Simplistic but charming. The Elder Scrolls I: Arena is a rather primitive game that greatly outstays it's welcome by continuing long after it runs out of steam, the latter half of the game especially being a grind devoid of new ideas, but there's a lot of charm in it's early DOS RPG oddities and despite the flaws it's still interesting to go back and see where such a huge and influential series started. The CD version is definitely the way to go, the humorous voice acting in the few cutscenes present in the game may be sparse but it's a shame to miss out on.