Skyrim is far from perfect. Its not a bad game, its great even at first but can get boring very quickly and its totally unbalanced. For example magic is crap and stealth bow attacks are op (what was it? 16x multiplier? lol). What saves it are mods like it always was with Bethesda games. They are mediocre on their own but provide great template for modding and making additional content for them. Some mods are must haves - do you imagine playing hundreds of hours with vanilla item menu? I dont