Absolutely not.
I struggle to understand the mentality of bitching about a game and then spending time or money pirating/buying the game and playing it - just to point out how bad it is OF COURSE
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It makes me wonder whether some of the newer posters even understand what makes folks here hate certain games - they join in bitching because everyone does, and sheepishly crawl back a year later to admit that they actually liked AP or Arkham Asylum, because they never understood the criticisms they were making of them to start with.
But fuck no. Why the fuck would I waste my time on this shit.
It isn't like there aren't better choices in the 'mediocre AAA market'. I've still got another run or two of FO:NV and some of the DLC yet to do, Arkham City, hell, another run of Risn, Dragon Knight Saga (Divine Divinity 2), another couple of runs of MotB (finished it, but only on one build, so plenty more to explore). Haven't played TW2 yet. And I've probably got another run of DX:HR left in me. And that's on top of my annual playthrough of DX original, plus runthroughs of FO, ToEE, BG2, Torment (not a great replay game, but it's time for me to do another run), JA2, and the odd bit of casual fun at TF2.
So yes, I can understand that there might not be any 'good' crpgs out recently or in the near future. But there's a fuckload better than Skyrim that's available. By the time I finish my current crop, Risen 2 will be out, and isn't even without leaving time for me to replay the classics (except DX orignial - that get yearly playthrough even if it means ignoring my child as he picks up the car keys and drives out onto the street unable to touch the brake with his legs, while I complete the France level).
So....Skyrim? Is it people here who are genuinely bucking the hivemind hatred of modern Bethesda? If so, some SERIOUS respect from me to you, even though I disagree with you wholeheartedly, I openly acknowledge that you have gigantic balls. But if it is hivemind crew just buying it 'so they can criticise it, of course' (yes, and I drink beer solely for the taste of it too), then you can go, well, fuck it, I'm too confused to think of an appropriate response