User blog comment:DragonbornMAGE/What ever happened to depth?/@comment-1840877-20130629093047

Nice read, but I'll have to respectfully disagree with some of your points.

First of all, making it so that absolutely everything has a leveling section like Oblivion did really doesn't make any sense. In real life, if you spent two hours jumping up and down on the spot, you wouldn't be able to jump any higher -- all you'd get for your troubles would be some seriously tired leg muscles. As for running and sprinting, you can still "level" them, except instead of increasing a specific skill, you do so by increasing your stamina when you level up.

As for the quests lacking depth, I certainly disagree with that. Skyrim's quests have plenty of depth to them. Take "The Forsworn Conspiracy", for example. It looks fairly simple at the start -- get some info on the Forsworn, and you'll be rewarded. However, it quickly becomes a much deeper story than that -- a tale of corruption, deceit and conspiracy, which culminates in you being framed for the Forsworn's murders and imprisoned in Cidhna Mine. Once down there, you have to choose to either kill Madanach, the Forsworn leader, or lead a prison break with him. I don't know about you, but I'd say that counts as "deep".

Finally, the bit about how you don't have to prove yourself to the Daedric Princes anymore. In Oblivion, this sort of made sense -- you weren't some epic hero, you were just some random person who'd just gotten out of jail. In Skyrim, on the other hand, you're the Dragonborn -- a prophesied hero who's one of the most powerful warriors in Tamriel. That should be more than enough to convince any Daedra worth his salt that you're a worthy champion. And even then, you still have to prove yourself through completing that Daedra's quest. You want to be Meridia's champion? You have to kill the guy desecrating her shrine first. Wanna be Mehrunes Dagon's champion? You have to kill Silas to prove yourself. Peryite's champion? Clear out the Afflicted from Bthardamz. Boethiah? Turns out she already has a champion, and you have to kill him to take his place. I could go on, but I think I've made my point.