[quote name='praxus07']Well so far I'm not impressed. Oblivion just plain looks better to me. The characters don't look right to me, they seem a lot stiffer than in oblivion and flatter somehow, like this is more Morrowind on the xbox not something just released for the PS3. When I look at flowers and whatnot they look 2D, flat. Not a fan at all of the inventory system, not really liking the map, or conversation setup either.
Sure the outdoors does look pretty, but it doesn't wow me like oblivion did. Actually feeling like getting this was a mistake...[/QUOTE]
While I'm absolutely addicted to the game and had already put around 40 hrs. into it since launch, I have to admit it has it's problems.
Some of my main complaints include: everything feels overly simplified.... the map, the towns / cities (they just aren't deep enough, they were supposed to feel more alive than in oblivion, they really don't... you might get that one encounter when you first enter a new main city but then that's pretty much it.), NPCs/characters... they could've done more with the conversation options, you can only say like one or two things to each person, some you can't talk to at all, i just wish the dialogue was a bit deeper/more engaging.... the crafting, it's neat, but it's not deep enough for this sort of game, I want to have to work harder to get the best armor (I had a full suit of dragon scale armor at around level 20 or so... which lead to me tossing my glass armor which I had just built and fully upgraded and everything, the smithing was way too easy to max out) I feel like they missed an opportunity because it feels so close to being right but it just feels lacking. The perk system... they said it'd be somewhat like Fallout 3, it's not, fallouts was much better. the graphics... they're okay, but they are only a slight improvement on the same engine bethesda uses for every game, and it's getting a bit stale for me... the money could've been better, i feel this game could've benefitted more from a WoW copper / silver / gold sort of money.... instead it's just gold, again, it works fine but i want more depth, i want the money to be harder to earn, i want to work harder to get rich, blah.
while the game is GREAT, and I was completely hooked, there's a lot of little complaints I've had throughout it... still, I'd buy it again at launch, and will continue to buy any elder scrolls / fallout game by bethesda, because i simply cant get enough. but for me the more depth the better in bethesda rpgs