LGR - The Elder Scrolls Arena - DOS PC Game Review

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  • Опубліковано 29 гру 2024

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  • @LGR
    @LGR  6 років тому +2302

    This video has aged... _quite_ poorly. My opinions have changed almost entirely and I feel Arena deserves more credit than I gave it!

    • @saschar.8736
      @saschar.8736 6 років тому +135

      I just watched it again, and I love it! Hilarious :D But go ahead, make another one!

    • @Kappreh
      @Kappreh 6 років тому +61

      You've definitely improved over the years!

    • @novaaetas7492
      @novaaetas7492 6 років тому +61

      Tbh I'm just really happy you put subtitles. Good subs are underappreciated.

    • @YEUWYU
      @YEUWYU 6 років тому +5

      thank you

    • @Mordra
      @Mordra 6 років тому +23

      it's still one of my faves lol

  • @etherraichu
    @etherraichu 8 років тому +1570

    Tips for playing Arena:
    Rule 1: Kill a rat, save the game.
    Rule 2: Before you open a door, save the game.
    Rule 3: Find goodies, save the game.
    Rule 4: Rest and recover on a raised platform, save the game.

    • @CubicApocalypse128
      @CubicApocalypse128 6 років тому +261

      5: Before you save the game, save the game. And then save it again.

    • @ZorotheGallade
      @ZorotheGallade 6 років тому +37

      Crash to DOS?

    • @lort6022
      @lort6022 6 років тому +93

      so, like any elder scrolls game?

    • @joshuamarvin7400
      @joshuamarvin7400 6 років тому +3

      Was about to say that.

    • @Tasorius
      @Tasorius 5 років тому +23

      But first of all. you have to get that thing that fixes the terrible controls, to make it playable at all.

  • @coolbrotherf127
    @coolbrotherf127 5 років тому +919

    It's weird seeing a video talking about Skyrim as a new game. It feels like an old classic already.

    • @cheezyfilmsproductions1842
      @cheezyfilmsproductions1842 4 роки тому +72

      Considering next year makes it ten years old, that descriptor isn't far off

    • @rezandrarizkyirianto-1933
      @rezandrarizkyirianto-1933 4 роки тому +69

      Skyrim is now as old as Morrowind when Skyrim first came out. Think about that

    • @TG-wg4tw
      @TG-wg4tw 4 роки тому +16

      its still bugging me how people manage to "play" these things back in those day, it looks like torture to me.

    • @danielp7394
      @danielp7394 4 роки тому +11

      @@TG-wg4tw aaaaawwwww

    • @chemdawg9543
      @chemdawg9543 3 роки тому +3

      @@rezandrarizkyirianto-1933 holy cow. perspective

  • @Fisker770
    @Fisker770 8 років тому +584

    I miss text like that in games "you pick up the sword, it feels cold yet warm because of its magic blablablablajabjabjab"

    • @josephc.3192
      @josephc.3192 4 роки тому +20

      Try Divinity Original Sin II

    • @NullUser144
      @NullUser144 4 роки тому +8

      That’s why we play elder scrolls :D because it never ends and we all love mythology

    • @eoghancallaghy9254
      @eoghancallaghy9254 4 роки тому +7

      @@josephc.3192 the greatest rpg i have ever played. They are making Bauldurs Gate 3. Get hyped my friend.

    • @muddyreefer
      @muddyreefer 3 роки тому

      @@eoghancallaghy9254 dos2 is really a hit or miss. I tried playing at least a dozen different times. Something about it is off.

    • @eoghancallaghy9254
      @eoghancallaghy9254 3 роки тому +3

      @@muddyreefer I can understand why it can be hit or miss. I also picked it up and put it down a few times. I eventually gave it one last solid go around. It took about 30 hours and I was hooked, but 30 hours is alot to ask of any game to sink in. That is a huge commitment for something that may or may not click with an individual.

  • @WunTu92
    @WunTu92 11 років тому +469

    "Tamriel is like an arena".... On the yellow team we have the aldmeri dominion! On the blue team, whats this? The nords and imperials are fighting each other? The show must go on... OPEN THE GATES!

    • @kaiser1817
      @kaiser1817 5 років тому +37

      WunTu92 And on the.... orange? Side we have the dragons! *_whispering_* Why is it orange? It was supposed to be green! What do you mean it’s all on fire?!

    • @BaronSengir1008
      @BaronSengir1008 5 років тому +23

      BY AZURA, BY AZURA!

    • @fbi6179
      @fbi6179 4 роки тому +8

      -Aedras(probably)

    • @feiwong3634
      @feiwong3634 3 роки тому +3

      Golly, you're the best!

  • @tinoodle383
    @tinoodle383 8 років тому +404

    I remember exiting the first dungeon to be greeted by a dire wolf several tens of levels above me.
    Good times.

    • @warrax111
      @warrax111 7 років тому +10

      Yes, good old times of difficult games, not like today, when first challanging monster in the game is final boss.

    • @HybOj
      @HybOj 7 років тому +7

      yea, and you can kill that final boss on a 1st try

    • @NewPaulActs17
      @NewPaulActs17 7 років тому +1

      the starks of winterfell hate you, apparently.

    • @Westile
      @Westile 7 років тому +9

      warrax111
      Final boss? You mean the 'Press X to Kill' enemy?

    • @Dantakurai
      @Dantakurai 6 років тому +2

      *_"Final boss? You mean the 'Press X to Kill' enemy?"_* -Westile
      _-Hello Darkness my old friend plays in the background_ while flashbacks of "pressing X to kill" Lord Gywn, Nashandra, and Soul of Cinder begin to commence...
      -after about 10 mins of staring into space... "uhhh, yeah sure."

