ShadowWulfe: I had fun with it but I thought it was a tough game.

Too bad besides that and Redguard they never made other Elder Scrolls Adventures.

Elmofongo: Ok I have it installed and the game passed the test of not only working right out of the box, but also having the option to customize the control key bindings so I can play comfertably.

But I am struggling to set the game's resolution to its original because its in "1080p" but the actual game screen is shrunk to small box of its original resolution

StingingVelvet: I've watched youtube videos several times to see if it was worth bothering with and decided it was not. LGR has a good video about it.

ChrisGamer300: It's worth playing ONCE because of how different it is from the fantasy settings as it's more sci-fi and set in a tower in between the planes basically, it's just an interesting take.

However it also runs kinda counter to what most expect Elder Scrolls to be, it's linear and set in a tower although quite large it doesn't have the exploring aspect like other games in the series have.
Gameplay and combat plays pretty much like Daggerfall since surprise it was originally meant as an expansion but it's serviceable for it's time but is also more limited than Daggerfall like many other aspect that has been stripped down because of where it takes place like guilds, crime system etc,

So to conclude, if you want to see ES world from another perspective and unusual setting it's worth it but judging it as a game then it's just a vastly inferior version of Daggerfall which rendered both this game and Arena obsolete.

dtgreene: First of all, why isn't this post on the Elder Scrolls series subforum?

Anyway, here's the rundown:
* The classmaker from Daggerfall is back, with some refinements.
* No spellmaking or custom enchanting, and the spells you can choose are quite poor. Honestly, it's reasonable to only take Cure Health and no other spells, though you might want to at least take Increased Magery (or whatever it's called) for more uses of that spell. Some spells, like Cure Poison and Invisibility, don't seem to work at all. Also, note that you are unlikely to get any specific spell unless you choose it at character creation.
* Skills improve by use, but only up to their governing attribute. Stats can be increased between dungeon levels.
* Health is actually called Wounds, and its increase is exponential and not dependent on Endurance. Fatigue does not exist. Magicka/SP is normal, but note that you can't rest; instead, you need to find crystals or use items or spell absorption to get back your SP. Note that there is one level that (as far as I can tell) has no restoration crystals. Also, note that the "unable to regain SPs" disadvantage prevents you from using items to regain SP, and that Spell Absorption (from the class ability) is Willpower dependent in this game (and will fail if it would put you above max SP).
* Items still decay with use, and there are no towns to repair; instead, repairs are done with a special consumable that you can find. The supply of items is finite in this game, but so is the supply of enemies. (Luck seems to affect the appearance rate of them.)
* There are no towns, but you can talk with enemies in this game. (All enemies are either daedra (extremely common in this game) or undead.)
* There are 7 levels, and each is quite big. Level 5 is the biggest, and there's apparently a nasty bug that is triggered if you save too much on that floor.

(By the way, one strategy is to create a character who's initially strong (like high hand-to-hand) to scout out the beginning of the game, then restart with the character you really want to use longterm.)

Elmofongo: So I have been playing the game and more or less getting the hang of it. And all I can say is that, so far it feels the same as Daggerfall.

dtgreene: Honestly, the fact that the game is very different structurally is enough to make the game feel very different for me.

In Daggerfall, I would be taking out a loan to buy a ship early, be making my own custom spells, and doing Mage's Guild quests that don't involve dungeons to advance my rank in order to be able to create custom magic items; Battlespire has none of this, and resource management is a much bigger part of the game.

Elmofongo: And overall my impressions hasn't been too negative on this game that I am almost questioning all the hate against it.