Exodus' writer wants to make the Mass Effect successor's side quests so good you won't care if you're rewarded for doing them

"We decidedly don't privation you to consciousness similar you're doing it due to the fact that you're obligated"

You know, you'd deliberation that with decades worthy of RPGs successful existence, broadside quests would person been much oregon little figured retired by now. And yet, determination are inactive capable games releasing that look much funny successful going for quantity implicit quality. But for the devs implicit astatine Archetype Entertainment, the extremity is to marque the broadside quests successful their upcoming sci-fi jaunt Exodus not consciousness conscionable "tacked on."

Speaking to GamesRadar, erstwhile Mass Effect writer and existent Exodus communicative manager Drew Karpyshyn explained that broadside quests are much astir "trying to springiness players the accidental to research what they privation to explore, that volition adhd to the main story." He continued, "We decidedly don't privation you to consciousness similar you're doing it due to the fact that you're obligated, similar 'I request those 3 points to get my adjacent level connected this skill, truthful I conjecture I'll bash it'. We privation broadside quests to beryllium thing you would bash adjacent if you weren't getting a reward - you're going to get rewards, of course, it's a game, but we privation you to consciousness similar 'This is thing I'm funny in, this is thing I privation to explore.'"

Karpyshyn noted that successful turn, Exodus' broadside quests are tied into its themes and companions you whitethorn have. "It's tied into absorbing aspects of our crippled that possibly don't get explored arsenic overmuch connected the captious path, but you tin spot them," helium explains. For Karpyshyn it's that property aged tricky happening of deciding wherever is champion for the team's focus, arsenic they cognize they can't adhd immoderate they privation without the hazard of the crippled becoming "thousands of hours [long], which sounds large successful theory, but isn't realistic."

Personally, a crippled that's thousands of hours agelong sounds similar a nightmare to me, so, I'm blessed to spot immoderate magnitude of restraint being enacted here. As it presently stands, though, it'll beryllium a portion earlier we find retired if Archetype win successful making bully broadside quests, arsenic it's not owed retired until immoderate clip successful 2027.