stonebro: I like how dungeons no longer seem to be mindless autogenerated loot pinatas. I've cleared about 10 so far and every one of them has been more challenging, larger, and more unique and varied than Oblivion.

The inclusion of various traps also lift the dungeon-delving experience a lot. There are pressure plates on the floor that might do anything from showering you in a light rain of poison arrows to downright dropping the floor under you. There are pressure plates concealed by loot. I picked up a tempting but somewhat suspiciously placed gold bar - and saw the rectangular stone it had been placed on suddenly raise from the ground. I then had about 1 second to react and run away before being scorched by a flame jet. Awesome.

There are probably a few central themes to the dungeons in terms of texturing, but the layouts so far seem like they're not just made of the same building blocks over and over. Only central features like claw puzzle doors or the final chamber seems to repeat their design from dungeon to dungeon.

Also, they are way more challenging and have more interesting enemy compositions, and this is playing on normal. Necromancers, ice mages (hint: slow effects), and draugr are a lethal combination.

Siannah: I freely admit, I'm a fanboy of Bethesdas TES work. Still I welcome each and every constructive criticism. And yes, there are several points where Skyrim is lacking, like the mentioned interface / UI or the difficult to navigate skilltree.

However, I can't take a guy serious, who not only fails to mention even 1 positive aspect in his review, but also spreads so obvious misinformation / claims, like "a lame RPG on rails".
More of it, especially the leveled enemies was time and time again one of the biggest complains in Oblivion. Now Skyrim is being bashed for being "walled off by difficulty with almost no dynamic progression" (which isn't true either). Someone please come up with a solution on how exactly Bethesda should be doing it the next time?

Don't like a game? Ok. Pointing out negative aspects? Ok. Not being constructive? Fail and in most cases, trolling.

stonebro: I like how dungeons no longer seem to be mindless autogenerated loot pinatas. I've cleared about 10 so far and every one of them has been more challenging, larger, and more unique and varied than Oblivion.

The inclusion of various traps also lift the dungeon-delving experience a lot. There are pressure plates on the floor that might do anything from showering you in a light rain of poison arrows to downright dropping the floor under you. There are pressure plates concealed by loot. I picked up a tempting but somewhat suspiciously placed gold bar - and saw the rectangular stone it had been placed on suddenly raise from the ground. I then had about 1 second to react and run away before being scorched by a flame jet. Awesome.

There are probably a few central themes to the dungeons in terms of texturing, but the layouts so far seem like they're not just made of the same building blocks over and over. Only central features like claw puzzle doors or the final chamber seems to repeat their design from dungeon to dungeon.

Also, they are way more challenging and have more interesting enemy compositions, and this is playing on normal. Necromancers, ice mages (hint: slow effects), and draugr are a lethal combination.

aluinie: Played 15 hours of it now and for the most part really enjoing the game. Graphics are good although it still has the Lod problems of the past especially in huge open areas.

I laughed my head off when i got hit by a giant at level 5 and ended up a mile in the air. Need that giant for cricket.

In places i do feel things are dumbed down the interface at times annoys me and the fact there are fewer skills. I also miss medium armour from morrowind.

I do like the fact that the dungeons i have been in so far have not been the likes of copy and paste jobs Dragon Age 2 had but each felt unique and worth exploring and i have been impressed with some of the supprises and traps in them.

Cant wait to play a lot more of this and i certainly feel the urge to explore and do quests.

Jaime: Is the leveling system similar to the one from Oblivion and Morrowind?

Jaime: I have one question:

Is the leveling system similar to the one from Oblivion and Morrowind? Specifically, does it force the player to micromanage the level-up process if he wants to get the most out of his character?

Jarmo: I'd say this is an improvement, as you no longer need to know what you'll be doing before the game even starts. Now you make the choices along the way.

Jaime: Thanks a lot, people. That's exactly what I wanted to know.