"Nyctolops" <nyctolops@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 18:24:20 GMT, "Pi" <pinospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>Under the latest DosBox (0.65), one can even install DF so easily,
thanks
>>to
>>the -freesize 1024 option allowed. It runs like a bliss on a good
machine.
>>I
>>do have Oblivion and, while I know that some would think I am mad, I
still
>>think that the feeling you get with DF has not been found in any other
>>elder
>>scrolls game. The customization is truly amazing, and it doesn't depend
on
>>its graphics to make good atmosphere. I am becoming uncomfortably aware
>>that
>>the various Oblivion dungeons are small and while still a great game, it
>>does lack that unique DF feeling.
>
> Great news. I will have to remember that for when my old 586 finally
> wears out. I agree that Daggerfall has an atmosphere that Morrowind
> just can't match. I don't know about Oblivion yet, as I haven't
> gotten my upgrade yet. I think that the music has a lot to do with
> it. In Morrowind, you get the same four tunes over and over whether
> you are in town, strolling through the countryside or sneaking through
> a cave. There is some "danger" music, but it is so very similar to
> one of the regular tunes that it just blends right in. In Daggerfall,
> there were several tunes for cities, one for stores and inns, one for
> when it was snowing and a whole bunch of very spooky ones for dungeon
> delving. There is no "danger" music, so you can get ambushed quite
> easily.
>
>>Proof of how DF could be is how many ppl are now after Arena, its
>>predecessor, that it has been out. If DF was also released, it would
>>become
>>I think no. 1 and frankly ppl would just patiently wait a year or two in
>>order to get Oblivion on their newer systems.
>>
> I was introducing a friend to the Elder Scrolls series and the only
> place either of us could find Arena was the free download from
> Bethsoft. I finally downloaded Arena there, as I could never get the
> sound to work with Arena on my old machine. The music sounds similar
> to Daggerfall's, but it stutters really badly. Do you know a fix for
> this?
> --
> Nyctolops
My feeling is that graphics are nice but games are all about gameplay.
Unless graphics are part of the gameplay it's just eye candy to me. I'd
like
to see more subtleies in the people some day. Like if you really had to
look
at them to tell if they were lying, see a slight flush of the face, pupil
dilation, tight lips.
Daggerfall still makes the hair on the back of my neck crawl. The fighting
interface really gets me involved. I really have to bob and weave when
going
up against a powerful attacker. The sheer size makes it interesting, the
different houses in different provinces, having to hunt around for the
quest
location, as opposed to having it marked on the map all the time. The
other
thing is replay value. You can come up with pretty interesting custom
classes and role play like crazy. Like Magnus's Linguist. The plot lines
were layered in deceit.
I don't know why but those pixelated graphics don't bother me, even when
they turn into giant squares. Sure they look stupid but I don't mind it,
whereas a slight flaw in an otherwise beautiful 3D model does bother me.
Deep down somewhere. Sort of like how the robot on Lost in Space doesn't
bother me but ones that look almost human do.
Heyrab
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