The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR Review (hoity toity)
I would recommend this game ONLY on the condition that you have the willpower and resolve to spend a good few hours modding it first. I'm serious. If you're not up to modding, or don't have the space on your computer for extra stuff, or feel like it's going to ruin the experience, do NOT buy this. Standard Skyrim VR is straight up Skyrim Special Edition, all the bugs included. There is barely ANY work put into porting it into a VR game, with maybe the only notable exception being the Eagle Eye ability in the archery skill tree. It looks terrible and has none of the interactive qualities that you will likely be expecting if you've played, say, literally any other VR game in the past five years. I'm not kidding; if you don't want to mod it don't buy it at all.
That being said: there are many guides out there to make it look and feel more like a modern VR game. I failed trying to make this game feel enjoyable once and gave up for 6 months before finding a guide I enjoyed. only after following that guide and getting ~130 mods (MANY for updated visuals, and then a good number to make the game... feel like a VR game and not a horrible port of a 2011 game) am I really enjoying it. I will link the guide I've followed below. I would also recommend a companion app available on Steam called Natural Locomotion, which lets you swing your arms (or feet, if you want to go through the setup) in order to walk through the world.
that being said, I've never actually beat standard Skyrim before-- I would just get bored and back out after a good few levels. playing in VR is so much more immersive and enthralling. I'm always excited to get back into the world and see what it has to hold and what there is to discover. I have the benefit of not having played the original in so long I literally remembered almost nothing, so the experience is not only refreshed by being in VR, but it is also actually new to me. The worldbuilding was good when it came out and really holds up. Walking around the world in roomscale is comparable to (and in my opinion better than) walking around as Link in Breath of the Wild-- there's always something for you to discover along the way to your destination, and a hundred ways to approach any problem (though, just like has always been the case, sneaky archery is usually the easiest).
I honestly see myself finishing the game like this. I cannot emphasize enough how much credit should go to the many, many people that have put timeless hours into modding this game to make it enjoyable.
the mod list I most closely followed (with a few tweaks according to my taste and needs):
https://www.reddit.com/r/skyrimvr/comments/8riiqk/and_refined_my_texture_and_modding_guide_140/
A comprehensive guide to modding Skyrim VR, in which you can find about a million resources and recommended mods and plugins: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qbh7GE30xLyso7MA6u3xpNJNdL5r2V2WP8SjZ4VpHLQ/edit