» Thu May 19, 2011 10:58 pm
Both Redguard and Daggerfall are worth it (for completely different reasons). Redguard is actually quite easy to get running, provided you have a modified version of DOSBox that includes the 3Dfx wrapper (there's a couple of CVS binaries that do). It's a very good action/adventure game (obviously nothing like any of the other TES games).
Daggerfall is great, though it's still incredibly buggy. You don't really need a manual if you follow the tutorial, it'll explain to you how to do most things. You can avoid the grinding entirely if you pick your class skills carefully (pick only skills that you will be using a lot). I actually finished the main line at level 18 with almost zero grinding and doing only a few faction quests. The dungeons are massive, but some of the main line ones are really good. Speaking of the main line it's got one of the best and most complex storylines I've seen in a game. Many quests have multiple ways of solving them, usually with a very different outcome/reward depending on what you do.