Finally pirated Skyrim recently, a full 9 years after release. Imma be real... kinda lame so far.
The weird dual wielding equip system, as well as the favorite menu takes a lot of getting used to, the combat seems to just be mashing left click, none of the UI makes any sense, and the generic fantasy names for things, places and people all blur together into a boring mess.

I usually do a vanilla playthrough on things before I even start looking at mods, but maybe there's some "pretty much mandatory" shit I don't know about that I should look into?
How was your first experience with it?