morrowind, is that while it's a beautiful game, it plays like a gigantic, steaming pile of guar turds. The combat doesn't work, I can never work out the stealth, the magic is OK but is ludicrously easy to break and the menu, while not as awful as Skyrim's by-crab-people-for-crab-people vanilla UI, is still pretty bad. Also, 'The Morrowind Swagger' default walk animation is faintly ridiculous to see.
Overall, I can play Morrowind in bursts. Generally, I can traipse around Vvardenfel for a few days at a time, soaking up the atmosphere before I eventually get sick of just how mechanically bad the game is and go and play something else.