In Skyrim, can you play past the game's final quest?

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Bethesda games, sadly, have been going downhill with respect to playing past the ending quest:

In Oblivion, you could play past the game's ending and even got a special piece of armor from it.
In Fallout 3, you couldn't play past the ending without buying the Broken Steel DLC.
In Fallout: New Vegas, you couldn't play past the ending. Period.

How does Skyrim handle the ending mission in this respect?

To be fair, Bethesda didn't develop New Vegas. Also, I love your avatar. — user9983, Commented Nov 11, 2011 at 20:12
I stumbled across an interview saying that you can progress past the ending without buying DLC. If I can find it again, I'll post it as an answer. — Arkive, Commented Nov 11, 2011 at 20:19
@OrigamiRobot To be absolutely fair, yes, that should be noted. Also, thank you :) — Aeo, Commented Nov 12, 2011 at 14:41

Arkive · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-11 20:25:09Z

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Quoting developer Todd Howard:

"When you finish the main quest you’ll be able to continue playing.”

And in reponse to if Skyrim's ending will be like Fallout 3, where you had to buy DLC:

"No, that was a mistake."

answered Nov 11, 2011 at 20:25

Arkive

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Excellent! Let's hope they do this with all future games, eh? :D
– Aeo
Commented Nov 12, 2011 at 14:40

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