<s>
An	B-Application
Elder	I-Application
Scrolls	I-Application
Legend	I-Application
:	I-Application
Battlespire	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Bethesda	O
Softworks	O
,	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Elder	I-Application
Scrolls	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
other	O
The	B-Application
Elder	I-Application
Scrolls	I-Application
games	O
,	O
Battlespire	B-Application
lacks	O
a	O
rest	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enemies	O
do	O
not	O
reset	O
when	O
the	O
player	O
leaves	O
the	O
area	O
and	O
they	O
are	O
also	O
not	O
randomized	O
as	O
they	O
were	O
in	O
Arena	B-Application
and	O
Daggerfall	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
no	O
longer	O
supported	O
by	O
Mplayer/GameSpy	O
Arcade	O
,	O
one	O
can	O
still	O
play	O
through	O
the	O
Kali	B-Protocol
multiplayer	O
network	O
client	O
,	O
which	O
supports	O
and	O
works	O
with	O
all	O
the	O
features	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Battlespire	B-Application
(	O
named	O
so	O
after	O
the	O
training	O
facility	O
for	O
battlemages	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
takes	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
an	O
apprentice	O
who	O
,	O
on	O
the	O
day	O
of	O
his	O
final	O
test	O
,	O
discovers	O
that	O
an	O
army	O
of	O
Daedra	O
led	O
by	O
Mehrunes	B-Application
Dagon	I-Application
has	O
invaded	O
and	O
killed	O
nearly	O
everyone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
top	O
of	O
that	O
,	O
his	O
partner	O
is	O
being	O
held	O
captive	O
by	O
Mehrunes	B-Application
Dagon	I-Application
himself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
the	O
course	O
of	O
seven	O
levels	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
travel	O
through	O
various	O
realms	O
of	O
Oblivion	O
to	O
reach	O
Mehrunes	B-Application
Dagon	I-Application
,	O
defeat	O
him	O
and	O
escape	O
back	O
to	O
Tamriel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Daggerfall	B-Application
,	O
work	O
began	O
on	O
three	O
separate	O
projects	O
all	O
at	O
once	O
:	O
Battlespire	B-Application
,	O
Redguard	O
,	O
and	O
Morrowind	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battlespire	B-Application
,	O
originally	O
titled	O
Dungeon	O
of	O
Daggerfall	B-Application
:	O
Battlespire	B-Application
,	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
of	O
the	O
three	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
,	O
on	O
December	O
2	O
,	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
designed	O
as	O
an	O
expansion	O
pack	O
for	O
Daggerfall	B-Application
,	O
Battlespire	B-Application
focuses	O
on	O
what	O
Bethesda	O
called	O
"	O
the	O
best	O
part	O
of	O
Daggerfall	B-Application
"	O
:	O
dungeon	O
crawling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battlespire	B-Application
has	O
a	O
smaller	O
scope	O
than	O
Daggerfall	B-Application
and	O
prioritizes	O
level	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Until	O
The	B-Protocol
Elder	I-Protocol
Scrolls	I-Protocol
Online	I-Protocol
,	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
only	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
to	O
have	O
deathmatch	O
or	O
multiplayer	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Morrowinds	B-Application
scope	O
turned	O
out	O
to	O
be	O
too	O
difficult	O
to	O
implement	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
put	O
on	O
hold	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
staff	O
were	O
moved	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
Battlespire	B-Application
and	O
Redguard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battlespire	B-Application
was	O
repackaged	O
as	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
game	O
and	O
sold	O
as	O
An	B-Application
Elder	I-Application
Scrolls	I-Application
Legend	I-Application
:	I-Application
Battlespire	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Stephan	O
Janicki	O
of	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
,	O
Battlespire	B-Application
and	O
the	O
related	O
title	O
The	B-Application
Elder	I-Application
Scrolls	I-Application
Adventures	I-Application
:	I-Application
Redguard	I-Application
were	O
both	O
"	O
commercial	O
failures.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
Generation	O
reviewed	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
rating	O
it	O
three	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
Battlespire	B-Application
is	O
a	O
step	O
in	O
the	O
right	O
direction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewers	O
seemed	O
unimpressed	O
as	O
a	O
whole	O
with	O
Desslock	O
of	O
GameSpot	O
noting	O
that	O
,	O
compared	O
against	O
Daggerfall	B-Application
,	O
"	O
Battlespires	B-Application
less	O
expansive	O
scope	O
,	O
hack-and-slash	O
gameplay	O
,	O
and	O
technical	O
problems	O
ultimately	O
provide	O
a	O
role-playing	O
experience	O
that	O
is	O
only	O
occasionally	O
satisfying.	O
"	O
</s>
