I started Xenoblade Chronicles for the first time tonight.

Board 8

pjbasis posted...
Why don't they just put in less side quests

That's a REALLY good question actually, for a lot of RPGs. But in Xenoblade, sidequests have 0 cost. You solve them totally automatically and they add no friction at all to the rest of the game, and some end up with some cool bonuses and stories. So it's fine that they added a bunch of pointless ones.
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