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* ''TheLastRemnant'' ''VideoGame/TheLastRemnant'' has a wide variety of sidequests, which is the main way to unlock map locations and the ability to hire some powerful people. There's also Guild Tasks which are similar in function but aren't classed as quests.
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* In ''{{Homestuck}}'', Vriska and Tavros [[HeroOfAnotherStory apparently]] spent quite a while doing side quests on the Land of Maps and Treasure, hoarding wealth and experience.
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* In ''{{Homestuck}}'', ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}'', Vriska and Tavros [[HeroOfAnotherStory apparently]] spent quite a while doing side quests on the Land of Maps and Treasure, hoarding wealth and experience.
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* Present in ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' and it's sequel, ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}'', with characters paying in XP, money, and/or bonuses.
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* The ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' games have plenty of extra quests that help the player complete the synchronization of the memories of the past, which in turn leads to unveiling several rewards. ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag'' goes as far as giving the player the opportunity to explore a very large part of the Caribbean to visit numerous islands, in which plenty of collectibles can be found, enemy bases can be confronted and dismantled, and treasure chests can be opened; then there's fishing, exploring sunken ships, doing requested assassinations, etc.
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Tends to be {{irrelevant|Sidequest}} to your main quest. Also see InfinityPlusOneSword, EasterEgg, FetchQuest, QuestGiver, SidequestSidestory.SidequestSidestory, LoadsAndLoadsOfSidequests. And ThatOneSidequest, though you probably don't want to.
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* Played with in TheLongestJourney: Dreamfall. At one point, Zoe must complete one that involves a lot of running around. She comments on this and there's an option to be lazy and skip a step--with its own consequences.
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* ''LARP/OtakonLARP'' naturally has a plot that's supposed to string together the events of the weekend, but you wouldn't necessarily know it from the individual players [[QuestGiver inventing their own side goals and quests]]. "Player Specialists" often run a storyline that runs parallel to the GM plot, making what looked like a side quest part of the overall story.
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* ''LARP/OtakonLARP'' naturally has a plot that's supposed to string together the events of the weekend, but you wouldn't necessarily know it from the individual players [[QuestGiver inventing their own side goals and quests]]. "Player Specialists" often run a storyline that runs parallel to the GM plot, making what looked like a side quest part of the overall story.
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* The more recent ''Franchise/{{Fallout}}'' games, specifically ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' and ''[[FalloutNewVegas Fallout: New Vegas]]'', also follow this; this is somewhat unsurprising, however, as they are developed by [[Franchise/TheElderScrolls Bethesda]].
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* [[Characters.ClassicalMythology Herakles]] makes this trope OlderthanFeudalism as he frequently had unrelated adventures ([[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu like wrestling '''Death''' to return someone that had died]]) while performing his [[FetchQuest 12 Labours]]. To the Ancient Greek tropers this was known as a Parerga
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* [[Characters.ClassicalMythology Herakles]] makes this trope OlderthanFeudalism as he frequently had unrelated adventures ([[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu like wrestling '''Death''' to return someone that had died]]) while performing his [[FetchQuest 12 Labours]]. To the Ancient Greek tropers this was known as a ParergaParergon (plural "parerga").
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* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' not only has a ton of side-quests, it even gives you an Achievement for completing 75% of them. The achievement is called "[[TakeThatAudience Easily Sidetracked]]".
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** The sequel featured many as well, some of which came back to haunt or reward you as the game went on. One notable type was the inverse fetch quests, where you would find an unusual item then locate someone who could make use of it.
** The sequel featured many as well, some of which came back to haunt or reward you as the game went on. One notable type was the inverse fetch quests, where you would find an unusual item then locate someone who could make use of it.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Robopon}}'' has a couple in the first game. There's the Brownie quest with Sam, accessible only at 5 o'clock, rescuing Princess Darcy with the Teardrop of Morris, found by fighting Hunter on Cherry Hill, and the Underwater Creature you give Dream Shells to in order to unlock the Underwater Health Spa.
