How does the new Morrowind measure up to the classic version?

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Is it possible to enjoy The Elder Scrolls Online's Morrowind expansion if you're a fan of the original game who hates MMOs? Is it folly to even try? Either way, I loved Morrowind too much to ignore the arrival of its multiplayer-focused quasi-prequel.
The handful of readers who recognise the by-line will know that my Morrowind obsession is the running joke of my career. There goes Jim Trinca, the Morrowind Liker. Compares everything to Morrowind. Never shuts up about it. Go on, ask him about Morrowind. Go on.
It's true that I'm obsessed with it - although not in the sense that I play it all the time. In truth, the last time I played it properly we still had a Labour government. Fifteen years on, it's very nearly impossible to recommend without also providing a long list of overhaul mods to install first, and definitely exactly impossible to convince anyone to go to that sort of trouble. You had to be there.
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