How to say this properly
First, engaging your modding community does not make it bad game design neither does it make it great game design, Skyrim's world is in constant flux, events are happening in the game without your character being present, and will transpire without your knowledge because that's how the game was designed. Something completely new to even Bethesda, this system is completely unscripted, the encounters are truly random, which is how shit like this happens.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnKQAHBRoz8
yes the game has it's bugs, but it has complete freedom, more so than any other open world game, even previous Bethesda games
I'm not going to touch on the statement on Bethesda no giving a crap about their audience because your half right, One half of the corporation is responsible for games like Hunted: The Demon's Forge, and Brink, while the other's sole responsibilities are are The Fallout and Elder Scrolls series
Now, the arguement about it's combat system is valid, you found it dissatisfying, I can accept that argument.
Noe here's the one I REALLY can't accept
In no Elder Scrolls game has there been hard moral choices, that isn't what the elder scrolls is about, what it is about is you, sword in hand going against the world and forging your own legend, and in some cases even ascending to godhood. You are not good, you are not bad, you are you That is it. Even fallout, morality was a minimal factor, it was still about how you dealt with the situation, based on what you the player, wanted to do. If you don't like the game for not having that feature, play something else, but don't try and fault it for not trying to be something it isnt.
And let's not forget
You brought up Fallout in comparison for it's superiority.....
Really
That game won game of the year in spite of it's thousands of bugs, it was so buggy players made it a pastime to find them all there were that many.
and my final argument, Hardware
Just because it has a crappy frame rate on YOUR computer is no fault of the game, I know several people who play it on even older model PC's and have no such issue.
While I have no idea what spec's your running on your computer, but perhaps some troubleshooting might have fixed that. Second, I personally play the game on PS3 and know several people who do the same and we've had no such "slideshow" effect as you call it, so it might be his disc or his PS3 as well.
Now, I will agree that while Skyrim is not game of the year material, you shouldn't