Skyrim worth getting?

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I've played both Oblivion and Skyrim on PS3...

I was efficient leveling like hell in Oblivion, using pen and paper (old-school style). For the most part, I remained in Imperial City, occasionally venturing outward so as to break the monotony of endlessly running across bridges and other redundant tasks. I had leveled up to about 10 or 11 when I noticed that some of my acquired spells were disappearing from my person. That, and other bugs (such as clipping through scenery) were really taking me out of the experience. It got so bad that I had to double, triple, even quadruple check my stats, inventory and spells every time I fired up my save file. And I tend to save/load quite often. All of this became too exhausting to be enjoyable, so I abandoned my progress. Such a shame, because I very much adore the world Bethesda had crafted; it is gorgeous, and every town has it's own distinct architecture. I never fast-traveled anywhere, because I wanted to see everything there was to see: the vampire-inhabited sewers, the labyrinthine cave systems, the ancient, ghost-infested underwater ruins, the isolated hamlets deep in the wilderness, the lonely trails at sunset, etc. With Skyrim, the game flat out froze shortly after I created my character. Fortunately, I had spent only thirty minutes doing so, as I merely wanted to see some gameplay, but it totally turned me off.

Hopefully, Bethesda (or someone else) has bothered to thoroughly patch these games on PC. Otherwise, I must regrettably refuse to invest any further of my time with either. I'll play Daggerfall instead...

I had figured the modding community would've ironed out most (if not all) of the issues I deal with. I'll have to check that out at a later juncture. Thanks.

Just a little update on my Skyrim progress. I still have a LONG way to go (haven't even started the Civil War quests). I own the house in Whiterun and I beat the storyline quests for the Companions and the College of Winterhold. I recently just wandered into Solitude and am thinking about either hitting up the Bard's College or make a dent in my backlog of miscellaneous quests. More importantly, I've had second thoughts on which "side" to join up with in the main storyline. Haven't taken any action yet, but I'm definitely impressed with how the game can change your perspective towards the characters midway through the game.

Get it know if you download the HDR Textures you can get the new remastered for 20-40$ less.

One of my most epic dragon encounters was when this monstrous scaled grinning swine just descended smack bang in that ephemerally glowing courtyard of Winterhold College up in the clouds with the endless snow swirls, it swooped on down in a rather beautifully clumsy fashion, there always seems to me an element of impatient grace in their appearances, it proceeded to blast me with even MORE icy gusts, I kept popping out from behind the pillars blasting it until it eventually gave up the ghost. I swear that creepy college master dude helped take it down, then acted like nothing had happened, just another day up in the frozen wasteland.

Is anybody still playing? I got the Special Edition on PS4 and just took it up again after a break. I'm only on level 10 and wasted several hours of playtime yesterday because I unknowingly caught the vampirism illness and didn't stop it from breaking out. Since I don't want to be a vampire I just uploaded an older save. This kinda sucks since I lost some nice gear but I guess it could be worse. At the moment I'm playing with a Khajiit, mainly focused on one-handed close combat. Bow and arrow is not my thing and I'm don't like playing as mage. The game is huge and there is so much more to explore, I think I will be set for the next few months...

Vampirism isn't that hard to cure, you just need to know who can do it (google if you don't). If you're early in the game (you probably will be the first time) it involves an item that is rare, however for the first cure you can get it from the guy who can cure you. After you've cured it it's then important to recognise the signs that you have the disease so you can get rid of it easily at a shrine, it's only when it takes full hold that a shrine will no long cure it.

As a little teaser you also get a chance to play as a werewolf