I am sure this game is amazing but I have very little understanding the reviews of this game:

1. Texture streaming is not working 100% of the time upon pressing menu.
2. Framedrops at what appears to be in the 15 range, also upon pressing menu
3. Audio is cut out abrupt duriring conversation.
4. Game freezes upon getting control of character after a cutscene kill or conversation.
5. There are some pretty annoying bugs that are inexcusable that follow the main plot areas, like NPCs telling you to do one thing but is incorrect.

I turned this game off after 30 mins of play. Is it supposed to be like this? Am I the only one? This is on PS3.

Anyways game is unplayable mainly bevause of the framedrop caused by menu button, texture issue I can live with until a patch is out

Ok, disconnectet ethernet cable and played for 2 hours with minimal framedrops

don't get mad....

Do this.....

Check if your hdd have enough space....if not make saves....and delete the games that your not playing right now...(to have 50 games installed is not a wise solution)....for this game especially....

turn your ethernet off...

turn autosaves off...

play every 2-3 again restarting your PS3 to clear the cache files from memory....(defragmenting is not a problem on PS3 consoles...)

don't have above 2 save files.....(i mean do not save every a couple of minutes on a new slot)

DON'T create a second character !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

every time to put off your console make backup of your saves.......(very important..........)

We all waiting for future patch very soon.........

Yeah, bring on the patch - which shouldn't have been needed in the first place - asap, Bethesda!!!

Following advice on other sites I disconnected my ps3 from the net, deleted all autosaves and all but two manual saves, switched off autosaving, and adjusted various ps3 settings (e.g. display). Then I played for 3 hours solid with no stuttering or freezing. Framerate's still no great - around 20-25fps mostly, maybe 25-30 at times. But then maybe that's all we can expect from console versions of such a massive game.

For me the game itself is easily a 90+% rating, like most of the critics' reviews. But the hard- and software issues have taken away much the enjoyment of the first 20 hours or so before the bugs took firm hold. I wish I'd got the xbox version, despite its' texturing issues - rather that than a game that eventually became unplayable for more than 40 mins till I changed the aforementioned settings. It's ok now, though, and looks fantastic (on my Samsung LED tv ), though I had to fiddle with the tv's shading settings after the changes.

I have (vague) hopes that the apparently upcoming patch make improve the frame rate more and preclude further major lag and freezing issues. Which will mean that I can happily play this great game for my planned 100-200 hours without more major frustrations!