  • @TheStewieOne
    @TheStewieOne 10 років тому +777

    When you said. "Screw it we're nerd, lets make a full blown RPG." I imagined one the employee at Bethesda sitting at his desk working on the game and yelling that out.

    • @JReigndown
      @JReigndown 6 років тому +38

      And that lowly employee was god Howard and the rest is history

    • @Gabu_
      @Gabu_ 6 років тому +27

      He was then lifted to the heavens as a 10th divine.

    • @cynicalgold9992
      @cynicalgold9992 6 років тому +18

      @@JReigndown lmao im pretty sure he wasn't even part of the company at the time

    • @majik5194
      @majik5194 5 років тому +2

      @@JReigndown that's cringe af. Especially considering it doesn't even make sense

    • @biscuitburger725
      @biscuitburger725 5 років тому

      *W E R E N E R D

  • @CylindricalWhistle
    @CylindricalWhistle 3 роки тому +56

    Man, it's kind of surreal to think that when you made this review TEN FREAKING YEARS AGO, Skyrim had just come out and Arena was 'only' around 15 years in the past.
    Now, it's Oblivion that's about 15 years in the past. Would love a retrospective about that! Also would love it if the next Elder Scrolls game would come out before another decade passes, but who am I kidding.

    • @HimboVegan
      @HimboVegan Рік тому

      He has a video on oblivion:)

  • @joemachado33
    @joemachado33 9 років тому +373

    "So just pick something and see how fast you die."
    Sounds like a game for me!

    • @guguy00
      @guguy00 2 роки тому

      Sounds more like ARK or any survival sim with permadeath nowadays lol

  • @HunterRodrigez
    @HunterRodrigez 8 років тому +2151

    nice to see that buggy games by bethesda are a long standing tradition

    • @depardim3081
      @depardim3081 8 років тому +6

      +Hunter Rodrigez Why the heck is that nice?

    • @TheZeroSbr
      @TheZeroSbr 8 років тому +88

      +Spoder Men Sarcasm.
      And actually, while people claim that Skyrim is unstable and CTDs a lot, Oblivion and Morrowind are worse. Bethesda is actually improving ever so slightly in terms of stability with each Fallout/TES game they put out. Hopefully TESVI will follow this trend, and hopefully they won't release a half-finished product like they did with Skyrim and then patch it to heck and back while breaking more than they fix. They released so many patches that I was anxious to see them release a 2.x patch for the first time ever for a TES game, but they denied me/us even that D:

    • @Tenzima
      @Tenzima 8 років тому +15

      Where Bethesda drops the ball, the community picks it up.
      İ don't think this tradition of Bethesda is going away anytime soon.

    • @Marv1089
      @Marv1089 8 років тому +27

      To be honest, Arena kind of sucked, but while Daggerfall is still a buggy, clunky mess, it's still much more of an RPG than watered down Skyrim. I play both; Daggerfall if I want to play an RPG, and Skyrim if I just want some brainless, awesome action.

    • @Mephilis78
      @Mephilis78 8 років тому +4

      So far as i can tell Skyrim SE runs perfectly on console without any patches. I haven't had a chance to play the PC version yet, as my old pc was slain by a Saint Bernard, and now i have to build a new gaming pc out of an old crapy dell office computer. Though it is coming along ok so far, It'll at least play Doom 3 on Ultimate with only 2 Gbs of RAM.

  • @superluismigueL100
    @superluismigueL100 8 років тому +691

    Currently on an LGR marathon please help me

    • @LGR
      @LGR  8 років тому +222

      There is no help, only more DOS games.

    • @superluismigueL100
      @superluismigueL100 8 років тому +39

      Lazy Game Reviews
      Ok just one more...or two...ah i'll just roll with it

    • @livinglifelazy
      @livinglifelazy 8 років тому +12

      I'm reprising this marathon. It's too late.

    • @superluismigueL100
      @superluismigueL100 8 років тому +4

      Domi Kat
      It's never too late

    • @JohnSmith-nj9qo
      @JohnSmith-nj9qo 8 років тому +11

      I just discovered his channel, I'm in the same boat you are. XD

  • @zandernewson9933
    @zandernewson9933 3 роки тому +87

    I first watched this video when I was 14…now I’m 25. LGR is amazing…and Skyrim is 10 years old - and probably still selling good !

    • @dermond
      @dermond Рік тому +1

      Well, is not like another TES is out yet...

  • @LordOrwell
    @LordOrwell 6 років тому +127

    I was one of the original buyers of this game in 1994. The speed you are playing it at is in fact cpu related. Play it on a 486 as intended.

    • @Agos226
      @Agos226 4 роки тому +28

      you and people like you literally made the future games possible 👍

    • @ricmiddletown7685
      @ricmiddletown7685 2 роки тому +3

      Agreed, bought it new and still have the box and floppies. at the time it was the most immersive experience my pc could play. very fond memories of this game. even with the crashes and dos edits to get the sound card working;.

    • @Sammmmmmmm617
      @Sammmmmmmm617 8 місяців тому

      What other tips do you give?

  • @BruceWayne-gv9zs
    @BruceWayne-gv9zs 10 років тому +414

    Combat with no sense of contact where you just flail around? Some things never change

    • @todaysdesperadohatesavocad7109
      @todaysdesperadohatesavocad7109 6 років тому +18

      123 456 The combat is garbage. Deal with it.

