The lore behind the Dunmer, specifically everything surrounding the Sixth House, has always fascinated me. They are my favorites, I think.The Nords have received interesting stories in Skyrim, obviously, but I still wouldn't rate them that highly... in fact, I would say that the Altmer, again more specifically the Psijic Order and the histories of Mysticism, have impressed me most out of their lore.The Ayleids are some kind of awesome too, by the way, as are the Sload. I guess I'm a bit of an Elven supremacist... and frog-people.

The thing that raises Skyrim above everything else is its mods. Frostfall, for example, is utterly fantastic. It allows you to turn Skyrim into a survival game, more or less. But the base-game is rather simplistic when looking back at the pre-mod days. New Vegas, on the other hand, doesn't really need any mods to be great. (Fallout 3 has cooler atmosphere but lacks many features compared to NV.)Dragon Age: Origins was quite good indeed, Morrowinds story beats all, and Oblivion has a uniqueness and some GREAT DLC. (Unearthing Mehrunes Razor and the Knights of the Nine are so good. Remake for Skyrim pl0x.)