Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

If they are going to use the same engine you can bet your ass it's got everything to do with Consoles. PCs are already 2 or 3 Graphics and performance generations ahead.

Whatever about the engine. It looked really stunning in its day and even more recently with texture mods. but what really set me off was as someone else pointed out, the awkward and limited voice acting, and the leveling system - one which left you know sense of accomplishment or power because when you were level 5, the mobs were level 5. And when you became 20 the mobs were all 20, and so on. Whereas any normal rpg with a brain has areas you simply shouldn't venture out to when you're level 2.

Last but not least they overpopulated the world with the oblivion gates, evidenced by the fact that there were maybe 3 or 5 "unique" (but really the same ****ing theme with slightly different layouts) oblivion realms that get copy-pasted across the entire world, and youre expected to close a bunch of these while fighting off boredom.

I suppose it always works out this way though: anytime someone first hears about a sequel they worry it will have all the flaws of the originals, and then it comes out and we're all left a little surprised at some of the improvements.

Neat. But what about the leveling?