Sadly, the snowy landscape was almost devoid of life, so I took off towards one of Daggerfall's five thousand towns (thank Kynareth for Daggerfall's fast-travel system) where I introduced myself ...

Daggerfall Unity - GOG Cut, a special version of the classic RPG Daggerfall, has been taken down from the GOG store. However, you can still get the game from other sources.

It's taken nine years, but Daggerfall, the huge second Elder Scrolls game, now has fan-made remaster Daggerfall Unity has arrived, so your list of excuses for not taking a trip back in time is ...

The graphics are dated, and it requires a DOS emulator to run...but Elder Scrolls, Chapter II: Daggerfall's deep gameplay is worth all the fuss.

The Elder Scrolls Daggerfall is available in various forms, but as we await a sequel to Skyrim, one version of the RPG is about to die.

Daggerfall Unity unsurprisingly overhauls quite a lot about the game, but clearly retains the original's overall look and feel – just with some tweaks.

If you cannot wait for your next sojourn into Bethesda's sprawling RPG universe, we recommend you go back and play Daggerfall. Not Skyrim, again.

Here's how to get The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall running on your modern computer.

For anyone looking for more than anthropological exploration, Daggerfall Unity is indeed the best way to experience the game these days—and from where I sit, the GOG Cut is the best way to do it.

Anyone who already has the Daggerfall GOG Cut in their library—and anyone who adds it before the deadline on February 12—will get to keep it, but otherwise? That's the end of the road, buddy.

Fortunately, Daggerfall fan Gavin Clayton has been working hard to remaster the game in the Unity engine for roughly five years now.

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