I got it, just played through the intro tonight. Here are my first impressions:
Likes: Pretty much oblivion but more beautiful. all the hyped changes are well implemented, the voice acting, spellcasting. Combat is okay, so far I wouldn't say a huge improvement over oblivion but better, although combat still seems a little airy.
Dislikes: not much here, but there were a few things...one, i don't like that you can't view your character in the menu screen. (or can you, I didnt see a way.) And I definitely am not a fan of the Fallout style lock picking, I hope alteration helps me out there later.
And as for performance, after about half an hour I had my first crash on PS3. Died then it started to load my auto save and just refused, sat there for at least fifteen minutes before restarting, hopefully that gets fixed.
All in all, I'm very excited to be back in an Elder Scrolls game...TO SKYRIM!
And one more thing...
Anyone else try to kill your escort from the opening as soon as you walk out into Skyrim and get decimated? xD Or the Spoony Bard as well, he kicked my ***. :D