Instead of having your character increase in experience levels, as in Daggerfall, your character is awarded a large number of experience points at the end of each of the game's first six realms, which you can use to increase your character's attributes or to touch up his skill levels. Battlespire's character generation and skill-based development systems are stripped-down versions of their Daggerfall counterparts and work well, affording you considerable freedom to individualize your character's attributes and increase your abilities in those skills most relied upon by your character. Being DOS-based, the XnGine suffers from stability problems within Windows 95, infrequently crashing for no apparent reason. Unfortunately, in Battlespire, the XnGine vividly demonstrates some of its traditional weaknesses. Bethesda's XnGine has proven to be incredibly adaptable, having been effectively used in a variety of games from diverse genres.
Battlespire, like Daggerfall, uses Bethesda's proprietary 3D graphics engine, XnGine. Set during the same time period as the events in Arena, the plot of Battlespire fits nicely into Elder Scrolls lore. But even with the addition of SVGA graphics, nonplayer characters with plenty of personality, Battlespire's less expansive scope, hack-and-slash gameplay, and technical problems ultimately provide a role-playing experience that is only occasionally satisfying.Battlespire is set in the Elder Scrolls world of Tamriel. Battlespire has a more focused and developed storyline and takes place entirely within one "pocket dimension" consisting of seven distinct "realms" or levels. Battlespire, a more action-oriented role-playing game set in a smaller, more structured environment.
Battlespire's less expansive scope, hack-and-slash gameplay, and technical problems ultimately provide a role-playing experience that is only occasionally satisfying.
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