I was reading an article about grinding in RPGs and Video Games in general, and I was reading the comments, where many people had many interesting things to say about it until things went south and people were just throwing insults everywhere. So where do you stand on them? Do you like them? Do you hate them? Do you think of them as an abomination to mankind and wish them away to same random isolated island near the bay of a third world country? DEBATE AWAY!
Me personally, I don't mind them in most situations. In games like Bravely Default or The World Ends With You (not really random, but still), I don't mind them because you don't really have to play them. You can set the game to easy and turn off random encounters (in the case of TWEWY, just don't fight them at all, LOL), play the game, and move on with your life. I prefer my games to be difficult (not heart-aching, excruciatingly difficult, but i like them to put up a good fight), so a little grind could do wonders for my life. Then there are games like Final Fantasy IV, Dragon Quest/Warrrior III, and Shin Megami Tensei (pick your title), where the games feed you migraines for breakfast. The kinds of games that don't hold back, and aim to give you nightmares of playing hours only to be held back to your original point because you didn't grind hard enough are annoying. While I did/do enjoy all of those games, the massive grind required takes away from my enjoyment, because I have to play 50+ hours to finish the games due to the difficulty. Those kinds of games require a lot of grinding and ain't nobody got time fo' dat.
