My major problem is that the mouse support for a lot of menus is kind of wonky, and that the y/n/enter confirmation system is bizarre. And that you can't set a left/right hand set to a single hotkey or favorite. You also, like oblivion, can't use 90-= for hotkeys for no particular reason.

IMO, the interface is subpar, but not gamebreaking.

I honestly don't get the massive issues everyone is having with the PC UI, either... it works great for me and I find it very easy to use and navigate. I mean, maybe I can see (sort of?) how some people wouldn't like it, but its just aggravating when people make it seem that its a "broken" system, because its not.

I don't understand the complaints either. Controlling the ui,with both mouse and keyboard reminds of Gothic 1&2.

Really? Because I don't overreact to a UI that, in my opinion, is not all that bad I must be working for one of the companies? Sorry, but I do not automatically jump onto a bandwagon just because it is the cool thing to do at the moment. If you want to see a busted UI for PC, go play Borderlands. Compared to that, Skyrim's UI is a godsend.

But, if I am going to be honest I might as well say that navigating the skills menu with the WASD keys is a bit of a nuisance, but that is the only gripe I can levy at it. Everything else is just peachy.

Agree with this.

One of the great things of RPGs is that I can sometimes just gaze at my character and admire all the stuff that I'm wearing and how cool I'm looking. But also to get a quick overview of the stats and attributes of my char.

Now I have to go to my inventory and search through all my stuff to see the attributes of my active armor. If I want to know my armor rating, I have to manually sum up the armor ratings of the individual pieces (or did I miss something?). I vote for a "character screen" !

If you want to know your total armor rating, just hover the mouse over a piece of armor and look at the bottom of the screen. There is a stat that will tell you what your current rating is and then tell you if what you are going to select will make that rating go up or down.

http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=1480851

http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/EricSchwarz/20111111/8866/Skyrim_or_How_Not_to_Make_a_PC_Game.php

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.323041-Skyrim-on-PC-disable-Xbox-controller-get-a-significant-performance-boost-easier-menu-navigation

http://www.dualshockers.com/2011/11/14/review-the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim/3/

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/11/14/user-interfarce-skyrims-silly-choices/

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/11/pc-skyrim-is-a-frustrating-messand-will-soon-be-the-best-version.ars

It's not the inability to figure it out.

It's the "click one thing, but the game selects another" and "click a menu option to have it exit the menu" and the "trying to navigate the perks constellations being annoying.. I said left, not up" and the quest journal being a vague pos that requires you to use the quest markers to make any use out of.

I liked dragon age 2, and had 0 issues with their UI.

The reason people call it a bad game has nothing to do with the interface.