[Locke]

You don't miss out on much if you skip Skyrim's main story, it ends as soon as it begins and never captures the dizzying heights of its premise. Although honestly I'd say the side missions aren't much better.

Skyrim always felt unfocused and sprawling, you could play hours on end and never actually achieve anything. At first I loved getting lost in the world, but after a while it just grew to boredom as I didn't have any real goals.

Tomb Raider presents an island you can get lost in, but there are limits, goals and points to what you're doing in Skyrim you could literally play the game for 12 hours straight and in that time maybe you get someone some groceries and that is it.