God of War and Video Game Side Quests

<p>Forget about that deadly meteor that's coming to kill us all — it's time to raise some farm animals! Inspired by God of War Ragnarok's plethora of optional content, this week the Triple Click gang talks side quests. What makes a good side quest? What are our favorites? And have we really come up with another taxonomy? Yes, yes we have.</p><p><br /> </p><p><strong>One More Thing: </strong></p><p><strong>Kirk: </strong>Reservation Dogs S2</p><p><strong>Maddy: </strong>New TV (LG OLED C1 Series 48” 4k Smart TV)</p><p><strong>Jason:</strong> Tactics Ogre Reborn</p><p><strong>Links:</strong></p><p>Support Triple Click:<a href="http://maximumfun.org/join"> http://maximumfun.org/join</a></p><p>Buy a Triple Click t-shirt: <a href="https://topatoco.com/collections/maximum-fun/products/maxf-tc-tclogo-sh">https://topatoco.com/collections/maximum-fun/products/maxf-tc-tclogo-sh</a></p><p>Join the Triple Click Discord: <a href="http://discord.gg/tripleclickpod">http://discord.gg/tripleclickpod</a></p><p>Triple Click Ethics Policy: </p><p><a href="https://maximumfun.org/triple-click-ethics-policy/">https://maximumfun.org/triple-click-ethics-policy/</a></p><p><strong>Some Sidequest Types:</strong></p><ul><li>The Arena - A combat area that remixes enemy types from the broader game</li><li>The Racetrack - A racing arena where you race. Cars, horses, ATVs, footrace, etc.</li><li>The Tournament - A tournament for the in-game game. Gwent, Pazaak, etc.</li><li>The Loyalty Mission - Basically a story mission focused on one of your party members/NPCs. Can have an impact on the story or the ending. </li><li>The Collect-A-Thon - A sidequest you get early in a game that has you collecting a certain number of things. Collection can also mean destruction. Lots of subvarieties of this</li><li>Boss-a-Thon - A series of optional boss fights culminating in one very hard fight or maybe a rush against all of them</li><li>The Secret Sidequest - A quest that you didn’t even realize you were doing, but that eventually unlocks actual story material