I watched a video recently (it was an old one, nothing new), and I must say the animations look good.

But I still don't see the feeling of weight and impact behind every attack. That's always been a problem for me in the past, including the bad animations. Sure, go ahead and mock me and flame me, but for a game that tries to immerse the player... it really breaks immersion for me. And yeah, I know the game was made for 1st person, but customization is a key aspect of the game and I like to see my character in all his glory, I like to see my characters (in any game) move and fight in third-person, I get a better sense of the action.

They've definitely improved from Morrowind to Oblivion, and from Oblivion to Skyrim. Maybe Zenimax had something to do with these new animations, but the walking/running looks great and I'm sure jumping/swimming does as well. They just need to add that feeling of weight, power, and impact to our attacks.

Your thoughts on the animations?