<s>
The	B-Application
Elder	I-Application
Scrolls	I-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Daggerfall	I-Application
is	O
an	O
open-world	O
,	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
game	I-Application
published	O
by	O
Bethesda	O
Softworks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second	O
video	O
game	O
in	O
the	B-Application
Elder	I-Application
Scrolls	I-Application
series	I-Application
,	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
September	O
20	O
,	O
1996	O
,	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
following	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
1994	O
's	O
The	B-Application
Elder	I-Application
Scrolls	I-Application
:	I-Application
Arena	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
story	O
follows	O
the	O
player	O
,	O
sent	O
by	O
the	O
Emperor	O
,	O
to	O
free	O
the	O
ghost	O
of	O
King	O
Lysandus	O
from	O
his	O
earthly	O
shackles	O
and	O
discover	O
what	O
happened	O
to	O
a	O
letter	O
sent	O
from	O
the	O
Emperor	O
to	O
the	O
former	O
queen	O
of	O
Daggerfall	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compared	O
to	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
Arena	B-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
now	O
only	O
travel	O
within	O
two	O
provinces	O
in	O
Tamriel	O
:	O
High	O
Rock	O
and	O
Hammerfell	B-Application
;	O
however	O
,	O
Daggerfall	B-Application
consists	O
of	O
15,000	O
cities	O
,	O
towns	O
,	O
villages	O
,	O
and	O
dungeons	O
for	O
the	O
character	O
to	O
explore	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arenas	B-Application
experience-point	O
based	O
system	O
was	O
replaced	O
with	O
a	O
system	O
that	O
rewards	O
the	O
player	O
for	O
utilizing	O
role-playing	O
elements	O
within	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daggerfall	B-Application
includes	O
more	O
customization	O
options	O
,	O
featuring	O
an	O
improved	O
character	O
generation	O
engine	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
GURPS-influenced	O
class	O
creation	O
system	O
,	O
offering	O
players	O
the	O
chance	O
to	O
create	O
their	O
own	O
classes	O
and	O
assign	O
their	O
own	O
skills	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
The	B-Application
Elder	I-Application
Scrolls	I-Application
III	I-Application
:	I-Application
Morrowind	I-Application
in	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
to	O
commemorate	O
the	O
fifteenth	O
anniversary	O
of	O
the	B-Application
Elder	I-Application
Scrolls	I-Application
franchise	O
,	O
Daggerfall	B-Application
was	O
made	O
free	O
to	O
download	O
from	O
the	O
Bethesda	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daggerfall	B-Application
,	O
like	O
the	O
other	O
games	O
in	O
The	B-Application
Elder	I-Application
Scrolls	I-Application
series	I-Application
,	O
takes	O
place	O
on	O
the	O
fictional	O
continent	O
of	O
Tamriel	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
travel	O
between	O
the	O
provinces	O
of	O
High	O
Rock	O
and	O
Hammerfell	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
all	O
The	B-Application
Elder	I-Application
Scrolls	I-Application
games	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
does	O
not	O
have	O
to	O
follow	O
questlines	O
or	O
fill	O
specific	O
character	O
roles	O
,	O
allowing	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
play	O
the	O
game	O
how	O
they	O
see	O
fit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
special	O
feature	O
in	O
Daggerfall	B-Application
is	O
the	O
ability	O
for	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
create	O
their	O
own	O
spells	O
using	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
spell-creation	O
system	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
unlocked	O
by	O
joining	O
the	O
Mages	O
Guild	O
;	O
allowing	O
for	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
create	O
custom	O
spells	O
with	O
varying	O
effects	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
will	O
automatically	O
generate	O
the	O
magicka	O
cost	O
of	O
the	O
spell	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
power	O
of	O
effects	O
chosen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
also	O
have	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
become	O
a	O
vampire	B-Application
,	O
werewolf	O
,	O
or	O
wereboar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daggerfall	B-Application
features	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
formidable	O
enemies	O
;	O
the	O
