Elder Scrolls: Arena, The
Review by Underdogs:
One of the most all-encompassing RPGs ever created didn't succeed commercially due to hefty hardware requirements for its time. Nine man years in the making, Arena heralds a new level of RPGs: 3D gameworld with realistic weather effects, cool spellcasting system where you can create thousands of spells,and best of all -- 8 million kilometers of terrain to explore on your quest to find the Staff of Chaos. You can ignore the main plot and just do what you want, e.g. steal from houses at night and take on side quests. A truly "epic" game that deserves to be on every RPGer's shelves, despite repetitive dialogues, awkward interface, and tough battles.
Note: To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Elder Scrolls series, Bethesda released the game as freeware :) Here's hoping they will do the same to Daggerfall too. But until then, you can download this classic from the developer's website!
| Average Rating: | 8.55 [674 votes] |
| Genre: | RPG |
| Designer: | VJ Lakshman & Ted Peterson |
| Developer: | Bethesda Softworks |
| Publisher: | Freeware |
| Year: | 1992 |
| Software Copyright: | Bethesda Softworks |
| Theme: | Fantasy, Freelance |
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| More Info: | Mobygames | The Web |
| System Requirements: | DOS |
| If you like this game, try: | Elder Scrolls Adventure: Redguard, Thunderscape, Anvil of Dawn |
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