Why I'll always say Morrowind is the best TES game

[Samurai Waki]

I know exactly what you mean. After I bought Oblivion some number of years ago...was it '06-07'? I played through the main quest, and was completely disappointed. Actually maybe only two months ago, I re-downloaded morrowind, found all the old mods I really liked for it, and I'm still working on beating the game, I'm working on the Five Shrines Quest up in Solstheim.

[TinCow]

I never played the first two games, but between Morrowind and Oblivion, Morrowind is the clear winner for all the reasons you give. Unfortunately, it will probably retain that title forever, because a lot of the things that made Morrowind better have now been permanently 'retired' by Bethsoft.

[CountArach]

Morrowind with Oblivion's graphics...

*Dreams*

[I of the Storm]

Not really a fanboy battle to expect here. Morrowind wins. It's better. It's virtually bugfree and was so on release. It's got the better story. It had two wonderful expansion packs. It let's you immerse. It's more interesting. It's funnier. It's ... I'll stop here.

[caravel]

I have this game but could never really get into it. After clicking through tons of dialogue and wandering about for hours I simply gave up on it. The combat system is awful as well. It involves running up to the enemy and clicking as fast as possible, any kind of dodging or circling is pointless. However you've almost inspired me to give it another go with this thread and it does run under wine.

[I of the Storm]

The combat system is a little more complex than that. Although there is one clickable option somewhere that enables and disables some sort of simplified combat system. Just make sure you don't have the simple one enabled. IIRC combat is similar to Oblivion, apart from the blocking (automatic based on skill) and the archery. And you can dodge, both blows and most spells.