Who else is like this? 😁

[The_Dark_Knight]

 

[Onicat]

Once I got lost in the first Dragon Quest...

 

[BrawlMan]

Me with Tsushima.

 

[Fietto!]

Any game that gives you side quests/detours.

 

[PhrawzT]

Any game that has a map that needs to be revealed by wandering around will always lead to me playing for a couple hours just trying to fill in all the missing places.

 

[nava]

Ikr?! every corner of the scenario/dungeon/house has to be checked to avoid missing important stuff or even a little fistful of grass, that i will never use BUT you never know what you will need in end-end-game

 

[Appiplyer]

'>' if the road lead you to the main quest then go elsewhere if you've explores everywhere else then please continue.

This same motto made me ended up to mysidia in Final Fantasy 2 despite haven't finished the first quest of infiltrating the castle yet

 

[Rocket2049]

Once I got lost in the first Dragon Quest...

oh yeah very possible, i beat the first dragon quest WITHOUT saving the princess the first time.
and barely any torches, i went dark through caves (just moving till i hit a wall by the bump noise it makes)

Any game that gives you side quests/detours.

Any game that has a map that needs to be revealed by wandering around will always lead to me playing for a couple hours just trying to fill in all the missing places.

Ikr?! every corner of the scenario/dungeon/house has to be checked to avoid missing important stuff or even a little fistful of grass, that i will never use BUT you never know what you will need in end-end-game

i'm crazy about this kinda stuff, map isn't fully filled in i'm flipping around!

Skyrim was large enough that i did a on-horse travel across the entire map, no fast travels, around the outer perimeter of the entire game world (non-dlc)
it took me a bit over 12 hours, JUST the outer perimeter, then i filled in every spot in between and marked all possible locations found,
my game was at 40ish hours and i literally JUST was after escaping from my beheading at the start, i stole the horse from a knight. i advanced NONE of the main story in that time.
...does it surprise you i didn't finish the main story? and i put 200 hours into it.

now that's not the WORST sidetracking i've had in a game
anyone who's played Xenoblade X... yeah you already know...
if you don't, look up what you have to do to COMPLETELY 100% it, like everything EVERYTHING done.
i spent over 100 hours i'm sure, and wasn't even halfway through the story! i was max level!!
if i recall the game said i was 20% overall completion in one of the menus.
let me tell you, when i unlocked the FLYING mechs I explored EVERY DAMN WHERE!
i can't think of a game with a more expansive map size then xenoblade X.

oh wait, there's elder scrolls daggerfall for MS-DOS

 

[PSVitaForever]

Of course! My only fear, sometimes, is missing sometimes because of arriving earlier in a place I'm not supposed to be, but it usually won't happen: the road is blocked somehow or the event won't trigger, so no problem in exploring (and maybe dying because the enemies are too strong).

 

[Ikagura]

Any game that has a map that needs to be revealed by wandering around will always lead to me playing for a couple hours just trying to fill in all the missing places.

That's why I've activated every towers in BotW as a personal side mission next to the photo spots.

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oh wait, there's elder scrolls daggerfall for MS-DOS

That's impressive for its time but a bit overkill if you have to spend literal hours to travel on foot.

 

[Megarockman _1987 Megarockman _1987]

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Yep! My obsession with find hidden items or Easter eggs doesn't allow me to follow a single route

 

[Rakoniomm]

Yup that's Yakuza for me

it's really weird how the side content is much more entertaining than the main one I have never experienced a game that has reversed priorities like it

 

[Graves Ruinwalker]

i'm crazy about this kinda stuff, map isn't fully filled in i'm flipping around!

