Your All-Time Favorite Side Quests

[DaSk8D00D]

What are some of yall’s all time favorite side quests from any game/generation?

If it’s a more recent game spoiler that shyt tho



First one that comes to mind for me is the Dark Brotherhood questline in Oblivion, particularly the murder-mystery one in the mansion where you’re the killer and instigating everybody to turn on each other. Brilliant quest design on all levels

Spoiler: Cyberpunk: Sinnerman & Peralez Quests

Aside from all the branching paths, acting out the crucifixion scene was some of the craziest shyt I’ve ever seen or done in a video game

Also the mystery/conspiracy behind the Blue Eye Men in the Peralez quest will forever have me

The Hiji phone AI quest line in Yakuza 6 one of the funniest ones in the entire series. She starts getting jealous and talking shyt about Siri and gets possessive over Kiryu

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Tower Full of Mice

Spoiler: Story Summary

Journal Entry

A horrible curse had befallen Fyke Isle and the tower that stood upon it. Half a year prior, Lord Vserad had moved his court there, seeking shelter from approaching Nilfgaardian armies. While famine raged all around, the lord of Velen wallowed in excess and cared not a whit for his suffering vassals. The gods saw fit to punish him and, towards this end, cursed him. One day, a host of mice scurried into the tower and proceeded to devour everything, including Vserad, his court and his resident mage, Alexander.The isle had been haunted since that day, and fishermen feared to sail the lake, putting yet another dent in the already battered local economy. The local peasants thus asked Keira to lift the curse, and she turned to the witcher for help. Enticed by Keira's charms and her promise of additional rewards, Geralt took on the task. The sorceress equipped him with a magic lamp he could use to commune with dead souls, gave him a firm pat on the rear for good luck and sent him off to lift the curse.

If Geralt brings Anabelle's remains to Graham:
During his investigation of the isle, Geralt discovered the lord's daughter, Anabelle, was the key to lifting the curse. She had died along with the others and her spirit now roamed the tower's empty halls, trapped in this vale of tears by her love for a fisherman named Graham.Geralt thought taking her remains to the fisherman would solve everything - but instead it led to catastrophe. Anabelle, he discovered, was not an unfortunate lost soul but a dangerous plague maiden. The wraith had tricked Geralt - when he removed Anabelle's remains from the tower the plague maiden was freed from her prison and ventured out into the world to spread disease and pestilence.

If Geralt brings Graham to the tower:
During his investigation of the isle, Geralt discovered the lord's daughter, Anabelle, was the key to lifting the curse. She had died along with the others and her spirit now roamed the tower's empty halls, trapped in this vale of tears by her love for a fisherman named Graham. Geralt lifted the curse by bringing Graham back to see his love, but the story did not end happily. The young man's kiss dispatched the wraith into eternal slumber, but killed Graham - for, as Geralt realized all too late, Anabelle's ghost had become a deadly plague maiden, a spectral sower of disease and pestilence.

Andale quest






Sinnerman quest

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Pyramid Song



Restoring the Forest in Chrono Trigger

 

[Flexington]

That Bloody Baron questline on the witcher 3 might be up there for me

And any side quests that changes the in-game world around me are in some way

 

[My Girl is Bow Legged]

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

Chocobo Racing and Snowboarding in FFVII were the first things I thought of

 

[CEO of Morgan Industries]

The G.O.A.T. sidequest for my money. Though I usually end it by shooting the same people every time I come back to this game.

 

[IsThatBrothaMouzone?]

What are some of yall’s all time favorite side quests from any game/generation?

If it’s a more recent game spoiler that shyt tho



First one that comes to mind for me is the Dark Brotherhood questline in Oblivion, particularly the murder-mystery one in the mansion where you’re the killer and instigating everybody to turn on each other. Brilliant quest design on all levels

Spoiler: Cyberpunk: Sinnerman & Peralez Quests

Aside from all the branching paths, acting out the crucifixion scene was some of the craziest shyt I’ve ever seen or done in a video game

Also the mystery/conspiracy behind the Blue Eye Men in the Peralez quest will forever have me

The Hiji phone AI quest line in Yakuza 6 one of the funniest ones in the entire series. She starts getting jealous and talking shyt about Siri and gets possessive over Kiryu

I was LITERALLY gonna go with Dark Brotherhood from Oblivion too

 

[Ruck]

Mass effect 2 mordin loyalty mission

 

[Fctftl]

Dark Brotherhood in Oblivion is the funnest side story ever. A highlight from that questline was called “Whodunnit”.

Planted poison apples in the bowls to kill the guests

The other was sneaking into the old mans home and dropping the taxidermy on his head.

Then there was cutting off the captains finger and putting it in the drawer as a warning shot

My guy Lucias Lechance got falsely accused at the end of the storyline and paid the price.

 

[Phantum]

Brotherhood quest in Skyrim. Still remember reanimating that traitors burnt corpse so she could serve me for eternity


Killing every last person on that boat


Backstabbing that arrogant jerk in the tavern who originally asked for the job to be done

 

[Adeptus Astartes]

The G.O.A.T. sidequest for my money. Though I usually end it by shooting the same people every time I come back to this game.

Thats a great one. I also really liked the Dunwich Building quest in Fallout 3.

 

[Adeptus Astartes]

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