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5. Basic Fetch Quests - Yo-Kai Watch (Among Others)
"Oh, I could fulfil this task, but first you need to get me the right items!""Oh, I could give you the right items, but first you need to defeat this creature!""Oh, you could defeat this creature, but first you need to get the right weapon!"
And round and round it goes, as fetch quests are about as old as gaming itself. Initially penned as a way to let you explore and enjoy the world, different games pull them off to differing degrees of satisfaction. Recently-released Yo-Kai Watch (Level-5's Pokemon-rivalling RPG) is chock-full of them, seeing you ping-pong across its villages in search of everything from sandwiches to an old man's underpants.
Most of the time these days, it just feels like busywork, and while a couple of 'retrieve this/find that' quests are fine, when they start stacking up for hours on end, it wears even the most energetic gamer down.