Before:

Poster A: I've been reading up on these quest progression and graphical issues and they sound very serious. I'm worried about my pre-order.

Poster B: So you're going to rely on people who aren't playing the game when they're supposed to, or are pirating it? "There's NO point in worrying about the game until you've played it yourself. No one can be for sure of what the issues are until the game is released, so stop worrying about it"

Poster A: But Shouldn't we be worried about the quality of a product we have already paid for? Don't we have a right for it to function as advertised....?

After:

Poster B: OMG I CANNOT Believe Bethesda betrayed us like this! Thanks for stealing my 60 dollars! I will never pre-order a Bethesda game again! I will wait for the GOTY edition and "buy all their games used so they never get my money!"


Now, I am actually fine with the game I have. Favorite game now, and I have it installed to a flash drive so I don;t get that lame texture glitch on 360, but its funny how half the fan base pretty much totally contradicted themselves. I hope they learn to be more concerned about their future investments in the future. IMO, Skyrim did live up to the hype, though. =P

It lived up to the hype. The sights and sounds of a dragon screaming in the distance is intense.

The hype on these forums was silly, so no, it was never going to live up to the hype. Bethesda, as usual, have presented us with an amazing, immersive game, but it's not perfect.

Eg, smithing needs to be tweaked. I get the same XP from making an iron dagger as I do from making a set of glass armour.