Disclaimer: I despise practically every Bethesda game. Why am I stuck in first person? Why are these controls so obtuse? Why is the art style bland? Why does that NPC whom I was blackmailing two seconds ago suddenly try to blackmail me if I talk to him again? It's like every design choice they make in a game is designed to piss me off and ruin my immersion.
My general impression of Elder Scrolls is that they made a fantastic lore, but they hired a sociopathic simulationist to design the gameplay and write the script. The result is a game which can't regard either the NPCs or the player as actual human characters. [/rant]
My opinion is that Open World games and Fast Travel options do not mix well. If you have a good fast-travel mechanic you will make your maps colossal, which in turn discourages exploration the old fashioned way because it takes to long.







