Quote Originally Posted by Morty View Post
You still need lockpicks or spells to open every crappy wooden door instead of hacking it to pieces with your huge enchanted dwemer waraxe or blowing it up. So I wouldn't say they avoid it. Breaking down doors was possible in Daggerfall, though.
Hmm, true, but at least they weren't plot-locked, was my point. Still, as you said, not a perfect case.

Quote Originally Posted by factotum View Post
Skyrim definitely has doors which are locked and require a key no matter what...you can't even open them with the Skeleton Key, AFAIK.
Oh. I wouldn't know, I didn't play Skyrim.