strongest	O
being	O
the	O
demonic	O
Daedra	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
make	O
the	O
journey	O
through	O
these	O
realms	O
difficult	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daggerfall	B-Application
is	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
Iliac	O
Bay	O
,	O
between	O
the	O
provinces	O
of	O
High	O
Rock	O
and	O
Hammerfell	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
wants	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
do	O
two	O
things	O
:	O
First	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
free	O
the	O
ghost	O
of	O
King	O
Lysandus	O
from	O
his	O
earthly	O
shackles	O
;	O
Second	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
discover	O
what	O
happened	O
to	O
a	O
letter	O
from	O
the	O
Emperor	O
to	O
the	O
former	O
queen	O
of	O
Daggerfall	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
letter	O
reveals	O
that	O
Lysandus	O
's	O
mother	O
,	O
Nulfaga	O
,	O
knows	O
the	O
location	O
of	O
the	O
Mantella	O
,	O
the	O
key	O
to	O
resurrecting	O
the	O
first	O
Numidium	O
,	O
a	O
powerful	O
brass	O
golem	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
emperor	O
wants	O
his	O
spy	O
to	O
force	O
Nulfaga	O
into	O
revealing	O
the	O
location	O
of	O
the	O
Mantella	O
so	O
that	O
the	B-Application
Blades	I-Application
can	O
finish	O
the	O
reconstruction	O
of	O
the	O
Numidium	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Not	O
knowing	O
what	O
the	O
Mantella	O
is	O
,	O
Gortworg	O
consults	O
Mannimarco	O
,	O
the	O
King	O
of	O
Worms	O
(	O
the	O
leader	O
of	O
the	O
Necromancers	B-Operating_System
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
this	O
time	O
the	O
Underking	O
,	O
who	O
originally	O
destroyed	O
the	O
first	O
Numidium	O
because	O
of	O
its	O
misuse	O
by	O
Tiber	B-Application
Septim	I-Application
,	O
is	O
recuperating	O
deep	O
within	O
a	O
tomb	O
of	O
High	O
Rock	O
after	O
expending	O
so	O
much	O
energy	O
destroying	O
it	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
accomplishing	O
this	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
steal	O
the	O
totem	B-Language
of	O
Tiber	B-Application
Septim	I-Application
from	O
King	O
Gothryd	O
of	O
Daggerfall	B-Application
,	O
and	O
free	O
the	O
Mantella	O
from	O
its	O
prison	O
in	O
Aetherius	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daggerfall	B-Application
has	O
several	O
endings	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Gortworg	O
then	O
succeeds	O
in	O
creating	O
Orsinium	B-Application
,	O
a	O
kingdom	O
of	O
Orcs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	B-Application
Blades	I-Application
are	O
victorious	O
,	O
they	O
succeed	O
in	O
recreating	O
the	O
first	O
Numidium	O
and	O
use	O
it	O
to	O
defeat	O
the	O
Bay	O
Kings	O
and	O
the	O
Orcs	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
unite	O
all	O
the	O
provinces	O
of	O
Tamriel	O
under	O
the	O
empire	O
once	O
again	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
more	O
ending	O
,	O
as	O
described	O
in	O
the	O
strategy	O
guide	O
The	O
Daggerfall	B-Application
Chronicles	O
and	O
elsewhere	O
,	O
was	O
planned	O
by	O
Bethesda	O
,	O
but	O
is	O
not	O
achievable	O
in-game	O
:	O
if	O
the	O
player	O
activates	O
the	O
Mantella	O
while	O
in	O
possession	O
of	O
the	O
totem	B-Language
(	O
the	O
controlling	O
device	O
of	O
the	O
Numidium	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
Numidium	O
will	O
slay	O
the	O
player	O
,	O
go	O
out	O
of	O
control	O
,	O
and	O
be	O
destroyed	O
by	O
Imperial	O
forces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Work	O
on	O
The	B-Application
Elder	I-Application
Scrolls	I-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Daggerfall	I-Application
began	O
immediately	O
after	O
Arenas	B-Application
release	O
in	O
March	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
titled	O
Mournhold	B-Application
and	O
set	O
in	O
Morrowind	B-Application
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
eventually	O
relocated	O
to	O
the	O
provinces	O
of	O
High	O
Rock	O
and	O
Hammerfell	B-Application
,	O
in	O
Tamriel	O
's	O
northwest	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
mid-1994	O
Daggerfall	B-Application
was	O
the	O
new	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developers	O
at	O
first	O
planned	O
to	O
connect	O
it	O
with	O
Arena	B-Application
and	O
one	O
or	O
two	O
more	O
games	O
as	O
done	O
with	O
Might	O
and	O
Magic	O
:	O
World	O
of	O
Xeen	O
,	O
but	O
Arenas	B-Application
experience-point	O
