Skyrim worth it?

Wait for the Legendary Edition and/or Summer Sale.

Not at all! It's worse than Bad Rats!
Serious though it's a game of a lifetime.

Tremendous replay value, just like any other elder scrolls game =D

Wait till GOTY

It's fantastic! Like many other Bethesda games, it has super gameplay value (like in term of entertainment hours per dollar), you'll spend hundreds of hours on it and may still be on side quests like many people. But do wait for the Legendary Edition on Summer Sale

Wait for sale.
Get Skyrim.
Lose everything else.

Never played Oblivion so I don't know how it compare, but Skyrim is fantastic....with mods. Without it, the gameplay is bland and plain boring.
And yes wait for Legendary edition.

Wait till the Legendary Edition.

Also, the Workshop adds a LOT of content and replay value to the game.

If your gonna pay for the full price may aswell wait for legendary edition like others stated otherwise wait till sale. I prefer it to oblivion i think its cos gameplay feels more like a fallout game

Like everyone else said, wait for the Legendary Edition... I payed full price, plus Hearthfire and Dawnguard (for the Xbox) and I regretted it... The game is great, I would definitely get it, but paying $85 in total for the game (plus DLC) isn't worth it... But I did buy it on sale for the PC, payed $53 bucks and got Skyrim, Hearthfire, Dawnguard, Morrowind, and Oblivion GotY Deluxe... Greatest purchase ever...

And you asked if it's better than Oblivion. Yes, and no... Yes, because the graphics are better (if you're that kind of gamer), the combat is better (it's slower baking up so you can't hit and back up over and over), and you can duel wield spells (which is awesome). But, it's worse because the story seemed shorter (still haven't finished Oblivion), there are less weapons (which can be fixed with Immersive Weapons), it seems easier than Oblivion, and a couple of other things I can't really think of right now...

Skyrim is definitely worth it, but I would wait for the Legendary Edition, or wait for a sale (that's what you do anyways).

You need to think about what you like. Skyrim is better while easier Oblivion. If you like wandering around doing nothing, just sightseeing - it's better. If you're into games for story, characters etc. - you're gonna have hard time.

As for waiting - if you'll see some ridiculously good deal (like those $5 from nordic site), get it, otherwise wait.

Overhyped as fuck. If you enjoyed Oblivion, this is Oblivion with better graphics.
The side-quests lack any kind of detail, and are monotonous as fuck, consisting of 98% go to place x find item y located at the end of dungeon z which looks strangely like every other dungeon in the game; meanwhile the main-quest is as detailed as is to be expected -- nothing particularly special, nor disappointing.

In terms of graphics, it's better than Oblivion. In no other way is it better than Oblivion.
Stats have been replaced with a dumbed-down "give me 10 more Magicka/Health/Stamina"; skill progression has been replaced with an awfully balanced and poorly thought out "perk" system, with many perks being absolutely fucking useless, some being game-breakingly overpowered, and the others being generally mediocre.
Most of the "additions" are equally poorly implemented, with dual-wielding lacking proper animations.

A better choice would be to get all of the DLC for Oblivion (if you haven't already) and stick with that.

For cheap it's ok... Nothing spectacular, but atleast it's hours for the buck...

Nop

Yes, it is awesome and worth it ;)

I have it on Xbox 360, and had spent over 470 hours playing it... ^_^

Depends if you have Arachnophobia. Believe me, there are a lot of giant spiders in skyrim ':P

personaly I can't think of a game I liked more, but the UI and a few buggy/unoptimized quests can trip you over

i can see why others had a good time with it but for me, i don't recommend getting it unless its about $30 for base game + at least some of its DLC... i found it dull after about 20 hours and i never picked it up again

Wait for the Legendary edition, it can be already preordered (or already bought? I didn't pay attention much D: )
edit: hmm, looks pretty cheap already (link) I would buy it for that price, it's really fun imo :) and very well optimized (my PC can't run TF2 and it can play Skyrim in 1080p on medium/high settings)

download it at maylasiabay and when you like it buy it and you can continue on your character

Wait till the elder scrolls online xD it has the entire tramiel as map that means masive because it includes all the continents oblivion , skyrim etc. it will be the same gameplay like skyrim. but there will be 3 factions of players wich fight for forts.or you can not take part of the war and you simply explore the map(if i sayed the gameplay like skyrim it is the gameplay like skyrim)that means that ou can go in every house of cave or dungeon and you can find random items and stuff like that.

Ahahaha if you don't buy skyrim go die... And yes it's a expirence of your life ITS AWESOME!

It's an excellent game but it becomes repetitive and boring after a while. Wait for the summer sale or the Legendary Edition.

It will be one of the coolest games you'll ever play for like 30 hours and then it all comes crashing down when the game starts breaking at the seams with shitty combat and some odd design things. I'd wait for a sale and in the meantime you can look up some mods to use or something.