Unpopular Opinion: Dungeon design has been bad for a long time

[Edax]

When a game literally has 1 hallway, 1 open area to aoe the mobs down followed by a boss you have no choice but to feel bored because there is zero deviation from the formulaic design and it's been like that for 9 years.

They could put tap-dancing dolphins, singing dogs, elephants, penguins, pole dancers, clowns, skyrockets, dancing bears, explosives and fire engines in a dungeon just to be different. But that wouldn't somehow make it fun, it would just be different. Dungeons are a part of the grind and the formula serves the grinding process.

[Shurrikhan]

They could put tap-dancing dolphins, singing dogs, elephants, penguins, pole dancers, clowns, skyrockets, dancing bears, explosives and fire engines in a dungeon just to be different. But that wouldn't somehow make it fun, it would just be different. Dungeons are a part of the grind and the formula serves the grinding process.

That would depend on how they use the tap-dancing dolphins, singing dogs, elephants, penguins, pole dancers, clowns, skyrockets, dancing bears, explosives and fire engines. Some dungeons have managed, at least in some significant part, to feel a bit distinct, and have been better for it.