A question for the ages: Is The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall a good game?
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Daggerfall Unity is a great game, with all the quality of life changes that it made.
The original is now so flawed and easy to hardlock your way out of playing I could not recommend it to any player except enthusiast who want to experience the "original."
Yes, once you pump it full of mods for playability and bug fixes.
I was surprised by its depth and story devices. You have to find the 2.5D graphics charming though. Also, you have to enjoy exploring the procedurally generated dungeons. It's totally doable with the 3D map viewer. I personally enjoyed it. I was often impressed when I found new terrain features or big room types. It's understandable if people find this tedious though. For those people there's a mod to shrink the size of the dungeons.
If you want to give it a try look into the Daggerfall Unity port. Also, use a guide on Steam or something to create your first character because Daggerfall is old school and you need to take care to make a good character and get started properly.