Summit: Coudn't care less about Skyrim.
MichaelPalin: And what if Skyrim is actually good? You would be missing a good Elder Scrolls. I know what I'm talking about, because I was very reluctant to play Call of Pripyat after the fiasco that was Clear Sky. Then I played Call of Pripyat and became multiorgasmic for a couple of weeks. Developers can rectify.
I'm not going to boycott the game, that's for sure. If it turns out to be any good (and i mean by "RPG codex standards" good) i'll propably end up buying it at some point. It's just that i'm not anticipating it like TW2 or Risen 2. As far as i'm concerned i would't be missing anything if they rescheduled it for another 3 years.
StingingVelvet: Indeed, and Fallout 3 was a massive improvement if you ask me. It still had issues of course, especially in the writing and choice and consequence, but it was a good recovery from Oblivion's open world hack n' slash gameplay.
Delixe: Todd Howard had lots of good things to say about Obsidian and the way they write games. Skyrim is using a perk system introduced in FO3 and refined in New Vegas. It's fair to say Bethesda know where they went wrong with Fallout 3 and Oblivion and that's the reason they brought Obsidian in to work on New Vegas. I'm excited about Skyrim because I think it will be Bethesda realeasing a game they have learned a lot about making.
If Bethesda and Obsidian had merged together i would have bought any game they made in a heartbeat. I just don't think that Bethesda is capable to come up with any good story or writing.