As I was doing these meditations, I was hoping that they would culminate in some way of staving off the relic at the end of the game. Kind of like a holistic remedy. They're pretty cool, but just feel like filler now.
As I was doing these meditations, I was hoping that they would culminate in some way of staving off the relic at the end of the game. Kind of like a holistic remedy. They're pretty cool, but just feel like filler now.
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its literally just for your own inner peace. not V’s, yours.
also you do get a trinket for the standard apartment, so thats something…
I consider it, no pun intended, a nice breather episode. You’re not running around and trying to survive for once. You’re just chilling. And V can later make a mention about how they only really watch meditation BDs in that one Dogtown side-gig.
Johnny had a point with these monks…
My only complaint is, that i can’t kill the guy
Well at least there’s some variety in quests
Gimme a perk or something bro!
What you should be wondering about more than a lack of pay off is, why does this Buddhist zen master, who are notorious for refusing to get any chrome and remain pure, natural humans, able to receive credit transfers neurally and have cybernetic eyes, as evidenced by glowing blue when you pay him for the BDs?
it’s for your own good
not for game reward
I think they’re neat!
You can also medi with Kerry if he’s your boo
The real pay-off is the friend we made along the way
i went on this quest on a way more cynical mindset lol considering the world, thought he’s set up to be a scammer or something
turns out to be a pretty beautiful side quest
what do u mean “you thought”? .. they did pay off. More than u can imagine.
Was peace not reward enough?
You cant just meditate and expect a payoff. Did you buy his book? Did you get chakra aligning crystals? Or the little palm jingle balls to practice gently swirling balls in your hand without making them ring? No, no and no. So what did you expect?
Meditation can be viewed as its own payoff. To look for a tangible reward from inner peace kind of misses the point when you think about it.
I think… I think you missed the point of meditating.
It’s easily one of my personal favorite quests ever in a RPG .. so unique and intesting
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If we were meant to do these meditations they should have been at least 10 minutes
It’s a shame though inner peace isn’t a catch-all solution. It’s a state of being that can be better for finding the solution. It’s on V/the player to make use of that inner peace.
It was also a nice break from being a walking mass-casualty solo merc and/or doing big crimes.
I remember when gaming had cool shit just because it was interesting to do.
This quick dopamine everything needs a reward era of gaming has killed a lot of stuff like this. The amount of posts I see when people complain about not getting a reward is wild.
It’s just a bit of immersion. The game needs more of it.
I think the lack of any consequence represents the core idea of the buddism, which claims that for the soul to broke of the cycle of reincarnations in the miserable material world and to achieve nirvana (aka the state of the inner peace) it should deny itself any desires.
They do young guru you just haven’t found peace
https://preview.redd.it/dmwr7jynkuve1.jpeg?width=540&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3d8de6b1b571e81ae70e7589326ff1f5a2c2c14b
Maybe the real payoff was the inner peace we found along the way
Did they not?
That is the whole point of meditations though. I feel the same, but still think it makes more sense the way it is.
Well not related to these quests specifically but I think Rebecca’s shotgun was around one of those locations
literally only did it to get the markers off the map
I think you missed the point of meditation
the meditations were the rewards
I dunno, they did help me. They really are pretty good for just sitting still for a couple minutes, taking a breath.
Okay this is so fucking funny
Not in a mocking way but just so funny because meditation in real life doesn’t have a tangible and precise pay off either. There is no reward after 2 weeks of daily meditation
The practice is only that, a practice. An occasion to look within, genuinely **feel**. To some the simple fact of having a consistent practice of something is already beneficial.
In any case, I found it really amusing in a kindhearted way that you were expecting a reward because it’s only natural to do so, both in a game and in real life
The level exp you gain is worth it enough to make me to finish the quest lol