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** Similar to ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', the second half of the game is free form. There are three missions you have to do, but other than that, the missions are all side-quests, with rewards like powerful magic and recovering your warriors.
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** Similar to ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', the second half of the game ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' is free form. There are three missions you have to do, but other than that, the missions are all side-quests, with rewards like powerful magic and recovering your warriors.
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* Even the ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' games are not immune. Collecting plates in the Classic series; the armors from ''VideoGame/MegaManX'', the Cyber Elves from ''VideoGame/MegaManZero''; and the RPG games ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'' and ''MegaManLegends'' haven't even been mentioned yet...
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* Present in ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' and it's sequel, ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}'', with characters paying in XP, money, and/or bonuses.
** Especially notable is the (only) Face [=McShooty=] quest "Shoot This Guy In The Face". Should you find him in the middle of nowhere screaming about how he ''needs'' someone to [[CaptainObvious shoot him in the face]], accepting means you have to do so. Completing it actually awards you with cash and XP too, as well as the achievement ''[[ZeroEffortBoss "Well that was easy..."]]''
* The more recent ''Franchise/{{Fallout}}'' games, specifically ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' and ''[[FalloutNewVegas Fallout: New Vegas]]'', also follow this; this is somewhat unsurprising, however, as they are developed by [[Franchise/TheElderScrolls Bethesda]].
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* In ''[[VideoGame/WithFriends Running With Friends]]'', you can run down side alleys. They're more challenging (no room for side-to-side motion, tight corners, etc.) but you can get lots of stars if you make it through.
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* [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in ''Ian's Adventures in Morrowind'' ([[http://web.archive.org/web/20030627014843/machall.com/morrowind/page8.html archived here]]).
-->''Dagoth Ur'': What the hell are you doing here? I'm the end boss!
-->''Ren'': Correction, you ''were'' the end boss. That's my job now...
-->''Dagoth Ur'': But you can't just skip to the end of the game without doing any of the 400 side missions!?
-->''Ren'': Fine then, you can go tramping around this God forsaken rock for years on end, doing odd jobs for complete strangers, which in some twisted way ends up saving the whole world for no reason at all...
* {{Deconstructed}} beautifully in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbUqEPUZ-ds this]].
-->''Dagoth Ur'': What the hell are you doing here? I'm the end boss!
-->''Ren'': Correction, you ''were'' the end boss. That's my job now...
-->''Dagoth Ur'': But you can't just skip to the end of the game without doing any of the 400 side missions!?
-->''Ren'': Fine then, you can go tramping around this God forsaken rock for years on end, doing odd jobs for complete strangers, which in some twisted way ends up saving the whole world for no reason at all...
* {{Deconstructed}} beautifully in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbUqEPUZ-ds this]].
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-->''Dagoth Ur'': -->'''Dagoth Ur''': What the hell are you doing here? I'm the end boss!
-->''Ren'': -->'''Ren''': Correction, you ''were'' the end boss. That's my job now...
-->''Dagoth Ur'': -->'''Dagoth Ur''': But you can't just skip to the end of the game without doing any of the 400 side missions!?
-->''Ren'': -->'''Ren''': Fine then, you can go tramping around this God forsaken rock for years on end, doing odd jobs for complete strangers, which in some twisted way ends up saving the whole world for no reason at all...
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* In ''{{Homestuck}}'', Vriska and Tavros [[HeroOfAnotherStory apparently]] spent quite a while doing side quests on the Land of Maps and Treasure, hoarding wealth and experience.
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* In ''{{Persona 3}}'', Elizabeth, or in ''[[UpdatedRerelease Portable]]'', Theo, offers nearly ''one hundred-fifty'' different requests throughout the game, some of which need to be unlocked by completing others, not to mention filling the Persona Compendium.
