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| Darkness Eternal |
Aug 2 2013, 02:56 AM
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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.
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| SubRosa |
Aug 2 2013, 07:35 PM
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Looks like Arena and Daggerfall will work on modern systems: QUOTE The Anthology features the original version of Arena and will launch within a DOS emulator. The same with Daggerfall.
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| Kiln |
Aug 2 2013, 08:34 PM
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Joined: 22-June 05
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In my opinion, Daggerfall and Arena aren't worth playing. They're ridiculously difficult and it looks so bad that it hurts your eyes. There are useless skills (languages?!) and the combat is so bad that you'll probably die constantly.
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He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster. And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee. - Friedrich Nietzsche
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| jack cloudy |
Aug 2 2013, 09:34 PM
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Joined: 11-February 06
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This. If you want to buy the anthology, pretend those two games don't exist. Both suffer from ridiculously labyrinthine dungeons (Arena even has a Labyrinthian that lives up to its name.), constant respawning behind your back and more limitations to your class. (want to wear armour as a mage? sorry not in the rules.)
And the combat system is horribly clunky with having to literally drag the mouse across the screen each time you attack. That said, I miss the old climbing skill. You still can in the modern games, but it relies on jumping along seams in the landscape or using the magnetic-hoofed horses.
And finally, I had a notoriously tough time getting daggerfall to run even with Dosbox, so don't expect everything to run flawlessly just because Beth set things up. (wait, does this mean Dosbox is now paid software because actual companies use it?)
As far as I'm concerned Bethesda games didn't find their niche until the modern three (Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim). It's a control and ui thing really. And the ui is still hard to get right.
So in short, I'd say you should buy the anthology only if you don't have the modern three yet or really want that box and its maps.
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| SubRosa |
Aug 2 2013, 11:33 PM
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Ancient

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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
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| mirocu |
Aug 3 2013, 11:00 AM
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| King Of Beasts |
Aug 7 2013, 07:44 PM
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Ancient

Joined: 15-November 12
From: Imperial City,Cyrodiil

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QUOTE(mirocu @ Aug 7 2013, 04:41 AM)  QUOTE(King Of Beasts @ Aug 6 2013, 08:41 PM)  I want  But I don't got a proper PC to play any of the games! -sobs- That doesn´t matter! It´s all in the name of collecting!!!  You've got a point....
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