Best Video Games for quest design

#1

Optional quests received praise for classic-RPG flavor and meaningful rewards.

#2

Quest design was one of the strongest points, with reviewers praising memorable side stories, branching approaches, and strong writing, despite a few disappointing payoffs.

#3

Quest design was generally praised for attaching story, character moments, and worldbuilding to side activities instead of leaving them as empty errands.

#4

Quest design was praised where side quests kept layers busy and consistently rewarded players.

#5

Side-story quests were considered worthwhile and rewarding to find.

#6

Quest design is a major strength in many reviews thanks to memorable tales, bounties, organic side stories, and worthwhile rewards, though Eurogamer sharply dislikes the formulaic sidequests.

#7

Side quests were a major strength across reviews, often called intriguing, imaginative, and high quality, though one reviewer found some boring, rushed, or uneven.

#8

Quest design impressions are positive, centered on new officer quests and added side content that reviewers found exciting.

#9

Quest design benefited from clearer markers and destination guidance that made older side content easier to follow.

#10

Side quests are generally viewed positively when they deepen party relationships or world context, though some reviewers call out filler, repetition, or isolated dull tasks.

#11

Quest design received praise for Remembrance objectives that gave runs extra goals and meaningful character rewards.

#12

Reviewer evidence is positive: quest design was generally praised, though some notes were more qualified across 4 review(s).

#13

Quest design is divisive, with praise for investigative discovery but criticism that the broader structure can become a bounty-board routine.

#14

Quest evidence was split between strong praise for rewarding side content and complaints that some side quests were mundane or one-dimensional.

#15

Quest design is split: some reviewers like wishes and missions as structure, while others criticize boring or grindy fetch quests.

#16

Quest design was mixed: some quests guide players well, while others were vague, uneven, or narratively unexciting.

#17

Quest design split reviewers, with optionality and occasional stronger quests helping, but many side quests were still described as routine or unexciting.

#18

Fetch-style questing remains a pain point for one reviewer, who found ferrying boxes back and forth exhausting.

#19

Quest design was mixed to negative, with story quests and high-rank goals criticized despite on-the-fly questing being praised elsewhere.

#20

Quest design drew criticism when missions required backtracking and became tedious despite some memorable character interactions.

#21

Quest design was divisive, with some side-quest gating and RNG requirements described as tedious.