I wanted to just go around, explore, vanquish monsters, and grab cool loot. Unfortunately, you can't do much in that game unless you talk to the right person and grab the right quest. I found a really awsome dagger, but it kills when you equip it unles you have a special bracer that you get from talking to someone who give you the quest to find the dagger. And I went down into Dagoth Ur's caves but couldn't defeat the heart, because you need a special mace you get from a quest. Thats when I stopped playing.
So if you like talking to people who stare at the same tavern wall for several years while you are out doing stuff, then Morrowind is a good game.
=PK