I started to concentrate more on The Elder Scrolls: Arena, but I'm unsure how long I want to keep playing it. So far it doesn't seem that interesting as a RPG. Maybe I'll do it like someone in Youtube who played until finding the first (out of 9) part of the magical staff, and then skip rest of the game. Just to get a taste where the TES series started. I'm playing as a mage by the way, I presumed it would be more interesting to learn different spells than just fight as a knight.
Maybe I should read the manual, because currently I have no idea which way I should be heading. I searched the whole starting dungeon and got out, I ended up in some village where I did a few errands from inns (which just consisted of going from place A to B inside the village, whee!), got fed up and decided to go with the main story according to a walkthrough:
[url=http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Arena:Main_Quest]http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Arena:Main_Quest[/url]
So, I got out of that village... I should find Fang Lair, but before that to Hammerfell. Where the heck is Hammerfell? "West of Tamriel"? So which way is Tamriel then?
The map just says I am currently in "Cloud Spring". Is that a town, or a large area? I think I've walked 10 minutes (in real time) to one direction in the Wilderness, and the map still says I'm in "Cloud Spring". If I ask people where some place is, there is no option to ask for either Tamriel nor Hammerfell so that I would get at least the heading where to go. If I ask about Fang Lair, some just say I should go ask in Hammerfell. Ack!
Oh, the game is becoming a bit crash-prone. In the starting dungeon I had no problems. In the first village it would occasionally get jammed when I discuss with NPCs. In the wilderness, it seems to crash quite often when I initiate discussion with NPCs. Oh well, as long as I save often enough, I can bear it.
One thing I didn't quite get either: ok so I am this beginner mage. When I get out of the mere starting dungeon and sell all the weapons and platemails I found there, I suddenly already have around 4000 gold pieces. I go the the mage guild and I can buy most of the spells from them. Hmm, I've played only for awhile, and already I've got plethora of spells? Not sure if I can use all of them yet, or if I need more max spell points. I kinda like more the RPGs where I learn more powerful spells later in the game, no access to all of them in the very beginning. EDIT: Well, it does seem that while I am able to buy even the more advances spells, I simply don't have enough magic points to use them yet. Ok then.
EDIT: LOL! "Tamriel" obviously is the whole game area, so I should apparently head to the western parts of the whole area, not to "west of a place called Tamriel". If only I could figure out where I am now... Am I supposed to look at some map that came with the game? I am playing the "ArenaSetup" freeware version of the game.
Post edited July 30, 2014 by timppu