Skyrim be basically just like oblivion , if not only because after 50 hour thing get really boring . sure , there be still `` thing to do '' but they be only that -- chore . that say , I do not find it be as fun as oblivion or Fallout 3 . this be because all those game appear on the same console . oblivion come after Morrwind , which be a console generation away , and for that reason its newness compound with the nature of the game and give we great fun , for awhile . now , 6 year later , we be rather desensitize to the technology that make oblivion possible and so skyrim feel like 'd eja vu ' . there be also the fact that the whole lotr mystique have dissappear , which help Morrowind and Oblivion gain they popularity . some of we just grow up . I simply could not help but judge this game to be a fetch-fest . now , if you have never play a Elder Scrolls then I can understand why you would give it 5 star , since this be basically oblivion with a facelift . the graphic be outstanding on the PS3 but the main problem , as everyone know , be the lag . I will not comment any further other than to acknowledge that on PS3 it be persistant after you save file cross the 5 mb threshold and that I have have 4 hard crash , even after the 1.2 patch . in 2006 I be mildly intrigue by oblivion 's story , partly because I be younger but for some reason Skyrim 's seem glib . I be older now but even so the game 's narrative lack any cohesion . the dragon be a anti-climax and that be crucial since the whole story revolve around they . they be not as mysterious as Mehrunes Dagon and seem rather anomalous . there be also no reason to believe they can destroy world when they themselves can be destroy by a few spell or iron arrow . all of oblivion 's deficiency remain . the in-game juridicial system be garbage . pick up a loaf of bread and you will die or get on the wrong horse and die . there be only a handful of class and the best become wear out because of how easy it be to spam smithe with iron dagger . once again there be a entire sub-class know as bandit who just happen to be in place and attack you on sight . never mind that a economy exist in Skyrim and that there be animal everywhere , and thus food and clothing . there be bandit leader and what not , all of which feel thoroughly date . the combat be just as poor as in oblivion . the finishing-move be script and become redundant after only a few hour . the player swing a axe or sword with the same move . good thing be that arrow actually work now . the substance of all the story depend on read journal or book . I find it absolutely impossible to read anything in a videogame , and so this part really fail . good news be that the race look better . the bad be that they do not really matter . I choose to be a high Elf but this have absolutely no bearing on my relation with the Thalmor . they treat I as if I be a Nord . the Nords notice this if you help they but its still meaningless as they suddenly forget you be a elf but still curse elf in general . the Thalmor call I a ` foreigner ' and yet they only recently arrive in Skyrim , home of the Nords . make no sense whatsoever . the same apply to Vampires . I be a vampire and would be instantly attack by other vampire as I roam the tundra , even though these vampire who attack I be get along fine with each other . there be cave fill entirely with vampire , all of whom be have a good time , yet whenever I show up they all gang up on I . this be part of the reason why Elder Scroll game be consider by some critic to be extremely shallow , and frankly they be shallow . read my Fallout 3 review to see my own take on this . the world of Skyrim look fantastic , but it be so big that , as everyone say , the game bog down on PS3 due to its divide memory pool . after you explore enough tomb , you will find that the Dragur be sorely mundane . yet that be also true of the skeleton and what not in oblivion . ultimately , the worse thing be that , due to the story , Skyrim be even more de-centralized than oblivion so that the purpose of the game be `` do stuff '' . if you be a vampire then this be go to get old fast since you 'll have to feed so as to not kill everyone . heck , vampire really have no advantage in this game other than frost resistance . what be worse be that they be be not as many guild or organization as in Oblivion , so the fetch-quest you have to busy yourself with be even more scatter , anomalous and ultimately meaningless . EDIT 1\/23\/2012 I forget to mention something . the old leveling system of Morrowind and Oblivion have be abolish . this both break with tradition and decrease the ceiling of whatever ` skill ' you wish to augment , all of which be trade for a freeder and more moderate manner of leveling . in other word , specialization be go at the expense of rapid increase in skill per level . also , in Skyrim Bethesda have absolutely neutered Magic . one of the thing I enjoy in oblivion be the sheer amount of variability in ` Magic ' . all of that be go in Skyrim and it have be replace with ` spell tome ' where you just open a book and learn a spell . Whats more be that these thing be often sell at exorbitant price . sorely disappointing .