Morrowind is . Old . It looks like a first person FRPG like Skyrim or Oblivion later do , but it ' s more RPG than the ' glorified shooters with RPG systems within ' the later games technically are . One thing that ' s noteable is that you will swing your weapon , seem to hit , and . Miss . This is because your animation actually means bugger all , it ' s virtual dice rolls against your stats , like rpgs ' forefathers , tabletop roleplaying games , did . Oh , and the game does not really level to you , enemies have levels and are challenging if you ' re unprepared . You can beat the main quest in under an hour if you know what you ' re doing , I ' m told . Oh , there ' s no waypoint system . Most rpgs tend to do maps with markers and whatnot Morrowind has npcs give you reasonable instructions that if you weren ' t listening you ' d be as fucked as in real life for not listening to instructions . It ' s a very different kind of beast to modern rpgs , and that ' s a shame , we could use a new Morrowind style game on the market to see if gamers are willing to not be considered idiots to handhold .