1) Immortal NPC's.

It doesn't bother me at all. Important NPC's who die would force you to reload a saved game anyway, so why bother? But I agree about small sidequests: if the dead NPC cannot be replaced, then the player shouldn't be able to do his/her quest. The random death of essential NPCs, however (and here I consider essential the NPCs who act as big 'hubs' for an entire questline) would just be frustrating. And before you say it: no, I don't think that frustration = fun.

2) Killcams.

I wouldn't mind an option to disable them. But I wouldn't do it. I love killcams.

3) The slow and gradual transition from a 1st person game, to a 3rd person one.

I never had problems with 3rd person. I almost never use it, but not because "it ruins immersion". Honestly, I never feel really "immersed" to the point where I think that the virtual world is the real one. I'm always very aware that I'm playing a character, so I don't care if I see him/her walking around in the world.

4) The removal of skills.

I think they removed some skills because of game mechanics. They have grouped skills in three different groups, each with a "production" skill: combat has Smithing, magic has Enchanting and Stealth has Alchemy. Hand to hand doesn't fit, unless you created a fourth group and added "Synthesizing Steroids" as the production skill. Spellcrafting was cool, but it would break the magic system as it was devised. Athletics was always a useless skill in my opinion. It allowed you to run faster than a horse. Yeah, right.

5) No faction related penalties.

I actually agree with you on this one.

6) Unskippable intros.

Technically, the reason for not being able to skip the whole Helgen attack is because it is a heavily scripted scene that actually includes an element of choice (albeit a minor one). You have to decide if you follow the Imperial soldier or the Stormcloak and despite the fact that the choice is mostly superficial (it only changes the person to whom you speak in Riverwood), the game simply doesn't offer a third way. They should have scripted it so that if you skipped the whole intro, you'd be directed to Riverwood in order to proceed with the main quest.

Am I the only one who enjoys the killcams?

5) No faction related penalties. In Morrowind, if I so much as pickpocketed a thief, I would be ostricized from joining the thieves guild from that point ever onward. So 20 levels later you need to learn from a master trainer who happens to be in the thief guild? Bad luck bro... shoulda thought about your actions earlier.

Dont agree with this. If i have a charathers with say 60+hours it would svck to have to start all over just because i did something during the earlier levels but thats just me

It's called having consequences for your actions. Yeah these even svck in real life, but they are there, as they should be.

"but they are there, as they should be"

are they? never seen anything like this O.o other than imperial/stormcloack decision

"but they are there, as they should be"

are they? never seen anything like this O.o other than imperial/stormcloack decision

"but they are there, as they should be"

are they? never seen anything like this O.o other than imperial/stormcloack decision

Am I the only one who enjoys the killcams?

1) Immortal NPC's. Nothing says fake, plastic, consequenceless and 2d world than a shopkeeper who cant be killed for the minor fetch quest he has. Bethesda would argue that dragons could decimate a small town... however... isnt that the whole point? A Dragon plague should be a threat to the world. Firstly, we have a choice whether to start the MQ, and secondly, wouldnt it make much more sense for Beth to program minor shopkeepers to run for cover, rather than attack a dragon with their rusty iron knife? And if you're the kind of player who likes mindless mass murder, go play GTA.

2) Killcams. Now I got no problem with killcams, I think theyre a great addition to the series, the problem is having no option to disable them. For those of us who like immersion and RP'ing this is a BIG problem. Why should my scholarly mage, who revells not in combat (but has to defend himself) be forced over and over again to do WWE chokeslams on a wolf? Imagine Gandalf tombstone piledriving the Balrog. This is the vibe killcams have given me since 11/11/11.

3) The slow and gradual transition from a 1st person game, to a 3rd person one. This goes back to immersion and giving the player choice. Bethesda may not know it but many of us 1st person devotees are unable to enjoy immersing ourselves with a lycanthrope character because of the forced 3rd person perspective. This pretty much cuts off a whole branch of gameplay for us, not to mention horseriding and *cough* 3rd person killcams.

