Quick question: does the main quest end the game?

[Rumpelstilskin]

Can't seem to find the answer. Will probably return and do some bounties first if it does (however incongruous it might be from the RP standpoint..)

[MasterPrudent]

Yep. Jumping into the hole is the point of no return.

[Rumpelstilskin]

Thanks. Will do some other stuff first then. With all the talk about rampant outleveling after Act 1, I'm still lvl 11, even though I think I was doing all sub-quests (except some companions', and the bounties).

[rjshae]

Yep it wrapped up for me at level 11, but then I wasn't doing a completionist play-through. (It is a nice touch that they remind you of what you left unfinished.)

[Luckmann]

Of course it does. It's the end of the game.

[Rosveen]

Of course it does. It's the end of the game.

Not all games end with the main quest.

[Luckmann]

 

Of course it does. It's the end of the game.

 

Not all games end with the main quest.

 

 

All good games do.

[Rosveen]

 

 

 

Of course it does. It's the end of the game.

Not all games end with the main quest.

All good games do.

Uhm... Ah... Pokemon. There, you're wrong. Also Morrowind, but I don't want to start another Elder Scrolls debate.

[sparklecat]

I think it's often better if the game doesn't end with the main quest when the main quest feels urgent enough that at some point you'd want to skip things, from a roleplaying standpoint.  That is, unfortunately, the case in PoE, come Act 3.

 

I thought FO:NV handled that aspect well, in that it was easy enough to just tell yourself "Caesar hasn't started attacking the dam yet, it's fine."  Bit harder to justify signing up for a month-long caravan DLC trip, of course.