10 Truly Terrible Video Game Quests We're All Sick Of
That line between challenge and chore has blurred into one.
A great video game mission is like great theatre – a riveting and emotional roller-coaster that sends the adrenaline pumping. You can probably still remember the heart-pounding highs and the spirit-crushing lows of your favourite gaming quests; they’re challenging experiences that stayed with you long after the credits roll.
On the other hand, bad video game missions just leave you feeling cold and dead inside. They can be fun – for the first time, at least, as you begin to explore a game's world and the mechanics – but then a malaise kicks in.
You end doing them out of misplaced loyalty, or that desperate compulsion to 100% a game. Granted, they add an extra 100 hours or so - perfect if you're into forgettable quests designed to be repetitive, lazy and lacklustre - but you've done them in so many games that they all merged into one uber-side-quest; boring busywork to keep you ‘entertained’ between all the awesome missions.
And frankly, we’re sick of ‘em.
Okay, you don’t have to grind through them all, but if you do decide to clear all those side-quests, these are the ones that always cause the most annoyance.
10. Fetch This, Fetch That
Is there a more lacklustre type of mission than a fetch quest? It’s right up there with QTEs as a lazy, basic form of padding; force gamers to do something, anything – boom! That’s immersion, right?
Fetch quests are notable for being almost entirely redundant in the game universe. Rarely do they impact the overarching experience, and mostly, they’re just so damn dull.
There you are, an everyday hero, stumbling across yet another lazy bum who doesn’t want to do any work and sees you as a sucker who’s got time to fetch a MacGuffin, either bringing it back or delivering it to another slacker halfway across the map.
I’ve played thousands of games, yet we can’t name a single standout fetch quest. Not one. Because they’re all so samey, they blur into a single, horrific quest that sees us find things, deliver things, find things, deliver things, find… Yeah, I just love errands.