
If you were looking for a game like Skyrim, you should look no farther than the game that really set the tone for the fourth and fifth entries into the Elder Scrolls series. You could simply explore the world at your whim and the free-form design of the game put very few barriers in place to prevent you from doing anything you wanted. There was, of course, a story to follow and quests to perform, but you didn’t have to do that. Morrowind was very different.Īfter being released into the world as a newly freed convict, it was up to you to decide your path. While games like Baldur’s Gate, Icewind Dale, or Diablo threw you headlong into an epic adventure, it was pretty clear that, despite the ability to branch away from the main story in a limited sense, the game had a goal in mind for you.

Released when I was a mere boy of 15 or so, Morrowind was my first real journey into a truly open-world experience. the one that most, if not all, hardcore fans of the franchise consider to be the best of the series.

The first entry in our list of games like Skyrim is, quite unsurprisingly, Morrowind, a.k.a.

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, Image Source: Bethesda
