October 28, 2011 10:37 AM EDT
I was browsing around Best Buy one day (I think this was late '04) and I saw a "Game of the Year Edition" for Morrowind for around 30 bucks. I remembered reading a review of the game in PC Gamer and it getting good scores so I checked out the screenshots on the box. I really liked the GTA series at the time as well as Baldur's Gate II so I thought it would be kind of a mix between the two. I loaded up the game and was HOOKED. I was only 17 at the time, so admittedly I ignored the lore for the most part and missed some of the finer details. Even still it was probably in my top 3 of all time games (with deus ex 1 and baldur's gate II; tough to choose an order). I loved Oblivion, although not to the degree I did Morrowind, and I truly believe Skyrim will combine the best of both of these incredible games.