Neither of them. Time is too valuable to spend it in huge randomly generated arbitrariness if there are so many classic gems with handmade worlds.
It was different when they were released and you wanted to kept busy as long as possible for your money.

The random generated copy paste things in daggerfall don't seem that bad imo, I would not call it a Terrible, Game braking design, besides its almost impossible for games like Elder Scrolls to have EVERY piece of dungeon, cities etc, completely different from each other, the only games that pulled it of are MMOs imo.

I think Daggerfall would be worth playing if you just ignore the randomly generated Fed Ex quests, the randomly generated spagetti dungeons and the completely, utterly featureless gigantic overland, and just concentrate on the main quest.

(Note I am Mass Effect 3 currently so mabye after that I will try out daggerfall)

Bump this thread because I felt I want to say something about the Ultima series.

I saw the Ultima 1 gameplay vids, HOLY SHIT that game looks so simple and easy it looks like classic JRPGS like Dragon Quest 1. The Skeletons look like a 4 year olds drawing :)

Like what you guys it was 4 or 5 that formed the game and fleshed it out?

Mabye I will play Ultima 1+2+3 because of its simplicity judging from what I have seen.

also is there really no reason to play Ultima 9 since everyone say its that bad?