After having played for hours now, I'd like to share a few thoughts about the game

Although I was sceptical before the release I'm quiete convinced that Skyrim is a good game. Good, but not outstanding....

Positive:

- really stunning graphics and a huge world to explore
- from my POV its overall performance is good
- nice creature design and great architecture
- good soundtrack, although there are tracks from Morrowind included

For more nice things to find I did not have the time yet. But there is also space for critizism.

negative things are

- to much pressure on quests, you're mostly pushed into a new adventure without intention
- bad animations, especially when viewing from the far
- unbalanced difficulty, especially at the beginning (on the one hand bandits and creatures are a normal challenge, on the other dragons and major enemies are too difficult to handle)
- PC controls are not very responsive and various moves are more lucky than intended --> needs to be improved
- stories are a bit lame and not very creative
- the skill menus are aweful

This is what is going on in my mind right now.

Overall I would give Skyrim around 8.5 out of 10 now. it is a good game, this might become slightly better by time but I do not count on it.

I also got finally my xbox copy, man it was the loongest day at work but yeah, I played about 3 hours before the batteries ran empty on my controller so thats it for tonight.

My first impressions were great, I seriously think Bethesda nailed it this time for most parts, most of all the overall gameplay mechanics are great.. spellcasting, dual wielding, character creation, dialogue, voice acting, and the list goes on.
there are some things that could have been made better, like the UI and I noticed some of the textures were blurry, but nothing game breaking for me since I value gameplay far more than graphics