    • @SuperNintendawg
      @SuperNintendawg 6 років тому +25

      Goddamn people are sensitive. Who plays Bethesda games for the combat? Relax.

    • @thisismyname5657
      @thisismyname5657 6 років тому +34

      @@SuperNintendawg
      The people who got Fallout 76 apparently, lmao.

    • @SuperNintendawg
      @SuperNintendawg 6 років тому +31

      @@thisismyname5657
      >game looks like trash
      >buy game
      >it's trash
      TODD HOWARD SCAMMED ME #GAMERSRISEUP

    • @tankerd1847
      @tankerd1847 6 років тому +11

      @@SuperNintendawg Fair point, I saw the writing on the wall months out for this game, and I remember reading about people who felt the same. The fact that so many people walked headlong into that clusterfuck is surprising to say the least.

  • @connorforce01
    @connorforce01 5 років тому +115

    3:00 Even in the beginning, with different developers, Bethesda still re-released the same game several times.

    • @gerongrahamgg
      @gerongrahamgg 3 роки тому

      I noticed that too lmao

    • @THAC0MANIC
      @THAC0MANIC 2 роки тому +3

      better then fromsoft with a toxic community that just screams GIT GUD and make over-rated over-bloated games like Elden ring which fan boys scream in pure glee despite all the many many many flaws and what knock
      or CDPR who just flat out lies about eveything and had many many many fan boys scream in glee among other things....

    • @THAC0MANIC
      @THAC0MANIC 2 роки тому +1

      @@user-fv8le2ib2r I Agree the game itself needs to git gud.

  • @jjstraka1982
    @jjstraka1982 10 років тому +76

    Most people tend to give up before even leaving the first dungeon. The key to this game and Daggerfall is a.) spending about an hour or two with it getting used to the controls and b.) picking a class and some stats that don't make every fight with a rat or goblin a struggle.
    When I first fired this us I choose a Spellblade (or Nightblade, can't remember) and the game is just brutally in the beginning on any character that isn't a warrior. Being able to use all the weapons you find in the first dungeon and actually wear your armor is like night and day. Warrior classes will have it easiest in the beginning, followed by pure casters (since they can do more) and then any thief type, who are very limited early on.
    The class and stat selection (like most good CRPGs) is actually it's own difficulty slider. I got through the first dungeon on my jump in the water blindfolded Spell (or Night) Blade, but it took days and it was a real honest to god challenge to stay alive. I made a Ranger and pumped all his beginning stats into Strength and Endurance and I walked through the place like a god. Some classes are just better at certain things in games like this. Some are really only there for flavor or a challenge. But this game is actually very underrated once you get the hang of it, and I can see why it became a cult classic. Daggerfall is the true start of things shaping up, this is more of a template, but as a historical RPG artifact it's hard to beat Arena.

    • @kegans6296
      @kegans6296 7 років тому +4

      Jonathan Straka this game was just unplayable. Daggerfall was way better.

    • @captfoxlc2782
      @captfoxlc2782 5 років тому +4

      @@kegans6296 Like he said, just needed to get used to the difficulty. I did eventually and found a good strategy to stay alive. And it honestly worked for me.

    • @ARandomClown
      @ARandomClown 4 роки тому +8

      the cool thing about arena in this regard tho, is that while the warrior classes will have an easier time escaping in the earlier game, the magic user classes will be broken as all hell at the late game. so in a way, the difficulty curves are kind of flipped, where one starts out easy and ends hard, and another starts out hard and ends easy

    • @bobalieutenant
      @bobalieutenant 3 роки тому

      Now you can just download the arenasetup and use the dosbox to remap the controls to the modern controls

  • @mrnocamera
    @mrnocamera 10 років тому +35

    "Hair Metal makes a comeback, complete with: Horny Demons, and Naked Dudes surrounded by fog."
    My mouse is slowly sliding towards the subscribe button.

  • @BrandydocMeriabuck
    @BrandydocMeriabuck 9 років тому +466

    Lmao emperor urethra rectum is the greatest thing I've ever heard about an elder scrolls game character

  • @mileskilo5897
    @mileskilo5897 10 років тому +89

    The bad thing is if you download Arena off Bethesda (They made it free on their website), it won't come with the manual. So I was stuck on my laptop without wifi and without hope of ever getting past the Copyright Test.

    • @prelynmax
      @prelynmax 10 років тому +24

      You can get the manuals from Bethesda's website at manuals.bethsoft.com/

    • @Saskar
      @Saskar 10 років тому +36

      Actually it does come with a PDF that contains all possible questions and answers to the copy protection.

    • @mileskilo5897
      @mileskilo5897 10 років тому +12

      Oh wow, I didn't see that. Thanks, guys!

    • @lookslikeEzio
      @lookslikeEzio 10 років тому +4

      + it's not really a hard thing to find a list of the spells with costs :P

    • @mileskilo5897
      @mileskilo5897 10 років тому +12

      When you have Time Warner, it is.

  • @BakaBroski
    @BakaBroski Рік тому +10

    It's been 10 years and I still refer the emperor as Uterus Rectum and forgot it was from this video

  • @aves8964
    @aves8964 8 років тому +127

    *+5 INTERNETS*?
    *stares at fingers upon the keyboard*
    _"Such power..."_

    • @CakePrincessCelestia
      @CakePrincessCelestia 4 роки тому +4

      That's a whopping four more than I have :D

    • @Jolis_Parsec
      @Jolis_Parsec 3 роки тому +1

      @Rainbow Dash I see what you did there, what with you being a pony with hooves after all. 😋

  • @somedumbgreymon4404
    @somedumbgreymon4404 5 років тому +239

    I miss the days when Skyrim was new

    • @waspywasp451
      @waspywasp451 4 роки тому +18

      Yeah, because back then it could be considered good

    • @necrocultist7778
      @necrocultist7778 4 роки тому +8

      Horizon Fade Except Morrowind I think.It was the best of them.

