Terms vs Subquest - What's the difference?
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(video games) A secondary quest that must be completed as part of a larger quest.
* 2001 , Neal Hallford, Jana Hallford, Swords and circuitry: a designer's guide to computer role playing games (page 195)
* 2009 , Jim Perry, RPG programming using XNA game studio 3.0 (page 232)
* 2010 , Ernest Adams, Fundamentals of game design (page 458)
As nouns the difference between terms and subquest
is that terms is while subquest is (video games) a secondary quest that must be completed as part of a larger quest.subquest
English
Noun
(en noun)- If each of five paths through the game has an entirely independent set of locations, monsters, spells, characters, subquests , and game objectives, the designer is essentially faced with creating five wholly different games.
- This is an example of a subquest that must be completed before the main one can be finished. Or the subquest could be finding a key that unlocks the room holding the princess since the room has been magically sealed against all entry without the key.
- The quest is broken down into a number of episodes that progress in a linear sequence, each with its own subquest and major challenge at the end.
