It took me a LONG time to realize you could do this, so I figured there must be others who didn't know...

Anyway: when playing Arena, press F4 to disable 'pixellation'. You know how in-game menus and conversations sort of fade in with an effect? F4 turns that off and on.

I really like it off because it makes things MUCH faster. No more waiting for text to appear! Looting corpses, talking to people, saving, all are smoother.

Give it a try! It makes the whole game more sleek and fresh since you're not waiting for the same old tired menus every time.

Now I will give the game a chance.