I'll come at this from a different angle and say that it doesn't have to actually hold up as a complete experience today for people to still be talking about why they loved it. And my guy here would do well to listen to people talk about the *specific things* they think Morrowind did better.
Len
"Go back and play Morrowind and tell me that’s the game you want to play again," said Bruce Nesmith, who worked for Bethesda for over 17 years, adding that playing The Elder Scrolls 3 "would not stand the test of time." https://bit.ly/4q4GoKh