Ambush? That is pretty exaggerated. 99% of the time you can see the enemies from a mile away and unless you have blinders on, it is pretty hard not to notice them and get the drop on your enemies. You have a giant freaking indicator when you have been spotted and music starts to play telling you "Hey moron you are being attacked!" There is little surprise in Skyrim. I love exploring, but there really isn't much driving force to because there isn't much to find. Once you have seen one cave or ruin, most are exactly the same. There isn't anything "interesting" inside or unique. Really that is the problem, there isn't much unique in Skyrim and unless you have this weird OCD complex it isn't very fulfilling.
If you're trying to make me give up one of the things I value most highly about TES games, let me tell you up front you're wasting your time.
1. You can maybe see enemies up ahead of you (if they're not hiding behind anything), but not always behind or beside you, even with the camera zoomed out all the way. Therefore, ambush can and does still happen. You wouldn't know this, though, since you FT all the time I'm assuming.
2). I don't have a "giant freaking indicator" to warn me because my HUD is barely on.
3). I also don't have music playing. Mostly because it does just what you said: informs the player that an enemy is near, ruining any chance of surprise.
4). I don't need "unique" 100% of the time, and I disagree on your "interesting" inference, because I find being attacked at random, and being able to view scenery I'd normally never get to see where I live
very interesting.
5). Seriously, youre just a rude, mean person.

That comment about people who are OCD really is not necessary.

I mean, what the hell, man?
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