Not following the main Story Line/Arc of a Game?

[Naiwen]

I personally, like in the "Tales" games, not follow the main story line/plot/arc of the game. Why? Because it's too difficult for me personally at least anyways. In this game series, I prefer to level up my characters and fight monsters. How about you? Do you sometimes do that too in your view?

[DPadDoc]

It depends on a game-by-game basis with whether I active follow the main story or do side quests, unravel secrets and everything else in between the main story. I was like that for Pokémon Legends: Arceus since I was focused on working on getting the Pokédex complete as possible for that game, getting Pokémon with good natures et al before continuing on with the main story.