Just let me point out that I love the game, but like most people that are playing it on PC just hates the fact that they could allow such poor UI.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaY5mRzfNxQ

and mouse lag, combat system with no sense of hitting a enemy, and not bindable keys, and animation bad as Oblivion, and. and .and..and another crappy port, waste of money for PC users...maybe a PC user forum will be full of ppl shouting to bethesda, but consople gamers are happy...maybe we just stop buying their game..i will for sure

The video has good points. I actually like it but that's because I learned to use the keyboard more often and avoid that initial reaction of using the mouse for everything, it actually started feeling like an improvement over most mouse oriented UI's.

You can set advanced video settings from the splash on startup. I've had no real problems with the mouse, but the switching between the menu with the mandatory use of the arrow keys does get slightly annoying - but that's a minor problem if anything.

As for the tab to close out, I LOVE it. It feels very natural and quickly pressing E to loot an item and tab to exit out works really well for me.

Complaining about the annoyances will be useful to Bethesda for future patches/mod makers in the PC community. Simply calling it a "crappy port" because of a few minor problems in such a big world, without highlighting all the amazing things about the game, really doesn't have much weight anymore.

id Software... Bethesda... your roots are in the PC yet the console gets top billing. I'm confused. I understand the market shifted.. the PC is getting isolated to only games that need the PC (strategy... MMO).

I finished Rage before ever seeing any kind of a patch for the graphics glitches and such. I'm sure Skyrim will be touted as "works great with an XBOX controller on the PC" (said about RAGE after alot of complaints about the PC control scheme).

I've heard things about the inventory system as well...something as basic as a inventory system where you can sort your bags by type or by name... have been around in games for years... recently I've played various games where it's ignored. Watch how a game is played... or play it YOURSELF before releasing it? Doesn't the interface annoy those who make the game?

PC ui is pretty poor here. Here's hoping a modder is getting on it.

I do not get why a lot of pol don't like the UI. I think it is very easy to use and I have no issue with key binding either but that's because I use the G13. I am really enjoying all of the game it is outstanding IMO.

The UI is a crappy as many of us suspected it would be. I cannot believe they would settle for....that.

I think you guys are overreacting, it's not terrible by any means. It's functional and that's all that matters.. yes unable to use the mouse a lot of the time is an annoyance but hardly any reason to boycott the game.

I havent experienced the arrow key only thing in the menus, my mouse wheel scrolls em all just fine o_O

The video said all. Poor PC ui, you just needed a simple user experience testing to notice that with actual gamers.
The game it is still great, but come on! You need an expert in usability

I don't understand it. Why couldn't they hire 1 guy to make a UI for the PC version? It really undersells all the effort put into the rest of the game when you have to interact with it all through such a puzzled UI.

I'm sure they think modders will pick up the slack for them, and they're right. But it says something about the company, and I wonder where else modders will need to fill in the holes.

I've played it for 7 hrs straight and I don't mind the UI at all, nor the combat etc. I'm on PC, ultra settings. The only thing that has bothered me so far is that I've climbed high in the mountains and the textures of the rocks are terrible. Since the rest of the game looks really good, I got out of it. I'll go back in soon and see if it's cleared up.

Qft.

I like the gameplay but the UI is killing it for me, and what scares me is that they probably wont patch it

What is interesting to me is why studios push such bad console UI's onto the PC. I've done work on a few games and I have to say that while a complete UI like Skyrim takes some time, they are one of the easier parts of development. I have not had to much of an issue with it yet (except I keep looting [censored] I don't want because I am not used to E looting stuff, damn fallout tendency) mouse seems to work fine, it is very dumbed down for console users though. It's a shame more effort wasn't put into giving PC users a more intuitive UI.

But.... I know it will be modded soon anyways!

Even on consoles the UI is bad. Its so much hassle just checking out a new item I loot.

So what happened to all that unfettered trust in quoting dev's about having people "work on the ui"