fetch quest
Go-get-it task
A fetch quest is a type of video game mission where the player must retrieve an item and bring it back to a character—often criticized as repetitive busywork that pads game length without adding meaningful gameplay: The game devolved into endless fetch quests.
The term extends to any tedious errand requiring multiple trips: Getting my license renewed turned into a bureaucratic fetch quest.
- grindingMolar action sometimes
- missionPurpose-driven task
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
- taskWork to be done
- narrative pacingSpeed of plot progression
daily · busywork · roleplaying game · waypoint · gameplaying · video game · adventure · level design · inventory · backtracking · plot device · objective · scavenger hunt · character motivation · story arc · exposition · errand · world-building
- minigamesmatching game, memory game, puzzle game, rhythm game, racing game
- questsseeking, searching, epic journey, pursuing, journeying
- quest fictionhero's journey, odyssey, mythic journey, treasure hunt
- gamer slangnoob, pwned, lag, nerf, buff
fetch questcombat mission
Armed operation against enemies
escort mission · stealth mission · raid · dungeon crawl · siege
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