i don't really know what to name this thread anymore, so just watch the videos...If you are on the fence about Skyrim..

[vlad321]

Machina said:
Looks boring, like Oblivion, and it still has a crappy 3rd person camera and shoddy combat by the looks of it - I fell for the hype once (Oblivion), I'm not falling for it again (Skyrim).

This is my first post in months and I am reallly only posting to say this. Give the game a try. I think Oblivion was a steaming pile of shit, with barely any room for debate. Maybe it was the retarded characters, it was probably the leveling mobs, maybe i was in a bad mood every time I started, or it may have been the fact that every time I started i headed left to the arena and proceeded to use basic strafing FPS skills to win it from the get go. Whatever the case, the game fucking sucked.

Now, it may be because there has been jsut so much fucking shit games being rleased, and I haven't tried playing Oblivion since 2007 (and I am on a PC, I get all the badassery Oblivion on the PC got with its mods), so it's possible my standards have gotten so shot that I am glad a mediocre game is released and I think of it as good (this is actually VERY possible, I won't deny it). However I am thoroughly enjoying Skyrim. I also tried strafing and poking as before and it ended extremely disasterously for me. The story isn't good, but there is a very certain feeling of "badass" I get when I turn into a werewolf and proceed to rip bandits apart for shits and giggles. In fact, I like it so much I'm just about ready to pay money for the game, let that thought sink in.

Edit: Oh yeah the interface for this game is still a pile of shit, however at least now I can assign items to my number keys.

Edit 2: I fucking hate assassin's creed, and I too haven't even bothered with AC2 and on because it looks like the exact same damn game. However this case is different. I kinda liked Morrowind, absolutely abhorred Oblivion, and now I kinda like Skyrim, so I can't use the same logic here.