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Do you skip Optional Areas/Quests?
- Thread starter Baphomet
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Yupp.
Obviously, it depends on the game. Sometimes, I will do most of the major side-content. Very rarely will I 100% a game, because I value variety in games over being a completionist. All depends on the person and the type of game, I think. In any case, I'm not forcing myself to play a game I'm not enjoying, and I'm not forcing myself to play more of a game when I'm satisfied with it.
I can't, and in fact often I give in to temptation and look up guides/wikis to ensure I don't miss places my first run through. Bad habit, really.
If I decide to play a game then it's because I want to experience what that game offers so I always do most of the stuff there is.....I'm currently playing Assassins's Creed Odyssey.....and there is a lot of stuff,lol......I'm enjoying it though.
I couldn't care less if an area or quest was a required part of progression or not. I only care if it's interesting or not. I'm not playing a game out of an obligation to beat it as quickly as possible. And in many games, the side content can be a lot more interesting than a lot of the mainline content. So I'm not sure why I would skip it simply because it's optional. I'm also not obligated to do everything mundane.
All the time. Just finished death stranding and didn't do a single optional delivery. Still took me 35 hours.
towards the end of a large game if i just wanna be done with it and move on to something else, I might skip, or if its an unnecessarily bloated Ubisoft game.
Unless I really dislike the game, I try and do all optional areas/bosses - Yakuza for example I do all the side stuff (even the mini game completion list), Sekiro (or other Souls like games) I get all endings/fight all bosses etc. For the moment - I'm playing the Mega Man Zero/ZX Collection and am doing two runs on each game - a normal (warm up) run, then an A/S rank run as certain boss moves are hidden behind high rank play, and in certain boss' cases it completely changes the difficulty and makes the games way more fun. So yeah, if I enjoy the game I want to see all it has to offer.
I draw the line at collectables though. I wanted to do another run of Until Dawn to see the best ending but after reading I'd need to get all of one type of collectable I yielded, just not what I want to do in a game, especially a narrative one like that (nothing kills immersion faster than looking at a list to make sure I get all the collectables per chapter).
I draw the line at collectables though. I wanted to do another run of Until Dawn to see the best ending but after reading I'd need to get all of one type of collectable I yielded, just not what I want to do in a game, especially a narrative one like that (nothing kills immersion faster than looking at a list to make sure I get all the collectables per chapter).
Nope. To a fault, at times. I bailed on Skyrim because I kept going from one side quest to another and by the time I caught up with the main quest, I was burnt out. Same thing happened with Witcher 3, but I eventually finished that one.
If I'm 20 side quests in and they have proven to be incessant fetch quests with no depth, I will eventually start ignoring them.
This is a new directive for me because in the past I would keep doing them and eventually burn out would set in, causing me to drop games entirely. Looking at you every Bethesda game ever made.
This is a new directive for me because in the past I would keep doing them and eventually burn out would set in, causing me to drop games entirely. Looking at you every Bethesda game ever made.
I do some nearer the start of the game and then usually end up only picking up the ones that seem interesting to me. Most of the time I feel like they pad out the game unnecessarily.
Rarely but I remember when playing Skyrim and at one point having to find so many random books in caves that I said fuck it and rushed through the main story.
Every time I opened the quest log I had like 20 things I needed to find in a cave.
Every time I opened the quest log I had like 20 things I needed to find in a cave.
Cop out answer, but it depends on the game. Sometimes I do optional side stuff. Sometimes I don't.
if it's not fun I dont waste my time with them, that's why I. lately did any botw side quests. on the flip side I did most of witcher 3 base game side quests because they were all generally engaging.
I rarely skip optional areas, I'll usually at least go and see it and explore a little.
Optional quests though.. if it sounds like a 'collect the 50 magic tokens' one, or a fetch quest to somewhere I've been ten times already, or a 'for every ten x you bring me, I'll give you a mediocre reward' one, those I skip, it's just busywork. A quest should sound exciting to my character in it's brief, not just in it's reward.
Optional quests though.. if it sounds like a 'collect the 50 magic tokens' one, or a fetch quest to somewhere I've been ten times already, or a 'for every ten x you bring me, I'll give you a mediocre reward' one, those I skip, it's just busywork. A quest should sound exciting to my character in it's brief, not just in it's reward.
Depends on the quality
If sidequests aren't worth/don't respect my time then I probably won't do them. On my initial playthrough of a game I usually just do whatever and play at my own pace, I'll then go back and find what I missed if I feel the game still has more to offer. With Souls games I do absolutely everything as there's rarely a drop in quality
If sidequests aren't worth/don't respect my time then I probably won't do them. On my initial playthrough of a game I usually just do whatever and play at my own pace, I'll then go back and find what I missed if I feel the game still has more to offer. With Souls games I do absolutely everything as there's rarely a drop in quality
I usually feel compelled to 100% a game when I get into one. I've tried to ease off of this though since it can so often end up feeling unfulfilling and a waste of time. There's too many other games worth giving a try to spend more time on the bloat that AAA games have these days.
Depends on the game if I'm enjoying the loop I do them like AC origins if I only want the main story like Horizon I bee line it
Yes. Too many games not enough time.
Hell, I only game like 20 hours a month. I'm honestly pretty close to giving up the hobby.
Hell, I only game like 20 hours a month. I'm honestly pretty close to giving up the hobby.
I absolutely skip boring shit. I will give most side shit a chance though. I feel bad for the people that can't skip it. I know a few people that hated Spiderman because they kept doing side activities. I almost exclusively did the main story and thought the game was fucking fantastic. I did one of each activity and decided that they sucked and did no more. No idea why people put themselves through that shit.
Spider-Man was one that I was enjoying all the side stuff and I'd complete it right away but then after like the third wave of unlocked side content being more of the same I ignored it.
I make optional areas and quests my priority before doing the main quest.
I do skip them *sometimes*, I suppose. But, not as often as I *don't* skip them.
I do skip them *sometimes*, I suppose. But, not as often as I *don't* skip them.
Seems weird to frame this as such a binary question. I'll do them if I feel like it and skip them if i don't
i do them if i like the world enough , just traveling , enjoying the sights and sounds . Skyrim ., Witcher 3, RDR 2, AC 2/Brotherhood /Origins , FH4
I skip em if they are just collectibles or theres too much content and most of it is forgettable . Like AC Oddysey or most ubisoft open worlds , Days gone , HZD , spiderman
I skip em if they are just collectibles or theres too much content and most of it is forgettable . Like AC Oddysey or most ubisoft open worlds , Days gone , HZD , spiderman
