The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall is important for a number of reasons, for its seminal place in a series that would include others Morrowind, oblivion and Skyrim to the fact that it was itself a Game of the Year winner. Thing is, the game is a 1996 3D adventure and trying to play it in 2022 sucks.
Not through your own fault! For the ’90s, it did its thing. It’s just that early 3D games didn’t have the same universal smoothness and ease of movement that we associate with more modern titles, and so everyone more familiar with the later games in the series tries to play Daggerfall Now there would be a fight, especially when it comes to fights.
Or they would be if they tried to play the original 1996 release (above). What they could do instead is play the miraculous Daggerfall Unity – GOG cut, which just hit Good Old Games. It’s not an official Bethesda release; Rather, it is the work of a team of modders whohis work was packed together for publication on the shopfront:
Play a reimagined version of the all-time RPG classic from The Elder Scrolls series. Daggerfall Unity – GOG Cut brings this amazing experience to modern gamers. This was made possible thanks to a whole team of passionate developers working under the banner of Daggerfall unit.
Launched by Gavin “Interkarma” Clayton over a decade ago, this ambitious project aims to bring the unique experience of the classic open-world RPG game to a new generation of gamers. Thanks to the efforts of GamerZakh, a gaming content creator with a penchant for the classics, you can now enjoy a special GOG cut of the Daggerfall Unity title.
All you have to do is download the game and just start it. Daggerfall Unity’s GOG cut requires no special actions or updates on your behalf. Thanks to the settings and mods handpicked by GamerZakh, you can explore the rich world of Daggerfall with improved graphics and gameplay.
Some of the special features of this bundled remaster of the game are some high-resolution graphics (completely remade in Unityhence the name) with new lighting, much longer view ranges, support for mods, and most importantly, a bunch of quality of life improvements including smoother first-person controls.
You can download the package for freeand see the full list of modders involved, on the GOG website.
