Because they share a striking resemblance.

I think mass effect 3 will be cool but I have to agree that skyrim will surely take rpg-of-the-year with leaps and bounds

I don't think Dragon Age 2 has a chance, but Mass Effect 3 might. It's pretty light on the RPG stuff but still considered an RPG to most console kids, but regardless it's still an amazing franchise. It wont come anywhere close to the depth offered in Skyrim that's for sure. It's depth and ingenuity that should win game of the year, not flashy gimmicks to cover up shallow, linear 8 hour games with no innovation or substance (I'm looking at you Uncharted 3). If this has anything close to the amount of depth and detail and features it sounds like it's going to have, this kind of game should be in a league of its own. I enjoyed past Elder Scrolls game, but this seems to be beyond anything they have ever made. Even if they keep everything the same as in past games and only update the graphics and conversations/interactions with other people, this game is going to be better than anything else out there. Honestly, the only downfall Oblivion had was the graphics, animations and conversation/interaction stuff with NPCs. Other than that, the game was virtually unstoppable.

Add in a new engine that looks incredible and hopefully is light on the bugs, updated conversation stuff and all the new quest and NPC AI stuff they've been talking about, this has the potential to be one of the best games ever. This is the kind of game I've been looking forward to since I started gaming when I was a little kid. Things have come close but this looks to finally match visions of my "perfect game". Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself though...hopefully they'll show some gameplay soon.

I feel the same.
While watching video my mouth was left open just like the troll's in the video, by looking at that amazing creative skills.

NO multiplayer isn't going to happen. they've already confirmed it. and yes it IS asking a lot. the Elder scrolls has always been about you and the world around you. trying to be as realistic as possible. turnign it multiplayer would damage the feel of the game. I for one would refuse to play an elder scrolls multiplayer game unless it where some separate arena-type game. but a co-op rpg or mmorpg? no thanks. the world has those and I stay away from em. I'd like to not turn into a zombie.

Just keep making the games more open and like a living breathing world with NPC's that seem more like real people. That's all I want, because that is everything that makes single player great.

Amazing interaction, choices, story, content, dialog, adventure, cool things to play with (magic, tomes, equipment), satisfying combat and magic systems, the ability to make a mark on the world or just plain do whatever.

Multiplayer can muddy those waters. It can actually take away more than it gives to the player.

Each to their own, but there are plenty of products out there that fit what you want, not near as many that fit into what I and others like me want.

That's ridiculous, lol. I'm waiting for the guy that says its too cpu-intensive for the Switch 2. This game is old af and has been released like 17 times.