Phuulz Me Twice.. the magic of SOTA side quests at their best.

Just done this one. A little gem.

There is a lot of discussion on the current quest mechanics and the Devs acknowledge it needs a re-write.
However I fear much is lost in this debate on mechanics in terms of the lovely writing and underlying puzzles and challenges found in these quests when they work for you.

Phuulz Me Twice... made me think how immersive and elegant SOTA side quests can be. I wasn't looking for quests, i was just passing through the area and saw a little guy by his tent and thought, hello, you look interesting, so I went over for a chat. The dialogue was great, the quest, short and fun as befitting a side quest and I really enjoyed it.

I've done several side quests in the last couple of weeks and they have all been genuinely interesting and great fun and offered something by way of cerebral challenge or moral choices. The one in Mud with Viggo and Stian was particularly interesting. The mini quest chain in Crooked Shank is potentially awesome and was fun, but I managed to break it by being allowed to undertake certain steps in the wrong order. If and when this one is fixed I heartily recommend going to 'the Shank' and chatting with the locals

I'd love to see a list of who wrote all of the side quests and who continues to create them.

 

Thanks @Sannio, there's a pattern emerging here..quests your involved in writing are fun!

I've searched my bug report archive and we did chat about Crooked Shank a while back. Re-reading it I'm not sure you interpreted my experiences as bug, certainly it wasn't allocated a bug number, but I do feel that it was fairly easy to break simply as it allowed me to do stuff in the wrong order.

https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/forum/index.php?threads/crooked-shank-chain-cant-complete.140635/