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juul Apr 9, 2020 @ 9:07pm
Grindy Games?
Hey guys, I'm looking for a good grindy game to play during the quarantine. I've played a fair bit, but only ever really got into BDO and WoW. I got MHW the other day but returned it because I wasn't feeling it. Anyone got any good grindy games they can recommend?
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Electric Cupcake Apr 9, 2020 @ 9:14pm 
Define "grindy."

If you mean repetitive drudgery that prompts you to begin pondering what you're doing with your life and thinking about worthwhile stuff you could be doing instead, Borderlands set the bar for me. Even if one imagines Sisyphus happy, one would probably also get quickly bored.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izX5dIzI2RE
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juul Apr 9, 2020 @ 9:16pm 
Originally posted by Hugsie Muffinball:
Define "grindy."
Something that is fun to keep playing that doesn't have a set ending
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계산 중 Apr 9, 2020 @ 9:17pm 
I haven't played it myself, but a few friends really like Warframe. It's also free to play so you can try it out and nothing is lost if you don't like it.
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Electric Cupcake Apr 9, 2020 @ 9:20pm 
Originally posted by juud:
Originally posted by Hugsie Muffinball:
Define "grindy."
Something that is fun to keep playing that doesn't have a set ending

Minecraft, definitely.
The holy trinity of Tetris, Columns and Puyo Puyo.
VPX Pinball (avoid FX Pinball like the plague)
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Jeff Apr 9, 2020 @ 9:22pm 
Originally posted by juud:
Hey guys, I'm looking for a good grindy game to play during the quarantine. I've played a fair bit, but only ever really got into BDO and WoW. I got MHW the other day but returned it because I wasn't feeling it. Anyone got any good grindy games they can recommend?

Curious as to why you weren't feeling it with MHW. I'm considering getting it.
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juul Apr 9, 2020 @ 9:24pm 
Originally posted by auspex_:
Originally posted by juud:
Hey guys, I'm looking for a good grindy game to play during the quarantine. I've played a fair bit, but only ever really got into BDO and WoW. I got MHW the other day but returned it because I wasn't feeling it. Anyone got any good grindy games they can recommend?

Curious as to why you weren't feeling it with MHW. I'm considering getting it.
It just felt really slow to me. The tutorial was long and drawn out, and I wasn't enjoying it. If I kept with it, it would've put me over the 2 hour refund time so I decided it was best to just refund.
Edit: The cutscenes are unskippable
Last edited by juul; Apr 9, 2020 @ 9:24pm
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juul Apr 9, 2020 @ 9:25pm 
Originally posted by Hugsie Muffinball:
Originally posted by juud:
Something that is fun to keep playing that doesn't have a set ending

Minecraft, definitely.
The holy trinity of Tetris, Columns and Puyo Puyo.
VPX Pinball (avoid FX Pinball like the plague)
My friends and I actually just grinded out Minecraft the past 3 weeks until we got sick of it.
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Jeff Apr 9, 2020 @ 9:26pm 
Oh, and I recommend FFXIV if you haven't tried it already. Very grindy, but relaxing at the same time. It starts out a little predictable with the rotations, but once you hit max level (I bought boosted characters to skip ahead), the gameplay changes, gets more frantic. Between endgame raids, loot, and housing it's impossible to get bored.
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Jeff Apr 9, 2020 @ 9:27pm 
Originally posted by juud:
Originally posted by auspex_:

Curious as to why you weren't feeling it with MHW. I'm considering getting it.
It just felt really slow to me. The tutorial was long and drawn out, and I wasn't enjoying it. If I kept with it, it would've put me over the 2 hour refund time so I decided it was best to just refund.
Edit: The cutscenes are unskippable

Ok, thanks for your opinion!
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Brimzel Apr 9, 2020 @ 9:38pm 
Would recommend Warframe as well.
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Oliver #MAGA Apr 9, 2020 @ 9:39pm 
Disgaea, if you enjoy SRPGs
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Magma Dragoon Apr 9, 2020 @ 10:00pm 
Eternal League of Nefia
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liosalpha Apr 9, 2020 @ 10:11pm 
look for idle/clicker games, grindy af and mostly free

Path of exile, free diablo like game
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Esoteric Apr 9, 2020 @ 10:24pm 
The reason I stopped playing is mmos is because they're nothing but grinding which I find boring and repetitive.
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RebelMouth Apr 9, 2020 @ 11:29pm 
Originally posted by juud:
Hey guys, I'm looking for a good grindy game to play during the quarantine. I've played a fair bit, but only ever really got into BDO and WoW. I got MHW the other day but returned it because I wasn't feeling it. Anyone got any good grindy games they can recommend?
dude its not "good" by any objective measure...

but path of exile is grindy AF

when the game ends, you just end up repeating sections of map youve already played, and they are tiered to like 15. you need three level 1 maps to create a level 2 map, and youll have level 1 maps dropping in level 10 maps.

If you want to 6-link a piece of gear it costs fifteen hundred drops. Like it's insane.

Then the game advertises playing your own way, but is HEAVILY meta dependent on the top tier maps, so youll end up respeccing somewhere in there, and unless you want to pay irl money that essentially means you get to outright start over, or "rerolling" as it's called.

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