User blog comment:Draevan13/Why the Elder Scrolls ISN'T being dumbed down...much./@comment-5469467-20130407015416

You make a valid point, and I can't help but agree. I can kinda see how certain gameplay and mechanic changes could be viewed as "dumbing-down", but they're really just improvements (or, at the very least, changes from the original design). I might check out those videos you mentioned sometime.