The god-TES spit in my eye first, and must atone for his sins.

The sins of skill merging, Mark/Recall denial, "streamlining," excessive hand-holding, focus on eye candy ("all flash and no fury" indeed)- the list goes on and on and on of those things for which the god-TES must beg forgiveness and pay penance in order to prove himself worthy again.

Yep. When they made Oblivion they took almost all of the things I liked about the TES series (again, I've been a fan since the very first title in 1994), took them out back, tossed them in a hole, and proceeded to take a big ol' steamer on them. Someone needs to tell Todd Howard that "streamlining" an RPG game is not the same thing as removing or negating most of the RPG gameplay. Using a cliche fantasy setting isn't the same thing as appealing to a wider audience either. Sorry to all the folks that loved Oblivion. I'm not saying you're wrong to like it, but it's a departure from a lot of the things that made the TES series great, in my opinion. Skyrim is going to have to prove itself to me before I get excited about it.

Way to go guys! 95+ votes left and Skyrim will take the #1 spot.

Damn, vote is over, think they realized that if they'd leave the chance to vote for one more day, skyrim would have taken the lead ...

But third place is pretty good for a game from which there wasn't even revealed a single screenshot