    • @4DramaticEffect
      @4DramaticEffect 4 роки тому +4

      waspy wasp it’s still good

    • @112523
      @112523 4 роки тому

      i miss the ydays when skyrim wasnt even planned yet

    • @112523
      @112523 4 роки тому +3

      @@4DramaticEffect if you enjoy a supremely dumbed down concept of an rpg that is
      skyrim is a poorly executed rpg with boring sidequests and a poor engine

  • @MrPoeGhost
    @MrPoeGhost 11 років тому +234

    "Emperor Uterus Rectum."
    Words cannot express how many shit's were lost that day.

  • @Rakiarmas
    @Rakiarmas 11 років тому +39

    Even though I'm a console gamer & pretty happy being one, sometimes these classic old PC games get my attension & I wish I would have played them in the past.
    For instanse these First Person RPGs are really interesting for me as an fan of different Fantasy RPGs. I love watching LPs & reviews of these games, because there's just something magical in them, that gives me enjoyment.
    Thank you for giving this old fantasy nerd some happy fun time.
    :)

  • @TtheWriter
    @TtheWriter 11 років тому +169

    My girlfriend just got me the Elder Scrolls box set for Xmas, thanks for letting me know what I was in for. Great Review! :D

  • @Macho_Fantastico
    @Macho_Fantastico 2 роки тому +12

    A great reminder of how long LGR has been going now. May he continue on for decades to come.

  • @BigDaddyZakk420
    @BigDaddyZakk420 10 років тому +144

    Absolutely love the style of your reviewing !
    You sir just gained another subscriber, awesome stuff.

    • @LGR
      @LGR  10 років тому +45

      Thank you, I hope you continue to enjoy!

  • @LikaLaruku
    @LikaLaruku 9 років тому +182

    The chick on the box looks like something right out of Heavy Metal.
    Man, I miss games with fat manuals & maps you can pin to the wall.
    Call me nuts, but the entire time I was playing Skyrim, I wanted to stop & play modded Morrowind instead. I didn't dislike Skyrim or anything. It's just that the nostalgia part of my brain is a nag that never shuts up.

    • @LikaLaruku
      @LikaLaruku 8 років тому +2

      General OFG I've got all those ES maps on my office wall right now ^.^

    • @brookepriest1248
      @brookepriest1248 7 років тому +11

      The Elder Scrolls Anthology box has this really neat manual/cd case hybrid. It doesn't offer much information, but it has a bunch of maps. It's kind of a neat callback, but I agree that more games need manuals.. They just expect you to search everything on the internet now. Which... Is more than doable, but it's kind of nice having that on hand.

    • @kummakummakummakummakummac8606
      @kummakummakummakummakummac8606 6 років тому +8

      Lieutenant BaconWaffles - Besides you having the coolest name I've ever seen on the internet, I also agree with you and miss the days of the big fat manuals. Shit even the Nintendo Entertainment System games had them. They were like fore play is to sex. You're sitting there reading them knowing what comes next will be something great (usually) getting more and more excited as you turn each page. I used to be walking home from the Mall or Shopping Center reading the manuals not paying attention to anything. Then when you get home you can't get the game to play fast enough. Even if it is nostalgia that sh*t was awesome.

    • @stevelarry3870
      @stevelarry3870 5 років тому +2

      Brooke Christian Manuals weren’t phased out because you can search things online, they were phased out because developers learned how to use their time and space to make a user friendly game.

    • @bigstivks3355
      @bigstivks3355 5 років тому

      same...sigh

  • @grumpyoldwizard
    @grumpyoldwizard 6 років тому +5

    This game had the BEST spell ever. You could use it in dungeons and it let you dissolve walls. Dissolve walls. It didn’t work on all of them but most of the dungeon, with the help of the spell, you could just make your own route through. It was loads of fun.

  • @jamesbrooks9321
    @jamesbrooks9321 5 років тому +82

    "this game has so much potential" basically every bethesda game

  • @computerwaffle4547
    @computerwaffle4547 3 роки тому +5

    You say this video has aged poorly, but since my sense of humor and IQ haven't aged well either, Emperor Urethra Rectum really got me.

  • @jasonciafre6958
    @jasonciafre6958 8 років тому +34

    I remember my aunt getting this in 94. I didn't understand the point of playing a broken game. She must have installed 50 times in a vane attempt to stop the crashing and speed issue. Then in 96 she got Daggerfall and I loved it... Now look at Bethesda. Fallout 4 no brightness setting or FOV slider, a bunch of bugs. But at least it doesn't run at 4x speed and i have not had a CTD.

    • @AbiRizky
      @AbiRizky 8 років тому

      Fallout 4 has no brightness setting? Really?

    • @jasonciafre6958
      @jasonciafre6958 8 років тому

      +Abi Rizky yup. I can't even find it in the ini. The only way I know to fix it is with mods like reshape or sweet fx.

    • @AbiRizky
      @AbiRizky 8 років тому

      +Jason Ciafre no fGamma value like Skyrim? I don't really play fallout games (just because those types of games aren't my cup of tea), but seriously?!

