It’s easy to forget now, but the first Elder Scrolls game had a rough launch back in the day: ‘It was a disaster in a lot of ways and somehow built a billion-dollar franchise’
Given the legacy it created, it’s easy to forget The Elder Scrolls wasn’t a big deal right out of the gate. The original game in the series, The Elder Scrolls: Arena, wasn’t badly received—our reviewer, Andy Butcher, gave it an 87 in his review at the time—but it didn’t set the world on fire immediately….