It's always the same when I play these sorts of games, Oblivion, Mass Effect etc, I love the sidequests, exploring etc and spend ages doing those, the main plot usually never interests me as it nearly always makes an "open" feeling game become linear as I know this is the path to the "end" of the game.
At least Skyrim doesnt have those bloody oblivion gates, i hated those, so boring and logwinded, "oh great, up ANOTHER tower and grab the magic 8 ball, same as before then?, maybe this one wont have the same type of bad guy in it....nope, they're the same)