    • @jasonciafre6958
      @jasonciafre6958 8 років тому

      +Abi Rizky yeah, bethesda "least buggy game" is missing a standard setting. (that even Unity & arkham knight had at launch) So when anyone says it wasn't rushed I like to ask them to ajust the brightness. So yeah... Thry are releasing DLC and are still missing a key setting. lol. It's not a bad game (it's really good with mods) though I prefer Elder Scrolls.

    • @AbiRizky
      @AbiRizky 8 років тому

      +Jason Ciafre right... Well let's just hope TESVI would be awesome

  • @YasonYou
    @YasonYou 8 років тому +38

    I had a much different experience with Arena. For starters, the game crashed only twice on me, and the enemies moved at an acceptable speed. And the main questline, its basically ask where dungeon X is->go to continent where dungeon is and ask again->go to town near dungeon and do quest to receive dungeon location-> repeat.
    Now that I finished Arena, I admit I am having a rough transition to Daggerfall. Will take some getting used to.

    • @AlexeiVoronin
      @AlexeiVoronin 8 років тому +10

      Same here. A friend of mine got me into the Elder Scrolls series just a few weeks ago and Arena was my first stop.
      Yes, it's pretty rough, it has a fair amount of flaws, but I am enjoying it. I am having fun. I am even doing some role-playing, robbing peopel on the streets or breaking into buildings at night, looking for loot (since I am playing as a Thief). It's a game very suitable for an oldschool veteran like myself.
      I definitely like Arena more than Daggerfall, which feels very confusing and vague... plus, the UI is way too complicated.

    • @veganhero1828
      @veganhero1828 5 років тому

      It seems most people don't know there is some frame setting you have to tweak if you want the game to run at the proper speed.

  • @Kellmachine
    @Kellmachine 10 років тому +49

    I was born in March of 1994 and in the state of Maryland! I don't live that far away from Rockville either.

    • @chuexsy672
      @chuexsy672 10 років тому +5

      So...whens your birthday?

    • @kegans6296
      @kegans6296 7 років тому +1

      Kellmachine so Ur an arena baby?

    • @NewPaulActs17
      @NewPaulActs17 7 років тому

      ah, so the capital wasteland!

    • @travisv6408
      @travisv6408 6 років тому

      Yay another March baby like me.

    • @nintendokings
      @nintendokings 6 років тому

      February 94 here! Didn’t know girls liked OG Elder Scrolls

  • @mrhav1k221
    @mrhav1k221 10 років тому +76

    lmao! They ask you for the CD key AFTER you beat the first dungeon! That's great! I can only imagine how many frustrated nerds this created who pirated the game lol.

  • @TheMarioFiles
    @TheMarioFiles 9 років тому +25

    anyone else digging their old logo? i like it.

  • @thelazywanderer_jt
    @thelazywanderer_jt 10 років тому +45

    Did you know?
    Minecraft strongholds are inspired from The Elder Scrolls games.

    • @thenobslol
      @thenobslol 7 років тому +2

      TheLazyWanderer nah.

    • @aidenkelly8267
      @aidenkelly8267 6 років тому +1

      It Never Said That On The Minecraft Wiki

  • @eyezuel5307
    @eyezuel5307 8 років тому +12

    I dont think these reviews are lazy at all. Theyre really funny and helpful. Subbed.

  • @kinotsu3017
    @kinotsu3017 4 роки тому +2

    Watching this in 2020 for the first time, I'm sorry but this is absolutely hilarious, all of the different references you mentioned during the intro of the game had me in tears.
    10/10, thanks LGR.

  • @HowBigistheMap
    @HowBigistheMap 6 років тому +21

    I walked across the map in Daggerfall, it took me 69 hours. I want to walk across the map in Arena too but unfortunately that's impossible.

    • @DeathAtYourDoorStep
      @DeathAtYourDoorStep 6 років тому +1

      why is it impossible? crashes? or its just too big?

    • @HowBigistheMap
      @HowBigistheMap 6 років тому +22

      The space between the locations is infinte. You will never reach the next town. You will see that the world is copying itself, you see the same things over and over again and after a lot of hours you get glitches.

  • @Gilmaris
    @Gilmaris 5 років тому +3

    Essentials for playing Arena:
    F4 - toggles pixellation. Meaning, you'll get those info boxes instantly instead of having them fading in and out.
    Notes on map: useful for reminding yourself where those shops are that have the best gear (which is not random but fixed for all eternity and is the same in all games)
    Right-click on the doors of shops/mages guilds/temples/inns: auto-inscribes the names of those places on the map. Useful for those gofer-missions.
    Also, I always used the arrow keys to move. Found that much easier than mousing all over the place. I also never had the game crash on me for any reason. One of the most stable games I've ever played, both on my 486 back in the day as well as modern rigs (with Dosbox). This is also the only Elder Scrolls game I have actually finished.
    AND - and this is important to me personally - this is the only game in the Elder Scroll series which has changing seasons. Well, maybe Daggerfall did, too, I don't know. But Arena also let you explore all of tamriel, and different regions have different climates. Entirely cosmetic, of course, but it adds to the atmosphere to see the effect of the calendar year - and to see people dressing appropriately for the season.

