For me it's simple :
1) if you don't like the game, stop playing it and search for another game.
2) if you like the game, but you've so much trouble with the way the game is maked, learn yourself game development skills and start as a developer ...
3) if you like the game, just simply ENJOY it and stop talking, but go walking into the world of Tamriel

I make use of fast travel if I need a trader (carrying to much is mostly the case ).

Put the game on novice and speed run the main quest. You could probably finish in 10 hours. Does that meant the game only has 10 hours of content? There is as much content as you want there to be, you have to decide the pace and extent you want to play the game.

BTW 40-50 hours for for any single player game/campaign is massive by today's standards.

Well perhaps TES isn't the best series for you, it's expected playtime is based on the average player who will presumably take a little time to explore and won't really rush through everything but allow themselves to get into the world and the stories.

It's not that I don't like the game. I mean I do but I'm wondering how much longer I can play before I feel most of the good quests are completed.

I'm roughly 50 hours in and even though I have done a lot of quests I have no idea where to begin in by quest log, theres just so much there. Not too mention the michellanious(spelling?) section which is even bigger.

OR, you could discuss/complain/talk about it on the forums that the developers set up specifically to get our feedback among other things. How [censored] do you have to be to deny the option of liking the game, but also criticizing it where you see fit?

As if that is not a massive practice of humankind in everything we do.

Roll a new character, make different choices and experience a whole new game. Skyrim can be played in many ways. You can rush through the main questlines and whine about the lack of content or you can take the time to explore everything and get like 5 times more content. It's totally up to you.

People don't know what rushing is. Playing a game nowadays is rushing...

This game has a quest to offer, like, underneath almost every rock.

I just visited a fort which someone had marked on my map, and when I got there, lo and behold, a quest.

There's a barrow I discovered on my own, and lo and behold, when I entered, guess what: a quest.

I read a book on a shelf, while clearing out something or other, and lo and behold: a major questline started up.

I'm almost drowning in quests, and the only major settlement I've visited is Whiterun...

I think I just haven't discovered all the quests yet. I checked my quest log and only did like 50ish though most of those are for important questlines. I'm sure there will be 30 more hours at least before I finish the rest of the decent quests.

I've read all of your posts and they all resonate this sentiment. This doesn't sound like the game for you, maybe. And there's nothing wrong with that, because you can play however you'd like to. It's your game. But grinding through quests...I don't know...it seems like the opposite of what the game was designed for.

A lot of what makes this game and other Bethesda games so special is exploring the world and appreciating what it has to offer. I have the strategy guide, and I will say that there are TONS of quests. Yes, some are very small, quick, and simple. But overall there is no shortage of things to do. If all you want to do is Clear Dungeon, Complete Quest, again, it's your game to play how you want to. I just think it completely defeats the purpose of what the game was designed as.

Meh. What do I know. I'm Level 13 with 27 hours in, only 37 locations discovered, and I'm absolutely humbled by the amount of content in Skyrim. I just crafted a potion for the first time, and I haven't even forged anything yet. I absolutely love it and don't want it to end, which I'm sure it won't at the pace I'm playing.

How many quests are there in the guide? I mean when I first started playing and all the until I reached level 30s I felt there is so much content in the game but after finishing the main questline and a few other important ones in less than 50 hours I'm beignning to think there wasn't as much as I thought in the beginning. It seems especially big in the beginning.

That's very true indeed ... I forgot that, thanks to let me know

But to know : I was a little bit kidding & I've the feeling this kind of discuss/complain/talk can be endless !
For me it feels like "we" are trying to persuade the one who starts this thread ...

I'm overwhelmed with quests..

Anyways, I think even if I do end up spending less than 100 hours on skyrim eventually, it's still worth it. I bought fable 3 a couple months ago and it only lasted me 17 hours. Skyrim has a few times fable's content so it's worth it for me still but there are games like nba2k series/modern warfare series, ect where I've spent hundreds of hours total.

Basically, if you have finished the MQ and the faction quests, also the quests in cities then you have seen all quests. What's left are the random quests, which you can do. If you play with a new character, the random quests differ but the rest is identical.

UESP (a Wiki for the series) lists 189 quests, but it does include a few that are radiant quests (the ones from factions, like the heist job and such in the thieves guild), but does not include miscellaneous objectives.

Companions and College of Winterhold quest lines were so [censored] disappointing that I literally said "wtf?" when they all ended. They're relying on the random quests a little too much if you ask me :l

The main questlines are just a portion of what the game has to offer. Most of the content must be discovered by exploration. You should go and explore, read every book (at least press the read button) as lot of them starts a quest. There are lots of dungeouns where you get quests by observing items on the ground. There are also quests which you will not get due to your previous actions so if you're really out of things to do then start a new character with a different race. Your race did matter in many cases in previous TES games so I think it's the same in Skyrim as well (haven't tried it yet as I haven't even visited all of the cities with my first character after more than 40hours playtime). Make different choices with your new character and you will see different content.

Then I guess I'm only 25% done with most of the decent quests. I do have a decent amount of quests in my journal but I've also gone to all the major cities though i haven't actively talked to most of the npcs in search of quests.

If your the type to zerg through quests; just the main quests, and grind through content, BOY is this the wrong game for you. It's made for the opposite if you ask me. I can't count how many times I'm having a great time, just playing along, and "ding", I see I leveled up, and I say to myself "oh ya, I get to level up in this game". This game is an experience, not a RTS.

People who plan a cross country trip, and drive 200 mph, and then complain how short and uninteresting the trip was, deserve what their lead-foot gives them. . .

You are aware that some "explore" locations actually start a quest?

I have yet to enter a dungeon that didn't give me a story, an objective or a reward. (sometimes more than one of those)

I'm totally happy with the insane amount of content. Stop fast traveling and start talking to people. My misc quest log has so much crap in it I can't even keep up and I haven't really even begun to exhaust options. 40 hours into the game and I haven't even done much yet! Amazing. I suggest hunting and making potions. Hell some of those barrows take 2 hours to get through.

MW3 has a single player?

I've played now for 37 hours and 16 minutes, my character is "only" lvl 17.

Basically, I'm on my way to see the Greybeards (very early in the MQ), and I'm diving into every dungeon that appears on my "radar" as I make my way over to Ivarstead, using marked road.

The last place I explored was a fort called Mistwatch. Something... somewhat interesting... happened there. There's something at least mildly interesting about most of the random locales in Skyrim, so if you're the sort of gamer that requires a quest objective pointer in order to give you direction, then... I can't help you.

In my case, the quest objective pointer is leading me down a road, but that road is providing tons of tangential content. I dig it.