The Elder Scrolls: Arena

The Elder Scrolls: Arena

Steam Deck Playable

Bethesda Softworks · RPG · Apr 26, 2022

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

It's free to play.

80%
Very Positive
3k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Graphics: 46 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 10 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 51 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 26 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 20 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 3k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
18% of themes are praise46% are divided36% are caveats
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
- The graphics are quite impressive for its time, not many games were pulling off what this was.
46 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The ost for this game is also pretty good (though it can get a little repetitive), being very classic fantasy.
10 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love2 themes
Graphics46 reviews
Audio10 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Story and characters101 reviews
82%
Gameplay54 reviews
74%
Interface21 reviews
81%
Controls11 reviews
45%
Performance8 reviews
88%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat51 reviews
78%
Crashes26 reviews
73%
Bugs20 reviews
75%
Difficulty16 reviews
63%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

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Player review score
80%
Very Positive
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