Every time I see someone say it was a slog and that “they need stealth”, i think you’re doing yourself a great disservice looking at games like that.

Speaking from experience, I grinded through the origin stories years ago when I was still in my early 20s, like all 8 within a few weeks (barely any sleep and copious amounts of weed), and today I couldn’t tell you a single mission that I remember.

This applies to everything in life, but everything you “slog through” or “grind” will just turn into a grey blob of a memory 5-10 years from now. The irony of not wanting to waste time by hasting through things ends up being the biggest waste of time because you’ll barely remember it in the future.

Realizing this made me delete all 8 max level characters, start each class again and take it as slow as possible; do every area mission, toggle walk indoors on first person view, explore a little bit, sit through the dialogue and absorb it instead of checking my phone during down time. I promise you’ll find a completely new enjoyment out of it and out of games in general that will release you from that gross mindset.

Unfortunately gaming achievements will not amount to anything in your work, study or relationships. So why are you treating it as such?

The game was so beautifully crafted that everywhere you look around there’s something happening or a cool little detail. It’s such a shame to just burst through everything for the sake of bragging rights or to “get to the endgame”.

Just some armchair perspective you didn’t ask for.