I will typically take up at least a few side quests in games that have them, but I have found that I shy away from them in this game. I am nearing the end of Escape from Butcher Bay, and the only times I have completed side quests were when I didn't have to stray from the main path at all to complete them. It is so easy to die in this game, I find that I just don't have the patience for hunting out extra shit when I am lucky to scrape through the main quest without losing all my health. Did anyone else experience this? Perhaps I have the difficulty too high.

I played on normal and didn't find it difficult at all.....plus there really aren't that many side quests.

Yeah, I did all the side-quests in Butcher Bay and got the achievement. The only problem I had was finding that red tube from the PPPs, had to look up a guide since I had completed the game two times before and never figured it out!