I won’t pretend that I’m one of the biggest fans of the game, but I’m really glad that Triple Triad is a thing in Final Fantasy XIV. I’m also super psyched that World of Warcraft has its various Darkmoon Faire diversions (though they should really be around more) and I’m even keen on the absurd little pattern-matching Dilithium mining in Star Trek Online. Put simply, I’m a big fan of having some minigames to take part in as I play.
Minigames that aren’t tied to fighting or crafting or the like are, to be fair, not part of the core design of a game. They’re extraneous side ventures, and it’s very common for them to either be far too rewarding or not rewarding enough. But I like the fact that they exist, and I’m always willing to at least try a new minigame or two. What about you? Do you like minigames, or would you rather that developers focus more efforts on core gameplay?
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