Bethesda, the video game giants responsible for some of the best-known franchises in gaming history, such as Fallout and The Elder Scrolls, had to start somewhere. After 30 years, one of the company’s first games, Daggerfall Unity, has finally been re-released for modern-day gamers.
Commonly thought to be Bethesda’s first big break into the mainstream of gaming, this title was revolutionary at the time, offering a huge open-world and randomly generated dungeons. However, the game was also famously buggy. Now, thanks to a dedicated group of fans who have remastered the game in Unity, gamers can finally experience Daggerfall Unity again after a long wait of three decades.
What Can We Expect From Daggerfall Unity
The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall is a vast open-world exploration game that features randomly generated dungeons, a common feature in many of The Elder Scrolls games. However, the title has some issues, such as visual glitches and a dated user interface that clearly indicate its origin in the 90s.
It has been 30 years since players last had the chance to experience Daggerfall in all its glory, complete with its bugs. Thanks to the fans, the game can now be enjoyed once again, this time with improved graphics and an updated user interface designed to cater to modern-day gamers. The remake has been developed using the Unity engine, which ensures a smoother gameplay experience.
The remake of this game offers several improvements, including a new control scheme that uses the keys W, A, S and D, and better graphics. It also supports wide screens and has a greater draw distance, providing a better gaming experience. Additionally, the game allows for modding, which means that players can add more quests, locations, and new character classes, making it even more enjoyable to play again and again.
The Daggerfall remake provides a retro mode, allowing fans to relive the game with the original graphics style. However, it also has a new option to reduce the size of dungeons keeping most of the dungeons to the size of Privateers hold, which may not be surprising for those who have played the original game, as it was massive. This feature will make quests much faster.
The team behind the remastered version of a game called X Interkarma has issued a statement urging players to stop using the version of the game that was released two years ago on GOG. They claimed that the GOG version was slow and buggy, and instead recommended players to switch to the new Unity release of the game.
They have also provided the GitHub link for the new game and instructions on how to uninstall the GOG version without losing the player’s save files. The full statement is linked below:
#DaggerfallUnity 1.0.0 Release is now available! After several years in development, and the efforts of many people, Daggerfall Unity is finally considered complete. The project will now move into post-release community support and maintenance.https://t.co/A6MmlPCXQZ pic.twitter.com/XsN6gxfkCB
— Gavin Clayton (@gav_clayton) December 30, 2023
How Can Fans Enjoy the New Daggerfall?
The remaster sounds too good to be true, however this is not even the best of the news as this remaster is completely free for players of the game, and it’s super easy to install. To get the Unity game, players need to install the title from Steam for free, then go to the GitHub link, and follow the instructions to be able to play Daggerfall Unity today.
So after 30 years players can once again experience all that The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall has to offer in the new updated environment, and with all remakes this also allows newcomers to the series to enjoy the game that allowed Bethesda to become one of the most recognized household names in gaming today. The title is available today for players to go and jump back in and experience the game all over again.
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