Don't get me wrong, I loved the Dark Brotherhood in this game. The characters were cool and everything, but I do have a few bones to pick. Number one, the contracts. In this game, they were incredibly dull. 'Go here, kill this, here's some gold' In Oblivion, they were so much better. Whether you be staging someone's death, sneaking into a prison, switching medicine for poison, loosening a mounted head or being locked in a house with 5 other unlucky guests, you always had to but some thought into it. The contracts were actually interesting and made me think. Not to mention you get an awesome enchanted weapon, piece of apparel or jewellery as a reward. In Skyrim, it's just boring. Go there. Shoot an arrow or two. Come back. Get gold. Move on.

Next, the storyline in Skyrim is much worse. There aren't exactly any twists* or anything, unlike Oblivion. I won't spoil it, but the Oblivion questline really got me excited and I was on the edge of my seat. Skyrim didn't really have that.

*Granted, one of the final missions (you probably know what I'm talking about) had a big twist, but otherwise, nothing.

I thought the storyline was actually pretty fantastic, though it got a lot better near the end. Still, the contracts are pretty bland. I wanted another whodunit

Loved the DB questline, but you're right. They could have spiced the contracts up by perhaps specifying that you could only use certain methods to kill(eg. no bows) or that this must look like an accident.

I haven't finished the DB quest line, I think Im somewhere in the middle, i guess, but basically its the same one after another:

-talk to the night mother
-find the contact
-talk to the contact
-he gives you gold
-find the target the contact wants you to kill
-kill the contact
-return to the night mother
-repeat --

i think the night mother is more boring then the quests, basically says the same thing everytime.

I actually enjoyed it more when you were getting quests from Astrid, and the hammerfall dude when you just got into the DB, at least they
would comment on how you did, it gave you a sense of accomplishment and belonging, now its more like just going to do your job, at least you
get paid well in gold, i cant complain that im getting a 1000 gold per contract, although i dont really need the gold at my level, lol

Is there a quest or something else out there like the DB where you can do contract kills?