Skyrim was large enough that i did a on-horse travel across the entire map, no fast travels, around the outer perimeter of the entire game world (non-dlc)
it took me a bit over 12 hours, JUST the outer perimeter, then i filled in every spot in between and marked all possible locations found,
my game was at 40ish hours and i literally JUST was after escaping from my beheading at the start, i stole the horse from a knight. i advanced NONE of the main story in that time.
...does it surprise you i didn't finish the main story? and i put 200 hours into it.

now that's not the WORST sidetracking i've had in a game
anyone who's played Xenoblade X... yeah you already know...
if you don't, look up what you have to do to COMPLETELY 100% it, like everything EVERYTHING done.
i spent over 100 hours i'm sure, and wasn't even halfway through the story! i was max level!!
if i recall the game said i was 20% overall completion in one of the menus.
let me tell you, when i unlocked the FLYING mechs I explored EVERY DAMN WHERE!
i can't think of a game with a more expansive map size then xenoblade X.

And im always thinking at such open and expansive RPGs , why we actually need a Main-story for it when the sidequests and hidden dungeons , houses , ruins and the hidden areas are enough content to play countless hours already ?

Better to make endings based what your characters goals are instead making the same " WORLD IS IN DANGER AND WE NEED YOU TO GET RID OF IT , OH CHOSEN ONE !!!! .... but take your time and do level up shenanigans because the Demon King / World Dragon / Lord McVillian van Badguy is just waiting and do nothing specificly for you to arrive at 20:00 o'clock at the Tower of Allthingsimportant with a Blankett and a bag of chips for his night-out between life and death ."-stick . Not everyone wants to become a King-god of all universes .

I just want to be Lord who lives happily with a beautiful Wife and Kids while train and build an army to hold guard at my fortress of badassery . Or being a rich trader who lifes in the high society and waiting for my next victims to plan my future robberies as the legendary thief who not only stoles their treasury but the hearts of their beautiful daughters .

Being King is boring and there is too much responsibility for it . Its kinda gay tbh .

 

[SamanthaSamantha's icon]

If the world's nice enough (and/or I'm in a power fantasy), I'd explore every last nook and cranny in my way to the objective.

On RTSs, I tend to wander around looking for the enemy, which is something real world militaries *cough*America*cough* have done in desert and jungle alike >:D

 

[Nebulon_Galaxy]

When I play a game I tend to look at every nook and cranny and see all the locations and take it all in so it looks like this.

 

[Sheepy765]

I’m like this for a lot of games, Breath of the Wild in especially.

 

[Graves Ruinwalker]

When I play a game I tend to look at every nook and cranny and see all the locations and take it all in so it looks like this.
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More like this ?

 

[Nebulon_Galaxy]

More like this ?
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thats me! gotta grab everything!

 

[Strategist Strategist]

That's how I am with JRPGs. Unfortunately, I don't have the patience I used to have and this side quest FOMO has me lose interest in the game. Unless the game has really good sidequests, that is.

 

[ArchienineArchienine's icon]

My experience with most RPG

 

[shaggi]

Only if i get lost in game world. Otherwise i going straight to the place.

 

[Rocket2049]

ever play star ocean game? they are SO GODDAMN FULL OF MISSABLES
i literally got so pissed at Star ocean the last hope AND NO NEW GAME PLUS, AND UNLOCKABLE DIFFICULTIES, AND ONE OF THE WORST 100% ACHIEVEMENT GAMES IVE EVER HEARD OF
this is the image i had way back on PS3 playing it...
nevermind all that, the HUGE amount of missable content because there's absolutely ZERO backtracking in this game (so you HAVE to do everything as soon as possible, you have no choice or you miss it)
i failed MORE THAN HALF THE SIDE QUESTS, because i could no longer turn them in...
it's one the most frustrating RPG game moments i've ever had.
i permanently missed the treasure scanner an item that SHOWS ALL CHESTS IN EVERY MAP
i have to replay this game SOMEDAY, but mark my words i'm gonna use some sort of cheats past playthrough 1.

on a better note, Star ocean second story R is such a VERY GOOD REMAKE, and just about the ONLY star ocean game with a proper new game plus (all gear, levels and even relationship points, skills, pretty much everything that matters to beat the game again in about 2-3 hours)
it has one HUGE point of no return but it's hugely obvious after the first run, or any quick quide read.