I'm bias, I did the console OT here.
I think it's great. However, the internet thinks the game is terrible - and largely hasn't played it. The hate for this game is REAL, but if you look at the Steam scores and Metacritic it actually does quite well critically and player wise.
If you play it like a traditional MMO and expect to race through all the quest, skip all the story, and 100s of numbers on screen with buffs etc you'll be disappointed. It's not that game. There are no numbers on screen with debuffs blah blah. It's first person view by default. You can use any weapon and any armour with any class. You don't need an "elite" build - you can just play. If you race through all the content you will be bored. This isn't the game where you run around in a circle farming something for 12 hours.
It's a game which warrants time. All the quests are full voiced, they hired professional voice actors (in many cases, named actors too). They have a main quest which is fully single player, and in fact a majority of the content works best as a single player experience to be honest (which is odd for an MMO, but they definitely designed more towards Elder Scrolls). It has a full thief system, you can now murder almost any NPC, pick the lock to their house etc. It has The Dark Brotherhood. The Mages Guild and Fighters are also single player questlines, all with big stories.
The game is huge. The map is now open, so you can go anywhere when you start. A significant portion of Tamriel has been created, including bits of Skyrim - basically, the map is absolutely huge, I think the biggest in any open world game. Monsters don't have levels any more, so you can just play like Skyrim and skip content you don't like. In terms of 'single player' content there's hundreds of hours, even without DLC.
Racing through the game was the biggest problem at launch, it just wasn't the game they designed - so they've made a lot of changes since launch. For example, as mentioned, monsters don't have levels any more. It's pointless rushing to 'complete'. If you play it like you would Skyrim, as in to experience the world, I think you'll have a great time.
