Definitions
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- noun video games, gaming A
quest in which aMacGuffin must be acquired at some far off location and given to the quest-giver or some other designated party.
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Examples
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Half of Rebirth is dedicated to this unconvincing fetch quest, which does yield a satisfying oceanic tangle with the mosasaur and its newly acquired entourage before heading to an abandoned research island where regular dinos coexist with mutant ones.
How Did We Make Dinosaur Carnage So Boring? Alison Willmore 2025
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Sid Meier says games are just a "series of interesting decisions" and Raph Koster says that "fun is just another word for learning". Fetch quests generally don't meet either of those criteria. Most are just there to fill time and/or give the player story.
Whats wrong with fetch quests? LongKaleidoscope6894 2025
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