Main quest vs side quests

01-17-24 12:43 PM

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When playing a game, do you tend to favor the main quest mostly, and then work on the side quests afterwards?

Or do you work on side quests as they pop up?

Or do you purposefully keep the main quest for the end?

I typically:

"Get me feel wet" by working on the main quest for a few hours
Try a few side quests, especially the ones I think may give me better items/stats/skills
Work on the main quest until I can tell I'm at the end-game
Work on completing all the side quests I have the patience to (like, 80% completion or so)
Finish the main quest
Check if there's any good post-game content

When playing a game, do you tend to favor the main quest mostly, and then work on the side quests afterwards?

Or do you work on side quests as they pop up?

Or do you purposefully keep the main quest for the end?

I typically:

"Get me feel wet" by working on the main quest for a few hours
Try a few side quests, especially the ones I think may give me better items/stats/skills
Work on the main quest until I can tell I'm at the end-game
Work on completing all the side quests I have the patience to (like, 80% completion or so)
Finish the main quest
Check if there's any good post-game content

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01-17-24 02:53 PM

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I tend to follow the main quest for the first few hours on my playthrough, then take on a bunch of side quest afterwards, then pretty much continue on the main story again. I rinse and repeat this in a game until im at the end of the main story. This actually varies from game to game for me. I've played some games with very tedious and almost unrewarding side quest.

I love it when side quest actually have their own little stories of their own, even larger stories spanning multiple side quest.

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01-17-24 06:00 PM

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for me it depends on the game. In Mega Man Legends I tend to do the side quests first before the main quests. There is a reason for this. In Legends the side quests you can get power ups that can be made into powerful weapons. This makes completing the main quests much easier. Legends 2 is the same way.

Mega Man X its a hybrid. In the X series you have to complete the main quests first. However, you have to backtrack a lot on side quests to get all the power ups and items. I actually like games that are a hybrid.

Mega Man classic series is a lot like the X series and requires both.

Kirby and Mario games they mostly require you to do the main quests then go back and do side quests. You cannot advance in those games until you do the main quests.

Overall, I really like games that are hybrids that make you complete the main quests but allow you to do side quests. I also think that is what makes Mega Man games so fun to play and popular.