Agree totally with the OP, except for the negatives. What's wrong with killing moves? I find the occasional beheading of bandits quite satisfying. I response to Chaosrex: The OP can't be wrong - he is just stating an opinion, and so are you. While your objections are technically correct - you your self admit that Skyrim's UI is better than Oblivion's - and I agree. The UI is fine - while not perfect it is without doubt better than Oblivion's ever was, for both PC and Console users. It seems you and ScorpionHunter both agree, I guess the difference is whether you are a 'the glass is half empty, or half full' kind of person. And while it irks me that PC is no longer the main (or only) concern for game-developers, I'm prepared to face reality. Every modern game that wants to earn money has to work on the three platforms, and that means some compromises must be made. I personally as an old school gamer would like to download & install by patches myself , but I work with computers and know what I'm doing. The reality is that all software is becoming simpler and simpler to use for everyone, and that means automatic patching is required, and the majority of users have no clue what they are doing - so it most certainly reduces the number of support-cases the developer companies has to handle. Almost every major game release the last year has had Steam for DRM and Patching, so Bethesda can't be faulted for selecting it. While I would like to not have to register offline games online, that is the future - and it can't be stopped. The only way you can avoid Steam nowadays is to stop playing games. I'm not prepared to do that, I'm thankful that all game-studios seem to have decided that Steam is one and only framework. Steam is the lesser evil - at leas it's not GFWL... Anyway, complainers will keep complaining - that's every forum's life blood. This thread will soon die, as there's no point in arguing with someone that don't spout nonsense. ;)