based	O
system	O
was	O
replaced	O
with	O
one	O
that	O
rewards	O
the	O
player	O
for	O
actually	O
role-playing	O
their	O
character	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daggerfall	B-Application
features	O
an	O
improved	O
character	O
generation	O
engine	O
,	O
one	O
that	O
includes	O
not	O
only	O
Arenas	B-Application
basic	O
class	O
choices	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
a	O
GURPS-influenced	O
class	O
creation	O
system	O
,	O
offering	O
players	O
the	O
chance	O
to	O
create	O
their	O
own	O
classes	O
and	O
assign	O
their	O
own	O
skills	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daggerfall	B-Application
was	O
initially	O
developed	O
with	O
an	O
updated	O
2.5D	O
raycast	O
engine	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
eventually	O
dropped	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
XnGine	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
truly	O
3D	O
engines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daggerfall	B-Application
realized	O
a	O
gameworld	O
"	O
the	O
size	O
of	O
Great	O
Britain	O
,	O
"	O
or	O
approximately	O
209,331	O
square	O
kilometers	O
filled	O
with	O
15,000	O
towns	O
and	O
a	O
population	O
of	O
750,000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Julian	O
LeFay	O
,	O
"	O
The	O
whole	O
idea	O
with	O
Daggerfall	B-Application
was	O
that	O
,	O
like	O
a	O
pen-and-paper	O
role-playing	O
game	O
,	O
you	O
could	O
play	O
for	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daggerfall	B-Application
,	O
in	O
Peterson	O
's	O
opinion	O
,	O
was	O
little-influenced	O
by	O
contemporary	O
video	O
games	O
,	O
as	O
they	O
simply	O
"	O
were	O
n't	O
very	O
interesting.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
I	O
can	O
remember	O
playing	O
the	O
latest	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
,	O
Doom	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Sam	B-Application
&	I-Application
Max	I-Application
Hit	I-Application
the	I-Application
Road	I-Application
while	O
working	O
on	O
it	O
,	O
but	O
I	O
ca	O
n't	O
say	O
they	O
had	O
any	O
profound	O
impact	O
on	O
the	O
story	O
or	O
design.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Daggerfalls	B-Application
most	O
profound	O
influences	O
came	O
from	O
whatever	O
analog	O
games	O
and	O
literature	O
Julian	O
LeFay	O
or	O
Ted	O
Peterson	O
happened	O
to	O
be	O
playing	O
or	O
reading	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Dumas	O
's	O
The	O
Man	O
in	O
the	O
Iron	O
Mask	O
,	O
which	O
influenced	O
"	O
the	O
quest	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
had	O
to	O
find	O
the	O
missing	O
Prince	O
of	O
Sentinel	O
,	O
"	O
and	O
Vampire	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Masquerade	I-Application
,	O
which	O
influenced	O
"	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
vampire	B-Application
tribes	O
throughout	O
the	O
region.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Daggerfall	B-Application
was	O
completed	O
on	O
August	O
31	O
,	O
1996	O
,	O
almost	O
three	O
years	O
after	O
production	O
began	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
that	O
of	O
Arena	B-Application
,	O
Daggerfalls	B-Application
release	O
suffered	O
from	O
buggy	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
yearning	O
to	O
avoid	O
what	O
were	O
,	O
in	O
LeFay	O
's	O
words	O
,	O
"	O
all	O
the	O
stupid	O
patches	O
we	O
had	O
for	O
Daggerfall	B-Application
"	O
led	O
to	O
a	O
more	O
cautious	O
release	O
schedule	O
in	O
the	O
future	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ted	O
Peterson	O
left	O
Bethesda	O
following	O
Daggerfalls	B-Application
release	O
and	O
went	O
to	O
work	O
for	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
companies	O
in	O
Los	O
Angeles	O
and	O
San	O
Francisco	O
:	O
Film	O
Roman	O
,	O
AnyRiver	O
Entertainment	O
,	O
Activision	O
,	O
and	O
Savage	O
Entertainment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Daggerfall	B-Application
did	O
not	O
come	O
with	O
official	O
modding	O
tools	O
like	O
later	O
The	B-Application
Elder	I-Application
Scrolls	I-Application
releases	O
,	O
enthusiasts	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
developed	O
tools	O
on	O
their	O
own	O
to	O
access	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
content	O
soon	O
after	O
its	O
release	O
;	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
additional	O
quests	O
,	O
graphical	O
enhancements	O
,	O
and	O
gameplay	O
features	O
were	O
developed	O
