The Elder Scrolls Anthology Offers A Lifetime Of Role-Playing

by Matt Helgeson on August 01, 2013 at 07:30 PM

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Eat your veggies! If you want to consume all of Bethesda's epic The Elder Scrolls Anthology, you'll have to live to be very, very old.

Today, Bethesda announced The Elder Scroll Anthology, a deluxe packaging of every game, add-on, and expansion in the storied RPG franchise.

For $79.99, you'll get:

The Elder Scrolls Arena

The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
o Tribunal
o Bloodmoon

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
o Knights of the Nine
o Shivering Isles

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
   o    Dawnguard
   o    Hearthfire
   o    Dragonborn

Five Physical Maps detailing the lands of Tamriel, Iliac Bay, Morrowind, Cyrodiil, and Skyrim.

The Elder Scrolls Anthology will release on September 10th exclusively for PC.

Our Take:
Game collections don't get much bigger than this. While it's worth noting that all of these games are currently available for digital download (Arena and Daggerfall free on Bethesda's website), this is still an incredible value. I don't think that's it's outlandish to suggest you could get well more than 500 hours out of this package depending on how much of a completist you are. I'm also curious to see Arena and Daggerfall, two games I'm not familiar with. Even if you're just a curious about Elder Scrolls, the Skyim and Oblivion content alone makes this worth a purchase.

"Today, Bethesda announced The Elder Scroll Anthology, a deluxe packaging of every game, add-on, and expansion in the storied RPG franchise." -- oh Helgeson. You amateur :)

I noticed that this collection doesn't contain Battlespire or Red Guard. Link: http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/11/12/saturday-crapshoot-the-lost-elder-scrolls/. 'Every game'? Afraid not. Bethesda has decided to keep shoving some of these under the rug. Lame.

What harm could it possibly do, releasing these uber-obscure ES games? I hate it when Collections leave out game entries... although this isn't nearly as bad as Sony with the Jak Collection. Which omitted half the frickin' series (Jak X, Daxter, Jak & Daxter 4: Lost Frontier). Still though, it sucks for people who want to be completionists and pick this up, or people who want to see some obscure stuff.

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by The Second Musketeer Thursday, August 01, 2013 at 07:59 PM

My jaw literally dropped when I read this...wow. Time to get a good pc.
by sc1arr1 Thursday, August 01, 2013 at 08:06 PM

JUST.........TAKE...MY..MONEEEEEYYY!
by Boonce Thursday, August 01, 2013 at 08:08 PM

No horse armor for Oblivion? Not worth it.
by Andrew Millsap Thursday, August 01, 2013 at 08:24 PM

Well I just lost 80 dollars.
by nethrelm Thursday, August 01, 2013 at 08:30 PM

Damn...I already have Oblivion and Skyrim with all the add-ons, and Arena and Daggerfall are free anyway, so if I bought this I would be paying $80 for Morrowind. Too bad, that's a great looking set.

Edit: I can't figure out what one of those discs is for...? The one between Morrowind and Tribunal. Is it maybe the Construction Set?
by John Wrek Thursday, August 01, 2013 at 08:36 PM

My God, that is an excellent deal. If I didn't already have all of them, I would be tempted to buy it.
by MegaManLegends3 Thursday, August 01, 2013 at 08:36 PM

And us REAL gamers get screwed I would love to have this on PS3 or PS4 when it comes out I would say XBox 360 but I don't want my money going to M$
by May The Father of Understanding Guide Us Thursday, August 01, 2013 at 08:40 PM

Makes no sense to go only PC with the number of console Elder Scrolls player matching or exceeding the number of PC ones now. I hope they don't make too many, cut their projections in half, and get ready for under 5,000 sales.
by BarakaWinsFatality Thursday, August 01, 2013 at 08:47 PM

damnit i want a console release. i never got to play the earlier games
by Azure Moon Thursday, August 01, 2013 at 08:53 PM

My mouth was dropping the entire time until "...exclusively for PC." Then my face did this :(

I respect PC and all, but a console release (especially for the PS3), would be out-of-this-world amazing!
by snapszach Thursday, August 01, 2013 at 08:54 PM

O_O I need money now
by darkflamemaster Thursday, August 01, 2013 at 09:01 PM

$80! SOLD!
by rhotaphota Thursday, August 01, 2013 at 09:11 PM

Wow, this is a lot of content. i almost wish i hadn't played most of these just so i could play them for the first time again
by ZakCollins Thursday, August 01, 2013 at 09:11 PM

Course it isn't outlandish to say you could get 500 hours out of this. I spent 600 hours in Oblivion alone
by Daimones Thursday, August 01, 2013 at 09:17 PM

A quick question for those who know: Will this be free of steam or will it be like Skyrim in requiring a Steam client and account, because I would buy it if it doesn't require Steam.
by VinsanityV22 Thursday, August 01, 2013 at 09:21 PM

"Today, Bethesda announced The Elder Scroll Anthology, a deluxe packaging of every game, add-on, and expansion in the storied RPG franchise." -- oh Helgeson. You amateur :)

I noticed that this collection doesn't contain Battlespire or Red Guard. Link: http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/11/12/saturday-crapshoot-the-lost-elder-scrolls/. 'Every game'? Afraid not. Bethesda has decided to keep shoving some of these under the rug. Lame.

What harm could it possibly do, releasing these uber-obscure ES games? I hate it when Collections leave out game entries... although this isn't nearly as bad as Sony with the Jak Collection. Which omitted half the frickin' series (Jak X, Daxter, Jak & Daxter 4: Lost Frontier). Still though, it sucks for people who want to be completionists and pick this up, or people who want to see some obscure stuff.
by Kevin Russell Thursday, August 01, 2013 at 09:27 PM

My god... If I did not just spend so much money on other systems, this is a collection I would definitely get!!
by Vegetarian Barbarian Thursday, August 01, 2013 at 09:44 PM

For 80 bucks? Not bad at all. Getting this no doubt .

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The Elder Scrolls Anthology Offers A Lifetime Of Role-Playing