The Elder Scrolls: Chapter 2 -- Daggerfall (PC)

“My first real sandbox RPG. It blew my mind with the idea of a first person open world with extensive customization abilites. It was also the first game where what my character did influenced how he advanced. If he snuck around a lot, his sneak...”

“My first real sandbox RPG. It blew my mind with the idea of a first person open world with extensive customization abilites. It was also the first game where what my character did influenced how he advanced. If he snuck around a lot, his sneak skills got better; if he bartered a lot, those skills got better. The dungeons were rediculously large and I even had a character die getting into an unescapable situation. Of course near the end I started to see the flaws inherent in Daggerfall; the cookie cutter NPC's, transparent foliage, the generic outdoors which made fast travel needed to get anywhere. But overall it was a long, fun ride.”

“I sorely wish this game had spawned a genre. I spent an awfully large chunk of my formative years lost in the many kilometer long depths of its dungeons, and emerged several years later with a well honed sense of direction and spatial...”

“I sorely wish this game had spawned a genre.

I spent an awfully large chunk of my formative years lost in the many kilometer long depths of its dungeons, and emerged several years later with a well honed sense of direction and spatial relationships.

Other games might have added more depth to the roleplaying genre, but no game before or after has managed to capture Daggerfall's breadth.

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“While an old game, I still have many vivid and fond memories of slaughtering innocent townsfolk, guards, and hostile creatures and enemy agents alike.”

“While an old game, I still have many vivid and fond memories of slaughtering innocent townsfolk, guards, and hostile creatures and enemy agents alike.”

“This was another old title I recently revisited. Though bug ridden, it is still a great rpg. Non-linear, massive world, good quests and story, lots of stuff to do. Finally managed to finish the main quest line!”

“This was another old title I recently revisited. Though bug ridden, it is still a great rpg. Non-linear, massive world, good quests and story, lots of stuff to do. Finally managed to finish the main quest line!”