I am always so immersed in Skyrim I fail to notice the graphics etc. But recently I have been noticing shadows, they are extremely pixelated and blocky. It ruins it now every time I see a shadow. Then Windhelm, the ground is normal and the puddles are very pixelated and blocky. Then when you look into them you can see a giant square reflection like the thing you would see if you fell under the map. Besides from the very flat terrain in Windhelm, I find it hard to picture different things like rocks etc. They are all just grey pixels. A puddle and ground are very hard to notice. Anyone else have this or is it just me being picky?

Welcome to the forums.

I had it before I installed the game to my HDD. Since then, graphics seem to render more quickly with less clipping and pixelation. That's just from my experience, however.

I already have it installed to HDD. Since the day I got it.

Welcome to the forums. And to 360's graphics world.

I remember having those issues on PC, too (vanilla version). I had to install ENB to get hi-quality shadows, and the HD texture pack to partially improve Winhelm's textures a bit. But on the 360, you can't really do anything about it...

We have all these issues on PS3 too.

I think we are just seeing the effect of watching gorgeous youtube videos from PC captures and comparing to what our 7/8 year old consoles can do.

The only ones that really aggravate me are where the live lighting effects go over the shadows and you get the sinsuoidal light/dark wierd bands going over things.