Wow, not what I expected. Doe's the main quest really end with "Defeat Alduin"? I was expecting something better than that. I mean a celebration and a little more respect would be nice. People should be coming up to me thanking me for kill Alduin, haha. Or I should at least get some special item for killing him

Yeah Oblivion's ending was much better IMO, at least you felt appreciated in Oblivion with the armor (even though it was bad) and the statue (even though that was bad too)

I think maybe more verbal recognition would be better.

Exactly.