Best Video Games for quest design

#1

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

#2

Quest design received strong praise for weaving roguelite runs, optional quests, plot pieces, and characters together.

#3

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

#4

Quest design received strong support for handmade, optional, interwoven stories with grisly consequences and choices that affect world state.

#5

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

#6

Quest design has limited positive evidence, especially for character-specific unlock quests described as genuinely cool.

#7

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

#8

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

#9

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.

#10

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

#11

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

#12

Quest design trends positive, especially side quests, though one review’s praise contrasts with broader concerns about main-story pacing.

#13

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

#14

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.

#15

The leads and quest structure were a standout for many reviewers because it encouraged investigation and choice, though others found some objectives basic or unclear.

#16

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

#17

Side quests were viewed favorably in the cited review because Myths were spaced out rather than overwhelming the map.

#18

Quest design was mixed, with useful rewards and side stories offset by repetitive or hollow side objectives.

#19

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

#20

Quest design was split: several reviewers loved the branching checks and side content, while others saw busywork or inconsequential side quests.

#21

Quest design ranged from excellent side stories and meaningful follow-ups to fetchy, inconsistent, or repetitive tasks.

#22

Quest design ranged from rewarding app-based goals to occasional chaotic quest completion and unclear sequencing.

#23

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

#24

Quest design was divisive: some reviewers praised side quest writing, discussion topics, and bonding events, while others called quests boring or filler.

#25

Quest design was mixed: many reviewers liked silly or worthwhile side quests, while others found battle and fetch quests basic or uneven.

#26

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

#27

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

#28

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

#29

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

#30

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

#31

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

#32

Standard sidequests were consistently considered basic, forgettable or tedious, even when companion quests were better liked.

#33

Questing is mixed: reviewers like the low-pressure structure, but criticize busywork and quantity-over-quality objectives.

#34

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

#35

Quest design was uncertain to negative: one reviewer wanted to see more variety, while another disliked the repeated one-quest warp structure.

#36

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