Zero storyline, underwhelming combat, pathetic endgame and gamebreaking bugs. but it looks great.
The storyline is... your dragonborn, that's it for the story.
Playing as a mage was a sad experience, very few pieces of gear that's worth your time and boring combat.
What was supposed to be the big endgame fight fizzles out and becomes just another dragon slayed by you.
I couldn't finish all the major questslines because of gamebreaking bugs.
whatever way you choose to play the game it all ends up in the same place
(the world doesn't really respond to you saving the world, you don't get the feeling of having achieved something great at any point during the game)
But it looks great....
I want to love skyrim but the lack of a decent story and the fact that you don't have any major impact on the gameworld plus really boring combat and lack of loot makes it impossible for me to recommend skyrim to anyone who's not already an rpg fan.