These are a few of my hated things...

[Natashina]

I've been surfing around the forums a lot over the last few days, and I wanted to add some unpopular opinions. This is in no way an attempt to flame or start a fight. On that note....

I despise Bliztball(yes, the original from X) and any form of chocobo raising. Granted, I know that I'm going to have to do chocobo raising for VII(my first playthrough), but I found it to be tedious and it feels unrewarding most of the time. Blitzball, on the other hand, was an okay mini-game, but I reallly didn't like the turn-based aspect to it. I would have prefered to either have it all turn-based or just let me have control over it directly.

Is there anyone that agrees with me about these games? If not, what mini-games in FF's history has thoroughly chapped your hide?

[Wolf Kanno]

I don't mind Chocobo Breeding, I would love to see it come back and become even more in-depth tbh but I somehow enjoy the tedious aspect of it all.

Blitzball, I completely agree with as I find the games get completely redundant once you either assemble an awesome team or just level the Aurochs up. You spend the first quarter of playing it losing but leveling and getting some useful skills. There is this criminally short period in the middle of the game where its fun and then once your team gets good, it becomes ridiculously easy to dominate the game. Not to mention that getting most of the good items from the game involves huge time sinks of playing boring tournament bouts... Its long, tedious, boring, and nets you very little in value in terms of the rest of the game.

My only other despised FF minigame is Tetra Master as it is also pointless, random, and requires no thought or strategy to win beyond making sure you go last. Its terrible...

[Bolivar]

I take Blitzball and Chocobo Breeding in VII as they are, I find them quite enjoyable most of the time although I doubt I'd do breeding again. My next playthrough of VII I'm probably going to skip a lot of battles just to make it a good challenge relative for me, inverse of how i usually play a couple extra battles to steal an item I want and I get overlevelled.

A mini-game I just didn't like was Triple Triad. I could just never get into it and I would usually get steamed the few times I'd give it a shot and lose a lot. I guess I've just never given it a fair shake.

Other things in FF that chapped my hide? I guess I didn't like in FFVI how you immediately start getting ultimate equipment once you start the World of Ruin. I mean I understand it's entirely optional end-game quests, but I just feel like I play what I feel I'm supposed to, and I'm left with this absurd cache of unbelievably overpowered equipment and the game loses all challenge.

[PeneloRatsbane]

Blitzball was just annoying, i didn't get it or the blooming sphere grids, thos things put me of X

[Wolf Kanno]

Other things in FF that chapped my hide? I guess I didn't like in FFVI how you immediately start getting ultimate equipment once you start the World of Ruin. I mean I understand it's entirely optional end-game quests, but I just feel like I play what I feel I'm supposed to, and I'm left with this absurd cache of unbelievably overpowered equipment and the game loses all challenge.

I need to ask, what exactly are you constituting as ultimate equipment in VI? I can't really think of too many awesome end game level equipment that's accessible before the final dungeon.

Also, what's with all the hate for Chocobo breeding from everyone?

[Kyros]

I pretty much never hated any sidegame stuff or chocobo breeding (idk why people are hatin the bocos); I just like some more than others. Like Triple Triad >>>>>>> Tetra Master. I also played entirely too much blitzball, but I'd play it even more on another play through I bet, this time getting the best team in the game instead of just finding one of them and keeping the aurochs lol.

[Jessweeee♪]

I wasn't aware that most people liked chocobo breeding.

[Flying Arrow]

Blitzball is pretty painful. Not many things can kill my interest in the opening hours of a new Final Fantasy game, but Blitzball managed.

[black orb]

>>> Unlike other Jrpgs, we should be grateful that all those tedious FF minigames/quests are just optional..
Oh yeah, you had to beat some Tetra master tournament in FF9 to advance in the game..

[Wolf Kanno]

Don't forget that Blitzball tournament in X you have to do...

[Jiro]

But you're pretty much expected to lose the Blitzball tournament.

I can't say any mini-games really bugged me. FFX is difficult along the lines of Chocobo Racing and Lightning Dodging, but they didn't annoy me, nor are they really mini-games.

[PeneloRatsbane]

I like Chocobo breeding, I love the anticip.........ation of waiting to see what the chocobos are like when they are born. plus its easy, just takes a while

[Bolivar]

I need to ask, what exactly are you constituting as ultimate equipment in VI? I can't really think of too many awesome end game level equipment that's accessible before the final dungeon.

I'm sorry...what? Maybe 1/10 of the end game equipment is in the Final Dungeon, nearly everything is in the sidequests.

Right off the bat, you start getting Crystal armor, I think in the first few missions getting Mash, Cayenne, and Edgar back together if memory serves me right.

[Wolf Kanno]

3 Major counterpoints about the Crystal Armor

1) Crystal gear hasn't been considered "ultimate gear" since FFIV and even in THAT game there is still better armor.

2) The armor you speak of can only be equipped by a handful of characters and most of those characters actually have better equipment options than Crystal Gear. Let's face it, if they are using Crystal Armor its because someone else is equipped with the better gear not because its the best.

3) Have a high defense stat does not mean its the best armor. The Red Jacket, Black Garb, Minerva Bustier, and Genji Equipment are all better in terms of raising other stats and granting bonuses over the cost of what amounts to 5 or 10 defense points which can easily be made up with the Esper system. Even then, the best defensive armor in that game (Snow Scarf) is only useable by three characters (Umaro, Gau, and Mog) and all these extra equipment are not so easily found as you say it is. Most of the best gear is obtained in the Cyan's Dream World and Phoenix Cave and I don't exactly consider those dungeons to be walks in the park despite this being VI.

[Kyros]

But you're pretty much expected to lose the Blitzball tournament.

I can't say any mini-games really bugged me. FFX is difficult along the lines of Chocobo Racing and Lightning Dodging, but they didn't annoy me, nor are they really mini-games.

*totally ate faces in the blitzball tournament* Jecht shot makes that tournament very easy. Also I dont remember bothering with chocobos in X, and lightning dodging was easy as long as you just looked at the screen. :P