Skyrim is OK, but I feel it's been dumbed down to target a more casual audience. Morrowind is still my favourite Elder Scrolls game. Trekking to your quest without fast travel, and relying on directions and not quest markers was so much fun.
I bought mount and Blade but I never got into it. I remember having to fight battle after battle, outnumbered all the time and it got a bit boring. There was also the thing that everytime I got my own castle, the entire enemy nation and all their warlords would besiege it.
I've been playing...