10 Irritating Video Game Tropes That Refuse To Die
4. Vapid Fetch Quests
Hold up, Dovahkiin, on a quest to save the world from being roasted by an irritable God dragon you may be, but important matters first. Go and retrieve a dusty tome, that benefits you in no way, from a wraith-infested dungeon on the other side of the continent, would you? Attaboy.
CD Projekt's closest competitor would do well to take a leaf or two out of The Witcher 3's book in regards to optional content. Near-to every sticky situation Geralt finds himself involved in during the course of his amnesia-stricken adventure forms a positive feedback loop that compliment's the monster hunter's purpose in the world.
Done right, the simple act of retrieving something from point A and returning it to point B can be enjoyable, but only if the process isn't an arbitrary, length-padding affair that does nothing to flesh out the world or further character development.
Dogs can retrieve lost belongings, the Dragonborn has slightly more pressing affairs to attend to.