Quick Skyrim plot question

[Shellsh0cker]

To anyone in the final stages of the main plot: Is there some point at which you're just told to go scour the land for Dragon Shouts or something? I'm thinking of something like in Wind Waker when you have to go find the pieces of the Triforce of Courage, at which point I feel like the game says "OK, we're done railroading you for a while; go crazy."

 

[endtherapture]

To complete the story I think you only need Unrelenting Force, Dragonrend, Fire Breath and Whirlwind Sprint, getting all the shouts is completely optional I'm pretty sure.

 

[Moonlight Butterfly]

Yeah I finished the main plot and I don't have all the shouts. Sometimes you get sent letters telling you a new place to investigate for one though or you can just ask the Greybeards.

 

[Sleepy Sol]

Nope. As was said above you will only get a small number of shouts from progressing through the main story, and I can only remember one or two times where a shout is actually required to progress.