In 2004, a downloadable version of the game was made available free of charge as part of the 10th anniversary of The Elder Scrolls series, but newer computers past Windows XP require an emulator, such as DOSBox, to run Arena, as it's an MS-DOS-based program.Īrena takes place on the continent of Tamriel, complete with wilderness, dungeons, cities and villages in a 6 million square mile play-space for the player, simulating the experience of a full continent.Īlthough not as popular as the later games, Arena generated a cult following and was successful enough to spawn a popular sequel, Daggerfall. Arena is the first installment The Elder Scrolls action/adventure RPG fantasy video game series, taking place during the ten years of the Imperial Simulacrum of the Third Era.Īrena was one of the largest games created at the time of its release, if not the largest. The Elder Scrolls: Arena is a single-player role-playing video game developed by Bethesda Softworks in March 25, 1994. Furthermore, during winters the towns get covered with snow.3E 389 – 3E 399 For the continent called Arena, see Tamriel. The effects of rain and snow are also shown in the game. At night, the threatening streets of the town light up and the game also show effects of dawn and dusk. Also, the player finds some villages or landscapes outside the town. However, the player can roam about the boundaries of the town and go inside the tombs and temples. The choice of the town has an impact on the role that the player would be playing.Ī new panorama is created whenever the player starts a fresh game, therefore, the player cannot traverse from one town to some other town. The player chooses a town from which he wants to initiate the game after he escapes from the cave. But afterward, the game became a single player Role-playing game in which the player did not have a team. Primarily, in Elder Scroll- Arena the player needed to prepare his party of soldiers and combat with the other parties in different landscapes in Tamriel. Along with this, the player can go on exploration in the towns and go on some provincial adventures. The player can delve anywhere into Nirn and investigate huge caves. The player needs to escape from the cave and murder Jagger Tharn to set the king free. Jagar Tharn imprisons the king using the staff of discord and locks the player inside a cave. Ureil Septim indulges himself in a fight with Jagar Tharn so that he can unite the whole world of Nirn. The plot of Elder Scrolls – Arena is set in the world of Nirn in the dominion of Tamriel who is ruled by Ureil Septim.
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