Am I the only one to think that they want to make it a plain console game, slowly taking away the RPG features. Okay, it's not yet a giant corridor with a single path.
I don't want to say "things were better back then"... but look at all the gameplay possibilities the player lost since TES 2: Daggerfall... Climbing, Flying, many objects and inventory slots, spells...
That said, I'm not really impressed by this Skyrim preview... but I look forward to try it. I don't want to rage about a game I didnt try.