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

Skyrim is good, even great to some, but in my book it leaves me asking the same queston over and over "where are you hiding the RPG in skyrim bethesda?" I played oblivion as I am sure many have and It is quite jarring to jump from one game to the other. And i am not saying the game is not good, heck I would even go as far as to say I would not be in protest to see a skyrim style game replace the horrid and insufferable (in my opinion, COD fanboys) modern borefare and slackops title released on a yearly basis, the problem i have is with the game's willingness to remove things to placate the unwashed masses. Don't believe me? well lets see, classes, birthsigns, athletics, acrobatics, hand to hand, spelling crafting, certain armor types (ex. mithril), arenas, haggling and desposition were all remoeved  along with the number of dungeons, houses, major cities, factions, gameplay options, and enchantments/spells being reduced. And in return what do we get? condescending map markers (and spells) to point every swearing five year old the way to their next mission objective, chracters with no conversation trees (I.E. guards and people considered unimportant or out of the way), contextual setpiece kills, broken skill leveling systems, empty marriage systems, an on rails tutorial, hollow quest lines and worst of all, next to not playtesting what so ever (figure of speech). It is undeniable that the elder scrolls is NOT a place where there is supposed to be an on rails set piece opening. The feeling of freedom and adventure is oblivion was the main reason to revisit, and for a game series based on exploration and player choice, it is decidedly upsetting to it is change from in my opinion the best role playing series to one of the most bland role playing games in this dy and age, it is sad. so in closing, I would like to ask that bethesda right the ship and get us back on course for tamriel, before it is too late, and if not, here lies the last playable elder scrolls.