Sidequests?

[Del Murder]

I don't care what anyone says, I would play the crap out of a Noctis Window Cleaning Service minigame. xD Nice one, black orb.

Same here. That kind of random crap is one of the things that made this series so great. I want innovative mini-games and quests: Chocobo Hot & Cold, Triple Triad, Phoenix Cave, Gold Saucer, Blitzball, these are some of the greatest moments in the older games and everything after FFXI has nothing 'different' like that (XIV might).

[Depression Moon]

I don't know if you any of actually want that mini game though. Did any of you enjoy those mini games in Kingdom Hearts II?

[Del Murder]

Well yeah you have to make it fun. But if you use your imagination even a window washing game could be fun. Does SE have any imagination left? Time will tell.

[Skyblade]

I don't know if you any of actually want that mini game though. Did any of you enjoy those mini games in Kingdom Hearts II?

Actually, I did enjoy the minigames in Kingdom Hearts II. I wish they hadn't shoved them down your throat at the beginning, but I liked them.

In fact, the pacing for them was horrible all the way around. They were all in the same world. So you got them early on, and then you didn't get any during the majority of the game, only to have them all deluge you again with the Journal requirements once you got back to the world.

Final Fantasy VII handled it much better. They were scattered across the game, and only part of the story in minor ways. You only unlocked snowboarding or the sub game once you had already done them in the story, but could then revisit them at the hub. So they were paced out over the game. Plus you had the Fort Condor minigame, which was entirely separate from the Gold Saucer.

That's how minigames should be handled.

As to sidequests? Look to Chrono Trigger and Bravely Default.

[Psychotic]

Fort Condor remains one of my favourite FF minigames and I wish we'd seen more of it.