extremely hard game

[Smirkel]

I cant even get past the first dungeon. everything is out to get you
The game keeps spamming messages that "Its safe to rest here!" so i rest to regain my health, but EVERY single time I get ambushed by some random human type enemy that basically one hits me. Theres all sorts of water i need to traverse, but going inside the water apparently hurts me.
Wtf are you suppose to do?

[Sp00kiE]

Originally posted by -:

I cant even get past the first dungeon. everything is out to get you
The game keeps spamming messages that "Its safe to rest here!" so i rest to regain my health, but EVERY single time I get ambushed by some random human type enemy that basically one hits me. Theres all sorts of water i need to traverse, but going inside the water apparently hurts me.
Wtf are you suppose to do?

I thought I would take the time to detail the answer.
+ Safest rest spot is where the Ruby key rests. It can be a bit of a journey, but you get a good sleep there.
+ Water drains stamina. There are 3 bars. Left to right Health, Stamina, Mana. Your Stamina does not come back on it's own, just like health. You drowned.
+ All the way to the SW corner of the map for the exit. It's a rectangle map.

[Hunterkiller97]

Water doesn't hurt you in the game, I don't know what the hell your talking about. It does drain your fatigue faster though so don't be swimming around too much or else you'll be dead tired, quite literally.

[UsuallySquiddy]

Originally posted by Mobile Suit ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥:

The games manual does in fact tell you to find higher ground before resting. :LizzyD5:

They are just too young

[Dr. Manhattan]

Indeed, I have been playing a couple hours now and still can not figure out how to attack with my weak fists

[Sp00kiE]

Originally posted by Dr. Manhattan:

Indeed, I have been playing a couple hours now and still can not figure out how to attack with my weak fists

[a] is a toggle for drawn / holstered
[left or right click hold] + [mouse movement] is your swings and jab
Before that [left click] your portrait. Go to your equipment. Equip your starter weapon. . . You should have one

[foot scruggs]

yeah i was like "wow this is a cool game" then i played it for 5 minutes and got killed by 2 goblin things because it was dark the controls were weird and i didnt know how to fight, then i uninstalled it

[Unseen]

Originally posted by foot scruggs:

yeah i was like "wow this is a cool game" then i played it for 5 minutes and got killed by 2 goblin things because it was dark the controls were weird and i didnt know how to fight, then i uninstalled it

Its still a cool game you should download the modern fixes, the remapping, and look up a starter guide once you figure out what to do its not hard.

I needed no guide however on the first easy sewer level. Its literally just weak goblins and rats and that's it. You don't even need to cast spells or level up. Just watch your health and rest accordingly. But hey the games tiny and free maybe if you're feeling tes nostalgic you can give it another shot one day.

Biggest advice is fast travel, once you get out of the dungeon you have to fast travel it will take you forever to walk anywhere. You can fast travel by pulling up the world map with alt+M or right clicking on the map icon instead. Also to find the main quest objective simply ask random npcs where the place you're looking for is. Eventually one will mark it on your map.

[Tevildo]

Originally posted by Unseen:

Originally posted by foot scruggs:

yeah i was like "wow this is a cool game" then i played it for 5 minutes and got killed by 2 goblin things because it was dark the controls were weird and i didnt know how to fight, then i uninstalled it

Its still a cool game you should download the modern fixes, the remapping, and look up a starter guide once you figure out what to do its not hard.

I needed no guide however on the first easy sewer level. Its literally just weak goblins and rats and that's it. You don't even need to cast spells or level up. Just watch your health and rest accordingly. But hey the games tiny and free maybe if you're feeling tes nostalgic you can give it another shot one day.

Biggest advice is fast travel, once you get out of the dungeon you have to fast travel it will take you forever to walk anywhere. You can fast travel by pulling up the world map with alt+M or right clicking on the map icon instead. Also to find the main quest objective simply ask random npcs where the place you're looking for is. Eventually one will mark it on your map.

Minor correction. In Arena, it is literally impossible to travel between towns/cities/provinces on foot. There's just an endless plane of randomly generated terrain with an occasional dungeon thrown in. Daggerfall is the first ES game with a "real" open world in the sense that you can manually travel between locations, but DF's map is so huge that Bethesda gave you the ability to fast travel anywhere (even locations you haven't visited yet) at will.

[Unseen]

Right I read that on the wiki wasn't sure if it was true or not tho.

Funny cause they said the manual actually says otherwise lol.

[Sp00kiE]

Well most towns are at least a day away. Not sure what the game clock to real life clock ratio is, but that is a long walk. I gave up after an in game afternoon as fast travel is a right click on the map. Didn't know at the time.

Also I found a reliable loot source in Highrock, my knight is filthy rich. I think it is E. . something, the water dungeon just outside of town.

[ForgottenGamer]

Originally posted by Top O:

Well most towns are at least a day away. Not sure what the game clock to real life clock ratio is, but that is a long walk. I gave up after an in game afternoon as fast travel is a right click on the map. Didn't know at the time.

Also I found a reliable loot source in Highrock, my knight is filthy rich. I think it is E. . something, the water dungeon just outside of town.

it is impossible.

[Sp00kiE]

I love this game. Need more ideas for character names TV. I already made Ben Stein

[Ataxio]

People that have uninstalled should give it another shot. If you don't like retro games already, it's going to take a very specific kind of mentality and mood to enjoy the game fully.

They just don't make games like this anymore & it's worth knowing what things could be like if game studios took more risks instead of sticking with the same boring formula. Arena set the stage for a lot of what we take for granted today.

If you want the FULL experience, I highly recommend playing this on DOSbox. You'll get the original music & sound & the fun of launching the game via commands.

[lonetrav]

Originally posted by Ataxio:

If you want the FULL experience, I highly recommend playing this on DOSbox. ...

If you want the full experience, get yourself a DOS PC and play it there. I don't think you can play Arena on a modern PC withut a DOS emulator. The most common Arena packages in our days (Steam, GOG, ArenaSetup) are all DOSBox packages.

Did you allude to the differences between the CD and the floppy versions? Same gameplay, the CD version has more audio.

[Sp00kiE]

Always loot the Longswords at the Starter Dungeon. Trust me.