  • @MultiRetroReviews
    @MultiRetroReviews 8 років тому +10

    Hey Clint, have you tried Arena Remapped and Intuitive UI from ModDB? Because they make the game a breeze to play, and it is really fun with those simple fixes applied. I suggest you replay the game with those, it's a game changer

  • @lolygagger5991
    @lolygagger5991 11 років тому +70

    the thing is you can explore all of tamriel

    • @lolygagger5991
      @lolygagger5991 10 років тому +1

      ***** you must be talking about the wrong game or something

    • @lolygagger5991
      @lolygagger5991 10 років тому +1

      ***** no they are different the cities are placed where there supposed to be and it wasn't generated it was created each town you see in the games where specifically placed there by the developers

    • @PsychoMeerkat
      @PsychoMeerkat 10 років тому +19

      ***** Considering technology back then, it would be impossible to make it like morrowind, as DOS was very poor in the technology department, so these games were revolutionary.

    • @Feyayaa
      @Feyayaa 10 років тому +19

      muhammad mohamed No, that is completely false. The only things that were handcrafted by the developers were the dungeons where you could find the parts of the staff of chaos, the rest was never the same from one playthrough to the other. Randomly generated might be nice for dungeon delvers, but it ruins the exploration part unless there are a lot of variables like in modern games.

    • @lolygagger5991
      @lolygagger5991 10 років тому

      ***** so you mean all those towns are generated too?

  • @bdo7765
    @bdo7765 4 роки тому

    "a text box will ask you to do something, like deliver a piece of paper to a text box on the other side of town." This is why I love your channel. Glad I found you!

  • @rpersen
    @rpersen Рік тому +4

    I loved the cover as a teen, wonder why.

  • @f.r8580
    @f.r8580 5 років тому +9

    So Elder Scrolls games have been re-released since the beginning?

  • @zatozatoichi7920
    @zatozatoichi7920 8 років тому +20

    "What is the cost of Heal?"
    "boob"
    : D

  • @JustDaZack
    @JustDaZack 3 роки тому +11

    Visually still very charming. I would love to see a "HD remake" with updated controls, etc..

    • @bushmg1061
      @bushmg1061 3 роки тому +1

      I'd like to see someone update the controls on the original game. They're god awful

    • @stevethepocket
      @stevethepocket 3 роки тому

      @@bushmg1061 I went looking just now to see if the famous Bethesda modding community has had their way with this game, and sure enough it has its own category on Nexus. The only one that improves the controls appears to just be an add-on for DOSBox, basically a Steam Input style middleware, so I'm guessing there are still going to be some quirks. Here's hoping someone can crack the code and find a way to genuinely mod it.

    • @bushmg1061
      @bushmg1061 3 роки тому

      @Pocket Fluff Productions I used that mod. It did not help. The nexus Bethesda scene got the way it is with oblivion, older ES games on the nexus have few, if any mods

  • @argentorangeok6224
    @argentorangeok6224 3 роки тому +1

    I bought this with my first computer in 1994. It was a Packard Bell Pentium 90mHz processor with 350MB hard drive space, 4MB RAM and a 15in Super VGA CRT monitor. $2500.

  • @FelixIsBestGirl
    @FelixIsBestGirl 3 роки тому +2

    I saw this review when it was brand new
    Now it's almost 10 years old...
    Jesus...

  • @recursive_eternity
    @recursive_eternity 6 років тому +3

    At 4:49...Emperor Urethra Septim The Fourth.This video is pure gold.

  • @aussienick4520
    @aussienick4520 3 роки тому +2

    And at long last, LGR has done his Skyrim video.

  • @dolgy3762
    @dolgy3762 9 років тому +70

    when will you review morrowind?

    • @nojusarutiunian3344
      @nojusarutiunian3344 8 років тому +1

      yeah

    • @littlejoe145
      @littlejoe145 8 років тому

      oblivion too

    • @dolgy3762
      @dolgy3762 8 років тому

      *****
      I think he did do battlespire

    • @liliumdx
      @liliumdx 7 років тому +2

      And I think after the Morrowind review we will anticipate an Oblivion Review, but LGR is then going to troll us by reviewing Shadowkey.

    • @TheSkyrimmaniac
      @TheSkyrimmaniac 7 років тому +1

      Shadowkey is the greatest Elder Scrolls game ever created.

  • @unfa00
    @unfa00 7 років тому

    I enjoy your voice, narration and sense of humor very, very much.
    Wonderful content, Sir.

  • @Arkannen
    @Arkannen 4 роки тому +1

    I noticed this video has several obvious cuts, like at 8:00. What happened there? I remember Clint talking about a few things that were taken out, like the speed of the combat.

  • @IlMekkenno
    @IlMekkenno 8 років тому +3

    0:43 The guy on the left is Ritchie Blackmore

  • @PaulKostrzewa
    @PaulKostrzewa 6 років тому +3

    This is still my number one, all-time favorite CRPG.

  • @zoltankovai1839
    @zoltankovai1839 4 роки тому +3

    "You have a kindly face, dark elf, and I need a friend."

  • @greenphlem
    @greenphlem 8 років тому +1

    This is my all time favorite video of yours LGR, it's so full of small witty jokes I love it.

  • @TheBigboss7121987
    @TheBigboss7121987 6 років тому

    Don’t know how I didn’t discover your channel sooner. I really enjoy the videos, and the content is great. Keep up the good work. 👍

  • @CaptainSouthbird
    @CaptainSouthbird 11 років тому +3

    13:04 "Main quest and side quests" mouse movements... lol

  • @MultiKool13
    @MultiKool13 3 роки тому +12

    Nice to know that even in the 90 Bethesda was keeping true to their nature of releasing the same game 3-4 times before the next installment

  • @interela1000
    @interela1000 9 років тому +5

    I believe the design of this place was a result of Sheagorath after Molag Bal ordered him to build a deadly arena.

