Sidequests you completed that were a waste of time

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Flying Omelette

Sidequests you completed that were a waste of time

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(08/17/03 12:37 PM)

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What sidequests in games have you completed that you would consider to be a waste of time?

The two that come to mind for me are:

Super Mario Advance - Yoshi Egg Challenge. I really can't believe all you get for that is a Yoshi on the title screen. Why not have Yoshi as an unlockable playable character, instead? Not that it would've made the port any better, but at least it's something.

Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Kill all the Gold Skulltullas. All you get is a Gold Rupee. At that late point in the game, you don't really need it. Although, I hear that he'll give you the gold rupee each time you leave the house and return, so it's unlimited money, but still...there's nothing to buy that late in the game! For some reason, I still feel compelled to complete this subquest every time I play the game, though. I've heard other people say the same thing. Must be some kind of hypnosis. O_o

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(08/17/03 5:49 PM)

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Although, I hear that he'll give you the gold rupee each time you leave the house and return, so it's unlimited money
yeah, its true
and i SORTA cheat, its more like taking advantage of a glitch, i do the trick to repeadedly get the one skulltilla that is in the secret grotto next to the tree in hyrule castle(where you throw the B-rang to get the token but run into the light teleporter thing before it gets to you and it will re-appear)
so its actually quit rewarding for me

i think the most useless one that i have played is the Hard Dungeon from Bahamut Lagoon, the sidequests never give you anything, but it is INSANELY hard, and it took me a while even on Ex-Play

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(08/17/03 7:37 PM)

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Majora's Mask: The Anju-Kafei story.

This side-quest is the core of the Clock Town plot in the entire game. You have to dedicate a full 3 days (game time) to it in order for it to work. When you DO finish it, you get an all-but-useless mask that gives you a heart piece when you use it at a certain point. True, you get 2 other masks and a few small rewards here in there, but that concludes the main part of the game. I would've expected something like a new sword, or better defense with the mask on, or SOMETHING besides just a heart peice.

As a matter of fact, MOST of the masks in that game have side-quests which are useless or only give you a heart piece. They're only in there so you'd have something to give away for the Oni Link mask.

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(08/18/03 10:57 AM)

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Most collecting sidequests in 3D platformers are a waste of time. I don't bother to collect any more than what's necessary to complete the game, if I even play any of those games.

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(08/18/03 5:36 PM)

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ah, but you see, that sidequest in MM also will allow you to be Oni Link outside of boss fights if you know how to do it(after you get that mask of course)
and its just fun to do that, although it is a complete waste of time and you have to reset the game once the final day is over(or die) its fun to see what gliches and other things you can do as him(the gaurd is like, half your size, and the bommers are about the size of your foot!)

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(08/19/03 8:57 AM)

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I thought the reward for getting all 120 stars in Super Mario 64 was a waste. Just seeing Yoshi on the roof isn't much of a reward. I liked how getting all 96 goals in Super Mario World changed some of the graphics.

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(08/19/03 10:48 AM)

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I was annoyed that beating the Solid Arm boss in Illusion of Gaia didn't get you anything. The only thing you can get out of that sidequest, other than a little more of the story is one herb and that's if you don't use it on Solid Arm.

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(03/15/04 7:01 PM)

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Final Fantasy X-2 was full of idiotic time-consuming sidequests. You'd sometimes get a halfway decent item out of it, but usually it was just to increase your completion percentage. And the seemingly impossible 100% completion just gets you an ever so slightly better ending. Certainly not worth the trouble in most cases.

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(03/26/04 3:42 PM)

I can't think of anything other than that the Gold Rupee in Ocarina of Time is kind of lame, but usually completing a sidequest is rewarding just for the challenge in itself.

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(12/27/07 9:27 AM)

I'm going to go with Cloudbond007. FFx-2 was the nirvana of useless sidequests

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(12/27/07 1:21 PM)

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Oh, man, the White Rabbit sidequest in Super Mario 64 DS was the worst Time Wasted:Reward Gained ratio I'd seen since the Yoshi Egg challenge in Super Mario Advance.