by	O
third	O
parties	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
official	O
support	O
by	O
Bethesda	O
,	O
some	O
mod	O
makers	O
have	O
repaired	O
bugs	B-Error_Name
in	O
the	O
latest	O
official	O
release	O
of	O
Daggerfall	B-Application
with	O
community	O
patches	O
or	O
engine	O
remakes	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
DaggerfallSetup	O
is	O
a	O
community-made	O
Daggerfall	B-Application
installer	B-Operating_System
for	O
modern	O
Windows	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
aim	O
of	O
this	O
project	O
is	O
to	O
install	O
and	O
easily	O
run	O
a	O
fully	O
patched	O
Daggerfall	B-Application
on	O
a	O
modern	O
Windows	O
operating	O
system	O
under	O
usage	O
of	O
the	O
DOSBox	B-Application
emulator	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
game	O
installer	B-Operating_System
setup	O
contains	O
many	O
official	O
and	O
unofficial	O
patches	O
and	O
also	O
fan	O
translations	O
for	O
several	O
languages	O
,	O
including	O
French	O
,	O
Russian	O
,	O
Spanish	O
,	O
and	O
German	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
also	O
fan-made	O
game	O
engine	O
rewrite	O
projects	O
for	O
Daggerfall	B-Application
,	O
which	O
aim	O
for	O
native	O
compatibility	O
with	O
modern	O
operating	O
systems	O
and	O
hardware	O
,	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
being	O
run	O
in	O
DOS	O
,	O
or	O
through	O
DOSBox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
eventual	O
goal	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
to	O
create	O
an	O
updated	O
playing	O
environment	O
for	O
Daggerfall	B-Application
,	O
Dark	O
Forces	O
,	O
Outlaws	O
,	O
Blood	O
and	O
other	O
classic	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additional	O
goals	O
–	O
for	O
Daggerfall	B-Application
specifically	O
–	O
included	O
the	O
implementation	O
of	O
features	O
that	O
were	O
initially	O
promised	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
but	O
were	O
not	O
included	O
(	O
or	O
only	O
partially	O
coded	O
in	O
)	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
its	O
release	O
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2018	O
the	O
XL	O
Engine	O
's	O
source	O
code	O
was	O
released	O
under	O
MIT	B-License
license	I-License
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
23	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
author	O
–	O
luciusDXL	O
–	O
took	O
down	O
the	O
XL	O
Engine	O
website	O
and	O
announced	O
via	O
a	O
post	O
on	O
the	O
project	O
's	O
GitHub	B-Application
that	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
officially	O
dead	O
,	O
and	O
would	O
not	O
resume	O
development	O
in	O
the	O
future	O
,	O
with	O
their	O
involvement	O
ceasing	O
back	O
in	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daggerfall	B-Application
Unity	B-Application
is	O
another	O
open-source	B-Application
recreation	B-General_Concept
of	O
Daggerfall	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beginning	O
development	O
in	O
August	O
2014	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
the	O
most	O
mature	O
Daggerfall	B-Application
project	O
released	O
,	O
and	O
uses	O
the	O
Unity	B-Application
game	I-Application
engine	I-Application
to	O
rewrite	O
the	O
game	O
with	O
updated	O
graphics	O
and	O
mechanics	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
full	O
mod	O
support	O
through	O
Nexus	O
Mods	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
DaggerXL	O
,	O
Daggerfall	B-Application
Unity	B-Application
is	O
playable	O
from	O
start	O
to	O
finish	O
with	O
all	O
the	O
core	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Daggerfall	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daggerfall	B-Application
Unity	B-Application
was	O
published	O
to	O
GOG.com	O
with	O
a	O
selection	O
of	O
mods	O
pre-installed	O
on	O
June	O
15	O
,	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
Daggerfalls	B-Application
launch	O
on	O
September	O
20	O
,	O
shipments	O
of	O
around	O
120,000	O
copies	O
were	O
delivered	O
to	O
stores	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
a	O
second	O
printing	O
of	O
Daggerfall	B-Application
was	O
shipped	O
on	O
September	O
24	O
,	O
Next	O
Generation	O
reported	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
that	O
"	O
this	O
shipment	O
is	O
expected	O
to	O
be	O
considerably	O
smaller	O
than	O
the	O
first	O
due	O
to	O
production	O
limitations.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Bethesda	O
marketing	O
director	O
Pete	O
