I usually don't explore much in my first run of games, and follow everything accordingly event-by-event, which could possibly explain why I get done with them so quickly. If I happen to restart afterward, though, then would I take time exploring. Looking through locations could definitely be fun, but why I'm sort of afraid to do such things in my initial runs is because I feel that, if I take too much time, I'd wind up forgetting story-events that have occurred, which would cause me to feel confused and whatnot.