Morrowind

The third game in the Elder Scrolls series. It starts off that you are a prisoner being released to a country called Morrowind. You can be a: imperial (stuck-up white dude), breton (mellow guy with a tan), redguard (tough black guy), nord (giant viking), orc (big green guy), khajit (catperson with kangaroo feet), argonian (creepy lizardperson), wood elf (hippie with pointy ears), high elf (asian with pointy ears), or a dark elf (grey racist with pointy ears). It has a wide variety of cultures and places, as well as unusual animals. The only real-world animals seem to be rats, as the wilderness is populated by creatures that range from foot-long maggots to two-legged triceratops to large birds with fins. The geography of Morrowind is mostly made up of swamps, forests and dusty wastelands. There are, of course, cities and towns populated by civilized people. You can buy flowers, booze, weapons, armors, spells, potions, food, and clothing, as well as talk to people. As is customary in the medieval fantasy genre, the tombs and crypts are filled with undead. "People" enemies include bandits, slave-drivers, and psychopaths. Magical creatures are less common, but can be found if one seeks the most forbidding places. On average, Morrowind has the same laws as the real world. It may seem to new players like a whole new world, but as with all things, the key is moderation.