User blog comment:Draevan13/The streamlining of the Elder Scrolls series, and some Skyrim flaws./@comment-1600847-20121116144452/@comment-3202167-20121117102150

Because it's like comparing an apple to an orange.

Quoting Zelly: CoD is has linear level based gameplay. TES are sandboxes.

You can't directly compare the playtime involved as sandboxes can pad out gameplay by forcing the player to walk from mission to mission, usually providing distractions along the way. You are comparing apples to oranges.

The original subject anyways was the main story.