Tears has a similar problem that Skyrim does where you constantly have side quests that are derailing you from your main mission. I mean CONSTANTLY. However, in Skyrim it often ends up feeling tacked on or boring, but in Tears it's always something cool. I don't know if that makes it better or worse, because in Skyrim you can just skip that fluff knowing it's gonna' be shite but in Tears you always feel like you're missing out on something if you don't do it xD