Short of it: The last remnant of the Blades svck.

I was expecting a "...NOT!!!!" as the introduction to the OP...

I personally don't even think they needed to do that


I just would like Alduin and his Dragon Bros to use more shouts, and for the storyline to make sense in him going to and still being your average Dragon peddle.

Nah, I didn't really like it.

I think that the Main quest was pretty good, though not the best ever. Quests in games like this will never be able to outstrip those of more linear games like Final Fantasy or Never winter nights, or Dragon Age. Those games ARE the Main quest and so their length contributes to their epicness. Skyrim can't have that sort of epic feel becaus it's main quest isn't the whole game.

It didnt even feel like I finished a main questline. It was like. "ok you killed him, go back"

Skyrim's main story was good up until the horn, and then it went downhill fast. I felt no sense of urgency to save the world nor did I feel the dragon threat was a real problem. I have played through some good stories and some bad stories (on games), Skyrim falls almost in my bad category. I felt the story was sloppy, full of holes and the connection with lore did not seem to match up.

I read people say, "Well, going to Sovngarde, must have given you chills!" No, it did not. I felt nothing going into Sovngarde; my thought was "Let’s just get this over with."

Normally Bethesda is good at telling the main story, this time, I am not sure what happened. I just hope the next Elder of the Scrolls game, bounces back.

My personal opinion:


The whole main quest was a good opportunity for me to level, collect cool equipment, and unlock some good shouts, though.

I thought the main quest was pretty shallow and it had the worst ending in an RPG, really I kept standing on the mountain wondering when the heck the real ending would happen. I've played and beat all the TES games including Arena, and even Arena had a better ending.

Same as the Civil War ending, nothing you did had a real impact on the world, your ending is basically hey thanks have a nice day and that's it. and afterwards the world does not change, there are still Dragons around as well.

I'm terribly disappointed in how shallow and meaningless the quests in Skyrim are the the main quest just is a perfect example of that.

But didn't you wonder ...

Ah, well, maybe I worded it badly, I personally value Skyrims story and basic gameplay extremely highly, take my sweet time to drink up the awesomeness of the game, without fussing too much over the difficulty settings unless something is in dire need of tuning, be it too easy or too hard. (Adept early game - Expert middle to late game, Master only for certain encounters like dragon attacks to make them feel proper dangerous)

My only gripe with the above mentioned fight is that it's so oddly underwhelming in difficulty, the area and atmoshpere are intoxicatingly exciting, but the fight is such a pushover, I mean, compared to the previous fight with him or previous dragons, of course we can overlook this and be on our merry way but there are my 2 cents anyhoo.

I think the problem everyone has is not the quest it's the aftermath, you don't have any feeling of accomplishment, because nothing really changes after you kill Alduin.

I'm not even sure why I went to Sovengarde in the first place, honestly. There wasn't anything there for me to do that all the people in the Hall Of Valor couldn't have already done on their own. The three heroes who fight Alduin with me are the ones who taught me Dragonrend in the first place, so they don't need me to Dragonrend him, They could have just had Jurgen come out there and help them with the Clear Skies shout, and I don't even absorb Alduin's soul, so I'm not sure why I even had to be there?

Two things Alduin does, destroys Helga and resurrects dragons, that is all, nothing else. What the hell is he doing the rest of the damn time? Having tea and crumpets with Sheagorath?!




Exactly. I think Sovengrade was a forced implementation. Nords talk and talk about this place, so I think the developers thought it was a good idea to show the players the place. Honestly, could careless if I did not see it at all.

Well said! I 100% agree! I also got the feeling of accomplishment when I finished the MQ the first time. I thought entering Sovngarde was aweinspiring and yea, the fight climbing up those stairs, dodging Draugrs and Dragons, now that had my adrenaline pumping.

I didn't really thing that I would get huge accolades from any Jarl or something. I also had the feeling that only a few people of authority would know what was really going on. All in all, I thought it was a great main quest!

Now, once I'm made THANE of a city, then the guards should show some respect! psh I will shoot arrows in all their knees! *grumble*




Well, isn't that the point? If you hadn't defeated Alduin, there would be no world to change...

My MQ problems, not in any order:

Too short

Blades were pointless, why were they even in the game? There role was so out of touch and useless that they seem like a writer's afterthought.

There was no build-up through this MQ. The world was not affected even before the climix. Many places were direly affected by oblivion gates spewing forth daedra on top of cities. Because of the disconnect from the rest of Skyrim it felt more like a side quest.

There are almost no NPCs that matter and interact consistently throughout the main quest.

There is no choice that matters, even in the dialogue. Nothing in the world is tangibly affected by even doing this quest. Its not like dragons quit spawning. Before people start saying there weren't real choices in the OB main quest, I would say there was definitely MORE choice in OB. Also, this is one area I really would have hoped to see things improve, more involved spider-web like plots in the major faction quests.

I didn't get any cool gear, faction status or other perks.

As mentioned, the fight with Alduin is an utter disappointment from a game play perspective. And why doesn't he affect other parts of the world? It seems half-done at best. If he is a power-crazed reptile hell bent on destroying the world and making me cower under his claws why did he never send armies of newly revived dragons, or even a few wyrmlings, at the major strongholds and draw my attention away?

But that's all you hear of them. Characters like Wulfharth (well, he is Talos now, so that might not work) and Ysgramor would have fit the role better. Especially since the former did fight against Alduin, and Nords actually talk about them occasionally.

I still believe we should have never actually beaten him. The main quest, and every DLC after, leading up to the final one, should have been all about dealing with political/other issues in various locales, while disrupting Alduin's goals in those areas, converting or killing various powerful dragons besides Odahviing and Paarthurnax, and gaining more abilities besides just dragonrend to make us even stand a chance against Alduin at the end.

Our battle against him should have been THE moment, the reason behind all our amassed knowlege and experience, a titanic clash between two equal but opposite forces of nature and destiny, that sends ripples throughout creation. Our character should have nearly died, truly died both in body and spirit fighting him, fighting the greatest battle our character will ever have, fulfilling our destiny in the process.

I did feel like facing the World-Eater in the land of the dead should have been a little more interesting. He could have been bigger, scarier, and possibly not died in four hits before the other dudes could help me out. As someone else pointed out in another thread, there's no reason for the player to know he's the World-Eater at all. He never EATS anything, much less the world. I think a dragon did pick up and drop one dude off the balcony at Whiterun, but that's as scary as they get.

Compare this to Mass Effect, where the end battles are cinematic and you truly feel you've been through hell. Bethesda's always been weak on cinematography, but I mean, come on.