Elder Scrolls: Arena

Post by **FatherJack** » June 20th, 2006, 21:44

Available as a free download, I was quite surprised to see this:

at the start of the game, where the Imperial Province is quite recognisably the same map as that of Oblivion.

Being new to the series, it made me a little regretful that I hadn't gotten into them earlier - all the history and talk present in Oblivion was rather lost on me, and it's unlikely I'll ever play through this DOS game.

I can only imagine how exciting Oblivion's release must have been for fans of the whole series and followers of the history of the Tamriel Empire.

Woo Elephant Yeah · Post by **Woo Elephant Yeah** » June 21st, 2006, 7:41

Beard to your mother

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » June 21st, 2006, 10:06

That looks quite impressive considering how old it is. I can't say I'm that bothered about not playing it before though, after all, I played Dungeon Master on the Amiga

Sheriff Fatman · Post by **Sheriff Fatman** » June 22nd, 2006, 8:48

I've played all the others but the only ones I have really enjoyed have been Daggerfall and Oblivion.

As I remember Arena was quite limited in scope and Battlespire wasn't really a full game.

If you can find a copy of Daggerfall it might be worth a play, very much like Oblivion, lots of intrigue and obfuscation.

It's still one of my all time favourites.

Post by **Roman Totale** » June 22nd, 2006, 16:43

Sheriff Fatman wrote:obfuscation

One of my favourite words ever. I shall look into this game purely for the inclusion of that word in the review.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » June 22nd, 2006, 17:01

Roman Totale wrote:
Sheriff Fatman wrote:obfuscation
One of my favourite words ever. I shall look into this game purely for the inclusion of that word in the review.

And I shall look into a dictionary.

That game has got nothing on Nethack or even ADOM