The mark of a superb game is to challenge our notions of what was done before, and not in a way that kills the gameplay - ala if it ain't broke, leave it the f**k alone. So the question is, go with more of the same with tweaks to make it better? or vastly redraw the blueprints? Voice acting, NPC movement, sword swings, all these make the game that much more polished and immersion-ready if they're done right. But you guys are right - when the hype takes over, we'll get served with a product that either meets, falls below or blows away our preconceived notions of what we think is coming, versus what came before. I guess what I'm saying is, Bethesda knows there's a core of us who like it the way it is, subject to minor modification - which begs the question, are they even really hyping it up? I suppose it would be interesting to hear the programmers being interviewed versus marketing execs doing their whole spiel. Then we can get real answers.