I think I gave Morrowind 8/10 when I reviewed it a billion years ago :'(
The damn game fooled me. It kept me thinking "Soon it'll get better, soon the good bits will start" but it never did. It trudged on until it suddenly ended without even a cut-scene as consolation. Gaah, stupid game makes me angry even now!
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pixies was right! (That's how K2 got most of its good reviews.) :ph34r:
Yeah, saw that.
It sounds more FPS than RPG, but that isn't a criticism, just a lame categorisation. FPS with RPG elements, as if Gordon Freeman gets a new HGV suit, or the super-jump from the first game when he get's to Xen ...
Yeah, you did.
He used the "Genesis Device" as a cheat (advanced ability for the UFO). Remember he started off creating volcanic eruptions to create the atmosphere (just after the creature subject to the "abduction" exploded).
Also, I see no reason why there can't be invertebrates of any design: after all vertebrates are in the minority.
But ... you don't WANT it to be complex, the interface has to be simple! And a lot of the complexity of the games is just diminishing returns. The fact that Spore has a bunch of these god game concepts knitted together.
And it's interacting with everyone elses' game contents. (w00t)