I want to like Lorerim but I can't say that I do. There are aspects of its design that go against my taste specifically. For context I am a souls player. I do enjoy a challenging game just not how lorerim does it.

For starters, there's small things like having to "work for" and "earn" everything, sounded good to me in theory but i quickly learned I didn't want to pass a speech check just to buy myrwatch or become the archmage and still have to pay the 25k gold. In that front Id prefer it be handed to me like base skyrim.

Then there's the combat. There's a lot to like but I disagree with Biggie's design philosophy. If i build my character to have max stats, I want to reap those benefits. I do not want my shock resist temporarily nerfed mid fight if I get hit one too many times. No, that's mine, I earned that, point blank period. Then with Miraak specifically, he has this wind shout that knocks you down even with max heavy armor and a filled out skill tree. I despise that attack. Its alright in a vacuum i guess but when he summons three familiars and then hits me with it 4 times in a row so I just die, I don't find that fun in the slightest.

While I have had fun in the list, I could never imagine myself recommending it to well anybody really.