500 hours? What's there to do after main quest? : V

» Thu May 17, 2012 1:44 pm

someone enlighten me. The main quest can be finished within 100 hours easy, why do people say there's 500 hours of gameplay? How many worthwhile side quests and places to explore are there that are actually worth it and how many cities/towns are there to discover that the main quest doesn't cover?

I'm confused guys

» Thu May 17, 2012 9:27 pm

Your new to TES games then I guess?

» Thu May 17, 2012 2:00 pm

The main quest is probably about 10% of the total quest-related content.

» Thu May 17, 2012 8:00 pm

someone enlighten me. The main quest can be finished within 100 hours easy, why do people say there's 500 hours of gameplay? How many worthwhile side quests and places to explore are there that are actually worth it and how many cities/towns are there to discover that the main quest doesn't cover?

I'm confused guys

I have a total playtime of about 10 hours, and I still have cities I haven't even been to yet.

» Thu May 17, 2012 2:27 pm

Your new to TES games then I guess?

Yea, it's my first tes game and I'm halfway done with the main quest already at level 19 with 17 hours of gameplay. please enlighten me

» Thu May 17, 2012 8:52 pm

I suggest joining the mages college or the companions, they have a bunch of quality quests. Explore the bars and taverns, almost always you will find people in need of help for something. That should give you another 100 hours

» Thu May 17, 2012 5:44 pm

Side-quests and mods.

» Thu May 17, 2012 10:14 am

You're joking, right?

» Thu May 17, 2012 1:47 pm

And multiply that number if youre going to do multiple playthroughs..

» Thu May 17, 2012 10:23 pm

Don't rush to the MQ, try to do as many side-quests as possible, once you cleared all of them, then you go ahead on the MQ.

» Thu May 17, 2012 12:54 pm

Don't rush to the MQ, try to do as many side-quests as possible, once you cleared all of them, then you go ahead on the MQ.

Now, now... who do you think you are? He didn't ask how to play the game.

» Thu May 17, 2012 3:23 pm

I've been playing for a little shy of 10 hours, I'm level 8 and I haven't even started the main quest.

» Thu May 17, 2012 10:06 am

1o hours here, and all I have done is clear 3 or 4 dungeons and walked to whiterun from riverwood to do one quest in the main storyline(where you kill your first dragon).
I also grabbed my first companion, Faendal the wood elf, from riverwood

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» Thu May 17, 2012 12:49 pm

Call it infinite hours, there's so many things to do in an Elder Scrolls game it can't really be fully summed up, and this isn't new to Skyrim. The main quest is not even a fraction of the total quest related content.

» Thu May 17, 2012 8:02 pm

Same here, 11 hours, level 9 and I have yet to talk to the Jarl. This is going to be like Morrowind, and I played Morrowind for like, three years, on ad off. I freaking love TES.

» Thu May 17, 2012 4:20 pm

some of you guys are so slow to do the main quest. I don't see the point of wandering around finding new cities and killing/looting forsworn or whatever, the exploration of the game is really the same thing for like 100 hours lol. There have been some good quality side quests though but I can't always find all of them.

» Thu May 17, 2012 7:24 pm

some of you guys are so slow to do the main quest. I don't see the point of wandering around finding new cities and killing/looting forsworn or whatever, the exploration of the game is really the same thing for like 100 hours lol. There have been some good quality side quests though but I can't always find all of them.

Well, too bad for you. :sadvaultboy:

» Thu May 17, 2012 7:45 am

some of you guys are so slow to do the main quest. I don't see the point of wandering around finding new cities and killing/looting forsworn or whatever, the exploration of the game is really the same thing for like 100 hours lol. There have been some good quality side quests though but I can't always find all of them.

Thats OK. For you, Skyrim will be a 30-50 hours game, like for most people TBH. Not everyone's like the rest of us here

Most of us are die hard fans who love exploration, will do every sidequest, and ultimately explore every cave and perhaps max every skill. Then do radiant AI random quests. Thats how you can play a character for 300+ hours really, the "core" content isn't going to get anywhere near that.

» Thu May 17, 2012 10:16 pm

Well, too bad for you. :sadvaultboy:

Don't get me wrong I agree there is a lot of content and places to explore outside the main quest but I was wondering how many GOOD side quests are there besides the main quest. I don't find exploring the map and killing/looting that fun ouside of like 10 hours maybe, after that it's really repetitive and not worth spending hundreds of hours doing and some of the side quests are not good or rewarding at all.

» Thu May 17, 2012 9:14 am

Yea, it's my first tes game and I'm halfway done with the main quest already at level 19 with 17 hours of gameplay. please enlighten me

you can certainly "beat" the game in under 100 hours, by just rushing down the main quest, however that quest line is only a small portion of the game.
here is an example using the guide book. pages 117-155=main quest. Pages 156-413=side quests

I should add: I liked about 90% of the side quests and almost all the guild progression quests in ES4, and have been enjoying them so far in Skyrim. The mage quests were actually my favorite part of oblivion (hunting and killing necromancers>closing portals) haha

» Thu May 17, 2012 10:25 am

Don't get me wrong I agree there is a lot of content and places to explore outside the main quest but I was wondering how many GOOD side quests are there besides the main quest. I don't find exploring the map and killing/looting that fun ouside of like 10 hours maybe, after that it's really repetitive and not worth spending hundreds of hours doing and some of the side quests are not good or rewarding at all.

This isn't World of Warcraft. Quests are probably not that repetitive.

» Thu May 17, 2012 1:01 pm

I must be wierd.
Oblivion kept me occupied for five and a half YEARS

» Thu May 17, 2012 7:17 am

I must be wierd.
Oblivion kept me occupied for five and a half YEARS

We can be weird together.

» Thu May 17, 2012 3:28 pm

Yea, it's my first tes game and I'm halfway done with the main quest already at level 19 with 17 hours of gameplay. please enlighten me

There are factions to join with questlines, hundreds of misc and random quests. There is exploring and finding new places and items. Also The Daedric quests. Plus even after all the scripted quests are done. Skyrim keeps generating constant new quests for the player. and the most obvious thing is Role playing characters, That is why its called an RPG.

» Thu May 17, 2012 10:33 am

Actually, Skyrim has unlimited gameplay. It can NEVER be finished, it's engine keeps creating new quests.