Hines	O
,	O
Daggerfall	B-Application
sold	O
roughly	O
700,000	O
copies	O
by	O
mid-2000	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
"	O
still	O
selling	O
four	O
years	O
after	O
release.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Daggerfall	B-Application
was	O
met	O
with	O
critical	O
acclaim	O
,	O
surpassing	O
its	O
predecessor	O
in	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
Awards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
nominated	O
as	O
the	O
year	O
's	O
best	O
CRPG	O
by	O
GameSpot	O
and	O
Computer	O
Games	O
Strategy	O
Plus	O
,	O
but	O
lost	O
both	O
awards	O
to	O
Diablo	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
he	O
criticized	O
its	O
bugs	B-Error_Name
and	O
writing	O
mistakes	O
,	O
he	O
summarized	O
Daggerfall	B-Application
as	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
realistic	O
,	O
involved	O
,	O
and	O
impressive	O
RPGs	O
on	O
the	O
market	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
release	O
,	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
ranked	O
it	O
as	O
the	O
eighth	O
top	O
vaporware	B-Application
title	O
in	O
computer	O
game	O
history	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
PC	O
Magazine	O
,	O
Michael	O
E	O
.	O
Ryan	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
revolutionary	O
"	O
and	O
wrote	O
that	O
it	O
"	O
may	O
be	O
the	O
best	O
RPG	O
since	O
Origin	O
's	O
Ultima	B-Application
IV	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
Wolf	O
,	O
he	O
found	O
fault	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
bugs	B-Error_Name
,	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
which	O
he	O
said	O
"	O
shocked	O
"	O
the	O
magazine	O
's	O
staff	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
these	O
issues	O
,	O
Ryan	O
remarked	O
that	O
the	O
staff	O
became	O
"	O
hopelessly	O
addicted	O
to	O
Daggerfalls	B-Application
endless	O
possibilities	O
and	O
game	O
play.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
reviewer	O
for	O
Next	O
Generation	O
wrote	O
that	O
Daggerfall	B-Application
"	O
comes	O
as	O
close	O
as	O
anything	O
ever	O
has	O
"	O
to	O
simulating	O
real	O
life	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
long	O
wait	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
"	O
hands	O
down	O
,	O
worth	O
it.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Andy	O
Backer	O
of	O
Computer	O
Games	O
Strategy	O
Plus	O
called	O
Daggerfall	B-Application
"	O
a	O
flawed	O
masterpiece	O
"	O
,	O
noting	O
that	O
bugs	B-Error_Name
held	O
it	O
back	O
from	O
perfection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
PC	O
Zone	O
,	O
Charlie	O
Brooker	O
called	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
core	O
concept	O
of	O
simulating	O
a	O
virtual	O
world	O
"	O
a	O
sound	O
one	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
he	O
suggested	O
that	O
Daggerfall	B-Application
could	O
have	O
succeeded	O
as	O
a	O
MUD	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Gamer	O
Magazine	O
ranked	O
Daggerfall	B-Application
among	O
their	O
list	O
of	O
'	O
The	O
Most	O
Ambitious	O
PC	O
Games	O
 '	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1997	O
,	O
the	O
editors	O
of	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
US	O
named	O
Daggerfall	B-Application
the	O
50th	O
best	O
game	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
,	O
while	O
those	O
of	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
UK	O
placed	O
it	O
a	O
on	O
their	O
list	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
former	O
publication	O
hailed	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
superlative	O
RPG	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
again	O
criticized	O
its	O
numerous	O
bugs	B-Error_Name
;	O
the	O
latter	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
so	O
vastly	O
massive	O
that	O
it	O
threatens	O
to	O
collapse	O
under	O
its	O
own	O
gargantuan	O
weight	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Media	O
Technology	O
Limited	O
,	O
Bethesda	O
Softworks	O
 '	O
parent	O
company	O
,	O
brought	O
a	O
libel	O
suit	O
against	O
U.S.	O
senators	O
Joe	O
Lieberman	O
and	O
Herb	O
Kohl	O
for	O
comments	O
they	O
made	O
about	O
Daggerfalls	B-Application
appropriateness	O
for	O
children	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lieberman	O
and	O
Kohl	O
characterized	O
the	O
suit	O
as	O
a	O
publicity	O
stunt	O
intended	O
to	O
boost	O
holiday	O
sales	O
of	O
Daggerfall	B-Application
.	O
</s>
