I like Skyrim, but you really have to approach it with an open mind.
Gameplay is severely downgraded from heavyweights like Daggerfall and Morrowind. Great soundtrack, atmosphere and setting, personally, I always have a hard on for nordic worlds, vikings, frost covered areas, glaciers, mountains, tundras, and so on, and Skyrim manages to scratch my itch in that regard.
Could've been a proper RPG, not merely action/adventure mixed with superficial RPG elements.
Thank Todd for that...
Todd always had a thing for streamlining ever since the success of Morrowind.