Your favourite mini games in any title?

[GtehMVP]

I picked up Final Fantasy 8 "Remastered" on Steam yesterday. It's one of the laziest remasters yet, but runs really well on the Steam Deck, unlike the OG release. Very mod friendly too.

It's a long weekend here and I was chilling with my dog all day in the shade playing Triple Triad. FF8 is one my fav JRPG's, largely due to Triple Triad. I hear it's in FF 14 as well, but I never got into it.

Gwent never hooked me like this one did. The only mini game I can of that hooked me as badly was playing poker in RDR2. Blitzball in FFX was a lot of fun too!




The music has been in my head all weekend!



What are some of your fav mini games?

 

[KaNesDeath]

Plants vs Zombies quest in WoW. Think it was part of the Cataclysm expansion. Also in Lost Ark they have daily boat racing and a seasonal event mario kart like mini-game.

 

[Zazen]

I had a blast playing the mini games in Pokemon Stadium when I was younger. Loved the sushi game and trying to lick as many as possible

 

[Zer]

Triple Triad was absolute crack. The 1st and 2nd times I played FF8 I couldn't even complete them because I got so burnt out on Triple Triad and I'd stopped giving a shit about the story or making progress. The 3rd time I played it I completed it, but only by swearing off Triple Triad

As for other minigames, Yakuza 0 had a lot of addictive ones, like the dancing or the Cabaret Club

 

[Wrath of Foamy]

One of the reasons why I enjoy the Yakuzas games so much is because of the mini-games.

So, as a lifelong SEGA guy, I'll go ahead and say Outrun.

Although, as a kid, I liked Sonic Adventure 2, but I loved the Chao Gardens and races.

 

[snowbro]

Blades of Steel has 3 of my faves. The second intermission shooter. I always messed up activating it but when I did, it was so AWESOME!

 

[GtehMVP]

Triple Triad was absolute crack. The 1st and 2nd times I played FF8 I couldn't even complete them because I got so burnt out on Triple Triad and I'd stopped giving a shit about the story or making progress. The 3rd time I played it I completed it, but only by swearing off Triple Triad

As for other minigames, Yakuza 0 had a lot of addictive ones, like the dancing or the Cabaret Club

I've been the opposite. With Triple Triad, I never got all the cards, or the boss weapons from it. I loved the card game itself but got lost in the main story/exploration. This time I'm getting every last one.

I loved the Cabaret Club in Yakuza 0. My yellow fever was off the charts lol

I don't think it's in Kiwami, but reappears in Kiwami 2? I loved Zero, but I couldn't get into Kiwami. I think I'm just going to do a story recap and skip to Kiwami 2, thanks for reminding me about the club game!

 

[GearSolidMetal]

There is a #1 answer...

And the #2, #3, #4.... are very far after that.

 

[My Spot]

When the PS1 first launched and you could play Galaga during loading times in Ridge Racer.

 

[Dizzy]

I was totally addicted to Queen’s Blood in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.

Got into it more than Gwent.

 

[Wrath of Foamy]

I've been the opposite. With Triple Triad, I never got all the cards, or the boss weapons from it. I loved the card game itself but got lost in the main story/exploration. This time I'm getting every last one.

I loved the Cabaret Club in Yakuza 0. My yellow fever was off the charts lol

I don't think it's in Kiwami, but reappears in Kiwami 2? I loved Zero, but I couldn't get into Kiwami. I think I'm just going to do a story recap and skip to Kiwami 2, thanks for reminding me about the club game!

Yeah, the Cabaret Club comes back in Kiwami 2.

I'd stick with Kiwami for now. It's not a big of a game as Zero and Kiwami 2, and you don't want to miss out on the ending. I think Kiwami took me about thirty hours?

 

[Sunnyvale TP]

The Chao games on Dreamcast Sonic adventure were fun. Also Shenmue was full of great mini games.

 

[supermurph]

Riichi Mahjong in the Yakuza games. Hated it when I 1st played it. Eventually learned it, and now I run to the Mahjong parlors 1st in every new title I play in the series.

 

[SaiWa]

Gwent and Blitzball are my favorites.

 

[iNoScopedJFK]

The hacking mini game in Nier Automata

 

[BabyBlue_Bomber]

OG FF7 had:

Motorcylce Mini Game
Fort Condor Battle
Chocobo Racing
Rollercoaser/Lazer game
Punching Game

Also, any game that lets you play Hold 'em (Red Dead Redemption, Gun, FarCry 3)

 

[PurpleStorm]

I loved the mini games in Saints Row. Especially the one where you go running in the street trying to get hit by cars to collect insurance money.

 

[HereticBD]

Does "Geometry Wars" count? I remember when that shit was just an extra in..."Project Gotham Racing"(?).

If not, I'm just gonna say that I liked mining for resources in "Mass Effect 2". There's something about moving that stick to the sweet spot that never got old for me. Most were disappointed that they streamlined that aspect into a little mini-game, but I loved it. Scanned every damn planet I could.

 

[CHUTE_BOXE78]

Riichi Mahjong in the Yakuza games. Hated it when I 1st played it. Eventually learned it, and now I run to the Mahjong parlors 1st in every new title I play in the series.

I first played mahjong with little wooden tiles. Like when I was 3 years old. Anytime there's a tolerable(ads can have sex with themselves, cunts)free app I get it.

 

[supermurph]

I first played mahjong with little wooden tiles. Like when I was 3 years old. Anytime there's a tolerable(ads can have sex with themselves, cunts)free app I get it.

I like to play outside of the Yakuza games as well. 1st Yakuza game I played was 0, and I think half of my frustration learning the game was not having the numbers present on the Man tiles in a way that I could understand. lol Guess it was something cool that video games taught me.