Do you know what? Skyrim is one of those astonishing games that can be, at the same time, absolutely amazing and completely shit! :D
I think Zero Punctuation summed it up in his review of Oblivion years ago, that it is absolutely striving to be realistic and immersive, and yet you get these moments where it completely breaks it in jarring fashion.
Skyrim is jaw dropping. The scale is the real story here, going from A to B and arriving at somewhere new is a pleasure you just don't get anywhere else. But then you get jank. Like when you wait in the centre of a town for day to start, and everyone spawns all together like they just decided that they all wanted to walk out their house at the exact same time. Or the combat, which suddenly becomes an arena shooter as you start running backwards and spamming health.
Despite that, I absolutely love it.