Kinda feel like the ship has sailed on this one...
I preordered the collector's edition, but I went to a show on 11/10/11, so I couldn't go to the midnight release party. Took it and my system over to a friend's house on 11/11/11, played it over the weekend, absolutely loved it. Beat the main quest line about a week ago, played a little while more, and the excitement for/obsession with it has kinda run its course with me at this point. While I'm still playing it every once in a while, and I kinda want to complete the trophy list, I think I'm a bit burned out (probably because I'm trying to complete the trophy list, instead of just messing around.)
Playing it on easy because I'm a n00b, and I kinda didn't enjoy getting my ass kicked all the time. My character reached level 32 on like 4th or 5th day, and has only progressed 4 levels since then. Used bows and arrows, sneak, and one handed the most. Did the Dark Brotherhood, Companion's Guild, Thieve's Guild, and Stormcloaks (didn't like how the Imperials were gonna cut my head off at the start.)
Some fun things I did: killed a merchant on my first visit to Whiterun because he was an ass. Then there was that snobby Redguard walking around Whiterun who rubbed me the wrong way, so I hid in the shadows and shot him full of arrows, whilst he and his wife kept running right past me, unaware. Took 15 minutes to sneak kill this one ghost guy too in some tomb. Clearly outmatched, but the things you can do when you're stubborn and persistent. On that same note, shot a giant, then ran to the tower, hid in there, and shot him until he was dead, whilst he tried to get to me the whole time. Maniacal giggling ensued. (These were all before I turned the difficulty down. Even still, I'm sure these things are probably unimpressive. Oh well.)
So what were everyone's favorite places or characters? I thought Blackreach was pretty damn cool to look at. Also thought Paarthurnax was pretty cool.SPOILER!!:
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