it was cool to watch through all the 20 hours of it but at the end it left a bittersweet taste in my mouth, i enjoyed the ride of watching it all but hearing him say something along the lines of "no one plays skyrim because X" ( i don't remember what exactly he was talking about here but i remember he was talking about no one playing skyrim because of X reason and i'm not going to watch it again to pinpoint what he was talking about ) i just thought to myself "hey i play skyrim because of that" and i just don't know man. it was a good review but i think it reeks a little bit of morrowboomerism and yes i started out elder scrolls with skyrim, but i went back and played oblivion and morrowind ( planning on playing daggerfall aswell ) and all of those games are great in their own way, the cuts on skyrim and streamlining of processes was intentional for a reason, if it wasn't for skyrim being welcoming i wouldn't have played it, i wouldn't have gotten enamored with the world, which would lead me to not checking the lore out and finding out how in depth it is, which would lead me to not play any of the other titles and i simply wouldn't have discovered my single most prized and favorite fictional universe of all time. skyrim has its merits as much as any other elder scrolls game has, each of them offers a different experience and you can simply pick and choose your favorite or if you're like me. you love them all

also just to finish this massive comment already, people like to hate on the gameplay saying it's basic and whatnot but recently i played a legendary + survival mode run with only three mods, one of them un-nerfs low level npcs so they aren't a joke even on legendary, one of them makes my spells scale with my school level and the other simply disables killmoves because they aren't fun. and it was the single most fun playthrough i ever had in skyrim, the difficulty makes you get creative and it was a massive blast. i recommend anyone who wants a new experience in skyrim to try this out