[Lucid:]

I know, I would much rather get it on Steam. :( I tried seeing if GameStop sold PC games anymore so I could get around using Origin, but no such luck.

I could see the extra map space feeling like wasted time, yeah. It's a hard balance to strike between having an exciting open-world game, and having the world be a little bit TOO open...

I heard that the people who complain about "boring quests" are not even leaving the beginning town, and that the devs posted on twitter something to the effect of, "Hey guys, don't forget to go explore the rest of the world! You can always go back and complete everything later!" - I totally get the "complete everything before moving on" sentiment because I missed a character in the first game and then the town was overrun and I could never go back and get her. But if this game doesn't do any of that, then there's no reason to do all the boring early quests.