The Skyrim demo begins with the character creator, and the first thing you’ll probably notice is how much better the characters look compared to Oblivion. Characters actually look good now; men are handsome, women are pretty, they are aesthetically pleasing to the eye. There’s also a variety of non-human characters, and all of them have the same detailed customization. Other games allow you to get into the nitty-gritty detail of creating your character’s face, brow, lip size, etc, but Skyrim allows you to get into this kind of detail for even the non human species. The lizard people have their own kind of brows and mouths and ears and hair styles, all unique to that species. It’s a subtle amount of content; not something you’d notice unless you went exploring the creation tools for every race, but it’s in there, and it’s an early indication of just how big this game is.

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