Bethesda has done a superb job on Skyrim. I have been playing it all weekend. I have been with the series since Arena and Daggerfall, and there is no need to say this is their finest achievement yet.

However, the game is unfinished. This is no slight to Bethesda. The amount of man hours they have already put into the game brings it to a level of fun unmatched by almot any other game (for me). Yet the polish the game requires to be truly immersive will come from the mod community, and cant come too soon.

For me, what I am waiting for the most hopefully is an easy mod: a balancing fix. Mages toward the higher levels drop off considerably in power, compared to dual handing warriors who currently are unstoppable.