An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire

I'll admit, I started this game expecting it to be an absolutely miserable experience due to the fact that I had heard nothing but terrible things about it, but I was shocked to discover that Battlespire was, for me, a very engaging and atmospheric game that was an absolute joy to play from start to finish. I think that a lot of the criticisms of it are very fair: the enemies at times do unreasonable amounts of damage, the puzzles sometimes feel too vague, and some mechanics like speaking to enemies are very unintuitive. That all being said, I still thought that Battlespire was an excellent twist on the Elder Scrolls RPG formula. I enjoyed the more linear format of the game which features seven distinct levels each more akin to a large dungeon than an open world, I loved the design of the world which embraced a darker aesthetic than any other elder scrolls game, and I even enjoyed the more difficult and unforgiving gameplay which made me actually use the dozens of potions that in any other Elder Scrolls title I would never touch. As a huge fan of the other Elder Scrolls games, it was also fascinating to see the origin of much of the daedric lore that is treated as common knowledge …

5+ playthroughs and this game continues to surprise and show me new things; popping up in the mind over the years, its lore and contributions to the series is comically understated even now. The game is clunky, and broken in many ways, but never is it boring. The prequel to Oblivion, and the defining game of the Daedra.

I dont have a massive amount of hours on this reveiw as i played it on orignal hardware with the big box copy. Really decent dungeon crawler with some pretty tripper elder scrolls lore but all in all a really decent game if u can get past the jank

Easily the worst elder scrolls game

An odd installment of the franchise but fun in its own right. its $5.99 give it a shot.

7/10.