Addicting Mini Games in Video Games

Lord McMutton · Feb 2010

What are some addicting mini games you've had the pleasure of wasting time on? Why exactly were they addicting?

Empty · Feb 2010

I had a good time hacking in bioshock. Good simple fun.

Anuxinamoon · Feb 2010

The card game in FinaFantasy VIII and pokeblock making in pokemon diamond/pearl.

MikeF · Feb 2010

i cant really remember much about it since its been so long since i played, but there was a card game in knights of the old republic at the cantina in the first part. Thats about the only one that's kept me interested past the first few minutes. Most mini games i've tried are pretty dull and i'd rather play the actual game

aesir · Feb 2010

the FF minigames. Casino in FFVII. Chocobo breeding. Cards. All o dat

[Deleted User] · Feb 2010

Pazaak in SW:KOTOR was fun. Like TCG blackjack kind of.
The semi-3d special stages in Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles were fun. I used to play those a lot.

Slum · Feb 2010

Super Turbo Turkey Puncher - Doom 3

Yozora · Feb 2010

snowboarding, motorbike and chocobo racing/breeding in ff7
card games in ff8 and ff9

Rwolf · Feb 2010

Does Lock picking on Oblivion count?

brandoom · Feb 2010

Slum wrote: »

Super Turbo Turkey Puncher - Doom 3

ahahahaha, +1

MRico · Feb 2010

What ever that game was in the arcade machine inside the garage of PGR3. I spent a while playing that.

ZacD · Feb 2010

AutopsySoldier wrote: »

What ever that game was in the arcade machine inside the garage of PGR3. I spent a while playing that.

Geometry wars.

Nick Carver · Feb 2010

Some old skool memories: I remember playing Gradius in Legend of The Mystical Ninja quite a lot. Also, the 'escape from the hospital' bit in It Came From The Desert. Although that game was just a load of minigames put together so that probably doesn't count.

Kwramm · Feb 2010

and I thought being addicted to the dice game in The Witcher was pathetic

Rwolf wrote: »

Does Lock picking on Oblivion count?

00Zero · Feb 2010

getting drunk and trying not to hit anything with my car in gta iv

Racer445 · Feb 2010

I played a bunch of geometry wars in PGR2 before they made it into its own game.

dfacto · Feb 2010

The Mass Effect hack game was pretty fun, though suffered from somewhat low keyboard sensitivity. Kinda missed it in ME2.

Farfarer · Feb 2010

I think Gears of War's active reload is the most significant mini-game in recent years.

A tiny risk/reward gamble added to a simple mechanic but it's perfectly done. Gets you lots of small but satisfying hits as you nail one reload after another in the thick of a firefight.

I honestly don't even know if it really does give you a damage bonus... it's just fun to try and hit it bang on each time.

Cybroxide · Feb 2010

Super Mario RPG for the SNES had a some mini game that you could play on some kids handheld in the game.

looked like this. I cant even remember the mechanics but it was a lot of fun.

Justin Meisse · Feb 2010

OMG, Pyoro and Pyoro 2 in Wario Ware Micro Minigames
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it starts slow but gets really hectic

DarthNater · Feb 2010

That coin golf game was fun in Fable. I spent all my money on it....

Andreas · Feb 2010

Good to see Golden Saucer represented here...I was gonna say the same. Chocobo Racing was really good...as was the snowboarding.

Latte · Feb 2010

The capsule machine in Shenmue. You always win!!

Canadian Ink · Feb 2010

dfacto wrote: »

The Mass Effect hack game was pretty fun, though suffered from somewhat low keyboard sensitivity. Kinda missed it in ME2.

On the upside you have planet scanning

...snooooooooooooooze

Zwebbie · Feb 2010

There was the Tower of Hanoi puzzle at one point in Mass Effect. It's easy once you know it, but I hadn't played it before and it was probably the most fun I had in the entire game. To put it in perspective, though, I thought Mass Effect was pretty dull and only remained playable due to its variation in gameplay.

ScudzAlmighty · Feb 2010

Turkey Shooting in Galactic Bowling is pretty fun, but then I may be biased...

TheMadArtist · Feb 2010

I played the hell out of this in Tekken Tag:

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okkun · Feb 2010

Nick Carver wrote: »

Some old skool memories: I remember playing Gradius in Legend of The Mystical Ninja quite a lot. Also, the 'escape from the hospital' bit in It Came From The Desert. Although that game was just a load of minigames put together so that probably doesn't count.

You betray your age (oops, I guess I just did too)

Karmageddon · Mar 2010

I couldn't get enough of the mini games in Mario 64 on the DS, especially the one where you sort out the Bomb-Ombs.

DarthNater · Mar 2010

Latte wrote: »

The capsule machine in Shenmue. You always win!!

That game was ALL mini games haha all equally fun though! I need to bust that out (I have the xbox version)

Addicting Mini Games in Video Games

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