I have a friend, Rit, who refuses to play cRPGs this way. Towards the end of Final Fantasy 8 (don’t expect spoilers ahead), you are supposed to do all your sidequests before rescuing a friend in trouble; by FF tradition, this should be obvious to the player since you just got free reign of the world map. Rit said, “Screw that, she’s in trouble, I’m going straight there!”
I have a friend, Rit, who refuses to play cRPGs this way. Towards the end of Final Fantasy 8 (don’t expect spoilers ahead), you are supposed to do all your sidequests before rescuing a friend in trouble; by FF tradition, this should be obvious to the player since you just got free reign of the world map. Rit said, “Screw that, she’s in trouble, I’m going straight there!”