  • @majik5194
    @majik5194 5 років тому

    Every second of your commentary on the games intro is gold

  • @phexus82
    @phexus82 3 роки тому +2

    You start off in a prison cell.. With a key to open the door to the cell? I'm sold.

  • @IamBHM
    @IamBHM 10 років тому +3

    Ah, this game! I remember obsessively re-creating all my spells every time I leveled in order to take maximum advantage of the rounding errors produced by the caster level and intelligence based spell cost and spell effect formulas. Good times!
    Also: Watching my experience like a hawk so that I could save right before killing an enemy that would make me level up and then re-load my game again and again until I finally got 6 stat points and a good HP bonus roll. Good times! :p

  • @TheMMObro
    @TheMMObro 11 років тому +6

    Bethesda gives arena for free on their site I think but u need a dos thingy. For an original might bea lot

  • @noise3187
    @noise3187 9 років тому +34

    5:59 spice girls reference

    • @WuSezer
      @WuSezer 6 років тому

      Tell me what you mean, what you really really mean

  • @PrettyGuardian
    @PrettyGuardian 5 років тому +1

    I remember using multiple floppy disks to install a game. Crazy. I was thinking about replaying Elder Scrolls Arena. Thank you for making this video!

  • @live4thecarnival
    @live4thecarnival 7 років тому

    I love how you paraphrased the beginning. At first I wasn't sure if you were then I was rolling with laughter.

  • @MagicMaster667
    @MagicMaster667 8 років тому +17

    I guess I have _+5 Internets_ now.

  • @OldMan_PJ
    @OldMan_PJ 3 роки тому +3

    I remember being confused by the name of the game and kept passing up buying it. Eventually, one of my friends bought it and lent me his floppies. It was good but not as good as the SSI gold box games.

    • @bushmg1061
      @bushmg1061 3 роки тому

      Sounds about right… lol

  • @Alex_1729
    @Alex_1729 11 років тому +24

    One day they said:"Screw it we're nerds!" No shit

  • @AhmetwithaT
    @AhmetwithaT 5 років тому +1

    What happened to this video? There are several spots that are cut, I see weird cuts at 8:00, 9:45 and 10:52, it wasn't like this before.

  • @j0eX
    @j0eX 5 років тому +1

    The rain effect was cool. You can see the building's reflections in the puddles. The snow looked COLD.

  • @19822andy
    @19822andy 10 років тому +56

    So it's better than Elder Scrools online then?

    • @kabutosith
      @kabutosith 10 років тому +12

      Scrolls* and yes.

    • @19822andy
      @19822andy 10 років тому +31

      Aslak Christensen
      I prefer Scrools. I wouldn't call ESO an Elder *Scrolls* game

    • @kabutosith
      @kabutosith 10 років тому +10

      Fair enough

    • @robinfuijk
      @robinfuijk 10 років тому +14

      Everything is better than ESO..

    • @russenbrezel4806
      @russenbrezel4806 5 років тому

      eso is pretty good now

  • @DorianCairne
    @DorianCairne 10 років тому +9

    You know, I get that this game really doesn't hold up nowadays, but your criticisms really don't seem to take its age into consideration; back then, it was pretty common for games to put all the necessary information in the manual.

  • @ellac6212
    @ellac6212 11 років тому +16

    Do daggerfall Next!

    • @Untrustedlife
      @Untrustedlife 11 років тому +4

      You can also get that for free from the elder scrolls website.

    • @Alex_1729
      @Alex_1729 11 років тому +2

      Yes, please do Daggerfall. I've never played it and now I want to and I'm interested in your opinion, Clint.

  • @aaronmccoy517
    @aaronmccoy517 5 років тому +1

    I got this game in the Elder Scrolls box containing all the games from Arena through Skyrim. I hadn't heard of Arena until getting that box set. This review is spot on. Arena is nearly impossible from the outset and I've been a hard core RPG gamer since the original NES releases of Dragon Warrior and Final Fantasy.

  • @Khaliljt
    @Khaliljt 7 років тому +2

    You can scroll around the map by clicking on the north/east/south/west icons in the corner. Also the dungeons are no where near as complex as daggfall

  • @chancersssblue1
    @chancersssblue1 11 років тому +4

    Copy protection question: "What is the cost of Heal?"
    LGR: "boob."
    LMAO

  • @samio3907
    @samio3907 6 років тому +3

    Holy shit :O skyrim is almost 7 years old

  • @steveweiner7260
    @steveweiner7260 9 років тому +5

    Aladdin on SNES was pretty good.

    • @babydollface
      @babydollface 9 років тому

      +Steve Weiner true.

    • @MaxonerousX
      @MaxonerousX 8 років тому

      Steve Weiner *genesis does!*
      Shitty controls and inferior graphics!
      *You can't do this on Nintendo;
      Genesis does!*
      Difficulty that makes you want to pull out your ducking liver!
      *GENESIS* *DOES!*
      *GENESIS* *DOES*
      *GENESIS* *DOES*
      Genesis does what Nintendon't

  • @Deathly_Visage
    @Deathly_Visage 2 роки тому +1

    You managed to incorporate 2 of my obsessions into one video: Elder Scrolls and MBTI. Have my thumbs up.

