To get a high score (i.e. no 1 on the list) you need to complete the game quickly. This doesn't mean you need to skip any quests (in fact I think they ALL need to be done) but it does mean you need to cut down on unnecessary travelling between continents. You will notice that when you sail or fly to a different location it usually goes to the next day at 7am. So a trip back to the Freedom Islands to pick up some more Sea Dogs and Orc Shamans is going to set you back TWO GAME DAYS.
Realising this, I was able to cut down the time from 49 days in my first game to 33 in my second, and improve the score accordingly. I don't think you can do it much quicker than this without skipping stuff, because there are several times when you have to travel from one continent to another to fulfill part of a quest.
I noticed that times doesn't seem to pass when going back and from the Land of the Dead and Elinia, or Underground Sea/Demonis.
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