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What's your most hated/despised mini-game or side activity in a video game?
- Thread starter ryan13ts
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This pretty much and also Zero's RC airplane mini game.
Andrew Korenchkin
Member
All of them that distract from the story or narrative, and offer nothing but grinding or collecting random shit.
Movie Quiz from Universal Studios Theme Park Adventures is a terrible one. It asks you what color tie someone had in a movie and other ridiculous questions.
Pedal Power and Tug of War are do-able if you use a sock or glove over your hand.
I can definitely agree with this. The one where you just keep mashing A is impossible. When I first got the game and was at that part I found a guide that said rub a pencil eraser on the A button, it actually worked and was the only way I could beat it.
Pedal Power and Tug of War are do-able if you use a sock or glove over your hand.
Test of strength mini game in Starfox adventures.
I can definitely agree with this. The one where you just keep mashing A is impossible. When I first got the game and was at that part I found a guide that said rub a pencil eraser on the A button, it actually worked and was the only way I could beat it.
Eavesdrop missions are an evolution of this (or a devolution depending on your perspective
) and are worse still for it.PlumCantaloupe
Member
Not quite what you are asking but .... unecessary fetch quests.
CertifiedFP
Member
The Frogger hacking minigame in AC4.
Brawly Likes to Brawl
Member
I remember Bowser's Inside Story having a bunch of minigames required to advance in the story that I hated. There was one involving carrots that I thought was a real pain in the ass.
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
Easily Mass Effect 2 Planet Scanning
Fuck that shit.
I'm trying to think of one I liked but I think I agree with you. Didn't like it in Chaos Theory. Not in Fallout New Vegas. Not in System Shock 2 (although this one wasn't particularly offensive either). Not in Bioshock 2. Not in Human Revolution despite all the effort they clearly put into it. Not in any of the Mass Effect games. Instead of a minigame, hacking should probably just be a stat check or a bar you have for to fill or something.
Phire Phox
Banned
this. still haven't won the heart piece. Fuck that mini-game.
Easy lol. You can jump out of the cannon haha. That bit was some fucked up shit, but when I played 2 player with my friend, I saw him just jump out of it and wait. I was laughing my ass off at how much of a pussy he was, but also at how I didn't think of that. Funny times.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Both from the same abomination of a game:
So excruciatingly bad and stupid. Good gods.
So excruciatingly bad and stupid. Good gods.
...What? That's a puzzle, not a mini-game. And it was easy enough.
Yeah, didn't realize that the first time I played it. Sitting in the turret the whole time made it a fucking nightmare, so much rage. I'm not sure if the fact that's it's so easily exploitable makes it worse or better.
Brainfreeze
Member
Scanning in Metroid Prime 1-3. It's the only reason I've never completed any of them. It's an interesting idea as a story telling device, but the fact that you can scan nearly every single thing in the game made me feel like I had to scan nearly every single thing in the game. This is probably as much my fault as the game's but since some of it effected your percentage and never actually tells you which ones: fuck it, it was a seriously messed up system. I would pay to have that feature reduced to the essential on MPT but, alas, I am in the minority.
I can't believe no one's said the side mission from the first Infamous where you find and zap spy beacons or something. It's the perfect example of tedious padding in open world games and only serves to highlight Infamous's terrible traversal mechanics and the developer's lack of imagination.
The worst part is these missions were deemed good enough to repeat over and over for each district
The worst part is these missions were deemed good enough to repeat over and over for each district
Anything where you have to sit behind a turret, be it static or on a vehicle. I don't like enhanced firepower at the cost of movement/not being able to control when/where I move.
I was playing COD MW3's SP a few years ago, hit a turret section and said to myself, "Nope, fuck this. No more turrets anymore." I quit the game (and the series entirely) after that.
I was playing COD MW3's SP a few years ago, hit a turret section and said to myself, "Nope, fuck this. No more turrets anymore." I quit the game (and the series entirely) after that.
I won't say I hated it but as like a 10 year old kid the fucking Marble Locks in Betrayal in Antara sometimes ruined my life. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTc_mKG6hx4#t=172
RoombaDance
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Feeding dinos in Starfox Adventures.
I loved the little side-jobs in No More Heroes because I saw them as intentional tongue-in-cheek parodies of stupid stuff you have to do in games.
I loved the little side-jobs in No More Heroes because I saw them as intentional tongue-in-cheek parodies of stupid stuff you have to do in games.
Crimsonlink
Member
Oh fuck that shit with a cactus! HATED THAT Minigame so much. Killed so many peds on the street in rage after failing the mission for the 10th time.
I actually liked Blitzball in FFX but fuck the other minigames.
If you want good minigames in a Zelda game then Twilight Princess wins hands down. Snowboarding, Fishing, flying and a lot more.
ProtomanNeo
Member
Escort missions.
Makoto Yuki
Banned
I liked Blitzball, especially when you wreck the other team with Jecht shots. Sucks starting though since the first match is against the best team (only for a little bit). After a few matches, it becomes easier.
The chocobo training/racing nonsense in FFX was annoying. Also, dodging lightning was dumb.
Kingdom Hearts, Winnie the pooh mini-games are a snooze fest.
Mass Effect 2 mining got tedious fast.
Also most of AC3's side stuff was boring.
The chocobo training/racing nonsense in FFX was annoying. Also, dodging lightning was dumb.
Kingdom Hearts, Winnie the pooh mini-games are a snooze fest.
Mass Effect 2 mining got tedious fast.
Also most of AC3's side stuff was boring.
you know how I can tell no Dead Space players have posted yet?
I actually found that amusing. There are lots worse minigames than that.
Oh wow lol
Brawly Likes to Brawl
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Did somebody already say forced stealth sequences?
Solid Amit
Member
Prototype, every side mission including vehicles...
Crimsonlink
Member
This is why I have a problem with Nintendo. Mario Party is so much fun. Yet they won't make one for Wii U. 4 player online with gamepads for each Wii U player. Well I guess Nintendo just doesn't want money so w/e.
me and my friends had skin blisters exactly like that and we had to basically take a break for like a month for that bitch to heal.
My number one hated mini game is the plumbing hacking puzzles in bioshock. They are dreadful.
PK Strawstorm
Member
Yeah I had no trouble with that either, and I believe there's a save point right before it? I played the game through 3 times, and I think the only time I spent significant time on the asteroids was when I was trying to get the achievement for doing it really well. I didn't buy the game immediately, so maybe it was patched to make it easier at some point?