Can you ignore the main quest and just do side-quests forever?

[comeasyouare1995]

I wish there was infinate side quests so I could keep playing with my V forever

 

[darksharke]

You could bypass the Act 1 Softlock (Watson on lockdown) by using Freefly mod and crossing over the canals into Japantown or even south into Pacifica or the Badlands.

Some gigs will activate in those areas based upon your Level and Street Cred, but not all.

This is exactly what I have been doing, using FreeFly. I have not even done The Heist yet ( and I am not sure I want to) and you are entirely correct. I have found I can now drive anywhere, all round the map system and engage enemies (but many drop items will be unusable due to your char level and enemies are much tougher) . I have found you cannot drive back into Watson as the lockdown is on both sides of the bridge with road barriers and cops, but you can still Fast Travel to anywhere in and out of Watson from anywhere else outside, just not get back in or out by road. I imagine you could just drive to the bridge then fly over the blockade. I think you can probably even fly your car or bike over but I've not tried that at this location (it works everywhere else) I even brought a motorcyle up to put into V's Mansion lobby.

 

[Apeks666]

I am ignoring the main quest line as much as possible and i'm concentrating on doing any and all side missions. I figure that if the game ends after you finish the main story I may as well get as much fun out of it as possible

 

[Guest 4531988]

Yup, and the game is better if played that way - saving the mainline for last. My opinion of course.

The problem is when the hook hits, it wants you to feel you are timer, but you aren't so all sense of immersion is lost with the agency being just a plothole hook.

 

[Shoklen]

The problem is when the hook hits, it wants you to feel you are timer, but you aren't so all sense of immersion is lost with the agency being just a plothole hook.

Yup, agreed.

 

[_-xgian-_]

This bug is scary, it prevents you from continuing after the main quest is done:
THE GAME IS LITERALLY BROKEN RIGHT NOW. I'VE BEAT THE GAME AND I CAN'T PLAY IT ANYMORE.

So, can you ignore the main quest?

Side quests only?

I did't know about this bug but I heard that (obviously) the time that it take to complete the main questlines is shorter than the side quests, so personally I'm at 200 hours played, been doing a lot of side missions and fought crimes here and there and still have almost half map of those to do. Naturally I don't do just quests but I also spend time to look at stuffs, places or details here and there. As for the main missions I've only done those of the initial part of the map because you are forced to do them in order to unlock the rest of the map and I cleared all the other missions in that area.