Originally
posted by
Havoc:
"finish Skyrim"
I didn't 100% finish it, but I played through well over 50% of the side quests, finished the civil war (Go Stormcloaks!), played through the College and TG factions completely, destroyed the Dark Brotherhood and killed Alduin.
Sadly, it's hooked me in to want to see how some of the other options are though, so I'm playing it a second time simply to play the Companions' Quests, join the Imperial Legion and be part of the Dark Brotherhood. Although in fairness, I also used console commands to beef my guy up instead of doing a true second play through (I got to about level 10 the 2nd time and decided "screw this! I'm only playing the 2nd time for the storylines!" and looked up how to advance skills in the console)