Open-World Games With The Best Side Quests Ranked

Bill Williamson was born in 1866 as Marlon Williamson, but he felt embarrassed by it, so he changed it. He grew up in an uneasy household as his father was a heavy drinker. Afraid of having the same fate, Bill decided to join the US Army and was assigned to the 15th infan


However, it's not too long after we see the honorable man John is under all of his shortcomings. He is rescued and nursed back to health by Bonnie MacFarlane, a fierce and proud rancher, and John goes out of his way to repay his debt to her and her fam


His son Jack is cold and distant, and his wife Abigal is worried that John will slip back into his desperado ways. After all the work John put in, it hardly seems fair. But as John himself says to his wife, "Ain't nothing fair. You know th


On the surface, Micah Bell comes across as nothing more than your typical Western scoundrel. He's a rat who's willing to sell his soul for the right price. During the story, he may seem like a nuisance at most, but it isn't until the final hours of the game where players realize just how vile Micah


Back in the days, he was a lone wolf native American who lived by his own moral code. However, things changed when his favorite cousin, Red Harlow, needed his help on his quest to find Colonel Daren, the murderer of his pare


But despite his obvious affection for her, John is not tempted. It bucks the trend of so many AAA games, in that feelings are made obvious, but never acted on. For the writers to make that choice for John would sacrifice who he is at his c


There's a reason Colter was abandoned and that's likely due to the harsh living conditions and the inability for people to survive and live a healthy life with little to no modern comforts to outlast the freezing wint


When a game is built with the intention to explore, there’s no question about side missions coming into play. Breath of the Wild is also among the games with the most side quests to be found. In fact, the game encourages players to roam freely and do their own th


In the game's epilogue players get to explore Blackwater as John Marston as he sets in motion the events that lead to his journey of redemption in Red Dead Redemption . Blackwater will forever be tied to most members of the Van Der Linde G


The O'Driscolls are a group of men who happen to be a rival gang of the Van Der Linde squad. Early on in the Game story guides's narrative Arthur Morgan and company have a run-in with them that turns Sadie Adler's life completely on its head as she loses her home and becomes a wi


Before meeting Dutch, he was a masterful con artist, and briefly, a stage actor too. He dreamed of becoming a comedian, although we all know he later ended up joining Dutch's outlaw gang. If it wasn't for Hosea, God only knows how far Dutch would have g


He may meet his fate in the game at the hands of Dutch, but in the epilogue of the game players find out his businesses are thriving like never before. It wouldn't have been shocking to find out Cornwall was once a slave owner. He's just that awful of a human br


Still, the real masterstroke of the game is that it lets us live life with our MacGuffin. A MacGuffin is an object or person that drives the plot forward. Our character needs to get or regain the MacGuffin, and thus it justifies everything they do in pursuit of it. Usually, when the MacGuffin is acquired, that's when the credits roll. But that's not the case with Red Dead Redempti


It’s not really an open-world game if it doesn’t have a whole lot to do in said open-world aside from the main storyline. Games falling under this category have become commonplace, with titles like The Witcher, Assassin’s Creed , Grand Theft Auto, and others pushing their popularity furt


The Elder Scrolls series is one of the most famous RPG series of all time, and Oblivion stands out for its incredibly unique and engaging side quests. The main quest of Oblivion is a bit dull, though extremely well voice acted. Side quests get much, much wackier tho


And so John is gunned down, and perhaps the most tragic outcome of all is that his son follows him down the path of the outlaw. In some ways, John's life can be seen as a waste. But to strive against what we know to be wrong, even if the outcome seems inevitable, is never a wa


Before going any further, we need to address the ludonarrative dissonance in the room. Ludonarrative dissonance is when the story told by the narrative doesn't fit the story reinforced by the gameplay. It was first applied to Nathan Drake of Uncharted fame to discuss the oxymoronic nature of a charming rogue who has killed thousands of peo


In my playthrough, John was an honorable man in search of redemption nearly as much as he was searching for his family. He was striving to not only reunite with them, but to prove to himself that he deserved that reun


Angelo Bronte talks about Fussar visiting the city frequently for prostitution and other sinful deeds. Players not only take down Fussar but manage to liberate an entire island of slaves from under his hateful and bigoted cont