I hate this game with every fiber of my being. Its every bad decision to create an RPG, a near empty world, overly complicated and stupid dungeons, constant backtracking that adds nothing but pad out the overly short story if u cut out all the backtracking. Ever want to be a vampire or werewolf for fun? Well its a curse and not just something u can do for fun cus thats not option. I hate this game so much, if i can rate it a negative 5 i would. The game is also littered with bugs and glitches and terrible ingame map. Arena is a better experience (more monotonous) than this. Id rather play monotonous than constant suffering.
Unplayable nowadays.
Quest repeats
gameplay repeats
dungeon repeats
only plus is open world is LARGE even look today.
Quest repeats
gameplay repeats
dungeon repeats
only plus is open world is LARGE even look today.
Very complex and large game for it's time, I would suggest the unity mod to play it nowdays.
A really big game with lots to explore and do but the game feels pretty bad to play even for its time, which is a pretty extreme roadblock to getting to enjoy any of what Daggerfall has to offer. The aesthetics are pretty nice too though all things considered.
Eu me esforcei muito para fazer esse jogo ser divertido, mas não deu. As dungeons são uma bagunça que eu detestei explorar toda singular vez que uma missão me pedia para ir lá.
god tier game especially with the unity remake, they don't make em like this anymore
The commitment to scope makes this one of the most expansive RPGs ever made, if a bit shallow in certain areas like story. I would love to see some kind of modern take on this style of game.
Love how the tutorial teaches you to quicksave like a maniac, just before the 1st dungeon starts throwing enemies that might be unkillable to your current character build.
My build couldn't kill anything beyond a rat in the 1st dungeon. As in any Bethesda game, my build really was save-scumming.
My build couldn't kill anything beyond a rat in the 1st dungeon. As in any Bethesda game, my build really was save-scumming.
o jogo não é ruim, porém em quesito de gameplay infelizmente envelheceu mal demais
Nice game. As far as the franchise goes, it is playable.
Better than Arena. It has a better presentation with unexpected FMVs and feels that the franchise could just get better.
Play Daggerfall Unity tbh.
Only game I've ever played where you can physically feel the game shaking under the weight of its own ambition. It will crash, you'll fall through the floor, half the mechanics don't work, elevators keep moving while you're in the menu. The best Elder Scrolls game.
me when i'm treated as an errand boy in skyrim: 😡😡
me when i'm treated as an errand boy in the illiac bay: ☺️☺️😆
me when i'm treated as an errand boy in the illiac bay: ☺️☺️😆
Way too ambitious for it's time, even with Daggerfall Unity it's still a hard game to recommend. Theres a bunch of things that you look at and say "oh thats neat" and then move on in the Huge 10 layer dungeons the game offers, just to find a single book so you can complete a quest and get 5 reputation and 100 gold.
remember when you were 40 hours into the game and realized there was a 2 hour time limit for part of the main quest lest you be locked out forever?
Somehow my favorite Elder Scrolls. Really jank, but kind of charming.
COMO QUE ATACA?
Awesome. Just play the unity version though.
Khajiit tiddies, Khajiit tiddies
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Did not enjoy trying to play this game, might be too ruined by modern gaming to enjoy it, but felt very tedious.
Ok, look, it's not really an awful game, but it's just not that great
Es buenisimo hasta que salis de la ciudad, despues de eso, te das cuenta de que los que se quejan del mapa de red dead redemption 2 son unos llorones de mierda
Its only a good game depending on what u want.
The good:
- Cool character build creating system which allows for higher replay ability and customization.
- More polished combat, stats, and spells/spell making compared to arena (no bartering system/worse dungeons suck though for daggerfall)
- Solid role playing elements like the stats, classes, adv/dis created for ur character in creation, joinable guilds.
- Modding support.
- Ridiculously massive world, there is always something to do (though extremely repetitive so why wud u)
The bad:
- There is pretty much no tutorial and you need to do ur own research/read manual before making a character to not make an abysmal character.
- Ridiculously massive world that feels dead even though its filled with filler npcs that are only used to ask for directions. Way too big many of the cities/towns look exactly the same so not much substance there.
- The quests from npcs are quests mostly revolving dungeon crawling or delivering items to npcs around the world. I felt like a dog doing errands for nobles, scholars, and peasants. It is quite strange how everyone is ok giving u quests even if u have a "bad reputation" among locals. Like why are u trusting me to deliver this item to some random person who even has bad rep lol.
The gain from quests (like barely any money and some reputation) is very little compared to the time spent so it doesnt feel good doing quests. Quests are extremely repetitive and boring this mainly includes side and guild quests. Guilds seem only relevant in what they provide and u do the same 5 repeatable quests in random locations around the world to gain access to other services with reputation gain (even though u cant actually see ur reputation so u cant know what other specific quests/actions impact ur reputation).
