WOAT Sidequests In Gaming?

[bogey_j]

i'm usually a guy that does every sidequest in a game just so I don't miss any content, but FFXVI really tested my patience. pretty much after the Titan fight I started skipping the sidequsts because they were too damn boring & tedious

I don't know if FFXVI has the abolute worst per se, but they are the worst in recent memory

 

[Fatboi1]

The sidequests are supposedly good at times, it's just there's too much all at once which annoys me.

 

[Mowgli]

Witcher 3 cyberpunk, rockstar from software did it best.

Then there's just the rest.

Collecting backpacks in Spider-Man. Yuck. Ill

 

[MidniteJay]

Dragon Age: Inquisition, I love the game but it is littered with a bunch of weak ass sidequests.

 

[Luke Cage]

i'm usually a guy that does every sidequest in a game just so I don't miss any content, but FFXVI really tested my patience. pretty much after the Titan fight I started skipping the sidequsts because they were too damn boring & tedious

I don't know if FFXVI has the abolute worst per se, but they are the worst in recent memory

Same, i never finished that game.

For me side quests still need to fit the motivations of the character.

In FFXVI you are an exiled prince on a mission to save the world from some sort of blight, i find it hard to be immersed with him taking time out to wait tables

Make side quests relevant to their motivations in the story. RDR2 does this right for example. Arthur Morgan in RDR2 isn't going to take time out of robbing people to help bust some tables at a restaurant, but he might rob a homestead

 

[ALonelyDad]

Most modern games struggle with it. They need to stick with quality over quantity. There were some great side quests in FFXVI which gave background on the side characters, I was fine with it. The rest were dumb, they should replace them with battles/etc to get good rewards.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

i mean, FFXV and FF7R literally had worse sidequest

I’d say most JRPGs are well behind the curve in terms of designing good sidequest

 

[Grifter]

Anything involving me having to transport/escort people/big items that either can't protect themselves or the ai team leaves it up to me.

 

[Loose]

Honestly anything outside of the main in 16 was just awful and boring. It's a very weird game

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

FFXVI side quest wouldn’t have been as unbearable if they weren’t placed right after the
Titan fight and piled up before the final battle.

 

[tripleaamin]

Xenoblade 1 by by far

 

[stepbackj34spud]

i'm usually a guy that does every sidequest in a game just so I don't miss any content, but FFXVI really tested my patience. pretty much after the Titan fight I started skipping the sidequsts because they were too damn boring & tedious

I don't know if FFXVI has the abolute worst per se, but they are the worst in recent memory

I skipped like 90% of the side quests in FFXVl.. they were crazy ass. The only thing i did was look for some of the bounties.

 

[KBtheKey]

One small favour

And prolly recipe for disaster

 

[the elastic]

Most modern games struggle with it.

Probably cause they reallocated the resources to online gaming.