Constant mandatory skill checks for skills you would never use that can only be leveled via proceedurally generated minigames designed by a hallucinating AI trained on 90s TV show or movie board games. “Why do I need a mastery of macrame to progress the storyline of this FPS?”
Filler quests. Filler quests everywhere.
Mandatory filler quests on opposite sides of the map with limited to no fast travel.
Or lots of escort missions.
Constant mandatory skill checks for skills you would never use that can only be leveled via proceedurally generated minigames designed by a hallucinating AI trained on 90s TV show or movie board games. “Why do I need a mastery of macrame to progress the storyline of this FPS?”