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(12/27/07 1:30 PM)

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What was so disappointing about that is that until you finish it, you're anticipating some really special reward, and wondering what it'll be. What would be behind that door? I was expecting an extra character, maybe. And it was just one lousy star.

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(12/27/07 1:36 PM)

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I wonder if subquests like that were made with idea that your reward would be the satisfaction of completing them (the same way beating a really hard optional boss would be, and maybe you get an extra treat out of it like some artwork). Yeah, what's so satisfying about running around, diving at rabbits for an hour? The only thing it says about anybody is the designers thought you liked doing that.

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(12/29/07 11:41 PM)

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i got me a poseable(doll) for the evil one in chrono trigger. well, it is good for cool screenshots.

there was pointless "choose your own adventure" sort of game in star ocean 1. really only good for getting a few cheap items. completing it is just a waste of bombs, so i completed it anyway but made the "game mistress" drink stink potion and die.

no wait, those were mini-games.

ok, in arx fatalis there are 2 subquests for killing the earth goblins and the water goblins, given respectively by the water and earth goblins who hate each other. the subquests were good for earning experience points(200) early in the game,
but if it made a balanced character or a thief, you would already be high level enough(to not need that little bit experience) by the time you get to that area. the treasure rewarded are quite cheap, and money isn't worth much in the game to begin with. the "reward" for killing the water goblins is especially lame since it's only 1 hidden gold piece that they buried in a fairly dangerous ratman infested area. the treasure you loot from the dead water goblins is much better. you get better treasure and gold from the water goblins if you kill the earth goblins, but it's still better to kill the water goblins and take everything from them.

i think those subquests were meant to make you get pissed off at the goblins for being such poor cheapskates and inspire you to kill both tribes. BUT what the game doesn't tell you is that the 2 goblin tribes were protecting the nearby merchants, so killing them both will cause the merchants to die and all their wares will be stolen(so you can't loot the dead merchants either). the subquests were a deliberate farce. damn frenchies.

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(02/17/08 2:35 PM)

Being in the middle of a Parasite Eve playthrough I'd like to add the Chrysler Building to this list. The only real benefit to slogging through that dungeon is getting enough rare trading cards for the super toolkit. The best gear is available in the building but for the most part by the time you get it, it's no longer needed. It's also really frustrating slogging through nine levels of randomly-generated dungeon and dying to the boss on the tenth floor for that section or to a chest monster with ridiculously high attack power. On my last playthrough after dying a few times to the bosses I stopped collecting the treasures while going up and just waited until after the boss was dead and there were no more enemies in that section of the building.

I don't see how the designers really thought players were going to beat the twin roaches or the queen bee on the first try. Especially the roaches as the two of them have to be killed in sync or the battle will go on forever.

The reward for clearing all 77 floors is a crummy ending. It's just a few extra lines of dialogue and alternate music for the credit scroll. To top it all off the Chrysler Building is the only dungeon that isn't reset when you start a new game+ and, unfortunately, it has the best experience grind for leveling past 37.

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(03/03/08 1:52 PM)

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I never completed it, but the Ancient Cave in Lufia 2 seemed really pointless. The battles in the normal game are so easy that there's no need to get any of the special weapons or armor from that dungeon.

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(03/09/08 1:39 PM)

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I don't know how I kept forgetting to mention completing the "beat the micrograms a certain number of times" thing in Wario Ware Twisted. The reward for this is the option to reset the game.

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(03/09/08 4:40 PM)

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That's almost as good as the secret code for Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 that finally lets you pause.

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(03/18/08 1:01 PM)

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James FP wrote:
I never completed it, but the Ancient Cave in Lufia 2 seemed really pointless. The battles in the normal game are so easy that there's no need to get any of the special weapons or armor from that dungeon.

But getting to the bottom is a bigger challenge than the normal game. That's the point, so it's not pointless.

Chrysler Building in PE on other hand just plain sucked.

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