I am very much an exploration type gamer and I rather liked the game. However, my expectations weren't as sky high as yours and I'm deeply impressed by the styl

I am very much an exploration type gamer and I rather liked the game. However, my expectations weren't as sky high as yours and I'm deeply impressed by the style of the game and also by the facial expressions of the characters (and their, yes, scripted walking around, drinking etc.). Nonetheless, I wouldn't recommend the game neither unless you adore the style as much as I do (I think the core gameplay is rather typical of AAA in that you have your big city and simply do your quests and fighting). My main gripe is the honestly quite bad dialog where simply nothing of interest is told (they are always talking about their feelings but not really telling their stories, it annoys me extremely). Actually, I mostly reply to you because I don't quite get why you're such a fan of elder scrolls with regard to exploration and their slogan of "living there": At least Oblivion and Skyrim (last I played, dunno how the online game stacks up) were in a way very much level-designed in that there were no real surprises regarding what type of enemy came (scaling) or what kind of rewards would come (e.g. always a chest at the end of a dungeon with clearly defined types of things that could drop). It felt very much not like a breathing world. I miss Morrowind (also levitating!).