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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wik" data-source="post: 5024189" data-attributes="member: 40177">Or, to put it another way, "The Campaign is a Sandbox Until Things Start to Matter" has always kind of bugged me.  I hated it in Fallout 3, and it bugs me here.  If you're going to run a railroad or a guided goal campaign (and I have no problem with that - my campaign can be a bit of a railroad at times, and my players seem fine), so be it.  But if you're going to run a sandbox, I think it cheats the players out of things to only run a half-sandbox, and then put a switch on them halfway through.Being able to make any choice in response to your setting is fun.  But, if the goal is to get to the Giant's lair - well, being able to do anything you want, and then getting to the giant's lair and losing a large amount of your plot freedom is kind of a kick in the teeth.  I know, as a player, I'd do my best to avoid the end goal and stick to the sandbox, next time.</blockquote>