Skyrim is an amazing single player action/adventure RPG, massively recommend to any who love large open worlds and open gameplay.

Even if you confine yourself to just the main quest, this is still quite a large scale game. If you delve deeper into the side quests for factions, and randomized mini quests, you can easily put hundreds of hours in this game.

This game is open to a lot of gamers - and difficulty is adjustable in the options so you can still play a fun game even if you aren not the quickest or slickest gamer. Combat requires you to make good decisions on default difficulty - one bad mistake and you will be dropped quick.

When I state the game is open - it is in different styles as well! Skyrim has very open advancement, and many opportunities to advance your skills in either magic, combat, or stealth (or a combination of all). You are not as restricted as in previous Elder Scrolls games (and they were very open). Skyrim even has perks - skill points you can place on skills to improve their function even more than leveling up. Great for those who like skill trees!

Before I hit negatives: I recommend if you intend to play this for more than the main story - research console commands (the ~/` key). I don't recommend using them to ruin the core gameplay (it is possible), but you can use them to work around certain bugs, and annoying issues that can occur and ruin your fun.

On the negative side - even with the game patched up - there are bugs. I recommend highly making multiple save files, and frequently. You may play constantly without running in to bugs, but some play and constantly end up needing to reload. My playstyle is very explorative - I will get stuck in the environment and need to load again. Occasionally important - but not required - NPCs will be killed through random events and attacks. This can be frustrating when you go to a town ready to unload items for sale only to find the shop keepers body outside and a pack of death hounds nearby.

Also in the negatives - The "Hoarder" gameplay style is not conducive to this game. Skyrim imposes a strict carry limit. When you exceed this limit, you slow to a crawl, and cannot run, or fast travel between places. This means you may literally spend an hour or more walking slowly from a dungeon back to town if you are a hoarder who keeps and/or sells all items! Some players tend to use the console commands to increase their carry limit - but this does defeat part of the core gameplay concept - it is your choice though.

Overall - I thoroughly recommend this game. Though not as innovative as some of the other Elder Scrolls games, this is still an incredible achievment despite any bugs or issues encountered.