+1

Their is comparable realism with the designs of forts and gatted cities in Skyrim. I caught a doco the other night on medieval castle designs and the devs in this game have most definately gone out of their way to make them pretty close to what actully was in the european middle age period. Even the smithing skills and ingredients are close to what really happned too... if one does a net search ( I don't recommned particular search engines.) for docos on medieveal archeology & society, Skyrim is not that far of the mark.