no pl***! really? just now figured this out? lol yea its fun to play a game where you can actually take two steps without dying and isn't ALL about online mp.
Lets not bring your MMO hatred here. I made no mention of online anything. I'm talking strictly combat mechanics. I've played both franchises extensively and Skyrim just does combat way better imo.
calm down m8, wasn't trying to flame, sorry if it came across that way..
while i admit the combat in Skyrim far exceeds anything in the previous ES games by far, to be fair it still has a ways to go before it reaches the ground breaking mechanics that makes the CoD series so popular, for example- in Skyrim the only time you or the opponent seem to acknowledge they've been hit is when they finally die, other than that the only way to tell is by looking at their health "hitting them with a sword or fireball causes no response by you or the opponent aside from the occasional stagger" that imo should have "and COULD have" been done much better. but other than that yea.. the combat in Skyrim is very decent for what it is.