Inb4 "ZOMGZZZ HOW DARE YOU LIEK THE PILE OF RUBISH THAT IZ SKYRIM!!!!1!2!!2!eleven"

i didnt realise it was frowned upon for likeimg skyrim.

amyways im xbox so cant mod but i agree the map needs to show roads. also i like the carriage sttyle idea & to mix it up abit you could occasionaly get ambushed buy bandits and such....

Exploration in this game is key.

I mean, I've never seen people thank an auto plant for their car.

Real time carriage ride would be awesome, like taxi's in GTA.
Press A to instantly arrive at your destination.
Press B to dismount carriage at any point in the journey.

... svcked all my free time and wishing I were really in the game. Reality svcks.

Having just come off of Oblivion a short while ago, I finally purchased Skyrim and told my wife "Sorry, dear, you're about to lose me again for another 300+ hours."

For that, I have to say Thank You. This game is truly beautiful, both in game play and in visuals. With so much going on, I can easily forgive the very few "bugs" I've come across.

Since we all know there's another game in the making, I'd like to take this opportunity to offer some options to the team for possible inclusion in the next version. Hopefully, this doesn't sound dissastisfied with the game, not at all, but a few tweaks will make things ... easier.

+If the next version allows us partners again, I'd love for the ability to allow them to ride the horse with us. I know they don't "get lost", but it's always nice when they're around when dragons just drop from the sky without warning. They make for great targets. >:]

+Please adjust the stamina of the horse to be far greater than our own. It's really weird to only get a few seconds from the gallop before it slows to a crawl again.

+I loved the armory opition in the Windhelm house. Can you make it bigger next time? I love keeping special weapons I've earned as trophies and displaying them is really nice. Oh, maybe not a house, but an armory we could buy? Yeah!

+A menu option of "Soul Gems" would be tremendously helpful rather than grouped under Misc. If this is a burden, a renaming of the gems so they're grouped together, like the Spell Book: [type], would also help. I don't add them to my favorites because of all the possible types there are.

+I was a little surprised the carriage ride was another fast travel tactic which also takes my gold. Can the next version actually display the ride? That would be sweet! (just make sure it doesn't lead us to another beheading )

+In the compass view, can you add a small dot to icons of places we've already cleared out. This would REALLY be helpful so I'm not constantly going into the map to check.

+Sepaking of the map: This is the only disappointment I have with Skyrim. The mountainous terrain has been difficult to navigate (I'm on a main road but to get to the top lies on the other side, and that map doesn't show me a path, and I can't count the number of times I've had to backtrack to find one) and without paths/roads clearly outlined, this map has been useless to me when I travel. I rarely fast travel, taking advantage of the wonderful attention to detail this game delivers, so a 2D map is, for me, priceless. Either that, or let us steal the map that's hanging in the wizard's quarters in Whiterun on a future patch?

You are sworn to carry our burdens, after all.

That's my list. Pretty short, huh. Yep, that's pretty much the only things I'd like to see improved with... hmm... where will the next game take us. Heck, if the next version of consoles are that powerful, we'll see all of Tamriel, won't we.

Thanks for reading, and again, a huge thank you to everyone who helped bring us (clearly) the game of the year for 2012.

*hands over a babel fish*

I literally cannot fathom how anyone can stand playing Skyrim on consoles at this point.

I literally cannot fathom how anyone can stand playing Skyrim on consoles at this point.

with stuff like this coming to fruition it just seems foolish, really: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAALSMnkt9w

(: have a cookie

Which is really sad, because it's not done enough. I thank many businesses who create products and services which, to me, go well beyond what I paid for them. You've been a gamer for a while, right? How many titles can you truly name off which goes well beyond the $70 price tag. This is surely one of them, and I also thanked 2K for Bioshock, and Ubisoft for Assassin's Creed, just to name a few (of the really well-recognized games).

I've also sent dissastification emails too, such as to Big Huge Games for their cheating randomizer in Catan.

Without feedback from people, how are studios (even publishers, who pass the info along to retain the relationship) going to know they're doing something right or wrong?

To me, remaining silent, especially when the $70 wasn't worth it, is not an option for me.

PS: I did thank Dodge for the Stratus I bought years ago. I was hesitant over their claims of "quality improvement", but hey... they were right with this car. It's one of the two Stratus vehicles still in operation.

I don't mean any insult to Beth, but i've never understood why people thank developers for games. To me it's always been business, they release a product that I buy. I mean, I've never seen people thank an auto plant for their car. If the product was free or somthing, that would be different, but thank yous imply that something was done out of a kindness in the heart .

I agree with this sentiment. I used a site for buying PC parts for the first time once. Was about to buy a mobo bundle but wanted more info, so I went on to the live chat. Guy there was a breath of fresh air. Didnt play me about, told me exactly what I was getting, what svcked and what was good. I emailed them to thank them, suddenly I get the manager emailing me to thank me for thanking them, and saying that if I ever need anything, get to her on her personal email. Needless to say I did, and still do.

Same goes for games. If the community is active in positive criticism to make a game better, the devs will always respond, and give a little back too.

I literally cannot fathom how anyone can stand playing Skyrim on consoles at this point.

Could I swap that for an ice cold mead? It's too hot for cookies at the moment, this is deffo cold mead weather...

I will admit I miss the awesome customization PC games offer, but that's no longer an option for me to return to PC gaming. I don't dispute the limited options console controllers gives us, but I've no complaints (other than when they try to get a controller to do too much).

I would love this!

And being able to have conversations with the carriage driver would be neat as well.