Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5789047-20130530203856/@comment-5789047-20130606020831

1. Reduced character dialouge significantly. (Not really dumbing down, just a flawed system.)

2. Reduced item value to the point that lowly bandits wield god-like weapons that sell for little money. (May have been dumbing down in Oblivion, not so much in Skyrim.)

3. Reduced character customization. (Could potentially be considered dumbing down kinda maybe.)

4. The removal of medium armor. (Not really.)

5. You can't fail (Yes)

6. Little or no impact on the world. (Just a mechanic that isn't there, not dumbing down).

7. Massively simplified puzzles. (Yes).

8. Uber-Linear story. (Necessary due to historical issues and lore).

9. No penalty for faction memberships. (Yes, to a slight degree).

10. Can't kill any important NPCs or even some unimportant NPCs. (Necessary due to Radiant AI, but it's annoying that you can't kill characters for completed quests, and that some un-needed characters can't be killed.)

11. Spellcrafting has been removed and spell quantity significantly decreased. (Yes).

This seem right to most everyone?