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Originally Posted by LoganSnake
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I've never played it, personally, but I have heard people say that it is better than Morrowind and much better than Oblivion in the gameplay department. However, both those people are into old school games and into pen and paper RPGs so make of that what you will.
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I've played Daggerfall, Morrowind and Oblivion; I only didn't play the first elder scrolls game. And I like pen-and-paper RPG's too.
Daggerfall is indeed huge. I've spend months playing the game with one character, and even after all that time, there were still places I hadn't seen. The biggest drawback of the game was that a lot of towns and dungeons were pretty much identical. The graphics were pretty good for the time.
Morrowind is smaller, but looks much better. The game play is quite similar to Daggerfall, but there are not as many side quests (obviously). The identical dungeons problem of Daggerfall was pretty much gone here.
Oblivion is simply beautiful, especially with some of the graphic mods out there. The game is bigger than Morrowind, and has more side quests. The main quest is more obvious here; it "pops up" all over the place. However, you have plenty of time to wander around and do your thing.
One problem that all these games have, is the fact that after a while, they're simply not challenging enough. Eventually you can sneak your way through the most dangerous dungeons, slaying everything with a single blow. Or you can simply run around doing the same; the monsters can’t get through your armor anyway. Or you can cast a few spells that obliterate everything in range (especially in the earlier games), and then pick up the loot.