I agree to a degree. The graphics are amazing (I've been playing games since the monochrome days ). However, I found the game itself bored me for some reason. The graphics were impressive, but the gameplay just didn't do it for me. Which is weird because on paper it sounds awesome, and it looks awesome. I just can't put my finger on what it is that I don't like.

I think it's the combat system. Fighting a normal human feels nothing like fighting in real life, it's just "move in, swing, move out to avoid damage". It's the same rubbish combat system I see in every FPS that wants to add melee. Skyrim just went with an ancient model instead of looking at games like Overgrowth.

Skyrim is a truly fantastic game, one of the best ever.

   Skyrim sucked was a button masher at least the other series required skill, skyrim fell short.  Story was boring and people never seemed to remember you after a quest.

I totally agree, Morrowind was an amazing game. It was dark and atmospheric. I did enjoy both Oblivion and Skyrim and played Oblivion for a good while but found that i didn't play Skyrim for quite as long. While the graphics are improving (as they should) the gameplay is getting dumbed down for the mass market. Thank your preferred deity for developrs that still cater for niche markets *nods at Stardock*

Personally I think Skyrim should have used a new title. It was a great game, but I would like to think there is room for Elder Scrolls and Skyrim. But ya, Skyrim is pretty. 

More than just the graphics, a world where you can go where you want when you want, with out gangsters( ala GTA).

You almost need to stop your life, to fully immerse yourself in this one.....

I don't even read most of the books and I am hundreds of hours in....

Does it have a happy ending? lol

For me, the best open-world games were Gothic 1 and 2. I haven't played Skyrim yet, but Oblivion was ugly, consolised and dumbed down. The characters did not do anything, while in gothic they slept, forged weapons, talked to each other, even shouted at you when you trespassed. In Oblivion you can pick a house clean and the guy is still smiling at you.

Morrowind killed the fun by having stupid combat system - "always use best attack" was in options, that is what you call "system"?

RPGs would be worth playing if they had combat system like Mount and Blade. The story usually makes for it -and I loved Dragon Age, but the main game mechanics is running around and killing things by stupid mashing. Boring.