Looking for an old PC game...

[Klaus]

Anyone remember a first-person fantasy game titled (IIRC) Arena? You created your character, decided where he was from, then went adventuring (you had to swing your mouse to direct your weapon) and you could design your own spells by going into a mage's guild (the more powerful and the easier to use, the more expensive it was to research the spell).

 

[Ruined]

Do you mean Elder Scrolls: Arena? Link below, where I believe they're offering the software for free for its 10th anniversary. Haven't played it, so can't be sure that's the game, but it's worth a shot.

http://www.elderscrolls.com/downloads/downloads_games.htm

 

[Klaus]

That's so totally it!

Thanks, Ruined! Gotta go... er... work (yeah, they'll buy that! ).

 

[Wrahn]

Elder Scrolls I: Arena
Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall
Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (due out next year)

Arena was just the beginning...

 

[diaglo]

sounds like a similar engine to Betrayal at Andor(Sp?)

 

[drnuncheon]

Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

This is the only one of the three I've actually played, but it's so big (and openended) it's almost overwhelming. One of the very few games were you can completely ignore the main plot, play for months, and still not run out of things to do.

J

 

[Wrahn]

This is the only one of the three I've actually played, but it's so big (and openended) it's almost overwhelming. One of the very few games were you can completely ignore the main plot, play for months, and still not run out of things to do.

J

You should try Daggerfall.

As open ended as Morrowind it really isn't as open ended as Daggerfall. Morrowind is perhaps the better game, but holy moly is Daggerfall huge.

 

[Maerdwyn]

sounds like a similar engine to Betrayal at Andor(Sp?)

You've melded two games there

Betrayal at Krondor (available as freeware - good game, good story based on Raymond Feist's world)
Betrayal at Antara (it's unofficial sequel, with the same engine, but a different setting, story not as good, IMHO.)

 

[MythosaAkira]

This is the only one of the three I've actually played, but it's so big (and openended) it's almost overwhelming. One of the very few games were you can completely ignore the main plot, play for months, and still not run out of things to do.

From what I've read of Oblivion (Elder Scrolls IV), the scope of the setting will be smaller, though just as detailed (if not moreso).

 

[TheAuldGrump]

You should try Daggerfall.

As open ended as Morrowind it really isn't as open ended as Daggerfall. Morrowind is perhaps the better game, but holy moly is Daggerfall huge.

*SIGH* The number of hours happily wasted in Daggerfall... I kept falling off the main quest only to find it again later. It was a blast.

The Auld Grump