What's there is good, but it could have been great. And the updates since release appear to be written by an intern who doesn't understand the code.

This, in brief, is how I view Skyrim as well. Though, I did enjoy the deep lore of Morrowind probably a bit more than you did. I have no difficulty at all translating that lore into Skyrim.

This. I think it's good, but the code in the updates was written by incompetent kids who like to play developer. This is what I'm talking about. It's good but it's so crappy that I can say it was written by incompetent developers. Why do you think that and why would you make such a statement?

There are many 100+ hour players in this forum who do nothing but complain about the game as if they hate it. Contradiction, maybe? Usually, I can tell if I'm going to hate a game after investing only 5 hours. If I've invested 100+ hours (some of the complainers have even declared they've played for over 300 hours) in a game, it's a safe bet that I actually like it. Seriously, folks.

BTW, I played the hell out of MW and Oblivion (though I didn't like Oblivion as much because of the damn Oblivion gates and how I felt pressured to complete the main quest... still I got at least 100+ hours out of it). So, I'm not one of the n00bs that many of the complainers whine about for liking Skyrim too much because they simply never played the "better" earlier titles.

I like Skyrim. I like what they did with the perk system (it effectively removed the ability to make a god of all trades that the earlier levelling algorithm exposed). I like the fact that I don't even have to pursue the dragonborn quest if I don't want to from the very beginning without feeling like it's trust upon me. The world seems a lot closer to MW to me than Oblivion, and that's a good thing in my opinion.

Who cares about not being able to find weapons or armor that aren't as powerful as what you can craft. Simple solution: Start a new build and don't use the crafting perks. Spend your perks on other things. Then, you'll be happy to find Daedric armor that's been enchanted... guaranteed. If you want to make it feel like Morrowind, don't smith and don't fast travel (aside from using the horse and cart).

Man, and the complaints about the writing? Yeah, maybe the lore was better written in Morrowind, but the voice acting is 100x better in Skyrim... along with character movements, NPC interpersonal interactions, etc. That combined with the graphics should make this game the most immersive yet! They even brought back some old Morrowind tunes. And, what exactly is wrong with the story-telling? I don't get it. I've played MW and OB, and this sequel is clearly a sequel. It's lore is derived from the lore of the others. Unless you have an issue realizing continuity and have difficulty thinking systematically, I have no idea how it is so difficult to connect all of it into one mass. I think the story-telling is great.

Apparently you haven't installed any of the updates. Backwards-flying dragons, CTD because you fast-travelled, arrow and armor damages nowhere near correct, etc.

Also, you really should review your posts before hitting Submit. Your grammar is atrocious, which is why people are having trouble responding to you.

Where have you placed your own criticisms, because I have certainly seen none in here. You are presenting yourself as being fine with the status quo because you have not shown any support against it other than to say "I am fine with constructive criticism," but then you double back to put "complain" in the same and following sentences.

Once again, who is better to detail what is "wrong" or "broken" with a product than someone who has spent a great deal of time with it?

If someone is fine with the product as is, and spent a lot of time with it, they will gloss over or find no faults because they are fine with what they have.

If someone has only spent five hours with the product then their opinion probably does not have as much weight.



In the case you bring up however, it could simply be due to lack of ability to put together words thoughtfully. They simply want to get their point across, that they dislike something, and so use the simplest terms possible:

I HATE SMITHING!

While others, like myself, are able to explain it out better... except my bottom line is the same as theirs:

I HATE SMITHING!

This. If you HATE SMITHING... DON'T USE IT! Use your perks elsewhere.

This. If you HATE SMITHING... DON'T USE IT! Use your perks elsewhere.

That's not the point of my criticism though.

"Don't use it" is only good for play styles and some mechanics. Smithing is not one of those. "I hate smithing" because it breaks the game and I feel instead of "not using it" that the game should be better balanced. I also feel that smithing is the shallowest crafting skill and one of the shallowest skills in all of Skyrim (along with Lockpicking and Speechcraft) and thus "don't use it" gets nothing done.

If you think it breaks the game, then you have two choices, throw your broken game away or not use the Smithing perks... spend them on something else. If you don't waste your perks on Smithing, then how does it break the game? Sheesh.

Smithing was added specifically FOR those people who WANTED to "break the game". I use smithing and have made the ultimate armor. My next character will not use it at all so that I can bring back that Morrowind excitement of finding powerful armor deep in dungeons. Smithing doesn't "break" the game. It only does if you want it to.

If you think it breaks the game, then you have two choices, throw your broken game away or not use the Smithing perks... spend them on something else. If you don't waste your perks on Smithing, then how does it break the game? Sheesh.

Smithing was added specifically FOR those people who WANTED to "break the game". I use smithing and have made the ultimate armor. My next character will not use it at all so that I can bring back that Morrowind excitement of finding powerful armor deep in dungeons. Smithing doesn't "break" the game. It only does if you want it to.

i love the game plain and simple its fun yeah the bugs are insane but thats bethesda for us we know the results of the game before we play it. meaning we already know the game will be bugged before purchase i did.

Are you a fan of Nirvana?

Because you seem to be full of "All Apologies."

Seriously... "we know it's buggy but that's okay!" is like saying "we know that cook spit in our food but y'know... let's eat it anyway."

whats nirvana LOL sorry only fan i am of is bethesda

yeah i dont pay attention to alot of things im a gamer nerd i play games and if there fun enough like skyrim i will overlook the bugs to a point do to i know they be patched up.

There's no irony. It just takes some time to see what there is behind the shiny and dragons. Or more like, what there isn't.