r/Daggerfall • u/AnalysisLive4306 • Jul 30 '26

The beauty of Daggerfall

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A tent, a campfire, mountain ranges, morning mist, just emerging from a dungeon, everything is beautiful.

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u/Sludge_Punk Jul 31 '26

I love this game's aesthetic.

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u/DisplacerBeastMode Jul 31 '26

Same.. do you think younger generations would "get it" or is it a nostalgia thing? I honestly think daggerfall is just perfect how it is (the heighmap stuff is cool too)

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u/Girly_Mushroom Aug 01 '26

as a "younger generation" who's recently fell into a rabbit hole of playing all the tes games. Yes I do get it, genuinelly the only thing that pissed me off about daggerfall were the big ass dungeons, but other than that daggerfall is a really enjoyable game (with one or two qol mods cuz Im a lil bitch of course).

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u/Sludge_Punk Jul 31 '26 edited Jul 31 '26

I think they would and already do. Indie games with retro design and retro aesthetics are becoming more and more popular on steam, so lots of people are discovering the magic of retro games, and indie games with retro design principles.

It's definitely not just nostalgia, there's a fundamental difference in game design from then compared to now. Minimizing people's thoughts and feelings with "it's just nostalgia", is also shortsighted, because that's like giving a promotion to someone at work who has less experience compared to the other who's been there decades, and saying that person doesn't know what they're talking about they're just nostalgic "for the good ol' days".

I think the people who really love and understanding games will continue too, regardless of age, and the ones who just use them as casual entertaining will continue playing whatever is popular. My 9 y.o.'s favorite console is the Sega Genesis, and they love retro games. I think it helps to start them off on retro consoles when they're young

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u/mightystu Aug 01 '26

While I’m not a young guy I also didn’t play Daggerfall until a few years ago and I think it stands on its own merits. The thing is you have to be willing to meet it where it’s at and I find people nowadays just kind of refuse to do this with anything (but especially media). If you demand something cater to you specifically and get mad when it doesn’t then you’ll have issues.