I've just a while ago started playing Redguard, and I must say, I'm in love.


At first I thought it would be strange to play the pre-defined character of Cyrus, as opposed to my very own character. I thought it may turn out to be more like any title of the Ultima series of RPGs than what I have known to be TES for over 10 years now.

But I soon discovered that I wanted for nothing. The game feels very deep: it has intriguing characters with edges and borders, it has a fascinating, involved story and it has puzzles, which I loved and dearly missed in all games that succeeded Arena (although Arena's weren't very involved, to be fair).

Prior to playing it, I also heard that Redguard's dialog system was annoying and quirky, but I have come to greatly like it. The dialog trees are a much nicer solution than the ones used in DF and MW, and the fact that you can see which topic you already asked about is a great improvement too. Not to mention that the dialog for each character is entirely different. What cookie-cutter characters there are (a few random Redguards in town) are hardly noticable, because there's many more "real" characters.

Yes, it's very different from other TES games. You don't get to create a character, you don't get to collect all kinds of weapons and armour and other gizmos, but it is an entirely fascinating and beautiful game that will get you anamoured with the world of Tamriel even more.

So, if you haven't played it yet, get and play it now! It's fun!

I´d really like to play it.....if I can get hold of it that is!! Do you have any screenshots to post here? I´d like to actually see the charachters......

I want redguard too but I don't know were to get it

Pretty easy: just buy it on eBay. There's usually plenty of copies around of that game, and pretty affordable, too.

Just don't make the mistake of buying a German version of the game

uh? I´d pretty much like a german copy! Now that would be a treat.....I know ebay have a lot of those older games...

I got my MW Collector´s edition on ebay...

You must have an old computer then... How big is the redguard map?

I have an old computer I call my "time machine". It's a Pentium 133 with 64 mb RAM and a tiny 2.6 gb HD. It has a Soundblaster 16, as well, and a Voodoo 2 3D accelerator card, which I bought just for Redguard so the graphics would look better. However, it also runs without that, with software rendering.

The map ain't that big.

ohhh aye..I also have an oldie like that.......maybe i have to fix the graphics card though

I saw a map of Redguard at... yellow pages of morrowind? And it looked like the size of the Sheograd region. Though the city seemed quite big.

I'd play and buy it if i could find it.



Screenshots courtesty of TIL:

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I love Redguard so much. I should excavate my computer room and find that beauty. Also, I'm gonna see if I can find The Elder Scrolls Adventures comic book series.

Accurate screenshots can be found in the incomplete Redguard Storyline at TIL.



Those are old, inaccurate screenshots. Their inaccuracy is the reason why they're there in the first place.



There is no TES Adventures comic book series. The one that came with Redguard was the only one.

Actually, I believe they made a few comic books before the game came out. Although, I could've just read a few things wrong.

No, no they didn't. I assure you.

Meanie!

Ok, I believe you. I was mis lead by a few sentences on a few pages, also I don't want to incur the wrath of the ninja-pirate-robot-smurf.

I'm not a Ninja Pirate Robot Smurf, I'm a Pirate Ninja Robot Smurf!

You don't have enough smurf.

Well, what did you expect?

Just for that, your are demoted to smurf pirate robot ninja!

Its sad because Morrowind was the first TES game I have ever played. Didn't know about them until it came out so I haven't had the privlage of playing the older games.

I'm glad you're enjoying it. I quite liked the focused nature, and I felt that the town of Stros M'Kai felt more alive than any other city in ES, plus the combat system is the best in an ES game so far. Have you met Mariah the gardener yet? If so, there's a seriously satisfying easter egg involving a her and a torch. Oh, and did you get a map with burnt edges like I did?

PS, to whoever asked, the Redguard map is about half the size of the Morrowind map.

really?

I got Redguard, but I just can't make it work on my computer...

This thread on the TES forums really helped me get everything up and running.