I might play it, so long as I can be a hermit circumambulating Tamriel, far away from other human players.
i.e. if I can play it as a single-player game. I don't care for MMORPGs
Sorry, no unrestricted circumambulation for you. You're confined to the territory controlled by your faction, until you complete your faction's main quest, or something.
Well that's shit. That eliminates any and all role playing not concerned with the war, or playing as a spy behind enemy lines, or playing as a sellsword, or playing as someone who abhors the war and ignores it until some random quest or another forces me to pick a side "For the sake of peace and sanity.".
Basically, one of the main reasons I like the Elder Scrolls games, or indeed any freeroaming RPG, the roleplaying element.