I've had some random... it's not exactly crashes, the game just closes. I'm not sure if I'm mistakenly pressing f4 while sprinting, or if it's something else, still weird.
I need to get down my thoughts about the game. What do you guys like and dislike?
So far I'm having a lot of fun. The big gameplay changes from Oblivion - removal of attributes, new UI, perks, new spell system, are all excellent. The random quests you can ask for all takes you to new places and lets you see cool stuff - unlike Oblivion, where the random sidequests were basically "enter another gate and close it". The crafting influences from the Fallouts work out pretty well - smithing, potions and enchantments are meaningful, and it's cool to run around in gear you made and improved. I miss some of the cooking stuff from the Fallouts, though - compared to potions, there's no real reason to ever drag around food that I've found. There's definitely going to be a mod for that, though.
The game looks really good, too. I've on some occasions walked into places and stopped to go "this place looks good". The... epic or enchanted or whatever reality Beth has gone for is really shining through. Yesterday I found a ruin inside a cave on a ledge above a waterfall. The sun was shining though the top of this cave, and trees were growing on the little spot in the bottom of the cave where enough light got through. You'll see this place during the main quest - it looks Amazing.
But while looking good in the strict pretty sense, the game also brings back some of the things about exploring that I missed from Morrowind. Places look... different, and outright alien at times. While not as profoundly alien as the daedric ruins or ashlander camps from TES3, the ice caves and dwemer underground complexes are still weird enough to be interesting - unlike the elf ruins from Oblivion.
The dragons and giants and mammoths also gives a really different feel to the game. These creatures are immense, and immensely dangerous. They really define the landscape around them, and fit in really well with the big landscapes of the world. All just blends to create a visually satisfying experience that it's fun to play in.
Man, this game is good. There's details that bother me - suicidal horses, how you put your equipped pickaxe in the belt and magically spawn another one while mining, a bit stupid AI at times (bow in hand to hand combat? Wielding a hunting bow with an elven one sitting on the table in front of you?), some confusing quests (which of these women you are talking about were your dead daughter, your dead wife, your new wife, that other woman who might be a vampire?), and the guards simply not getting that they will probably get shouted at if they get in between me and a dragon. And so on. But these are minor inconveniences, the only major one is the one I think I mentioned earlier about quest items weighing stuff stuck in the inventory. Still a must-buy.