User blog comment:The Milkman/Skyrim's Smorgasbord of Shortcomings/@comment-10278667-20120811051153

I agree with most points.

I found companions to be utterly disappointing (especially, as you mentioned, when compared to Fallout: New Vegas).

The biggest disappointment was the questlines. The Thieves' and Fighters Guild questlines from Oblivion took a while, and you got treated differently (mainly by faction members) depending on how far you had gone. Also, the questlines were a reasonable length. They could have been longer, but they were interesting. In Skyrim, the questline was short and only mildly interesting. By the time I had become interested, the story arc was practically over. And, as you pointed out, the worst part is I'm barely treated any differently. Brynjolf still can't find the time for me, Delvin and Vex still boss me around, and the minor members have barely changed their responses at all.