if you are reading this expecting another "this is an amazeing game, im adicted" thing, its half true

skyrim has some ups, quite a few actually. the graphics is the first thing that struck me, alongside the music. it was stronger and more in your face that in oblivion or morrowind. the dramatic begining with the dragon attacking before you were innocently killed was pretty bad ass.

now, ive seen my bro play the game, and in one quest you had to climb the "7000 steps to high hrothgar". so as i watched him climb the steps, all i saw for enemies was wolf, wolf, wolf, snow wolf, snow troll. that was all he had to face, somewhat easy and quite fun to watch him kill the troll.

somewhere down the line of my playing though, i decided to build up the cash to prepare myself, building up my smithing untill i could make better weapons. i spent about 7000 gold or more on iron and leather to get to 100 smithing. so after im all prepaired i decided to go off with my new hp, magicka, and stamina boost to get some more money to make some armor and weapons.

heres what really started to nip me, hard. i went to do a glitch i saw online for the infinte money by books of oblivion. i fast traveled to the area, because i knew one day i would need it and already visited, and i get attacked by a blood dragon. im sitting there frustrated as my partner dies and i have to go through a cave to loose said blood dragon, a cave full of falmers. so after dieing countless times i run out and theres no dragon thank god. i go back, make some cash, then just head off to the high hrothgar area.

remember my brother and all his wolfs? yeah, im on his same setting, but this is what i get: cave bear, snow bear, ice wrath, troll, DRAGON!!!, snow troll.... seriously, what the hell?! i mean, the game is good and all, but it took me an hour just to get up this damn mountain, and a shitload of potions.

graphics are good, gameplay is okay, level up system is amazeing, but the dificulty on medium is fucking broken, i mean seriously.....