Grinding sucks in games imo. With regular ones that have pay-to-win? Okay, that's fine. It shows your level of commitment... unlike those stupid bastards that pay their way to the top... but in RPGs? It makes the run-time of the game get bloated and feel longer than it actually is. Earthbound, I DESPISE the beginning due to the fact that you need to constantly grind to be able to fight Frank and his robot counterpart...