everywhere I go, whether its the comment section of reviews, forums where ignorant gamers are trying to ward other gamers away from the PC version or actual reviews of the PC version, i always see a large % of people complaining about the PC version.

I know there's many people who don't keep their PC updated, who have weird hardware issues because they don't understand their hardware, or never patch their hardware etc.

they're doing a disservice to others who may have wanted to buy the PC version.

I watched a video posted here the other night about a gamer who couldn't get out of the map screen and was telling others the PC version was broke...???

wow, really? he couldn't believe Bethesda "allowed" this POS to release. yet, i'm having a blast.

now i will say i installed my PC version, booted it up and was maxed GFX and playing with not one issue, PERIOD.
now that's not to say that no-one will ever have any issues, that would, again, be doing a disservice to any gamer who is looking for unbiased info on what version they should purchase.

I'm so glad I bought the PC version. it looks incredible, runs great, and need I say, mods?

if you're still on the fence and have any questions, please ask me.

cheers all and happy hunting!!!

PC is hands down better than console if you can run it on high at least due to it having mods.

If you can't run it though obviously the people will be forced into playing consoles.

Also mouse aiming + WASD feels so nice.

That video you saw was that idiot who didn't know the tab button takes you out and not esc, so yeah, he failed. There are a few bugs here and there and some things need a bit of tweaking but the vast majority of the game runs just fine and looks/plays awesome.

In the idiot's defense, a lot of these "problems", "bugs", and "issues" wouldn't exist if Bethesda had released a manual on time for the Steam version. How the hell were we supposed to know that TAB closed the loot screen when we entered it for the first time? The key isn't shown on screen. Instead we had to try every key or assume something was broke since Bethesda changed all the PC shortcuts from Oblivion (which is fine) and then didn't give us a manual to see what those new shortcuts were (which isn't fine).

Just playing a little Devil's Advocate here. I've got the PC version and its been a flawless blast.

That is not his fault, 99.9% of games use ESC to go back. For no good reason Skyrim is using TAB, people just do what they are most used to do.
It took me over a hour to get used to TAB and am still hitting ESC from time to time attempting to exist menus.

Not to mention user interface is hard to navigate, nearly impossible to navigate with Mouse only or Keyboard only.

To be fair, the in-game tutorials tell you that Tab closes in-game screens. And on top of that there is also a controls list in the settings menu. And if that isn't enough...all players familiar with TES or at least Oblivion should know that the Esc key is never used for anything besides the settings/pause menu.

Apart from the low res textures on ultra and the clunky UI, the game also runs flawlessly for me, but others are going to have problems, not all systems are created equal.

No, no it doesn't. Not until you've been told to loot a body for the first time. The TAB to back-out key is shown in the inventory menus - but not when looting a body. And when is the first time a player has to use the TAB key to back out? When looting a body.

I'm not saying anything is wrong with the game, but it was introduced incorrectly in the controls and those that got the game on Steam had no opportunity to read the manual first.

I am loving it. While mouse and keyboard wasn't too enjoyable, I tried out the controller and found the UI to be smooth and intuitive. I only had one lock up in 8 hours, and two audio issues I fixed in minutes after looking into them here.

One thing that PC users in general need to do is get over the false claim that KB + Mouse > Controller.

Skyrim was built to be played with a controller, and even on the PC it is an immensely better experience using an Xbox 360 pad for Windows.

This is a console port. The controls, the interface, the lack of anything usually associated with PCs (the hell is with this horrible keybind method?).

If it weren't for mods, I would thoroughly recommend anyone to avoid the PC version and grab the xbox.

I have the PC version and my only complaint is the graphics could have been alot better. I deffo wouldn't want to put people off getting the PC version. It's great,but you can't deny some of those textures and blurry effects are terrible.
We play on PC not an Xbox. Alittle more love towards the PC version wouldn't have gone a miss!

And if people want to express there opinions of the PC version then why shouldn't they? I know these forums don't like any negative threads about the precious ES but guess what,it's not Perfect. This is 2011! it should simply look better on the PC.

