The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard

The dialogue - of which there's a ton - oozes with charm, Cyrus is awesome, many characters enjoyable. The story is interesting and lots of Elder Scrolls lore (like the dwemer) got their start here. That being said, this is a really, really bad game. It looks very much like Jedi Knight Dark Forces II, but the draw distance and movement is garbage. The platforming is horrible and just doesn't belong in a 90's PC game. The combat is absolutely awful. It's a true oddity and, but I do recommend getting the game on sale (I got it for $1.79) since it really isn't a game to be played, but more "tried". If you want to see what the game is about I'd recommend the let's play on YouTube by Vazz from 2014. He plays the original version of the game (since the GoG release didn't come until 2015) and you can see that the game really is just as bad as it is on GoG. People claiming the game has "oh so much better frame rate when played on proper hardware" are just lying or suffer from nostalgia.

I hope GOG will fix this game some day :)

Does this still run poorly? All the reviews are from 2015.

Unless you're a diehard fan who must play all the Elder Scrolls game, better stay away from this one. It's like a cheap Prince of Persia knockoff in 3D, just with a horribly broken game engine meaning you have to save before doing anything in case it decides to bug out. Also, the combat is plain horrible and unfun and a chore to do and best avoided. Best strategy is drink strength and ironskin potions before every fight and just spam attack. At least the game throws health potions at you like crazy, and gold that you have to spend on buying more potions due to the serverly limited carrying capacity of 500 gold at a time. Further, the story is not very good to be honest. Starts out decent, but goes more and more into tripe the further towards the end you get. And most of the characters are plain annoying and/or stupid, including the main character with many having horribly grating voices and mannerisms. So my final score is two stars, because it can be played through mostly fine and can be somewhat enjoyable unlike the abomination that is Battlespire.

This game is good but buggy as hell. My save game got corrupted about 3/4 into the game. Finish your playthrough before buying or GOG wont issue a refund and you'll be shit out of luck.