>>715720416
>Why do retards pretend that any actual quest in an RPG is always an MMO style collect 20 bore anuses quest?
Because IT IS, faggot
>N-no this quest has this made up, pointless subplot with one of the same 5 voice actors and that totally makes it worth engaging
Nope. Your quest isn't special because Drowners(tm) are actually Bandits(tm) pretending to be Drowners(tm). This trash literally caused open world games to go from overwhelmingly worshipped to straight up reviled.
Then Elden Ring comes and it's ARPG fan heaven. It actually fills the world with rewards and is crafted to use locations as parts of an entire setting instead of arbitrary filler. How the world connects and the areas you can go first allow you to make your journey, which does not consist of moving a bunch of quirky questlines titles from the active quests bar to the completed quests bar but means getting that weapon, that bow or that spell first.
It's hilarious how the madling butthurt faggots who hate this actuall novel and unique approach because the game doesn't standardize for canon structures will never be this passionate about Horizon Zero RealSales and Ghost of JapaneseBahaman.
Sounds like Elden Ring is a winning formula.