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[jucklesjenk]

I think the cities are bigger, if only a little bit, but they are definitely better. Loads more life, with people selling at market stalls outside, smithing outside, children running through the streets etc. There's just more going on. The cities all feel unique as well. Sure, the architecture was different in each of the Oblivion cities, but that was all that was different. Here, the cities actually have the geography of the land influencing the way they are built (which looks magnificent) as well as the clans of the areas competing for control of the hold.

The AI is much better IMO, with people actually doing things during the day instead of just standing around or wandering, eg. blacksmiths use grindstones and tan leather.

One of the best things is that each dungeon actually feels different from the last. In Oblivion I couldn't be bothered at all with exploring the world because once you'd been in one dungeon, you'd been in all of them. In Skyrim, I'm dungeon delving for fun.