I played Skyrim too. My conclusion is that the gameplay is absolutely terrible. Mobs are defeated without any resistance, and health regenerates incredibly slowly. Year after year, it's the same old story – tell me, how many times do you need to hit a person with an axe for them to die? 100-200? Oh, how I hoped it would be at least similar to Gothic. Alas.
The mobs are also stupid. A bandit leader was waving his sword in front of my face, as if saying, "come closer, I'm going to kill you now," and meanwhile, I was burning him with fire, and he didn't even think to stop talking and finally attack.
But I still liked my character, Dr. Connors. True, I haven't played the previous installments.