Elder Scrolls on 3DS/PSP?

Post » Tue Aug 16, 2011 1:00 am



I will get straight to the point; I sent a suggestion to Bethesda to say that I thought they should release the two oldest Elder Scroll games (Arena and Daggerfall) for the 3DS. The reason for this is because there may still be a few people out there who have not played this game and due to its age they may not bother; also I felt that these games were due an upgrade.

I understand that the first game is actually a free download and therefore the question is 'who would pay for a game they could play for free?'.... The answer is simple, not many, if any at all. Therefore why create a game you can get for free and put it up for sale? Solution; provide upgrades for the 3DS/PSP version and this will in turn make it a better version than the free download. This then gives people the option to play the old version for free or a more modernised version with a PSP or 3DS.

My main comparison I used with this was 'Zelda: Ocarina of Time', who have yet again re-released this game, but on the 3DS. Admittedly I did not like the idea; however it got my attention, I played it recently and I feel it has improved a lot.

Zelda was released in 1998 meaning it had 2 years extra development than Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall (Released 1996) and 4 years extra development than Elder Scrolls I: The Arena (Released 1994); and yet the new 3DS Zelda has improved graphics, game play and includes a master quest along with the original game. What does this mean? Again a simple answer, it means that if the Elder Scroll games, Arena and Daggerfall, were released on the 3DS/PSP then they should theoretically be able to upgrade there’s even more than Zelda have done. This is because they do not need a master quest and they are both older than Zelda.

I understand there could be some major issues with this; after all Elder Scrolls II was released in 1998, but this had a lot of bugs, but that is what this topic is about;
? Firstly; would you like these games to be upgraded and released on a portable console?
? Secondly; to try and find problems so we can think of ways round this to help make this become a greater reality.

If you read all of this, thank you for your time and I look forward to hearing your responses.

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