When is a game a grind game?

Wizardry

Originally posted by Aczero


When is a game a grind game?
If you have to fight mobs 2 weeks long? 3 weeks long? 2 months long?
I see people saying about games: "It is not a grind game you are maximum level in 3 weeks", for me a game is a grind game when you have to level with the only reason to become better. If you have to kill mobs without a reason (I mean quest completion/story line with this) hours long it is already a grind to me. That's why i love GuildWars, you are quick max level, maybe to quick(?), and then the game really starts. You never have the feeling that you have to kill mobs for leveling. If you look at the most F2P games you see that the most games are grind games (for me), because they have a lack of quests.
It's about the same with item grinding. In some games you have to grind items to be the best equiped, because every month they got new equipment that is better than all other equipment.
I'm waiting on WAR now, because you can level from rank 1 to rank 40 through PvP, what I really love and I hope they have a lot PvE quests also.
I'm a PvP player, I always was and always be. That's maybe one reason why I don't like killing mobs without a good reason.
When is a game a grind game for you?
 

Very easy to answer this.Grind is when games [99%] of them are TIME=REWARD.This means you are only rewarded after spending countless,boring hours repeating the same tasks over and over.

I for one strongly believe in making games for group play,however i think DEVS should start making games where EVERYTHING is EARNED not given through timelines/grind.Players should have to SOLO there upgrades/skills whatever ,through some skillfull task/s.

 

lilune666

Originally posted by Aczero


When is a game a grind game?
When is a game a grind game for you?
 

When it feels like work.