"To describe the world outside those menus, the icy land of Skyrim itself, is a peculiarly daunting task, even after exposure to it. On the one hand, it's Bethesda doing the Bethesda thing all over again - a large, sandbox fantasy world, packed with beasts and towns, combat and questing, trade and talking. On the other hand, it makes Oblivion and Fallout 3/New Vegas immediately look about 50 years old by comparison".
"The detail on the latter is such that solving one quest's puzzle involves physically peering at the inscriptions on a mystic key in your inventory. But that's not the half of it".
And so on , please excuse if it was already posted :unsure: