Yep this. PQ is a huge satire of the grind RPG games do and the low-quality writing and such, especially in quests. Look at the things it says at the bottom "Fighting teenage werewolf" or "Fighting giant mini rat" etc. Its entirely satirical from top to bottom.
Its a huge criticism of the WoW/Ultima/Bard's Tale/MUD era. Thankfully, since about Dragon Age and Mass Effect, that stuff is less common and those works showed us that you can have RPG mechanics without the "kill a rat" grind or "fetch me my long lost magical object" grind stuff. In retrospect playing older games or MMOs feels so infantilizing and lazy writing. Its incredible how long we considered that acceptable.
Its a huge criticism of the WoW/Ultima/Bard's Tale/MUD era. Thankfully, since about Dragon Age and Mass Effect, that stuff is less common and those works showed us that you can have RPG mechanics without the "kill a rat" grind or "fetch me my long lost magical object" grind stuff. In retrospect playing older games or MMOs feels so infantilizing and lazy writing. Its incredible how long we considered that acceptable.