Physical battle in Arena is realtime (there's lots of it) and involves using your mouse to slash back and forth or up and down. A good auto-mapping feature is available that allows you to enter your own notes and means are provided to check your status and current mission.

As in most role-playing games, Arena comes with the standard spate of action icons that you can use to steal, camp, attack, cast spells and manipulate items. Movement is accomplished through a point and click interface or by using the keyboard. Although a bit on the blocky side at times, the outside environments, characters and monster art make Arena visually appealing. As you make your way through the opening dungeon, your experience begins to build and you get an insight into the well done graphic work that pervades the game. You create your character by either answering a series of background questions which are cleverly designed to establish personality traits or choose from among 3 possible types (mage, warrior, thief) with six possible classes for each, and eight different races, each representing a major province in the world. From the initial character generation options to the in-game decisions regarding your character development, demeanor and pursuits, you'll be immersed in a world rife with thousands of non-player characters (from tavern owners to royalty), fantastic demons and beasts, ghosts and goblins, murderous creatures and denizens of every shape and size. Whether your main interest lies in dungeon crawling or character building, this game provides multiple avenues on which to pursue your gaming needs. Arena is a vast world to explore with literally hundreds of side quests available at every turn. One of the first things you have to decide when you play The Elder Scrolls: Arena, is how much time you want to devote to it.

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