Wanted to play this game...
But then, I took an arrow in the knee. xD
Ended with Morrowind GOTY instead.

I found the end of the main story line very anti-climatic. Nevertheless, I'm playing again. I'm not sure if things are actually changing because I rolled a different character (Breton Mage) or if I'm doing things differently which results in different occurences in the game _{does that make sense?}

At any rate, I'm noticing differences in this play-through.

so same as Oblivion?
"Yay the final boss, this could be really good-oh wait dead"
"OMG GIANT DEMON AWESOME I WANT TO FIGHT IT-oh wait someone else fights it."

I found the end of the main story line very anti-climatic.

That's because Bethesda knows most people never bother getting to the end of the main story line.

I just described myself watching my brother beating the game so yeah...

Dunno about Oblivion. I gave the game two attempts and couldn't really stomach it.

for the lulz

Edited out the colorful (colourful) language.

I gave up on the Breton Mage at around level 23ish. On my third attempt with a level 44 Nord 2-Handed Daedric wearing warrior. I'm still seeing TONS of stuff that I haven't seen on my first 1.5 playthroughs.

So I messed up and bought Oblivion (PC) on the cheap off of Steam and dropped nearly 20hrs into it in just a few days. Today I was at Gamestop settling out my Vita preorder(s) and got to thinking about playing Oblivion: either great gameplay or shoddy graphics or great graphics with shoddy gameplay because my laptop graphics card isn't recognized by Steam and I said screw it and bought Skyrim for PS3.

I'm still a bit nervous about it because of the memory leak issues, but those having the most issues only experience problems with extended playtime over 3hrs per session; Of course, Bethesda would never claim it's a memory leak, but I'm thinking that it is as it would explain everything. Short(er) playtime doesn't allow for too much cache memory to build as it's reset when the game is turned off, because if the memory fills during extended playtime, then that's when you'll see the lag and NPS's flippin' out, etc. The game can't run normal functions if it's still trying to figure out what to do with everything it can't file away properly.

I've got very little time to play games outside of those for review and I figured that with the few I've got now and Skyrim, I want need to spend a dime on another console game for a longtime!

I got Skyrim. Haven't played yet...

I got it too. I haven't stopped playing it yet...

You should, it's flippin' awesome!

I can't yet. Got it in the Steam sale and I'm at my parent's for another week or so.
I can't say I am entirely jealous though. Christmas isn't about just playing games.

I still haven't decided to side with the Stormcloaks or the Imperials.

@Ravage Completely agree!

ditto.

That's the beauty of multiple playthroughs. I chose the Imperials in my first playthrough. In my second, I never did anything Civil-War related. In my third, I sided with the Stormcloaks. I still love that Ulfric is voiced by Vladimir Kulich (from one of my favorite movies: The 13th Warrior).

The more I play Skyrim, the more I want to play it. I'm not one to get overly hooked on a game, but good night I love this game. I have a lot of favorites when it comes to games, but I hold a certain few in the highest esteem. Skyrim just might end up sitting on top of the pedestal!

Why doesn't the 360 version have the same issues?

So you like it more than Nintendo games?

/troll comment

I nearly wet myself the first time I fought a dragon solo. Skyrim has completely absorbed me into its world, and it very well may be the greatest fantasy-style RPG I have ever played. And I've played both Morrowind and Oblivion! The visuals are stunning for a game of this size, and I never go through a single playthrough without finding something new and interesting. I absolutely love the combat improvements (dual-wielding a sword & magic is pretty darn sweet) and it's a whole lot more user-friendly than Morrowind and Oblivion, that's for sure.

The only qualms I have with this game are the pesky loading screens and the amount of time Skyrim has sucked from my gaming life. ("Hang on, Rayman Origins, just one more quest! Ooh, what's that over there?")

Not a perfect game by any means, but a true classic that will only improve in time thanks to patches and DLC. In fact, this is probably the first game I've played that I plan on buying every last bit of DLC for. So kudos to Bethesda for producing a single-player series with playtimes comparable to that of an MMO.

Will the PS3 version ever get patched? Cause I'm not buying it with all those bugs and glitches. _{But it is so tempting!}

It's been patched.