Saying that.....am i still enjoying it ? ...Hell yes i am

I tried it with both Mouse+keyboard and a gamepad and it feels much better with the mouse. The interface is pretty sweet although sort of confusing at first. Anyway I'm glad I bought it. It's one of the best game ever. All those whiners should

It's not the game's fault that they're doing it wrong.

Question to OP,do you play with controller?If you do,you probably don't get how unplayable the the game is when you keybind atm.,for example,you can't even equip gear unless you go back to default key setting.other then that,the game runs smoothly for me,but the keybind issue are just a gamebreaking for me,and i think most of the pc bashing is about that,not so much about rendering and texture.

I don't like controllers for games like this, but IMO people are missing out on the character movements and overall feel of how the character runs, walks, jogs, sprints. It just feels better than a on off switch like the W and S keys. That is the only benifit I see using a controller for this, I wish I had the accuracy of a mouse. I hate having to line up a shot with a anolog controller and then the Elk moves away.

That happens within like the first 5 minutes of actual gameplay. There is really no excuse for not knowing. You press tab to use open/close your all of your in-game menus. You pressed tab to open the menu wheel, so how could you not realize that just maybe tab might be the key to close it again? Do you really need the controls displayed for you in every single menu?

That's your opinion. Disabling vsync and mouse acceleration and you have a super good experience with KB + mouse.
No need for a lolpad.

I've seen people complaining that they can't see their mouse cursor or the keyboatd barely works. They then complain and tell everyone the entire game is terrible, when in actual fact it's all their fault

Disable the use of a controller from the gameplay menu, or disable it in the settings file, then your mouse and keyboard will work just fine!

Other people have complained about no hotkeys

There is hotkeys! Open your favourite menu and highlight soething then press 1-8

It's a great game and it's not acceptable that some people (who are incapavle of using a PC properly) may be putting off potential buyers.

One thing that both PC and console players need to get, is that's your opinion, I cannot get comfortable with console controllers no matter how hard I try, I prefer my controls sitting firmly on the desktop and not floating around in my hands.

I've had zero issues with the game. It runs fine on what most would consider to be an out of date PC. This has been my issue with a lot of Pc gamers over the last couple of years. They just throw money at their PC thinking that there will be no problems. I grew up having to figure out the best autoexec and config.sys setup to get stuff to work. A tiny bug here and there in what is clearly an ENORMOUS game is not game breaking.

Actually, I got stuck the first time getting the armor out of the chest. Also, first time I used a map I needed to reload because nothing indicated any other way to exit (I got to the map from the quest screen).

But you don't have to open the menu until the tutorial makes you loot a body for the first time, which is yes, only 5 minutes into the game. So if you DIDN'T open the inventory of your own initiative before then (and I didn't because, shocker, I was watching all the awesome scenes and explosions play out), you are suddenly stuck on a screen you have no idea how to get out of.

So there are several excuses for not knowing. I wouldn't be complaining if Bethesda had included a manual on Steam the first day because I would have read it before hand!

lol ye sounds like most people didnt read the instructions

i play on PC

i find the UI extremely user friendly took me a day to get used to it tho
and the hot keys and favorite system extremely useful and quik to get my desired items!

some people just either cant handle change or they are really stuborn to change!

You can't open your inventory before you get to that point, so that doesn't make any sense.

And without a manual, there is still the controls list in-game. Additionally, had you read those controls, you would have seen you can access menus without tab, by hitting I for inventory and M for map. Both of which are also the key to exit said menus... So no, there really isn't any excuse, sorry.

Your willingness to help is appreciated and laudatory comments for folks like you are few and far between..........BUT, that said you have low standards for a game released in 2011 for the PC. Wait, it wasnt programmed for a PC, my mistake. I have very high standards for both graphics and out of the box performance, ie; the game has to at least run, I bind where i want, i setup my ui how i want, i use the resolution i want, the sound i want. Which it did not until folks like you made the bethesda folks look bad and got the game running for many. Do not bash folks because they may not be as saavy as you in troubleshooting and finding fixes, they shouldnt have too.