Giving the "people will always complain" excuse for oblivion is simply not enough. The game was broken as an RPG, so clearly Skyrim can infact be bad. I however like what they did with the Fallout games, and that was on the same engine. So yea I actually do think SKyrim will be awesome, but Oblivion will always made me very sceptical untill I actually see something concrete game mechanics
No more broken than any other in the series - the RPG systems behind TES games have always been slightly suspect. It's just a matter of knowing how to manipulate them.
There's a reason Galisha's Character Development is an all-but-mandatory mod when playing Morrowind.