Mini games you hated

[Pumpkin]

In any Final Fantasy game, what are some mini-games you hated and didn't want to touch with a 10 foot poll.

For me it was Blitzball in X. It wasn't bad enough I hated it, they forced me to play it which made me hate it even more. I dread that part of the game so much and I probably would have replayed 10 more had it not been for that section of the game.

[Karifean]

If Lightning Dodging actually counts as a "minigame", then that one. Otherwise, I can't really think of any.

[Wolf Kanno]

Blitzball, though the Lightning dodging was terrible too but then again I can say this about all the mini-games in FFX.

[Colonel Angus]

Don't care for some of the Chocobo races in X, as well as the Dodge the invisible butterflies bit.

[Formalhaut]

My God, where do I start.

- Butterfly dodging in FFX was pretty tedious
- Lightning dodging in FFX was even more tedious
- Chocobo dodging in FFX was seriously more tedious

There's a general theme in this: firstly, virtually all mini-games in FFX was just terrible, and that any mini-game that involved dodging in that game is reserved it's own tier in hell. I can't actually think of a mini-game I enjoyed in FFX.

But there's other games out there. Sphere Break made my horrifying maths present itself, so I didn't like that. The only 'mini-game' in FFXIII, the dreadnought one, was pretty fun. Some of the mini-games in FFVII was fun, but some, such as the snowboard one, the roller-coaster one and the submarine one, were just bleh.

On the plus side, the motorcycle mini-game was pretty good.

[Wolf Kanno]

My God, where do I start.

- Butterfly dodging in FFX was pretty tedious
- Lightning dodging in FFX was even more tedious
- Chocobo dodging in FFX was seriously more tedious

There's a general theme in this: firstly, virtually all mini-games in FFX was just terrible, and that any mini-game that involved dodging in that game is reserved it's own tier in hell. I can't actually think of a mini-game I enjoyed in FFX.

I can agree with all of this.




But there's other games out there. Sphere Break made my horrifying maths present itself, so I didn't like that. The only 'mini-game' in FFXIII, the dreadnought one, was pretty fun. Some of the mini-games in FFVII was fun, but some, such as the snowboard one, the roller-coaster one and the submarine one, were just bleh.

On the plus side, the motorcycle mini-game was pretty good.

I can't agree with most of this. My biggest difference in opinion is reversing the VII choices. The submarine game and snowboarding game are probably the only fun mini-games, thew other two sucked back in 97 and have aged as gracefully as a peach in Death Valley.

[Mirage]

Choco dodging in 10, lightning dodging in 10. Blitzball is actually fun, although easy. Sphere break is also fun, but again a bit too easy with no real rewards. I didn't dislike any of the forced minigames in 7. Triple triad ruled but tetra master sucked donkey wiener.

[black orb]

>>> Most of the FF minigames (except for FF9) are crap..:luca:

The ones I hated the most: FFX-2`s Blitzball (they managed to turn a not popular minigame like blitzball into something truly horrendous), Sphere break, all those stupid games from the calm lands, Gunner's Gauntlet, FFX Butterfly dodging, chocobo dodging, Lightning dodging.. All the FF chocobo races are dumb, FF13`s slot machine was crap (all the minigames there are crap).. I hated TRIPLE TRIAD, omg I could go on forever..

Well, I enjoyed the LeBlanc massage and digging at the Bikanel desert was kind of fun.. So not everything was that terrible..

[Mirage]

Fun because you got to play "touch the lady", I bet :p

[black orb]

>>> Touch the lady and make her moan in pleasure. You cant go wrong there..:luca:

[Psychotic]

X-2's Blitzball and X's god. Damn. BUTTERFLIES. :argh:

[Old Manus]

FFX-2

[maybee]

FF VIII- cards

FF IX- cards

FF X- butterfly and lighting bolts

[ScottNUMBERS]

The Lightning bolts are not fun because I remember having to time blinks so that they didn't coincide with the lightning flash. The butterfly one sucks too, mostly because I'm not sure what is going on.

[Parker]

i hate blitzball forever

also yea as mentioned pretty much everything in FFX

[Raistlin]

The general consensus seems to be that FFX had the most annoying mini-games of the entire series, and that is the objectively correct opinion. Blitzball wasn't too bad, but all of the rest seemed designed to frustrate the player. FFX is probably the only game in the series that can make you hate chocobos.

[Ayen]

I hated most of the mini-games at the Golden Saucer since I was crap at them.

[Freya]

Yeah if lightning counts as a minigame, then the stupid dodging. I have NEVER got that item from that. I suck so bad at dodging the lighting bolts.

[Mercen-X]

Triple triad ruled but tetra master sucked donkey wiener.

[chionos]

Well it's been covered, but pretty much everything in FFX and FFX-2. To me, personally, the worst was Blitzball in FFX-2. I really liked Blitzball in FFX and couldn't wait to try the game in part two thinking that it would be an even deeper, more involved, challenging game, but well, we all know what I got instead. Closest I ever came to quitting the FF franchise. Srsly.

[black orb]

X-2's Blitzball and X's god. Damn. BUTTERFLIES. :argh:
>>> X`s Blitzball was ok..:luca:

[Carl the Llama]

Man I cant believe how many people hated Sphere Break, its one of my all time favourite mini games.

As for those I detest: Choco Dodger, Tetra Master and the calibrating of the lightning towers in X-2.

[Mo-Nercy]

X-2 Blitzball, Lightning Dodging, Butterfly Catcher.

After Triple Triad, I had expected Tetra Master to be awesome too, but it wasn't. That mini fighting game in the Wonder Square in VII sucked too.

[Sefie1999AD]

I thought Blitzball was actually a fairly enjoyable mini-game in FFX when you got used to it, but otherwise, I thought FFX had the most annoying mini-games in the series, such as:

- lightning dodge
- butterfly hunt
- Chocobo racing
- Cloisters of Trials (the one in Zanarkand was alright, but I hated the rest)
- "10 sphere hunt with a camera from hell", i.e. the one just before the final battle, where you have to watch out for icicles.

I can't say much about the mini-games of FFX-2, though. I hardly played any Blitzball there, and Sphere Break seemed fine when I played it for a couple of times.

[Colonel Angus]

I like Sphere Break, but I grew annoyed w/ the Gunner game. I remember Blitz not being nearly as good as the original.