User blog comment:The Joker~/TES games-Smaller and more detailed world or bigger and less detailed world?/@comment-5558140-20121209012339/@comment-5558140-20121209012811

and actually a good example of what your looking for is probably a game like deus ex, where its a restricted space in some areas but offering longish missions and plenty of detail, but in all honesty if it was to be made small it just wouldn't be elder scrolls.