Before Skyrim, Oblivion, and Morrowind there was Daggerfall, the second entry in what has become a household name for fantasy RPGs. The original is available on Steam and GOG, though 23 years later we have a modern remake in the form of Daggerfall Unity which brings in modern graphics, controls, QoL improvements and mod support (as well as Linux and Mac support).
I didn’t really get into TES until Oblivion, has anyone played Daggerfall and/or have any opinions about it?
only played the unity-version, it’s cool but “old school brutal” in difficulty. I guess there are some cheese tactics/methods you can use to overcome it, but a casual/blind approach has a steep learning curve.
The tutorial alone took some effort to survive, got to some town later on, got some quest to go into a dungeon, which continued to be deadly.
I do like older games, but I can’t help but to feel I’m lacking some nostalgiagoggles for this one, even if the game is from “when I was a kid”
This I would expect out of it. I have played Morrowind and probably have the physical notebook they included with the game somewhere.
I’ve been messing around with it for a minute. It’s dull and repetitive, honestly. And kind of obnoxious without a magic regen mod. All quests have timers, you see, and it takes about 8 hours of resting after each fight to heal to full and recover MP. The dungeons are way bigger than they need to be, and each and every one is a randomly generated labyrinth filled to bursting with monsters. You’re playing find-the-needle-in-the-haystack and can probably afford to get into 10 fights before you fail the quest you’re on.
All of the stuff i like best in daggerfall is iterated upon in later titles to be better - especially spell creation. I hear the story is interesting later on, though.
There’s an option (or maybe it’s a mod?) in Daggerfall Unity to reduce the size of the procedural dungeons. The plot dungeons will still be stupidly large, as their layout is fixed, but it helps with everything else.
I did but it’s been a LONG minute. No insightful opinions, unfortunately, but it was fun for the time period, good story compared to the original Arena, which I also played.
The fact that people care enough to update the game and allow mods really speaks volumes here. Thanks for linking, I might just have to partake in some nostalgia =)
I really want to love it, but gameplay-wise it’s got little in common with later TES games, and there’s still plenty of things functionally broken about it. Probably my favourite gaming / let’s play youtuber is Many A True Nerd, and even he gave up after three episodes. I think it’s worth checking out that series for a decent overview.