Comments on: I Hate Mini-Games http://gamingdead.com/2009/07/21/i-hate-mini-games Hungry For Fresh! Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:21:26 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Mediummedina http://gamingdead.com/2009/07/21/i-hate-mini-games/comment-page-1#comment-333 Mediummedina Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:18:49 +0000 http://gamingdead.com/?p=4730#comment-333 Well to be honest I actually enjoyed mini-games outside of the real game. It served as a break from the main storyline and as potential to gain power ups and greater weapons. What I am pissed off about is the fact that mini games are actually starting to get more frustrating and difficult than the actual games themselves. I'M LOOKING AT YOU KINGDOM HEARTS! Well to be honest I actually enjoyed mini-games outside of the real game. It served as a break from the main storyline and as potential to gain power ups and greater weapons. What I am pissed off about is the fact that mini games are actually starting to get more frustrating and difficult than the actual games themselves. I’M LOOKING AT YOU KINGDOM HEARTS!

]]> By: Meredith Sweet http://gamingdead.com/2009/07/21/i-hate-mini-games/comment-page-1#comment-328 Meredith Sweet Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:33:54 +0000 http://gamingdead.com/?p=4730#comment-328 Hey, don't spoil me for the sheer insanity that will be KH2-- I haven't finished KH1 yet! (Slow Mer. Very slow Mer.) As for the Chocobo Race in FFX, would you believe I actually sorta got the hang of that one after crashing my Chocobo into everyone and everything (amazing considering how open the Calm Lands are)? I do believe it was a friend who told me the trick of getting EVERY SINGLE BALLOON to get a 0:00 time, though. Hey, don’t spoil me for the sheer insanity that will be KH2– I haven’t finished KH1 yet! (Slow Mer. Very slow Mer.)

As for the Chocobo Race in FFX, would you believe I actually sorta got the hang of that one after crashing my Chocobo into everyone and everything (amazing considering how open the Calm Lands are)? I do believe it was a friend who told me the trick of getting EVERY SINGLE BALLOON to get a 0:00 time, though.

]]> By: Andinel http://gamingdead.com/2009/07/21/i-hate-mini-games/comment-page-1#comment-326 Andinel Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:31:28 +0000 http://gamingdead.com/?p=4730#comment-326 Was anyone else annoyed at the sheer amount of minigames in Kingdom Hearts 2? It was ridiculous. Especially in the beginning of the game, and if you wanted to complete the journal. Was anyone else annoyed at the sheer amount of minigames in Kingdom Hearts 2? It was ridiculous. Especially in the beginning of the game, and if you wanted to complete the journal.

]]> By: Kenneth Ellis http://gamingdead.com/2009/07/21/i-hate-mini-games/comment-page-1#comment-325 Kenneth Ellis Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:18:07 +0000 http://gamingdead.com/?p=4730#comment-325 I actually played Blitzball all night once. I actually played Blitzball all night once.

]]> By: Erik Johnson http://gamingdead.com/2009/07/21/i-hate-mini-games/comment-page-1#comment-324 Erik Johnson Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:06:46 +0000 http://gamingdead.com/?p=4730#comment-324 I don't know, to me certain mini-games make the whole experience that much more enjoyable. It just depends on whether or not the mg is engaging enough without being all together too difficult. For instance, FFIX's Chocobo Treasure Hunt was the most enjoyable side quest/mini-game I've ever played. That thing was a fucking experience and you could spend hours at it without getting bored because of the addictive game mechanic (60 seconds to dig up as much as you can with more important items buried deeper) and because of the amazing rewards (many of the best or one of a kind weapons/items in the game) could only be found as a result of participating in it. Totally optional to a player but I couldn't think of anyone in their right mind who could skip it and consider the game completely finished, regardless throw in the card game, jump rope, hunting festival and pretty much the entire city of Treno and you might have the best 'mini-game' RPG ever in Final Fantasy IX, although Super Mario RPG definitely has an argument. I don’t know, to me certain mini-games make the whole experience that much more enjoyable. It just depends on whether or not the mg is engaging enough without being all together too difficult. For instance, FFIX’s Chocobo Treasure Hunt was the most enjoyable side quest/mini-game I’ve ever played.

That thing was a fucking experience and you could spend hours at it without getting bored because of the addictive game mechanic (60 seconds to dig up as much as you can with more important items buried deeper) and because of the amazing rewards (many of the best or one of a kind weapons/items in the game) could only be found as a result of participating in it. Totally optional to a player but I couldn’t think of anyone in their right mind who could skip it and consider the game completely finished, regardless throw in the card game, jump rope, hunting festival and pretty much the entire city of Treno and you might have the best ‘mini-game’ RPG ever in Final Fantasy IX, although Super Mario RPG definitely has an argument.

]]> By: Andinel http://gamingdead.com/2009/07/21/i-hate-mini-games/comment-page-1#comment-323 Andinel Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:17:10 +0000 http://gamingdead.com/?p=4730#comment-323 Even worse than the butterfly hunt, monster ranch, or blitzball in FFX was chocobo racing for me. I hated that you had to finish with 0.00 seconds time to get the damn item to unlock Tidus's ultimate weapon. Adam's standing right next to me now and he totally agrees with me. Even worse than the butterfly hunt, monster ranch, or blitzball in FFX was chocobo racing for me. I hated that you had to finish with 0.00 seconds time to get the damn item to unlock Tidus’s ultimate weapon.

Adam’s standing right next to me now and he totally agrees with me.

]]> By: Kenneth Ellis http://gamingdead.com/2009/07/21/i-hate-mini-games/comment-page-1#comment-322 Kenneth Ellis Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:10:00 +0000 http://gamingdead.com/?p=4730#comment-322 Looks like someones going to get a copy of Wario Ware in their stocking this Christmas! :) Looks like someones going to get a copy of Wario Ware in their stocking this Christmas! :)

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