Saturday, 23rd July 2022

Daggerfall: the second chapter of the Elder Scrolls

The Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall is an old school first-person 3D RPG developed by Bethesda Softworks and released in 1996 for DOS. Daggerfall is the second chapter in The Elder Scrolls Series. The open world gameplay, the procedural generation of dungeons and the freedom of exploring and taking on the quests at your own pace are some of the features that contributed to make this game one the most loved RPGs of the time.

Game info

Genres: rpg, sandbox RPG

System: DOS

Year: 1996

Publisher: Bethesda Softworks

Developer: Bethesda Softworks

Designers: Julian Lefay, Bruce Nesmith, Ted Peterson

Themes: fantasy

Keywords: auto mapping, open world, first person 3D, Engine: XnGine

Multiplayer modes: single-player

Awards won: 1997 - Best Adventure Game/RPG, Spotlight Awards (GDC).
Input: keyboard, mouse, joystick
Distributed on: cd-rom, download

Review excerpt
"At last! An RPG done right. From Bethesda this Christmas comes The Elder Scrolls: daggerfall, which is the sequel to The Elder Scrolls: Arena. For way to long RPGs have clung to antiquated design conventions. Nobody seemed prepared to try anything really new, while alleged breakthroughs like Stonekeep were just more of it in one big and boring game." - PC Powerplay (1996)

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