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BONUS: Initial Side Quest Form Pattern

  • Yes, I like it, It's some dumb fun. 441
  • No, I have too much trauma from those quests, please dont do this to me. 14
  • 2024-05-13
  • 455 votes
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Hello you wonderful deviants,I recently posted a form about Side Quests you enjoy and don't enjoy in Videogames. Which you can still contribute to hereBut, i'm sure to no one's surprise, two of the most common "Disliked" quests, are fetch and escort.And it gave me an idea I wanted to float by you all. How would you feel about some Fetch and Escort quests that clearly make fun of them.For Example:Escort - You literally just escort someone like 5 steps in a game.Fetch - You speak to someone who asks you to fetch something, and the actual solution is telling them to get it themself or just decline (but declining would be finishing the quest)

Comments

Logan D.

This is my kind of comedy.

Chris

I actually don't mind those kinds of quests, as long as the game makes me feel like I'm doing them for a good reason and the mechanics aren't totally braindead. Most people hate escort missions because the companion AI is so dumb that they walk straight into danger, and it feels like the game is trying to sabotage you.

Breast Wishes

I actually don’t mind fetch quests as long as they are one and done. When I have to fetch Object A only to then be asked to fetch Objects B - F to finish the quest from that one person… I wanna kill myself. But yes, this idea of anti-quests like you suggested sound funny and fun as hell.

nsfwpixels

Thank you for the feedback, and love the idea of calling them "Anti-quests"

Sithrak

That’s awesome! Just use it sparingly. It’s a one time funny type of thing.

nsfwpixels

oh yeah absolutely, would entirely defeat the purpose if it became a chore haha

Henry

Maybe make it for Escort Quest something like the escorted person is way stronger than you and it is more like you are escorted then them. Escort Quests are often not liked, as the AI of your escort target is just dumb and runs into every danger possible or is just way to slow.

nsfwpixels

Thank you for the feedback Henry, that could be a cool idea!

David

Fetch quest but the item the person is asking for has to be pickpocketed off of that same person

Maze

If we’re making fun of escort missions, have the npc move faster than the pc’s walk speed, but slower than the pc’s run speed lmao 🤣

nsfwpixels

Would be a sure fire way to get people to rage quit haha

David

Also also, what if: escort quest, but the escort is sisyphus’s boulder (or an NPC equivalent) and each time you’re almost there, it just distracts you by asking for a flower or something and then dissapearing once the player gets off screen. Then they reappear in the village where you found them and offer the same exact request. Maybe if you do the request enough times, the “Sisyphus boulder” actually makes it to its destination and you get an Easter egg item or achievement

nsfwpixels

Hahaha that's pure evil. I love it!

Mr.Banana

Personally I don’t mind escort or fetch quests so long as they’re attached to something. Like in Skyrim when you get the dragon stone. Sure it’s a fetch quest but your also exploring a dungeon. It monotonous types liking going to another city or finding something that generates randomly in the wild.

nsfwpixels

Hey Yo Moe, thank you for your feedback, that's really super fair. Definitely a matter of reward to effort ratio

Dean Rowe

An escort quest with an actual escort would be funny for a H game

nsfwpixels

Haha could definitely give "escort quest" a fresh take