Gamers Discuss Their Favourite Minigames
Video games are great, we can all agree on that, but what about those games you get within games, the smaller ones? Minigames they're called. Many great titles have them. Fun little experiences you can use to distract yourself from a main quest or to get some cool in-game reward, or maybe they're just so fun an entire compilation of them is released. But what are the best ones?
Gamers over on ResetEra have been discussing their favourite minigames and side activities. First up, we have Yakuza, obviously. This series is well-known for its absurd side missions and minigames. You can take Kiryu and Majima out to karaoke, dancing, bowling, playing mahjong, roulette, pool, and more.
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Next up we have the theatre minigame in Suikoden 3. Kurahador wrote, "Seeing different characters playing Romeo & Juliet play is hilarious. Wish other games copied this." Seeing your RPG party take a break to put on a little show when they're on their way to save the world or kill God certainly is a nice change of pace. I wonder if they still get stage fright after facing off against cosmic deities?
Lots of people mentioned the Chao Garden from Sonic Adventure 2. I didn't know what I was doing, but collecting the little animal parts from around the levels and using them to make my Chao fly or turn into little lions, angels, and devils was phenomenally fun. Actually, the Cabaret Club and Chao garden both absolutely dominate the list, with people even saying Sega should have spun them both into their own games.
One absolute wrongun cited the speech check minigame from Oblivion as one of the all-time greats. They call it, "A great addictive 'fast paced' puzzle, and I normally hate timed things
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