Playing moving the amount of creatures in skyrim is very few compared to Morrowind of Oblivion.Surface mostly humans and animals (fixed location dragon sites and giants),rare other creatures.Dundgeons Humans,Dreugh mostly,rare depending on quest vampire,falen,automatons.Afther 60-80 hours playing moving around got bored instances cleared.Game is ok but the exploration spirit is not the same as Morrowind or Oblivion due to creature numbers.Definetly gona start using some mods since the basic game is very lacking the exploring spirit content.That brings the problem up when you hit level 50 afther that nothing of interest lies there to explore or level further.Not to mention by that time you alredy done:Mage quest line,thief,assasing,warrior + some town regional quests with over 60% or so explored world.Game definetly needs bigger Creature pool to give it a little more and more stuff to explore feeling and not to mention danger level.

The irony being that Oblivion had next to nothing out in the wilderness.

I don't agree. You're not constantly stumbling around in fog (Morrowind) or getting lost in dense forests, but I think just strolling around and ending up somewhere you've never been before is a lot of fun.

Personally, I'm still on my first character since 11/11/11 (about level 35 now), I don't know what it's like when you've done everything. But walking around as a demigod that has mastered everything, done every quest was already a bit ... dull in Morrowind and Oblivion

Oblivion gates filled that part.


Yea sure still you did not manage to end so fast quests in Morrowind or Oblivion due to leveling system you had carefull to switch to level proper to get max out of leveling but Skyrim very lacking in content.Here you literaly blaze trough levels and quests like nothing,and in end leaves you realy boring there nothing to do.Morrowind or Oblivion you where careful preparing for a long trip.