The Elder Scrolls: Arena
aka:
Arena,
The Elder Scrolls Chapter One: Arena
Moby ID: 803
DOS version
Made to look foolish by Morrowind, unfortunately.
The Good
The first-person RPG was quite a revolutionary idea that has been used in future titles like Deus Ex, System Shock and Arena's sequels, Daggerfall and Morrowind.
The Bad
NPCs have the personality of a particularly boring cheese sandwich, the control and journal system gets on my nerves and plays slow on DOSBox (you can increase the speed but it messes up the sound) and made unfortunately inferior by Morrowind.
The Bottom Line
This would be a good game but I played it after playing Morrowind and the whole experience was made worse.
by Neon Hammerite (35) on June 25, 2005