Apparently people have been drooling over Oblivion. According to reviews and lustful moans everywhere, people are probably right too. Still, Oblivion costs money. Morrowind mods don't. And I'm not talking about the simple add-a-texture or modify-to-hit-tables mods, but about full-blown total conversion, relive-the-experience attempts.
The first one goes by the sad name Ashes of Apocalypse. It's a tacky, sci-fi post-apocalyptic affair, with a not-so-medieval soundtrack and FPS aspirations. Of course it fails. Tragically. The poor thing unfortunately looks like this:
Then, there is the Wizards' Islands mod (or according to its creators the unofficial expansion). This one is actually good and provides more than 20-30 gameplay hours, very good visuals, new cities and will even walk the dog and fix you coffee. All you'll need is Morrowind (obviously) and a 20th level character... Ah, the pic:
A close contender to Wizard's Islands' throne of quality is the Sword of the Perithia mod, which offers a new (and not improved) storyline, more than a 100 NPCs, new monsters, new weapons, new grammar, the full monty. Doesn't look bad either:
Then again, you could give Sea of Destiny -and not density- a try. But, I won't get into that. Nope, no screenshot either... Try to enjoy.
The first one goes by the sad name Ashes of Apocalypse. It's a tacky, sci-fi post-apocalyptic affair, with a not-so-medieval soundtrack and FPS aspirations. Of course it fails. Tragically. The poor thing unfortunately looks like this:
Then, there is the Wizards' Islands mod (or according to its creators the unofficial expansion). This one is actually good and provides more than 20-30 gameplay hours, very good visuals, new cities and will even walk the dog and fix you coffee. All you'll need is Morrowind (obviously) and a 20th level character... Ah, the pic:
A close contender to Wizard's Islands' throne of quality is the Sword of the Perithia mod, which offers a new (and not improved) storyline, more than a 100 NPCs, new monsters, new weapons, new grammar, the full monty. Doesn't look bad either:
Then again, you could give Sea of Destiny -and not density- a try. But, I won't get into that. Nope, no screenshot either... Try to enjoy.. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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The Wizard's Islands looks sweet...great graphics.. I checked out their site also. I can remember playing a game called pong in the late 70's. I had it hooked up to the telivision, and you'd hit this little ball back and forth, kind of like tennis, and it would make this little *beep* everytime you hit the ball. look where graphics are at now. I wonder where the graphics will be in ten years?
ReplyDeleteYou always have good info on gaming Gnome. :-)
Yes, pong... I've read quite a lot of stuff about it, but never actually played the original (only pathetic Java imitations)...
ReplyDeleteAnd you always have great photos...
I'm going to download these mods because you can apreciate the golden oldies. pong... the second greatest game ever!
ReplyDeleteAnd first one is? Come on dear Anonymous... give us a hint...
ReplyDeleteI may not be the right anon, but I say it's IRL. You know, with the mosquito that need to be debugged?
ReplyDeleteIRL? Don't think I'v heard of it. Yes, I know, shameful really...
ReplyDeleteA massive German total conversion for Morrowind, Arwtwend (2002-2006), has just had a full English translation released for it. Details and screenshots here...
ReplyDeletehttp://morrowind2009.wordpress.com/total-conversion-arktwend-english/
Impressively impressive and majestically Gothic. Thanks so much for the tip!
ReplyDeleteThere's an unofficial expansion set for the Ashes of Apocalypse mod called "Desert Region 2: The Final Frontier". It's still not finished yet, as the developer needs to put his final release on but I think it's pretty cool so far.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.moddb.com/mods/desert-region-2-the-final-frontier
Seems fantastic really. Thanks a ton!
ReplyDeleteThere's also Desert Region 1 for Morrowind. Though, I couldn't get through it without the walkthrough on the news page!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.moddb.com/mods/desert-region
Thanks for the tip!
ReplyDeleteSweet! I am known as Xargoth in the forums, but anyhow, I tried the Arktwend, and it is too good! Everyone should get it! It was so gothic\german i loved it soo much!
ReplyDeleteWizard's Island mod is pretty sweet!
ReplyDeleteAye! Thanks for the reminder!
ReplyDeleteI love how the adjustable wrench is a weapon!
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