Ok, so.. skyrim might not be the best ES game to date (though it might just be, running pretty close with morrowind from my current experience) but by the Divines this game makes every other Beth game look like it's weapon and armor designers were hardly talented newbies. Seriously.. I want to know.. are these the same people on board? Is it something to do with the engine? Because, seriously, Skyrim gear makes Morrowind and Oblivion look bad. I always hated Dwarven Armor.. in Morrowind it made you look like a fat robot, in Oblivion it was great until you put on the ludicrous helmet.. now? It's bloody fantastic! Steel armor? Plain ol normal steel armor looks even better than the best steel-ish armor set in ES games to date which is the Bloodmoon Nordic set (imho, of course). And then there's the daedric for which I cannot decide if it looked stupider in Oblivion or Morrowind.. here, again.. I've only seen screens, but bloody fantastic! Leather, hell, even Iron.. I have yet to see Elven but it can hardly be worse than Oblivion's.. Orcish I'm guessing will kick ass too.. weapons, shields.. seriously, I'm just raving here but I need to point out how utterly impressed I am. Can we now please keep these people Beth so that the next ES game in 4 years time or so will also have this level of stunning awesome? Or better yet, bring back all the armor types that disappeared since Morrowind x)

Yeah, iron armor and some others are pretty slick.

Graphics in general have improved since Oblivion, and they also claim to be using a new engine, though I believe they actually just improved the old one.

Blade of Woe + Ebony dagger make Oblivion's look like poop tbh

Running around with those doing assassinations is sick xD

Steel greatsword is awesome! My skyforge steel greatsword has been my only weapon for about 30 hours! I went up the light armor tree so haven't had a chance to buff up any other type of sword.

I do like the look of the (light) Elven Armor on my High Elf, better than I did in Oblivion. It even looks cool on my Dark Elf, though he's more the subtle follow in with the crowd, stealth, assassin type.

Yes, the I feel that the Daedric Armor is the best looking armor out of any of Bethesda's games.

I absolutely love the look of the ebony armour, but the sword just doesn't really do it for me.

I've never had such eye pleasing designs in a game like this. I still can't get over how awesome the models look, I would buy them to display if I could. I love the loading screens.

Absolutely. I especially love the generic Novice/Apprentice/Adept mage robes.

Minus 10 points for the Arch-Mages robes though. The hood on them looks terrible.

Glass is sick

Heh, I'd say I'm glad you guys agree so heartily (which I am, of course) but really when something is this well-accomplished hardly anyone could disagree. Thing is, I never really expected this from Beth.. Morrowind is still my fav ES game and yet most armors there, tbh, looked like crap..weapons a bit less so. Oblivion, too, had it's share of utterly stupid looking weapons and armor.. so far just about everything I've seen has looked utterly stunning.. about the only complaint now is that I imagine mages don't have nearly the pleasure and that beth should really bring back CLOTHES.. one thing that Morrowind still does much better and with more variety is just plain ole clothing.. awesome as all these armors and weapons are, I want my character to be able to have a variety of good-looking things to wear when unwinding at a tavern with some comely wench or drinking mead and getting into some fistcuffs.

i wish that it could be like Oblivions with the gold in it
i also liked how the daedric armor had red in it to

Oblivion had generic, undefined, round faces and the armor looked just like an odd marriage between some of the awesome touches from Weta's Lord of the Rings production concepts and some really dull and bland looking stuff that seemed uninspired in many ways. There was some cool stuff, but overall the models and gear lacked an edgy artists' touch.

Skyrim has this cool factor to it, everything looks like an amazing sculpture that's come to life. I am drooling now 60 hours in wishing I could have 3D perfectly translated statues of these, I love the dramatic poses they have them in shown on the loading screens.

You mean you don't miss the Bastard Sword. Weapons and Armor are way better in Skyrim vs Oblivion imo.

The Thalmor robes.....are so freakin sixy....