im thinking about getting morrowind for my birthday in feb and i wonder is it a good game?

Depends on what kind of a game your after...
And it really comes down to you, it's not our choice..
But since you asked if it was a good game I shall intrigue you to no end.

Morrowind +'s:
-Great graphics, they're not like OB great but they have a more fantasy feel to them..
-No leveled lists, you can fight any creature at any level, i.e you can fight a Golden Saint at level one, you will get owned, BUT you can still fight it.
-It's much 'bigger' than most games, not just by the landmass size (though even thats big!) the diversity with which all the NPC's have is wonderful! and only gets better with mods.
-RP I found easier in Morrowind
-The scenery is much more fantasy style with gigantic mushrooms in some places, or you could go to the Bitter Coast (my fav spot) and explore the smugglers lairs.
-The weather owns... Thunder storms are GREAT especially at night
-The whole omg I'm a newb feel is in your face from the beginning.. You may not like that but it re-enforces the movie from the beginning.
-Just awesome and great fun. If you are going to get it for your birthday, then do so!
-It's cheap even with both expansions (like $10 Aussie, so even cheaper state side)
-Lots of guilds/factions
-You get to kill a 'god' lol.... Stupid Vivec..
-So much content, lots of hidden caves, grotto's, shrines etc.

Morrowind -'s:
-Poor combat system.. Sadly there is no option to block, it just happens based on skill.
-Magic is a pain, you can't hold your weapon and cast..
-No decent physics
-Heavy on lag on slower/older machines
-Some people don't like the older graphics


Thats about all I can think of..

My advice, Get it.
Really it is a great game and I have been playing for ages.. XD
I hope this helped!!

Being 5 years old, there are a lot of great mods for it, and people are still working on new ones.

Can be done with mods.

Can be improved with mods.

Morrowind the movie?

He's right, though I can live with it. It's probably frustrating if you've played Oblivion first though. In Oblivion you attack: you hit. The damage you do depends on your skill. In Morrowind you attack, and whether you actually hit depends on your fatigue and skill level. So if you don't have blunt weapon as your major or minor skill, you will almost never hit with a blunt weapon.
Casting spells can fail. Again, it depends on your fatigue and skill level. Successfully creating potions depends on your skill level too.

Another big plus: There are more skills. Oblivion has 21 skills, Morrowind has 27. (Daggerfall 37) Instead of Blunt and Blade, you have Blunt, Axe, Long Blade and Short Blade. There's also Medium Armor, Unarmored and Enchant.

sounds good to me!

Lol.
Glad to be of help XD..

@Povuholo:
You know the intro movie at the beginning, thats the movie I was on about XD..

There are mods to change spellcasting.?? *smashes head on feble desck*

Lol, I shall find these one daaaay!

I have to add that it is a great game! I have it for the original xbox (which means no mods ) but as a unmodded and and basic it was fun. I wouldn't ever get far because I would go "Oh! I want to start a new character and do this." Then I would do that all over again. There are so many things you can do on that game. 2 reasons I stopped playing. Oblivion (Duh) and the disk got too scratched. So my opinion: GET IT. HAVE FUN! (Happy B-Day)

It is a wonderful game. I loved it.

Untill Oblivion came along.

Eh, in my books Morrowind is better because even after
playing OB, I still go back to Morrowind... But beauty is in the
eye of the beholder..

It is truly a great game . It's big enough so you can spend a 3 day lazy weekend (Like the recent Australia Day) just doing the fighters guild quest, and then start a new character for the each of the other guilds. With the skills diversity and the way the combat system works it actually matters what you pick! and its a LOT harder to be uber in everything. NO LEVELLED LISTS! some areas really are hard. its big, i mean BIG.

the blocking system i think is better - no more just holding the right mouse button.

I like the change between combat and magic system, but I grew up reading books where magic involved complex hand signals and the like so it feels more 'real' to me... but it would be great if your character said something when casting (hmm... maybe... mod???)

Oblivion is easy and you can rock at it in a drunken state, morrowind is hard and you actually have to think (no green arrow!)

If your folks (I'm assuming your young, sorry if your not) don't like the idea, just tell them you'll be practising reading - I'm serious - there is more written dialogue in this game (especially with mods) then my entire book shelf! well maybe an exaggeration, its a big bookshelf...

I think Morrowind is a GREAT game- I would probably prefer unmodded morrowind to unmodded oblivion. With mods I have fine tuned Oblivion to be much much superior to morrowind- so am playing oblivion nowadays...