Started it today. I was the lion looking guy, and was the warrior and the scout.
Its pretty good, I dont like the UI all that much though.
Ah, a Kahjiit, they're pretty good. That's the race my buddy always picks because of having the Night Eye ability and they're fast.
Yeah the UI is something they got some negative feedback from and they're totally revamping it for Skyrim.
And Warrior/Scout is a pretty good choice to start out. If you play through again you can create a custom class and choose which skills you want exactly. There are some skills I never use so that's why I don't choose any of the pre-set classes. Acrobatics, Alchemy, Athletics, Blade, Light Armor, Security, Sneak is usually what I go with in my custom class, with a Wood Elf or Nord.
If you ever find the game too hard, you can go into the settings and move the difficulty slider all the way to the left to make it really easy. Like one hit kills. I've had two friends trade in the game because they said it was too hard and didn't know you could change the difficulty.