4) The removal of skills. What was so bad about hand to hand that it got dropped from the series? Hand to hand builds were a popular and viable build. Why remove spellcrafting, ok not technically a skill but a big part of being a mage. Removing athletics means my level 60 warrior is no faster than my level 1 mage.

5) No faction related penalties. In Morrowind, if I so much as pickpocketed a thief, I would be ostricized from joining the thieves guild from that point ever onward. So 20 levels later you need to learn from a master trainer who happens to be in the thief guild? Bad luck bro... shoulda thought about your actions earlier. Beth probably feel this removal of penalties improves the game, but only to the attention defecit mindset that demands an endless stream of action/reward with little thought for the world or their actions at large. In relation to Skyrim.... I should not be able to walk around WIndhelm dressed as a legion captain, its that simple.

6) Unskippable intros. Now I got no problem with a good cinematic intro that sets the story, but this becomes a problem for subsequent characters who wish not to become dragonborn or play the MQ, but simply wishes to enter the world. Why offer a respec option in Oblivion/F3, and remove it in Skyrim? You were correct in thinking we would get bored watching Uriel Septims death over and over and so gave us this option. Its no different for the Helgen Dragon attack. Please bring back a respec before entering the world proper in future titles.

I beleive its the finer points, the small tweaks which give us a greater sense of freedom/customisation which matter more than extra features or DLC's.

Am I the only one who enjoys the killcams?

I've never been careful in my planning and in Morrowind I was always the head of the Thieves Guild as well as Fighters Guild.

The Great Houses and Civil War are the only real "consequence" guilds. Morrowind didn't do a great job at this either. You could still be the Nerevarine and head of the Temple if I remember correctly. I think you could be head of the Temple and Imperial Cult too. Oblivion had nothing like the Civil War or Great Houses.

Pretty much this. Being locked out of the great houses wasn't really a consequence so much as it was a "pick 1 out of 3 to join".

I do agree that Morrowind did guilds better overall, faction consequences wasn't a part of that.

Not only the guilds, but NPC reactions to you as well from any faction.

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Reputation

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Factions (note reaction table near bottom of page)

I know that people that want to do everything with just one character would hate being locked out as a consequence, but for me it adds replay value for new character and I love it.

Not only the guilds, but NPC reactions to you as well from any faction.

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Reputation

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Factions (note reaction table near bottom of page)

I know that people that want to do everything with just one character would hate being locked out as a consequence, but for me it adds replay value for new character and I love it.

You don't have to provide those links to me. I've played Morrowind. I know exactly how it works.

And while in certain ways the reputation and factions system is better than it is in Skyrim, it is not anywhere near as complex or in depth as it's made out to be.

Shh! You're not allowed to criticize Morrowind here!

I've never been careful in my planning and in Morrowind I was always the head of the Thieves Guild as well as Fighters Guild.

The Great Houses and Civil War are the only real "consequence" guilds. Morrowind didn't do a great job at this either. You could still be the Nerevarine and head of the Temple if I remember correctly. I think you could be head of the Temple and Imperial Cult too. Oblivion had nothing like the Civil War or Great Houses.

Try playing "Die by the Sword". To block you have to learn to use the shield also ~but in this case, it's not just timing, it's positioning also; and you can block with your weapons... And you have joint by joint dismemberment, and on-body gore where you hit them... and full 360° sword arm control put the blade where you want it, and the game scores damage by how hard you hit!

Die by the sword shipped in 1998. (It also shipped with an animation editor that let players animate their own combat moves for attack and defense ~and map them to hot-keys.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef2HVYW4Ez4

In the 15 years since is there any game out there that does any of this? There should have been by now IMO. Even Fallout 3 doesn't have per joint limb severing.
And when DbtS shipped there was no such thing as a motion controller ~you should see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D8Jfr-sIpM.