Although I havent gotten very far in the main quest, it seems very difficult to get into/motivated to do due to the dungeons (getting to it) and due to how convoluted, time consuming, and downright confusing it is. So there isnt much direction u get regarding the MQ and quest descriptions arent very detailed. U have to wait multiple in game days at a time to receive letters not to mention reputation and level requirements as well as some quests not being available if u did MQ in a different order. When I was going through the story there wud be usually a large delay between quests and I'd pretty much forget all about the whole MQ and think why am I even doing this. Its very difficult to really follow the story and understand the confusing politics of the world that u r thrown in between of and it makes more sense as u go on I imagine but I honestly didnt care for the quests due to the dungeons and how confusing it all was. Apparently it becomes even more confusing with different quest paths and 7 potential endings?
- Dungeons are fucking awful. They are even worse than the first game (arena's) dungeons and as some redditor described "like exploring someone's lower intestines". They are randomly generated and even if not are extremely long even with short dungeon option enabled and just an overall horrible experience. Each dungeon can take u like 2-3 hours at a time so it feels so draining to even do them for ur quests and u are barely rewarded after. Each one is a labyrinth and extremely frustrating to do, u visit the same places multiple times and it is a MUST to have some key spells like water breathing and recall to even navigate through dungeons even if u want to role a character who doesnt use any magic.
Overall the game can be fun for a person who is interested in elder scrolls lore even though its likely quite different compared to any of the newer titles, a person interested in the role playing elements and those who enjoy creating/testing different game builds. However due to my issues with quests in general and dungeons that are the main aspects to the game, it is difficult to recommend this game especially to a newer audience.
The good:
- Cool character build creating system which allows for higher replay ability and customization.
- More polished combat, stats, and spells/spell making compared to arena (no bartering system/worse dungeons suck though for daggerfall)
- Solid role playing elements like the stats, classes, adv/dis created for ur character in creation, joinable guilds.
- Modding support.
- Ridiculously massive world, there is always something to do (though extremely repetitive so why wud u)
The bad:
- There is pretty much no tutorial and you need to do ur own research/read manual before making a character to not make an abysmal character.
- Ridiculously massive world that feels dead even though its filled with filler npcs that are only used to ask for directions. Way too big many of the cities/towns look exactly the same so not much substance there.
- The quests from npcs are quests mostly revolving dungeon crawling or delivering items to npcs around the world. I felt like a dog doing errands for nobles, scholars, and peasants. It is quite strange how everyone is ok giving u quests even if u have a "bad reputation" among locals. Like why are u trusting me to deliver this item to some random person who even has bad rep lol.
The gain from quests (like barely any money and some reputation) is very little compared to the time spent so it doesnt feel good doing quests. Quests are extremely repetitive and boring this mainly includes side and guild quests. Guilds seem only relevant in what they provide and u do the same 5 repeatable quests in random locations around the world to gain access to other services with reputation gain (even though u cant actually see ur reputation so u cant know what other specific quests/actions impact ur reputation).
Although I havent gotten very far in the main quest, it seems very difficult to get into/motivated to do due to the dungeons (getting to it) and due to how convoluted, time consuming, and downright confusing it is. So there isnt much direction u get regarding the MQ and quest descriptions arent very detailed. U have to wait multiple in game days at a time to receive letters not to mention reputation and level requirements as well as some quests not being available if u did MQ in a different order. When I was going through the story there wud be usually a large delay between quests and I'd pretty much forget all about the whole MQ and think why am I even doing this. Its very difficult to really follow the story and understand the confusing politics of the world that u r thrown in between of and it makes more sense as u go on I imagine but I honestly didnt care for the quests due to the dungeons and how confusing it all was. Apparently it becomes even more confusing with different quest paths and 7 potential endings?
- Dungeons are fucking awful. They are even worse than the first game (arena's) dungeons and as some redditor described "like exploring someone's lower intestines". They are randomly generated and even if not are extremely long even with short dungeon option enabled and just an overall horrible experience. Each dungeon can take u like 2-3 hours at a time so it feels so draining to even do them for ur quests and u are barely rewarded after. Each one is a labyrinth and extremely frustrating to do, u visit the same places multiple times and it is a MUST to have some key spells like water breathing and recall to even navigate through dungeons even if u want to role a character who doesnt use any magic.
Overall the game can be fun for a person who is interested in elder scrolls lore even though its likely quite different compared to any of the newer titles, a person interested in the role playing elements and those who enjoy creating/testing different game builds. However due to my issues with quests in general and dungeons that are the main aspects to the game, it is difficult to recommend this game especially to a newer audience.
