Bethesda Reveals Elder Scrolls Anthology. Options

[Darkness Eternal]

Today at QuakeCon 2013, Bethesda revealed The Elder Scrolls Anthology, a complete PC compilation of every single Elder Scrolls game ever created.



The collection will be released at retail on September 10th, and it will cost $79.99. The Anthology includes the following:

•The Elder Scrolls Arena
•The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall
•The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
•The Elder Scrolls III DLC: Tribunal
•The Elder Scrolls III DLC: Bloodmoon
•The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
•The Elder Scrolls IV DLC: Knights of the Nine
•The Elder Scrolls IV DLC: Shivering Isles
•The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
•The Elder Scrolls V DLC: Dawnguard
•The Elder Scrolls V DLC: Hearthfire
•The Elder Scrolls V DLC: Dragonborn

The boxed compilation will also come with five maps “detailing the lands of Tamriel, Iliac Bay, Morrowind, Cyrodiil, and Skyrim.

[SubRosa]

The only reason I would buy this is for Arena and Daggerfall. I already have the other games, so there is no point in getting it for them.

Like Mustard said, I have been hoping to see them on Gog.com. I have never had any luck setting up Dosbox to work on my old games. But I have rebought several games through Gog with their preconfigured Dosbox - Pod, Pirates Gold, Tomb Raider 1 - and all of them run beautifully on my 64-bit computer. So I have no worries about having problems getting them to work. They are asking a steep price for those two games though. But maybe some used copies will turn up on ebay after a while.

I am not bothered by the graphics - looks do not make a good game. I replayed Tomb Raider 1 a few months ago and loved every minute of it. I have been playing Pirates Gold, which is far older, and loving that too. I do know about the labyrinthian dungeons and the equally labyrinthian maze of skills you are faced with. The dungeons are the only thing that daunts me. But then again, they are part of what makes those old age RPGs. Being an old time RPG player myself, that is just like coming home. I remember the Temple of Elemental Evil.

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Aug 3 2013, 05:02 PM

[Kiln]

The only reason I would buy this is for Arena and Daggerfall. I already have the other games, so there is no point in getting it for them.

Even if you totally ignore graphics, the gameplay (especially combat) is almost unbearable in Arena and Daggerfall. The worlds are neat but there isn't much to them and lots of the skills are pointless.

Unless you're buying this thing to collect the box/maps/discs I would seriously consider passing if I were you. The first two games are not great, honestly they're not even good in my opinion.

It wasn't until Morrowind that the series evolved into a more playable game that doesn't kill you six times during the intro and actually allow some roleplaying.