User blog comment:Redexx/Skyrim's many faults and upsides. **My take**/@comment-173.76.82.69-20130102213621/@comment-1786741-20130103163408

Personally, I actually thought Skyrim was a tad better but I still absolutely LOVE Oblivion. Sure, Skyrim removed a lot of things but it also added a lot more. I loved how the dungeons were a bit more thought out, the overall variety of the environments compared to Oblivion's single forest with a few wintry areas, dual wielding was a great addition, despite it being a patch it was nice to finally have horse combat, Skyrim felt overall more organic to me with plenty of radient interactions, characters felt a tad more memorable, finally being able to see dragons was awesome, shouts were fun to use and spiced up combat, I felt there was a tad more strife in Skyrim with the Civil War and dragon attacks going on, the Daedric quests were very entertaining and varied in terms of how they played out, and last but not least:  BEARDS.