I just played it and I feel like the graphics are inconsistent. Sometimes it really wows you with the volumetric lighting and landscape, other times the poor textures and models bring it down and the lighting gets really bloomy. That being said, its one of the smoothest games Bethesda's made, not clunky at all. A 9 seems reasonable.
@DeusGladiorum: How do you know, just by watching leaked gamplay, that the new and much needed shooting mechanics came at the cost of role playing? The leveling system looks much better than previous games and if anything, I'd say the dialogue wheel came at the cost of having a voiced protagonist rather than better shooting. Who knows, maybe we'll have more choice in quests than before? oh right, no one does, the game isn't out yet.
All your suspicions are just meaningless speculation at this point.
@zerohournow: If screenshots and gameplay provided by the developer or leakers ever fully emulated the final product then why even buy a game? You don't fully know what a game is going to be like until you've played it.
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