The Elder Scrolls community is currently celebrating the tenth anniversary of Skyrim! But it was almost TWENTY years ago that a short preview bit featuring a new game came on during a commercial break while I was watching Toonami one afternoon, and that brief glimpse captured my imagination like nothing ever had before. An action RPG like Zelda but with super modern 3d graphics??? Exploration, towns, people to talk to , shops to visit, and stats to keep track of like Ultima or Final Fantasy??? You can actually SEE the clothing, armor, and weapons you had equipped on your character??? Amazing. I was hooked and I hadn't even played the game yet. The game was of course Morrowind; the 3rd chapter in The Elder Scrolls game series. Then came Oblivion - hooked. Then came Skyrim - hooked. But! I never got around to checking out the first two chapters in the series (Arena or Daggerfall)...
SO - here we go. Time to experience the main quest's storyline from Daggerfall... in the Skyrim mod, SKYGERFALL. And, while I know this mod isn't the same as actually playing Daggerfall, I thought it would be fun to check out anyway and see what it is like.
...for 11 minutes.
We'll have to see if I can actually make it any further next time. :)
But in the meantime, here's to another ten years of nords wearing horned helmets and wielding axes while shouting at dragons. And, here's to another ten years of one of the most talented and ingenuitive modding communities creating things for the game previously thought impossible.
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