"If you want people to sink hundreds of hours into a game, the gameplay is going to include a LOT of repetition."<p>Which is probably why I find it difficult to play most video games as I quickly get bored at any task that involves mindless/near-mindless repetition.<p>I also find it difficult to muster much interest in being involved in working on these kinds of projects because I find it sad that many people's pursuit of distraction/passtime would be something that involves massive repetition (work) with little tangible benefit.<p>I look forward to seeing MMORPGs developed that require a far greater degree of creativity and open-endedness in them.