Well, here's another Elves and Dragons fan. After I liked TES:Morrowind and TES:Oblivion so much (not to mention GTA III and GTA ViceCity

) I really looked forward to Skyrim.
But... it uses Stream, and I'm not happy about that. Still on the fence if I should give it a try or not. I'll wait for the user reports first.
Stream or Steam?
I've been using Steam for a year now... It's worth it just for the free titles and BETA sign ups.... As for games that use Steam, it's a little annoying... Now that I know that Skyrim is Steam, I'm not going to be playing it until late arvo on the day I get it...
Duke Nukem Foreever is the only game I've bought the physical copy of that uses Steam, and while it provides a stable online platform for the game, the install process is *(_%$YHFBDJKL:SG AIRNKASDH XZBCFKBXZILGDJCSNKDF VZFx annoying... I hope it's different with Skyrim as the file sizes are surely to be bigger, because with Duke, after inserting the CD you have to wait 3-4 hours with a download speed of around 1mb/s... So if it's the same with Skyrim I'm expecting to get it at 9am and spend the next 5 hours waiting for it to download, and then install...
The only upside to this method is you can log into your Steam account from another computer and within 4 hours be playing with you game and with your save files.. So having to reformat isn't as dramatic as it once was... Which for Skyrim is a real BIG bonus...