Morrowind GOTY Can Suck Me

[Professor S]

I tried picking up the GOTY edition of Morrowind last week, and the journey that Bethesda sent me on has left a permanently bad taste in my mouth for their ineptitude for console software.

First I purchased a preowned copy as it was $10 cheaper. I went home and anxiously popped it in my Xbox as I wanted to experience the enhanced graphics and assload of new content that the inclusion of both expansion packs would give. Besides, I looked into getting the PC version, and for the same amount of content I would have to pay $35 more for the original and both expansions. (Why Bethesda has not released a warchest for Morrowind, I have no idea).

I chose to play a new game and gleefully saw that the graphics were indeed enhanced. I chose my race then ran into the census office to choose my class. I chose my class and then had a mysterious spell placed on me and the entire world of Vvardenfell that made us all PETRIFIED... actuall the game just froze.

I shrugged off this minor setback and started the game back up, only for the same thing to happen at the same place... over and over again.

So being the optimist that I am I chalked this one up to the case of a used game being defective. I went back to EB and traded it in, plus an extra $10 bucks, for a new copy of Morrowind GOTY.

THE ****ING PIECE OF RANCID MONKEY **** WOULDN'T EVEN LOAD ON MY XBOX.

Now before I work myself into an infanticidal rage, I would like to ask Bethesda one seemingly simple question...

Why does your GOTY edition not work on my Xbox when the original has never had a problem? What kind of severely retarded self-flagellating emotionally scarred nancy boys do you have running your console division? Exactly how many kicks does it take for me to get to the center of your skulls?

Ok, so it was a couple of questions, but I'm a bit annnnnngry.

So, in conclusion, Bethesda can suck me. That is all.

[thatmariolover]

Morrowind GOTY is the most difficult game for an XBox to read. Over at my GameStop we always test Xbox systems that are traded in with the game and if it doesn't read we don't buy the system back.

At any rate, my condolences to you. I'd return the new copy were I you and bitch to Bethesda via their troubleshooting department. I did it with the original Morrowind because of the "Disc Read Error" that occurs when the Xbox's RAM gets full.

Hopefully you'll figure something out. It's my guess is that you've got an earlier Xbox (first year or two of making them) and you've got a Thompson drive in there. There are three types of DVD drives that MS has put in Xbox's. Thompson, Philips, and Samsung. The Samsung is the newest and best. They can read anything except DVD+R media (not a big deal unless you're modded - although remarkably I ran a DVD of the Don Hertzfielde shorts that was burned onto a DVD+R and it worked absolutely fine. The Philips are a close second with really good compatability, too. But the Thompsons... Eww... It's almost worth it to mod your Xbox just to buy one of the Samsung replacement drives online and swap it in.

All in all it's Microsoft's problem as much as Bethesda (first for the RAM problem then for the bad drives).

[Canyarion]

Here you can get Morrowind + both expansions for €15.
The prices of the expansions have just been dropped.

Try and find it for your PC!!!!!!

[Professor S]

I just did at my local EB Games. The regular version was $20 and the two expansions were $15 a piece. Maybe the price points are different in Europe...

I'm just going to wait until they release a cheaper box set for all three. Until then I'm getting World of Warcraft for Christmas so Bethesda will have to lose my money for now to Blizzard.

[Canyarion]

w0000000t! Another WoW player!

The games are actually much more expensive in Europe. We pay €60 for a new game, which is $80!!!!!!! It's just sick, compared to 'your' $50.

We just happened to have a cheap (€7,50) duo pack of the expansions. The normal game was already €6 for quite a while.
Oh well, you'll find a cheap version one day.
Until then, have much fun with WoW!

[Jason1]

Dude, its probably just the Xbox. ****ty console man.

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by Jason1

Dude, its probably just the Xbox. ****ty console man.

Way to try and pick a fight. Kind of obvious, don't you think? You bored or something?