Just to add my reasoning, its as simple as wanting to create a character, every aspect of them. I play mostly in 1st person as well, but I still enjoy the physical creation as much as any other part. I don't like all those crazy mods either, nor do all my characters have to be supermodels or anything. It just feels right to create them as I want them to be. This is who they are as much as what they think or what they decide to do.

No, you said the characters should look moderately ok/good. But you don't really care because you don't look at them very much. Those are two separate issues. In the first sentence you are asserting how something ought to be, in the second you are giving your opinion on whether you actually care that they look good. However, I may have misunderstood, or you may have mistyped.

Thats true. If character creation wasn't important, then it wouldnt be in the game. I've made many different characters with different looks, because I had different roles for them. Your character has to fit the role you envision playing that particular time. This sometimes includes not being able to make him ugly enough for me.

I chose combat because I definitely want to finally see a system in combat that is just as good as the environment that it takes place in.

I chose combat because it is the 1 thing in the game that, in my opinion, is the thing you will be doing the most.

i go for Improved Animations, it look really great from the trailer.

After passing through the same dungeon 10 times in Dragon Age 2 I can only vote for

Hand Crafted Dungeons

Thank you, Bethesda <3.

I remember right when oblivion was comming out there was another first person fantasy combat game called Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. I played the demo and I said to myself "man this combat and oblivion's open world would be the perfect game". Well here comes the perfect game. I know Todd said his inspiration came from Bioshock plasmids for the magic equiped in a hand, but Dark Messiah had it before Bioshock. It was awesome in the fact that you could cast ice spell on the ground and your enemies would slip. It was fast paced combat too. Skyrim's combat reminds me so much of that game, but fine tuned with new technology.


Yea it really does, for someone like me who plays in 3rd person, improved animations are more important to blend into the world than combat, but its true that you want the thin you do most often to be fun.


EDIT: man a lot of people chose skyrim, i guess its a fan favorite

I'm looking forward to exploration of the land and getting to know the people and places. Secondly, I can't wait to whip out my sword and check out the revamped combat system.

really good poll, i voted skyrim, but i am looking forward to absolutely everything lol

Morrowind, for me, stays the game with the best scenery ever. I remember to play it when I was 10 years old for the first time... Completely new to the RPG genre I just adventured through the island untill I died... I just walked around to view the scenery until I found out what the point of the game was...

Therefore I'd say scenery... A vast region to explore with a surprise under every stone

Crafting!! I wish it was in the polls. :shrug:

Combat! From what we've seen in the trailer it looks fast and deadly and the two hands system is an amazing idea

Wasn't in the poll but I look forward to the new way magic works the most.
And the feature I want most in Skyrim (That is not confirmed) is real dialogue and not:

Rumour
Daedra
Margaret Johansen
Wintherdrop

I wanted to vote for everything so i did enie meanie miney moe.

omg omg thatd be really cool if you could sit through the carriage system and everynow and then bandits try to mug you oorrr you witness a crime, or hell you can even get out and kill the driver and have allll his treasure!!

Like a lot of you I am also pretty pumped about character creation and I agree that just because we don't always get to see our character's face, it stands to reason that over the course of an average playthrough running probably well over 50 hours, we will be seeing their mug quite a bit. It might as well look good as well.

Skyrim in general seems like a very cool place to explore as well, so I voted for that, I am looking forward to the moment when you first get outside and you look around and have no idea where to go or what to do first. Given the improvements in visuals that we will see in Skyrim, I know those first few hours are going to blow my mind with all the cool things to see.

You forced me to only choose one of the beautiful features, therefore I will list my favorite top 4.

1.Radiant Story
2.Improved Combat
3. Creation Kit
4.Skyrim (setting, tone, atmosphere)

Listed in order of my liking.

Fishy Sticks

Creation Kit. I've got some ideas I want to try...

Character creation is very important to me. I have not bought some games, because I could not help design my character in them. I voted for the Skryim backdrop. It will make a very interesting sandbox in which my characters can play. TES has always allowed me to create my characters. I have finished the main quest in all the main TES games, but the MQ is not my prime motivation. I like the adventure, exploration, problem solving, and yes character development aspects of TES games. I do intend to role-play as much as is practical, and look forward to many aspects of the game.

Edit: Correct some typos, and add: Of the features listed by the OP, there are none that I do not like. I am anticipating a great game.

I voted Skyrim. I love exploration, and can't wait to explore the entire region!

Yea Morrowind had something special, I hope Bethesda can recreate that feeling



That is a good one, oh well so far I missed that and the carriage system.


I included magic into the combat revamp.



Ah yes, I too love to roleplay. Including only fast traveling when im stuck, and walking instead of running where appropriate.

If you dont roleplay you're really not getting all you can out of money spent on a tes game.

Radiant story:

Because I don't want the same experience for quests that other people have. It seems interesting that I would NOT be able to find out who to go to for a quest because it will change. So this may be a game where those dreaded quest walkthroughs are harder to post.

Honestly Everything. but Radiant Story is pretty cool it will add a unique experience every time.