Re: So... Arena and Daggerfall

<nesstar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>I still think these are the two best games in the series.  Granted, it
> helps that I have yet to play Morrowind or Oblivion because I've never
> bothered getting the hardware to run them.
>
> Just recently, I played both Arena and Daggerfall again... Ahh, the
> tweaking of Windows 98 (which I am still using) so that both games will
> work near-flawlessy, and then it still not being perfect.   Good times.
>
> To turn this into a discussion, I'll ask... which of the two games do
> you consider better:  Arena or Daggerfall?
>
> Also, does anyone know any good MS-DOS shortcut settings I could use
> for both games (Note:  I'm playing the CD-ROM version of Arena) to get
> them to run in DOS?  Daggerfall I could almost manage, but Arena keeps
> giving me a "insufficient base memory!" message.
>
I've never had much luck getting either to run on my XP machine, although 
when I get around to it I'm going to try a dual boot into 98. A demo copy
of 
Virtual PC would be fine and then crash out during a battle.

As for the I like best, I cannot speak for Arena because I haven't played
it 
enough. I like Oblivion better than Morrowind. They have more Daggerfall 
type elements in the game it seems to me. I really really liked
Daggerfall. 
So far Oblivion is really good, it seems to have a more straightforward
plot 
than Daggerfall. It remains to be seen once I play it longer, but so far
so 
good. I actually never finished much of the plot in Daggerfall because I
was 
having such a good time doing Temple, Mage and Fighter quests and even
just 
exploring towns and stuff. Each dungeon took so long to finish and find
the 
item and the hair standing up thing was great. Oblivion has more of that 
feel than Morrowind. You have to fight your way out to get started like
the 
Pirate's Hold.