(beaten with daggerfall unity, but also played it plenty of times in dos)
unironically the greatest sandbox rpg of all time. probably the closese a video game has felt when it comes to the dnd experience of having some sort of story but having so much content in-between to get occupied with. i hate to say it but if you hate this then you simply hate fun
unironically the greatest sandbox rpg of all time. probably the closese a video game has felt when it comes to the dnd experience of having some sort of story but having so much content in-between to get occupied with. i hate to say it but if you hate this then you simply hate fun
the only true computer role-playing game.
Daggerfall Unity might be the most grateful I've been for a piece of software. Daggerfall is such a lovely and realized fantasy-life sim imbued with enjoyable dungeon crawling and incredible scale! It still stands as one of the few games that evokes the sensation of being a small, insignificant inhabitant of a vast world and lets you make your own story. This flavor of game hasn't ever been replicated, even by it's own successors. It's such a relief for it to have a feature complete and accessible port after all this time.
Even more heartwarming than the unity port is the plethora of mods that followed! Daggerfall's promise of a massive world was more than fufilled, but said world is kind of empty and a little shallow. If you visit the nexus page, you'll find dozens of projects to decorate, terraform, and liven up the Iliac Bay and they're all pretty easy to install too! I don't know, it just brightens my eyes to see so much excitement for a game that felt completely left behind by it's successors.
Play Daggerfall!
Even more heartwarming than the unity port is the plethora of mods that followed! Daggerfall's promise of a massive world was more than fufilled, but said world is kind of empty and a little shallow. If you visit the nexus page, you'll find dozens of projects to decorate, terraform, and liven up the Iliac Bay and they're all pretty easy to install too! I don't know, it just brightens my eyes to see so much excitement for a game that felt completely left behind by it's successors.
Play Daggerfall!
Tried this one on DOS Box; liked it but it was too buggy to get through. Tried on Daggerfall Unity and it all came together. Daggerfall is a CRPG life simulation hybrid that cleverly uses procedurally generated, well, everything to build out a world as massive as you can imagine. You need to embrace the jank a little bit but once you're used to the basics, this a game you can get absolutely lost in.
An improvement over The Elder Scrolls: Arena in every way, The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall is an entertaining game, but not at all what I expected.
Before I played this game, I had heard how it boasted the largest video game map, equivalent to the size of the UK. I also heard how much possibility this game offered you in your playstyle, with a deep character system and a larger variety of content. However, I found this game to primarily be a dungeon crawler with HEAVY procedural generation, and it has very little in common with the games that popularized The Elder Scrolls, starting with Morrowind.
Although understandable for the age of the game and its ambitious scope, I found the procedural content, particularly the quests and the ridiculously large and complex dungeons, to be uninteresting and at times frustrating. Also, being an old game, there are a lot of difficult and straight up broken mechanics that necessitate cheating to get through it. And despite the game having quite a lot of complex systems for its time, a lot of it is not fully functional due to the amount of cut content, from what I've seen.
While the most talked-about aspects of the game didn't hit for me quite as hard as most other people, I still appreciate the heck out of this game. It's got a great vibe with its music and environments. It's got a surprising amount of interesting loot, from weapon types to magical artifacts. Most surprising of all, it has great lore that carries forward to the other Elder Scrolls games, such as characters and events that are still referenced in the series today. This is a very ambitious game for its time and it's impossible to not see that.
Like I said with Arena, Daggerfall is a must play for fans of The Elder Scrolls series who want to see how the series evolved over time. However, unless you have literally nothing else to play, I wouldn't recommend spending too much time with this game as most of it is procedural and lacks the handcrafted care that later titles are known for.
Before I played this game, I had heard how it boasted the largest video game map, equivalent to the size of the UK. I also heard how much possibility this game offered you in your playstyle, with a deep character system and a larger variety of content. However, I found this game to primarily be a dungeon crawler with HEAVY procedural generation, and it has very little in common with the games that popularized The Elder Scrolls, starting with Morrowind.
Although understandable for the age of the game and its ambitious scope, I found the procedural content, particularly the quests and the ridiculously large and complex dungeons, to be uninteresting and at times frustrating. Also, being an old game, there are a lot of difficult and straight up broken mechanics that necessitate cheating to get through it. And despite the game having quite a lot of complex systems for its time, a lot of it is not fully functional due to the amount of cut content, from what I've seen.
While the most talked-about aspects of the game didn't hit for me quite as hard as most other people, I still appreciate the heck out of this game. It's got a great vibe with its music and environments. It's got a surprising amount of interesting loot, from weapon types to magical artifacts. Most surprising of all, it has great lore that carries forward to the other Elder Scrolls games, such as characters and events that are still referenced in the series today. This is a very ambitious game for its time and it's impossible to not see that.
Like I said with Arena, Daggerfall is a must play for fans of The Elder Scrolls series who want to see how the series evolved over time. However, unless you have literally nothing else to play, I wouldn't recommend spending too much time with this game as most of it is procedural and lacks the handcrafted care that later titles are known for.