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* In ''VideoGame/TheLastStory'', sidequests range from single-step item deliveries, going through a very long ChainOfDeals, to entire playable chapters that are optional.
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* It's not a specific quest given by NPCS, but the search for the Extra-Life clover boxes in LittleBigAdventure and it's sequel can count as an IrrelevantSidequest as the player attempts to needlessly collect all the clover boxes lying about throughout both games.
** LittleBigAdventureII also has the optional adventure in the form of a BonusDungeon; an off-the-main-path island cave off the coast of Desert Island which houses the Protection Spell. You do not need the spell to complete the game, and it will become LostForever once you leave Twinsun the second time, but it's still a fun little side-dungeon to explore.
** LittleBigAdventureII also has the optional adventure in the form of a BonusDungeon; an off-the-main-path island cave off the coast of Desert Island which houses the Protection Spell. You do not need the spell to complete the game, and it will become LostForever once you leave Twinsun the second time, but it's still a fun little side-dungeon to explore.
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** LittleBigAdventureIIsequel. ''Little Big Adventure II'' also has the optional adventure in the form of a BonusDungeon; an off-the-main-path island cave off the coast of Desert Island which houses the Protection Spell. You do not need the spell to complete the game, and it will become LostForever once you leave Twinsun the second time, but it's still a fun little side-dungeon to explore.time.
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* The ''DragonQuest'' series has quite a few of them, but the one that stands out is DragonQuestIX, which has ''one hundred and twenty'' of them... that came in the box. With DLC, this gets upgraded to over one hundred and eighty. True, the majority of them are either {{Fetch Quest}}s or killing a certain enemy a number of times and/or in a certain way, but the rewards are almost always worth it, such as class-exclusive armour, rare [[ItemCrafting alchemy]] ingredients, or even [[PrestigeClass new Vocations]]. This is a JustifiedTrope as well, your PC is part of a race of {{Winged Humanoid}}s called [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Celestrians]], who ''all'' have [[JustifiedTrope justified]] ChronicHeroSyndrome.
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* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'' has an optional room in Umbrella's facility that can only be accessed in Scenario B. However, in order to get to the room, the player character in Scenario A has to unlock the first lock on the door to the room, then the second character has to release the second lock in Scenario B. The room contains [[DemonicSpiders three Lickers]] and a submachine gun. The weapon is a good find if you had the character in Scenario A take the same weapon from the police station weapons locker. You don't have to go to the double locked room to complete the game, but if you want the machine gun or want to get more ammo for it, it's there.
* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3'' has a minor side quest with a key item in the disused disposal facility. You get a key that has a scannable card on the key ring and it's used to open a door. However, if you take the key to a certain machine, you can insert the card into it to change its ID. The newly written tag can then be used a bit later on to open a weapons locker that contains a [[InfinityPlusOneSword rocket launcher]]. You can still defeat the FinalBoss without the rocket launcher, but having it makes the fight easier.
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* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'' has an optional room in Umbrella's facility that can only be accessed in Scenario B. However, in order to get to the room, the player character in Scenario A has to unlock the first lock on the door to the room, then the second character has to release the second lock in Scenario B. The room contains [[DemonicSpiders three Lickers]] and a submachine gun. The weapon is a good find if you had the character in Scenario A take the same weapon from the police station weapons locker. You don't have to go to the double locked room to complete the game, but if you want the machine gun or want to get more ammo for it, it's there.
* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3'' has a minor side quest with a key item in the disused disposal facility. You get a key that has a scannable card on the key ring and it's used to open a door. However, if you take the key to a certain machine, you can insert the card into it to change its ID. The newly written tag can then be used a bit later on to open a weapons locker that contains a [[InfinityPlusOneSword rocket launcher]]. You can still defeat the FinalBoss without the rocket launcher, but having it makes the fight easier.
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** Similar to ChronoTrigger, ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', the second half of the game is free form. There are three missions you have to do, but other than that, the missions are all side-quests, with rewards like powerful magic and recovering your warriors.