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Best Video Game Side Quests
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Heisenberg007
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Came here to write this.
I also liked many of the side-quests in Ghost of Tsushima and Horizon Forbidden West.
gow3isben
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Mid
Jennings
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What does Mid mean? Something about The Lands Between being in the middle of something?
Fredrik
Member
Is that a side quest? I’d say it’s an alternative main quest considering it’s how you get one of the big endings.
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
Yakuza games are the king of sidecontent. Not only you get like a hundred sidequests per game (all telling their own little story) but you also get minigames with their corresponding story too.
Gojiira
Member
It is a side quest, none of her content is actually necessary to progress. More like a secret ending.
On topic though, Fallout New Vegas hands down had the best side quests, multiple routes, multiple outcomes, still to this day very few games have even come close. Witcher 3 side quests were also fantastic. Miles Morales had pretty good side stuff too, I liked how they mixed up standard side missions such as taking a selfie with a fan and it gets interrupted by a explosion, was pretty cool Imo.
Punished Miku
Gold Member
If you count The Forgotten City as one big Oblivion side quest, it's my pick for first place.
Heimdall_Xtreme
Jim Ryan Fanclub's #1 Member
Gravity rush 1 and 2
Many of the missions in Gravity rush 2 are morals of life and self-improvement, besides that they are beautiful, I really like them.
Many of the missions in Gravity rush 2 are morals of life and self-improvement, besides that they are beautiful, I really like them.
gow3isben
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I just thought it was theoretically good but too much not knowing what the hell is going on having to look at guides which overall made it middle of the pack
The dragon fight and upper liurnia sections were highlight as was that ice sword sorcery reward
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fart town usa
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Ghostwire: Tokyo has some fantastic side quests.
Platinumstorm
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I really liked how side quests were set up in Final Fantasy VI.
I also enjoyed GoW Norse 1's side quests.
I also enjoyed GoW Norse 1's side quests.
NeoIkaruGAF
Gold Member
Yeah. An entire area can be missed if you don’t pursue this one, and the ending of the quest (not the Ranni ending of the whole game) is the best thing in the entire game. That scene is basically what Tim Burton chased for all his life and never achieved.
Possibly the best side quest in any game. Majora’s Mask is a very mature game masquerading as a children’s game.
Fredrik
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I don’t know, a side quest for me is something like Boc or Patches, something small and isolated that don’t affect much in the game.
But if Ranni is truly a side quest then it’s the #1 for me too no doubt.
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spawn
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Witcher 3 side quests. Fallout and Elder Scrolls games have really good side quests as well. I think that is what makes those games so great. A lot of games side quests are just filler, but those 3 games actually add to the story with their side quests that they almost seem like main quests
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
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Heimdall_Xtreme
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I know... The best in the worldI know what else you like about them
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F31 Leopard
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Xenoblade Chronicles X. A lot of people overlook or neglect the side stories which happen to be great. Some are funny, some are serious and some add context to of the mysteries happening on Mira.
ByWatterson
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There are whole sub-regions in God of War: Ragnarok that exist solely for sidequests. Insane.
Rockondevil
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Probably not the best as some other greats have already been mentioned. But RDR2 had some I enjoyed.
Grildon Tundy
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It's 2016. I discover this mini-game for the first time around noon. Next thing I know, it's dark out, and I've maxed out my cabaret club's profits.
Pokemon's "collecting" hook never grabbed me. But I HAD to have all the best girls for my club.
Laptop1991
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Yeah the Witcher 3, and Oblivion's faction quests were good for me, Skyrim's were too short compared to Oblivion's i thought.
Aion002
Member
Some of The Witcher 3 side quests are great, specially the ones that changes the end of the game.
Elden Ring also has a couple of optional quests that gives different endings to it.
Also, there's the Suikoden series which has many side quests that adds new party members, that affects the games in different ways and are quite memorable and useful. Same thing on Chrono Cross.
I love side quests that gives different endings, it adds a lot replay value for me.
Elden Ring also has a couple of optional quests that gives different endings to it.
Also, there's the Suikoden series which has many side quests that adds new party members, that affects the games in different ways and are quite memorable and useful. Same thing on Chrono Cross.
I love side quests that gives different endings, it adds a lot replay value for me.
Mozzarella
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I can safely tell that the author of the article cares the most about multiple ways to do your quest based on his article, definitely doesnt care about quality of story the quest is telling. Although those are different approaches i think both can be important, but i understand its very difficult to come up with a quest that does both simultaneously.
Best games with side quests to me are:
Witcher 3, Fallout New Vegas, Oblivion.
Top 3
Rest of the top list.
