Firstly, would like to state I am a massive Elder Scrolls fan so this may be a-bit bias. Diving straight into the game I noticed (In my opinion) how well the combat system works with regard to Shield + Melee / Magic + Magic and Magic + Melee. The system feels very refined in terms of easy-ness and the accuracy with the animations that are used to portray damage been taken and being dished out. However, the final kill animations are very awesome, don't get me wrong, but sometimes can become a-bit buggy. The physics in general I find to be very excellent due the natural flow of objects falling and rag dolling.

Now onto the graphics! As you may well be aware, the graphics is not a be all end all of a game but certainly is a contributing factor to the immersion of the player and the game. From afar the graphics look amazing, literally astonishing, be it a table, leaf, mountain, wall, sky you name it and it looks good. However, as many xbox users are aware, the textures in the game are awful at times. Mostly when your character face plants a wall or object and you look in 1st person then everything seems like it's from 1996 (Maybe all games are like this, haven't really payed much attention till now) and for me (My opinion) it is a-bit disheartening. (I'm not sure if this is what is included in the texture bug). Never the less, Skyrim is truly amazing and I am loving every minute of it. In addition, (probably the texture bug), the snow looks awesome until you get close and then it looks like a white lego brick xD. For me the "extreme attention to detail" is just not there at the moment, maybe because of the console being so old so I do hope this is not the same for a PC user. More pros!!! The water is amazing... I have never seen such awesome water, honestly. And the distance scenery looks pretty epic even though the detailed render is not there. (Hoping all this gets fixed in the bug patch if there is one). But I would like to say from medium distance and long the game receives 10/10 graphics from me.

Sound! Dun dun dun. Truly amazing. Words can't describe the audio in this game.

I am thoroughly enjoying the game and is on the verge of becoming one of my favourite games along with Oblivion. Just the close up graphics need to be sorted out. I do highly recommend a xbox copy of Skyrim as it really exceeds my expectations. I'm just very very nit picky when it comes to close rendering etc etc etc, and as always graphics does not make a game without the awesome gameplay that this game surely has!

*Edit - The UI is perfectly thought out for the consoles.

Thanks for reading! This may be a poor insight or a good one but at least it's another persons perspective of such an awesome game out there.

Good review, my copy should come by today, i want it right now!!!

I'm sure you will thoroughly enjoy it. It's worth the wait.