The hell you did! Nobody ever finished Daggerfall. That would be like eating an entire elephant, and you’re never sure how much elephant you’ve got left.
I was still running into the ‘falling out of the dungeon’ problem in Oblivion. In Daggerfall, getting on top of the dungeon was often necessary to find a way out.
I watched a little Daggerfall on YouTube, that was enough for me. I mean graphics aren’t everything but for god’s sake, I have limits!
I did play it back when it was new though.
There’s a bit of a parabolic effect for me, my revulsion at the graphics peak when they’re just a BIT bad, but once they get sufficiently bad or good I can tolerate it. A game from 2000 may be fine, but 2002 may be bad, but 2004 may be good (depending on that particular company’s technology, art style etc). This only applies to 3D/faux 3D of course, 2D graphics are okay from any era and technology setting.
Okay, I understand where you’re coming from, but honestly, because you’re holding on so tight to those memories, you’ve just decided to keep yourself from having the greatest time of your life: seeing something you love get even better…nothing beats that, no matter what you’re talking about. I highly recommend playing Morrowind for a few minutes…just to see,…you may decide you have a new favorite TES game. Baby steps, got it? You can work through this, I’ll even talk you through the more emotional moments :D, deal???
Oh, and smiling bandit, I’m simply ignoring your comment. This will just end up like last time we got into that…no hard feelings I hope, but I’d rather not start an argument :). I prefer console games for very good reasons…I can relax in my comfy chair instead of leaning over my computer. Also, I work at my computer, so that means I have a hard time playing at it. There’s actually a long list of reasons, but these may be the best ones, if I add them all up, many point back to these two.
Hey, enjoy what you enjoy. I just wanted to make sure you knew that I knew that you knew that I knew that you knew you were missing out. The Console version is inferior, but I don’t hate you for wanting to relax.
Daggerfall was fantastic. Sure the graphics are dated (and that’s being kind), but they were decent for the time. It was a huge game, in terms of disk space, for its day. They did factions better than any of the following TES games. I also liked the randomly generated dungeons designed by dwarves on LSD. And yes, there are randomly generated dungeons, in addition to fixed dungeons (mostly along the main plotline and guild quests). I loved abusing pickpocket in the beginning dungeon, which let me make money in town ridiculously easy.
If you are going to play, keep a pad of paper and a pen handy. You need to write down your quests as there is almost no journal system to help you track where, what and when. Make an archive save just before you enter any dungeon. The spells ‘Mark’ and ‘Recall’ are almost a necessity. Be careful on the main quest…it is very easy to break. As you will learn, do not go out in the main city at night, at least until you progress a bit in the main quest. Make sure you get the Ebony Dagger at the very beginning when you answer the questions. Even if you don’t take short blade, it will make the first 10 levels much easier.
I thought fusoya meant that he wouldn’t go near any of the other Elder Scrolls games because Daggerfall took up so much of his time and energy and was afraid the future games would have him become similarly obsessed.
I know that’s why I always fear a new RPG. I get obsessed and play until I’m nauseous.
If this is the case with you and Fusoya, then I truly feel sorry, I never considered this to be a possibility, simply because it stands to reason that one would set a time limit on how much you can play at once. I know I have to, I even set a timer on some occasions :). When playing an RPG, what feels like 20 minutes into the game, equals nearly 3 hours or more…maybe this is why TES games last so long for me, I don’t just sit down and rush through it in one sitting :smack:. Anyway, if you can’t control yourself then maybe it is best to stay away from them altogether…but this makes me cry a little inside :(, no one who loves TES should ever have to avoid it :(, my heart goes out to you guys.