{"id":269427,"date":"2024-01-04T08:01:42","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T13:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=323379"},"modified":"2025-07-01T17:17:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:17:18","slug":"you-can-get-the-biggest-game-in-bethesdas-history-completely-free-but-its-not-what-you-expect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/you-can-get-the-biggest-game-in-bethesdas-history-completely-free-but-its-not-what-you-expect\/","title":{"rendered":"You can get the biggest game in Bethesda&#8217;s history completely free (but it&#8217;s not what you expect)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If we talk to you about the biggest game in Bethesda&#8217;s history, you probably rub your hands thinking about <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/bethesda-continues-to-boast-about-the-numbers-of-starfield-although-maybe-it-shouldnt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">&#8216;Starfield&#8217;<\/a> or &#8216;Skyrim&#8217; with all its expansions. But, however, <strong>they pale in comparison to the true behemoth of the developer<\/strong>, a title that time has forgotten and that you can now recover for the modest cost of zero euros. It&#8217;s a good deal, isn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/bc4ea152-9b37-11e6-9c3c-00163ec9f5fa\/1843361332\/the-elder-scrolls-ii-daggerfall-logo.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/the-elder-scrolls-ii-daggerfall.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/the-elder-scrolls-ii-daggerfall.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sequels were always good<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On August 31, 1996, Bethesda Softworks, specialized in all kinds of games for MS-DOS (from <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/google-has-made-the-definitive-where-is-wally-2023-with-its-particular-taylors-version\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">&#8220;Where&#8217;s Wally?&#8221;<\/a> to &#8220;The Terminator: Future Shock&#8221;), released the second part of one of their titles, &#8220;The Elder Scrolls: Arena&#8221;. <strong>It was &#8220;Daggerfall&#8221;, an open-world role-playing game<\/strong> that at that time was an absolute innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And if in &#8216;Starfield&#8217; we have a thousand planets to explore, <strong>in &#8216;Daggerfall&#8217; there were 15,000 dungeons, towns, villages, and cities <\/strong>to visit, an overwhelming number that has not been surpassed by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/there-will-not-be-a-major-update-for-fallout-4-this-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Bethesda<\/a> itself yet. It is estimated that four years after its release, it had already sold 800,000 units worldwide, but the arrival of the third installment, &#8216;Morrowind&#8217;, caused it to be forgotten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall Unity Port Gameplay\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/484Rjac4LSI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Until now. And it is that a community of fans has recreated &#8216;Daggerfall&#8217; exactly as it is, but adapted to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/unitys-absurd-measures-have-cost-the-companys-ceo-his-job\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Unity<\/a>. It has been almost four years of pain since August 2014, but <strong>this remake has come to a good end, being playable from start to finish<\/strong>. &#8216;Daggerfall Unity&#8217; is finally considered officially finished, and its project leaders can finally move on to something else. It was about time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s absolutely free, but <strong>you have to be willing to explore a map of 209,000 square kilometers<\/strong>, which is the same size as the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/you-live-in-england-and-you-are-not-a-fan-of-royalty-follow-these-recommendations-to-avoid-the-coronation-of-charles-iii\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">United Kingdom<\/a>. Bethesda wanted people to never stop playing &#8216;Daggerfall&#8217; (similar to what they have said about &#8216;Starfield&#8217;). 27 years later, it can be said that they have achieved it.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/bc4ea152-9b37-11e6-9c3c-00163ec9f5fa\/1843361332\/the-elder-scrolls-ii-daggerfall-logo.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/the-elder-scrolls-ii-daggerfall.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/the-elder-scrolls-ii-daggerfall.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In &#8216;Daggerfall,&#8217; there were 15,000 dungeons, towns, villages, and cities to visit, an overwhelming number that hasn&#8217;t been surpassed by Bethesda itself even now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9263,"featured_media":269430,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1015],"tags":[6106,1362,6107,5326],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-269427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionthe-elder-scrolls-ii-daggerfall","tag-bethesda","tag-daggerfall","tag-the-elder-scrolls"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269427"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":315413,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269427\/revisions\/315413"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269427"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=269427"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=269427"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=269427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}