Yeah I guess so.

Sorry, I'm not going to read through 5 pages worth, but fetch and carry quests dominating the plot arent new. In Morrowind, there were a ton of quests where you go find a book, or some research notes, trapse across half the island to talk to some informant. As for Oblivion, I avoid the MQ there, but what I did do was much of the same. Plenty of other games have been like this. If it had been nothing but straight combat, people would probably complain that it had no variety.

As for the whole "destiny" bit, Would you rather it be like Bill Lumbergh? "Uh, yeah. So, there's these dragons attacking everywhere. So, if you could go ahead and kill them, that would be great, kay?"

I rather enjoyed the main quest. I like it better than Morrowind's, and the talk with Paarthurnax was one of the best parts of the game.

Well said. I also agree with the other poster who said Fallout New Vegas had better MQ endings. For as many things as Bethesda does well, writing quests and characters does not seem to be their strong suit. It would be nice if they could focus on the gameworld and design elements and subcontract the quest/character writing to the guys at Obsidian.

I disagree they've shown they have the ability to write interesting stories with non MQ quest lines from previous TES games. I'm just convinced that due to economics and the dev cycle that stuff gets rushed and most of their energy goes into making their world without enough energy spent populating it with interesting people and stories.

oblivion's story was good, skyrims main quest is o.k.

Chrono Trigger, FFVI, IV and V are kind of sacred to me , i just cannot judge them objectively cause they were the first rpgs i've played, and i still have some of their musics in my cel phone =x

It's not that bad. I mean it isn't Planescape, NV or Motb level, defenatly, but not bad. The real problem is the lack of choices in the main and other storylines and as others have said not as rewarding at times.

I completely disagree, I think the MQ is actually extremely well done. The main plot isnt really meant to be a choices kind of thing, there is a certain progression of things that must occur. The various factions you deal with show their awesome elements and their incredibly stupid elements. The whole play the way you want is more around how you run around and interact with the world. I admit that i do wish you had a bit more freedom in certain key moments but ultimately I dont have a problem at all with the way the MQ progresses or ends. Especially when you stop looking at the literal gameplay and step back to look at the story/lore aspect.

It is clear you have not played Fable

Who hasn't played fable? Me or the original poster?

Original poster, sorry, I just read OP's comment, not the whole thread

No problem, but in any case I would have to agree with your comment

It isn't the worst questline ever, but it's not the best. If you want to talk about fetch quests, see Two Worlds main quest. There are a lot of questlines that are worse.

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