tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post2589086244293856350..comments2024-03-28T13:43:13.495+00:00Comments on Super Adventures in Gaming: The Elder Scrolls: Daggerfall (MS-DOS)Ray Hardgrithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18436491500347661133noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-89418708876053760552014-09-25T21:24:42.740+01:002014-09-25T21:24:42.740+01:00you ever make that game? im up for it....you ever make that game? im up for it....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-77491397886557904942014-05-29T02:16:50.063+01:002014-05-29T02:16:50.063+01:00Well said Anon. Well said Anon. Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01726378762009685237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-87270479254336349422014-05-29T02:11:15.885+01:002014-05-29T02:11:15.885+01:00Love this game when it first came out in the 90...Love this game when it first came out in the 90's, it was HUGE and fun to play, though I never really finished the main quest and only played it for a few months, maybe several at most (unlike Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim as of now).<br /><br />A beautiful game for it's time, it got mostly high scores in PC gaming mags (from what I remember reading)<br />but it was also a buggy game, needed multiple patches (like Terminator: Future Shock did and I still could not <br />finish the main quest of that game b/c it would always crash).<br /><br />Loved playing this game in the winter when my godparents (maybe my Mother) bought it for me from a gaming store<br />btw but it does require, like all Elder Scrolls games (Fallout 3 and New Vegas included) patience, lot's of saving, leveling up, exploration, and lot's of free time as well to play :)Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01726378762009685237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-35274589933750261052013-01-28T01:04:16.819+00:002013-01-28T01:04:16.819+00:00Ray, I don't feel the same way, but your reply...Ray, I don't feel the same way, but your reply is very fair. I felt the article was a little bit unfairly sarcastic, but I somewhat assumed it was partly for entertainment's sake.<br /><br />For me, an objective dot on the compass on my HUD can actually be a little offensive, because it mentally reduces the game (to me) to "follow that dot" and I'm no longer immersed in a world - I'm just a rat going from point to point. Now, yes -- even without that dot, I'm still a rat going from point to point. But I don't want that to be made clear to me with that blinking dot, y'know?<br /><br />Some of the quests and dungeons in Daggerfall are, yes, RIDICULOUS, and nearly impossible. I save and re-load a lot. Sometimes, if I get a quest to a dungeon that is simply too overwhelming, I re-load and get another quest. But... there's an extremely gratifying feeling when you ACTUALLY find the objective in one of those complete messes of a dungeon, without the help of a dot that shows you where to go. That "Oh my God... Oh my God... I found it." moment is something I really love.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-40348062210245443502013-01-27T00:53:25.747+00:002013-01-27T00:53:25.747+00:00Personally I generally prefer being given crystal ...Personally I generally prefer being given crystal clear directions to my next destination and maybe a little marker pointing to it if it's going to be something annoying to find, and then being left alone to do whatever I feel like. I hate endlessly wandering around searching dungeons, forests and towns for my latest objective like I'm hunting for my missing car keys, and I can't stand being given step by step instructions for every task I need to complete either. Basically I'm happiest when I know exactly what I'm MEANT to do, but have the freedom to ignore it for a while or figure out my own way of handling it.<br /><br />But that's just what I like, and hopefully I've been writing these articles in way that clearly describes what happened in the game and not just what I felt about it, so that people who haven't played it yet can make up their own minds about whether or not it's something that they'd enjoy. And people who have played it get to laugh at me because I couldn't even figure out how to ride a horse. So everyone wins.Ray Hardgrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18436491500347661133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-79915977557471638732013-01-26T20:09:25.723+00:002013-01-26T20:09:25.723+00:00"blaze through to the end in three days, and ..."blaze through to the end in three days, and move onto a new game"<br />How is that not a good thing?<br /><br />"Being lost on a nearly seemingly impossible and unclear journey"<br />How is that fun?Narushimanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-14490865947472049972013-01-26T18:03:59.869+00:002013-01-26T18:03:59.869+00:00All of those experiences you described, to me, act...All of those experiences you described, to me, actually seem fun. C'mon. You really weren't being sarcastic just for the sake of the article? You explored dungeons, traversed continents, talked to townsfolk, visited cool-looking palaced, all taking screenshots along the way. You really didn't enjoy any of it?<br /><br />New games hand hold too much, and you'll blaze through to the end in three days, and move onto a new game. Sure, DF is buggy, but I think it's a spectacular game. Being lost on a nearly seemingly impossible and unclear journey is pretty fun amongst all the easy-as-shit games we have, I say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-48925938970103253172012-12-27T04:29:22.536+00:002012-12-27T04:29:22.536+00:00I feel like Daggerfall would probably be a great p...I feel like Daggerfall would probably be a great play back in the late 90's when it was current. At this point it's just too dated. Vagueness + massive world = Frustration.Jerichohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14031388156675516231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-74560972551182256072011-11-24T03:14:24.071+00:002011-11-24T03:14:24.071+00:00I honestly think the basics behind daggerfall are ...I honestly think the basics behind daggerfall are amazing, with the largest video game map ever and randomly generated content everywhere, but like you I tried to play it but I couldn't. It's just too fucking hard to play and full of bugs. I am a video game programmer though and I might make a similar game soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com