  •  6 років тому

    You are absolutely right in this review... I remember this game when it was new. There was one "nerd" schoolmate which I knew, who played this game. And I was completely fascinated by the "open world" game. But it was COMPLETELY un-accesible for me. I could not speak english, I basically did not understand anything in this game. But I was fascinated. This guy had like tons of papers printed in english which again - none of us could understand... some walkthroughs etc.
    Well.. it was different time. The time of bloody difficult game which often people were not able to finish. But also, it was a time when - if you really liked some game, you've become a master, skiller.. I remember myself when playing Quake I - at some point, I reached the point when I played the whole game on 1 visit... Took me app. 1 hour - all chapters + Boss fight (using rocket jumps, cuts, going like a crazy). The world record was like 15 minutes?? :)
    Well... somehow, I am happy that I remember those basics of gaming. I am 1983 so I do NOT remember really "pre-historic" times of gaming, but from early 90s...., I have some nice memories.

  • @GRex7777
    @GRex7777 10 років тому +3

    Best way to get this game is the Elder Scrolls Anthology for the PC. Comes with all 5 games, and all the addons, and is only like...$40 at Wal-Mart now days, so for less than the price of Skyrim's DLC on XBox, you can have ALL the games.

  • @HowBigistheMap
    @HowBigistheMap 8 років тому +5

    I walked across the map of The Elder Scrolls: Arena. It was impossible.

    • @regginator9194
      @regginator9194 8 років тому

      How Big is the Map? then how did you do it.

    • @HowBigistheMap
      @HowBigistheMap 8 років тому +2

      A Creep. That's a good question and yes, that was a stupid comment. I start to walk across the map and after two hours I found out nothing changed. The same trees and that same house over and over again. And when I looked at the map I was still in the same town I started in. So I would never reach the end of the complete map. In the game Daggerfall, it is possible!

    • @regginator9194
      @regginator9194 8 років тому +1

      How Big is the Map? Haha lol yeah arena is huge. I hope to play on my PC soon.

    • @lalas198
      @lalas198 6 років тому +1

      @@HowBigistheMap
      Arena is just way too bugged IMHO to be enjoyable, Daggerfall is the only DOS Elder Scrolls game that's worth imo. Especially with the (currently in beta) Unity mod.

    • @HowBigistheMap
      @HowBigistheMap 6 років тому

      Yeah, Daggerfall was very good. I manage to walk across that map

  • @pex_the_unalivedrunk6785
    @pex_the_unalivedrunk6785 6 років тому +4

    Ehh...he's a little hard on it. I got all the way to the end without much trouble(okay alot of trouble)but found it enjoyable and i actually like the UI...in some ways better than Skyrim. The crazy speed can be slowed down by running it in a dos box with turbo enabled(seems counterintuitive). Running around breaking into banks at night, and all those juicy titties make it worth while. The ability to delete spells from your spellbook is nice. The world is huge & somewhat repetitive, but saving often and saving smart, & making backup saves helps...in fact you can exploit the heck out of loot piles & chests, in fact from the very start you should save BEFORE clicking on the lootpile to the left of your starting cell-if you want to survive the first part of the game. Keep reloading until you get a decent weapon, even if it's not identified you can still use it & it's effects. As for spellmaking, make a spell that does a low amount of base dmg, but increases more per lvl, this will make it cheap to cast & keep it valid as you level up as it will do tons of damage by level 10. Also, don't let gouls hit you, they permanently afflict your strength it seems. The riddles are cute.
    Okay i'll shut up now.

    • @Gamerdude535
      @Gamerdude535 6 років тому

      Pretty sure the lowered Strength effects from Ghoul attacks are simply a Disease and can be cured

  • @YoMama9150
    @YoMama9150 8 років тому +2

    Play as the Sorcerer class, get to level 8, switch the controls to the WASD control scheme through DOS, make a shield spell of 1+99 per leveland a damage spell of 1+10/20 per level, get intelligence and willpower to 100, get 200 potions of heal true and restore power. Welcome to God Mode

  • @kegans6296
    @kegans6296 7 років тому +1

    11:41 I think you can click the letters on the compass to move the map.

  • @britknee3019
    @britknee3019 5 років тому +3

    1:58 does that woman have no top on

  • @mr.rodgers9891
    @mr.rodgers9891 8 років тому +41

    haha
    "choose your reproductive organs"

  • @b0gster
    @b0gster 7 років тому +8

    Loved the humor, but I found it irksome that all of your criticism is based on that you didn't read the manual, don't know anything about cRPGs, and that you're not taking into account the fashions in the RPG scene when it came out.

  • @exzisd
    @exzisd 17 днів тому

    I lost it at the “Urethra Septum” part lol. Actually a funny retrospective.

  • @Weird.Dreams
    @Weird.Dreams 11 років тому

    Are there any NPC interactions in this one that mention a particular shafted projectile and it's involvement with a certain lower extremity?

  • @clunk42
    @clunk42 7 років тому +3

    I may be alone on this, but I thought Arena was better than Daggerfall.

  • @TopcatsLair
    @TopcatsLair 11 років тому +6

    Jagermeister LOL

  • @GuardianStriker
    @GuardianStriker 11 років тому +5

    If they had time to change the name, it could've been named The Elder Scrolls: Tamerial.

    • @windhelmguard5295
      @windhelmguard5295 6 років тому

      they probably also would have called the imperial province cyrodiil.

  • @nicholasnavsrro4628
    @nicholasnavsrro4628 10 років тому

    I've yet to find one of your videos where I didn't enjoy and get a good laugh. Best reviewer on youtube and I'm a long time subscriber. Keeo up the great work. You are awesome!!!! 11

  • @nickdempsey8309
    @nickdempsey8309 6 років тому

    I gotta say this review doesn't seem too lazy, i think you did a great job