a few glitches don't stop this game from being all you could want
the first thing you will notice upon playing, is how open the story is. you can do anything you want, any way you want, and go anywhere you want (though you will meet a quick end if you just start off into the unknown). the first thing you will learn with playing this game is too save more than you have ever saved in a game before. if you kill a creature, save it. if you are running between settlements, save it maybe twice. this game is hard. there is no getting around it. you will die, and die often.
the world you are in is constantly moving. each npc follows a schedule of working, eating, sleeping and so on. this does make it hard to find people important to your quests at times, but it is a perfect touch to pull you into the game's reality. depending on which of the three factions you join plays a huge part in how you play and which path you take within thoughs factions separates into more options making reply value high. you can play as a pure fighter(one or two handed weapons), an archer(bow or crossbow), mage, or a mix. you also select which stats you want to increase based on which character you want to be.
comabt takes getting used to. even after you have figured out how to time dodging and blocking, you will not always win. there is also much to be learn as far as strategy. it is easy to be overwhelmed by too many enemies. you have to pick them off one or two at a time or you will have to reload. magic can be tricky and is only useful if you go to full out mage. it places your character at a disadvantage in many situations and so is a major challenge in any already challenging game but can still be enjoyable.
the npcs all have unique personalities and i am sure you will come to enjoy more than a few of them.
the stroy is well done and very involving. the game also does an excellent job of keeping you busy with quests and corners of the world to explore.
there are a nuimber of glitches in the system. players and npcs getting stuck on objects is not uncommon. buttons within the game that do not always work has also happened. there are also imaging issue at times. you will want to download patches to play this game at its best; but for all these little bugs, the game is outstanding.