Baldur's Gate 2
Divinity Original Sin 2
Chrono Trigger
Mass Effect 2
Morrowind/Skyrim
Fallout 2
Suikoden 2
KCD
Majora's Mask
VTMB
RDR2
Dark Souls
Dishonored
Are all games with good side quests, but imo nothing tops the 3 above.
As for the quests themselves there's too many options you can pick.
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Continuation..
I mean lets ask ourselves, what makes a good side quest? what makes doing one worthwhile and rewarding, imo its a combination of these.
1- Side quests that fleshes out the world and its lore.
You get a side quest than explain or detail history or a present via lore or backstory or even environmental storytelling that gives depth and context to the world the player is part of.
2- Side quests that develops a side or a main character in your story.
3- Side quests that gives the player multiple cool ways to finish or approach it, and compliments their build of choice or their playstyle.
4- Side quests that impact the world and change the ending or the story path
5- Side quests that lead to a chain of events and further side quests, making a very interesting mini-story series.
6- Side quests that is satisfying to replay and offers a uniquely gameplay mechanics and challenge
7- Side quests that offer unique and impressive and worthwhile rewards.
8- Side quests that offer interesting and good little stories that feel plausible, engaging and well written and directed.
My top list contains a mixture of all that.
For example
i heard a lot of praise about Yakuza series, granted i only played one game out of them, but the praise for its side quests was always confusing to me, as based on the ones i did, i found that it almost failed at most of my criteria requirement, I am sure some people love the episodic filler gag comedy that comes from them, but i personally found them to be an awful waste of time, unfortunately
Best games with side quests to me are:
Witcher 3, Fallout New Vegas, Oblivion.
Top 3
Rest of the top list.
Baldur's Gate 2
Divinity Original Sin 2
Chrono Trigger
Mass Effect 2
Morrowind/Skyrim
Fallout 2
Suikoden 2
KCD
Majora's Mask
VTMB
RDR2
Dark Souls
Dishonored
Are all games with good side quests, but imo nothing tops the 3 above.
As for the quests themselves there's too many options you can pick.
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Edit:
Continuation..
I mean lets ask ourselves, what makes a good side quest? what makes doing one worthwhile and rewarding, imo its a combination of these.
1- Side quests that fleshes out the world and its lore.
You get a side quest than explain or detail history or a present via lore or backstory or even environmental storytelling that gives depth and context to the world the player is part of.
2- Side quests that develops a side or a main character in your story.
3- Side quests that gives the player multiple cool ways to finish or approach it, and compliments their build of choice or their playstyle.
4- Side quests that impact the world and change the ending or the story path
5- Side quests that lead to a chain of events and further side quests, making a very interesting mini-story series.
6- Side quests that is satisfying to replay and offers a uniquely gameplay mechanics and challenge
7- Side quests that offer unique and impressive and worthwhile rewards.
8- Side quests that offer interesting and good little stories that feel plausible, engaging and well written and directed.
My top list contains a mixture of all that.
For example
i heard a lot of praise about Yakuza series, granted i only played one game out of them, but the praise for its side quests was always confusing to me, as based on the ones i did, i found that it almost failed at most of my criteria requirement, I am sure some people love the episodic filler gag comedy that comes from them, but i personally found them to be an awful waste of time, unfortunately
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tommycronin
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Insulindian phasmid. IYKYK
Touch fuzZy. get BizZay
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Half of the top 10 sidequests would be from Witcher 3
Beer Baelly
Al Pachinko, Konami President
Not a single Deus Ex or Witcher mention in that list
T4keD0wN
Member
I though that side quest (Lost Tales of Greece especially) in AC Odyssey were so much better than the main quests it made me think that people who complained about side quests in this game only played those god-awful randomly generated ones.
Obsidian, old bioware and CDPR games have some of the best side quests, also borderlands for people who are into that.
Obsidian, old bioware and CDPR games have some of the best side quests, also borderlands for people who are into that.
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
I don't get all the praise for The Witcher 3's sidequests. Story wise they were cool for sure, but gameplay wise I thought they were kinda shit since most of them revolved around using the witcher senses, which was boring on itself.
Touch fuzZy. get BizZay
Member
Kinda agree, that's the whole thing about witcher imo. Witcher 3 is all story/characters/dialogue/world exploration to me. I find the gameplay is quite average, good enough to get you through the game but not appealing on its own. However if the game is so beloved because its has the best writing, characters, world, etc that also extends to the sidequests being the best because of their interesting/meaningful events, characters and conversations
remember_spinal
Banned
Witcher 3 leans heavy on the writing. The gameplay is just something you gotta do to get to more writing.
I think people are gonna absolutely trash Witcher 4 if they dont throw the entire gameplay design out the window and start from scratch.
Handel
Member
That's a Skyrim mod not an Oblivion one. A side quest so good it became it's own game.
