This game is so disappointing and boring! What is wrong with all you people... go get a life!

I have to say that even though I absolutely love Skyrim to death so far, this is my main problem with it. While for me there is an abundance of interesting quests, places to explore, little easter eggs, plentiful characters, good graphics, and it feels more realistic/immersive than Oblivion, the interaction with other people is still so shallow. It's particularly apparent now they've put in the marriage system and followers - these are people you're meant to be close to but you get so few interactions and dialogue choices. I would find the game so much more immersive if they would develop a few characters a little more and you felt like you actually had significant connections with other characters. After playing the Dragon Age games, Skyrim feels really lacking in this area. Although I get that there's only so much they can do, the game is huge already, and if you develop one area more you'll probably lose out on another. I guess deep relationships are not exactly compatible with who your character is and the lifestyle you lead. DA and TES are two different series and I guess it wouldn't be possible to make a game incorporating all aspects of both.

I'm really enjoying it though. The hours just fly by and I've barely scratched the surface. I'm enjoying the enchanting and smithing side of things a lot more than I thought I would, and magic is better too (I virtually never used magic in Oblivion, especially since all the good spells required high level skills). Companions storyline seemed kind of lacking though and while the werewolves look cool, actually being one seems pretty pointless. Lots of glitches and other minor complaints but overall though I think it's a big improvement on Oblivion.

The only thing that has disappointed me is the very small selection of spells (They took the coolest abilities and made them into shouts instead... kinda depressing,) and the absurd level scaling. The scaling might not be quite as pronounced as Oblivion... but it's there, and it's annoying, and it kills my immersion.

Still, both are easily fixable with mods. And the quest lines are outstanding compared to Oblivion. Been too busy with the Dark Brotherhood and Mage Guild quest lines to bother with the main quest. Both were as entertaining as any I've played before. There's so many hours of gameplay in this game it isn't even funny--even before considering mods.

Bethesda didn't learn their lesson in some places... but in others they've shown they can put together a solid game without total reliance on mods.

Truth.
But it's not like I expected perfection. Modding will fix any problems.
On another note, I think Skyrim is more difficult than Oblivion. In some parts. Has anyone got into a fight (or found) Krosis? Even at level 20, he still eats my magic and frys my ass.

This game is so disappointing and boring! What is wrong with all you people... go get a life!

Does the walker choose the path, or the path the walker?

Actually I found all the dragon priests terribly easy, don't understand why so many people have problems with them.
Then again, I was lvl46 when I first encountered one, with Legendary enchanted Daedric armour/weapons + sidekick + gauldur amulet + nearly all shouts and 100 points in one-handed skill (max-out dual-wield \o/
There aren't many that still prove to be a challenge, and since Skyrim doesn't really have large mobs (especially not if you play smart) I consider myself pretty much invincible.

Also, does anyone actually use the horses? I found them no faster than without one, and annoying when attacked. At the point where you can get the "better" horses you no longer need them (fast-travel).

Horses are awesome, they fly.
Most of the boss enemies seem to have clear combat AI patterns that can be exploited.
I just found a rock to hide behind for Krosis.

Yeah, Skyrim is quite easy. The only thing I found difficult was one of those freakin huge Dwemer things, but I encountered it at level 15, so that was probably why. I lost Liliana (was that her name? The one you get from whiterun) to it. I hated her.

Sadly I'm on PS3 so no mods for me. And I've started getting the major lag that some PS3 users are reporting once their save file gets pretty big. But it's fine as long as I don't play for too long in one session. (With Skyrim though, that's kind of difficult :roll

I was actually wondering about that, are there many that play games like Skyrim on a PS3 (or even a Xbox360)?
With PS3 games being about twice as expensive than PC games, and somewhat less (but still more) expensive than Xbox360 games... Not to mention the complete inability of modding the game and/or cheating (some games are just more fun when using cheats).
Especially in the realm of RPG games like the TES games and those from BioWare there are mods galore (that are often more fun than the original content), not playing on a PC would mean you'd have to miss out on that.

I have a PS3 (cheapest bluray when I bought it) and only use it for Adventure games (Uncharted etc.), so I hooked up my Sixaxis to my PC and tried playing Skyrim that way... Whilst some things were a bit easier, I generally found the (lack of) controls a pain in the arse (no direct spell/inventory/map interface and such).
I was finally able to dual-wield spells though (bug in keyboard control).

Or I can spend several thousand dollars on a computer every couple of years in an attempt to squeeze the quality out of the games I want to play.

The cool part is that I never get tired of being deceived

Just because someone's head was chopped off doesn't mean they're dead. That's just silly.