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Article #709915Re: Daggerfall now FREE
From: Memnoch
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:33
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:33
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On 10 Jul 2009 13:16:13 GMT, Gandalf Parker <gan...@the.dead.ISP.of.Community.net> wrote: >"Jason" <ricky...@netspace.net> contributed wisdom to >news:XdGdnWto-Lses...@netspace.net.au: > >> I remember playing Daggerfall and probably wanting to like it alot >> more than I actually did. Those dungeons were incredibly confusing, >> and the game seemed almost too big in such a way that it felt a bit >> lifeless and cumbersome. I really liked the ambition of it though. > >Yeah that was mostly my take also. > >But I was very disappointed that later games in the series dropped what I >considered to be some of the best features of Daggerfall. Particularly when >improving on them would have been so easy. The random dungeons were poor but the hand crafted ones were great. I remember the eery sound effects and sombre music. I've heard a lot of those sound effects in a many TV movies and shows down the years. The door creaking open is a favourite one along with that high pitched wail like crying out effect.
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