I would get on the forums and rage about it.

i dont think it will be bad.
it will be AWESOME

On the off chance that it is horrible...i'd simply return it to gamestop tell them is horrible and get arkham city

Oblivion wasn't terrible, tool.

It was a great game when it came out, fool.

Sure, the water wasn't great when you looked in a pool,

But, overall Oblivion was pretty damn cool!

Will it blend? That is the question.

Your superior rhyming skills have convinced me. Oblivion is the best game ever.

I'd come here and go; "Told ya".

Jump on my pet pig and fly home to neverland...

I will pray to all gods, known and unknown, that this blasphemy would never occur.

It would probably be a mix between my reaction to DA2 and "I told you so". I've lost 90% of my positive hype for Skyrim after finding out the many changes to its formula that i simply do not like, so the massive shock of disappointment wont be nearly as potent to me than to some of the people here. My reaction to DA2 was one of "OMG I've waited so long for this!" "Oh..no backstory..disappointed, Oh...three classes to choose from? WTF is with the ugly graphics?! OMFG What have they done to the combat system!?!?, and finally Might as well fudge it up more with these other changes too" It was a very rapid deterioration from absolute hype to sheer painful depressive disappointment. Part of it was my fault, i entered DA:O about 6 months after it came out, not knowing anything about it but was absolutely shocked about how good it was in almost every way. So i wanted to emulate and relive that experience, i went out of my way to avoid looking at even screenshots of DA2 and go into it without knowing anything about it.

With Skyrim i've learned from that mistake, and shed my hype early on so its not a slap in the face when i start playing. So even if it turns out to be bad, it wont hurt the same way DA2 did.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VXQSs1Qfcc

Sell it on ebay for double the price. Got the CE so some die hard fans would want that for whatever price.

Call boo and fire my employees from the best cowboy company these barracks have ever seen in this kingdom.

Eh, I preordered Skyrim via Steam, and the collector's edition via Amazon (yes, I'm impatient). I had pre-ordered Rage via Steam as well, and thankfully I got a refund on it yesterday as it still plays like crap on my AMD HD6950. After Skyrim, I'll never pre-order another game again, especially when I've only seen console footage only prior to release. Mind you, I should have learned my lesson on Duke Nukem Forever, but Rage definitely beat it into me.

I'm just glad it's not id software developing it after the debacle that was Rage.

If Skyrim was like Rage you would basically ride your horse around for 6 hours, dismounting to shoot something twice. Then the game would end with a epic quest to slay a dragon.... except the dragon flew away so the *roll credits*.

First Bethesda, then the world! If I can't enjoy Skyrim, then nobody can! MUAHAHAHAHA!

Let me guess, you are buying the console game? Unfortunately for PC gamers nobody gets a refund, and nobody can sell their game.

Roll over and go back to sleep. That could only happen in a nightmare.

Don't say that !

Depends on if the code is used

I would be pretty upset......and then I would start a new game of oblivion possibly....

I would cry myself to sleep until the next big game came out

Hahaha! Nice.

7 Stages of Grief...

1. SHOCK & DENIAL-
You will probably react to learning that Skyrim svcks with numbed disbelief. You may deny the reality of this truth at some level, in order to avoid the pain. Shock provides emotional protection from being overwhelmed all at once. This may last for weeks.

2. PAIN & GUILT-
As the shock spell wears off, it is replaced with the suffering of unbelievable pain. Although excruciating and almost unbearable, it is important that you experience the pain fully, allowing it to flow through you like Porpheric Hemophilia, and not hide it, avoid it or escape from it with alcohol, drugs or Skooma.

You may have guilty feelings or remorse over purchasing the Collectors Edition of Skyrim instead of spending that money on Battlefield 3, but think of how amazing that statue of Alduin will look on your mantle. Life feels chaotic and scary during this phase, but you've visited the Shivering Isles before, so this feeling should be nothing new to you. Resist the urge to test if your statue of Alduin really can fly.

3. ANGER & BARGAINING-
Frustration gives way to anger, and you may lash out on the forums and lay unwarranted blame for the death of TES on someone else whose opinion differs from yours. Please try to control this, as permanent damage to your future TES relationships may result. This is a time for the release of bottled up emotion. Try shouts.

You may rail against fate, questioning "Why me?" You may also try to bargain in vain with the Daedric powers that be for a way out of your despair ("I will never complain again if you just bring spears back!")

4. "DEPRESSION", REFLECTION, LONELINESS-
Just when your friends may think you should be getting a PC to use mods to "fix" Skyrim, a long period of sad reflection will likely overtake you. This is a normal stage of grief, so do not be "talked into buying a new PC" by well-meaning outsiders just to play Skyrim. Encouragement from others is not helpful to you during this stage of grieving.

During this time, you finally realize the true magnitude of your loss, and it depresses you. You may isolate yourself on purpose, reflect on how next-gen consoles will make everything better and focus on memories of Morrowind and Daggerfall. If you find yourself reflecting on Cyrodiil again, you may sense feelings of emptiness or despair. Try not to worry. Skyrim is just as empty and disparaging as Cyrodiil, but feels even more depressing due to all the mountains.

5. THE UPWARD TURN-
As you start to adjust to life without your dear Skyrim, your life becomes a little calmer and more organized. Your physical symptoms lessen, your thumbs and trigger fingers cease their twitching, and your "depression" begins to lift slightly.

6. RECONSTRUCTION & WORKING THROUGH-
As you become more functional, your mind starts working again, and you will find yourself seeking realistic solutions to Skyrim's problems by going back to the forums. You will start to work on practical and financial problems and reconstructing yourself and your gaming PC.

7. ACCEPTANCE & HOPE-
During this, the last of the seven stages in this grief model, you learn to accept and deal with the realism of your situation. Acceptance does not necessarily mean instant happiness. Given the pain and turmoil you have experienced, you can never return to the carefree, untroubled Skyrim that existed before this tragedy. But with PC patches and mods, you will find a way forward.

You will start to look forward to downloads from TES Nexus and actually plan things for the future. Eventually, you will be able to think about the vanilla version of Skyrim without pain; sadness, yes, but the wrenching pain will be gone. After about 5 or 6 years you will once again anticipate some good TES games to come, and yes, even find joy again in the experience of immersing yourself in their worlds.

AAAAAAAHHH!!!!!

*go back to sleep*