I recently played Alien Isolation, and I noticed all of the “hacking” she does on doors and computers are different types of games, like press the button at the right time, or match the images within a timer, etc.
A lot of games have these mini-games, and I was wondering which you think are the best? Or at least, didn’t get old fast?
Animal Crossing on the GameCube straight up let you buy little NES consoles with a small variety of titles.
Does it actually let you buy them? I thought they were mostly locked away behind special event codes, or even dummied out.
Really basic ones can be dug up or purchased. You did have to get event codes for some cooler ones.
TIL, thanks!
I also loved that they added some minigames from Amiibo Festival into New Leaf on the 3DS: Puzzle League and Desert Island Escape
I’d throw Crash Bandicoot showing up in Uncharted 4 into the mix, with an honorable mention for Nathan’s Nerf gun setup in his attic.
Maybe neither of those count, as they’re not complete in and of themselves? But I think they count in the spirit of the question asked.
I was pretty happy when I could play that in Uncharted 4. Uncharted is such a good series.
I really enjoyed the classic wolfenstein levels inside the new wolfenstein games
Not sure if this totally counts but my favorite is the Chao raising systems in the Sonic Adventure games
FFX Blitzball is the mini-game that I sunk the most time into by far (100+ hours), and always had fun.
Gwent from Witcher 3 kind of goes without saying, the framework is so good it’s spawned 3 full games that I can think of.
Best Hacking mini-game goes to the newer Deux Ex games, quick, the right amount of challenge but if you didn’t like it you could basically never do it.
Best lockpicking I’m going to give to Starfield. Literally the only part of the game I actually enjoyed, each is a great little puzzle.
OMG blitzball!! Initially thought it was stupid but once it clicked I was hooked !!!
Doesn’t completely fit your description of minigames, but I spent days playing Casino card games with Luigi in Super Mario 64 DS. And the Hide and Seek game was great too.
Those minigames are separate from the main game though.
As a fan of the LucasArts point-and-click adventure games of the 80s-90s, it would be remiss of me not to mention that Day of the Tentacle, the sequel to Maniac Mansion (their first adventure game ever), actually contains Maniac Mansion as a minigame.
I remember spending so much time playing Farkle in Kingdom Come Deliverance, betting my money on every game. I think Witcher 1 or 2 have similar dice game that i also very into it, played with every NPC possible whenever i have the chance.
The cooking minigame in Palia is the best cooking minigame I’ve ever played AND it’s multiplayer! It’s laid back, rewarding, and easy but not TOO easy.
The door hacking in Deus Ex Human Revolution. Each one was unique, could be solved by skill (speed and precision) or with tools (consumable items found throughout the game). It was a mini puzzle game each time you tried to unlock something.
At the time, I loved it so much I tried to build my own version but it never went anywhere.
Rdr2 fishing has a following…
The Gummi Ship missions are pretty fun starting on Kingdom Hearts 2. It’s like its own arcadey space shooter
I spent way more time than I should have playing Dice in Kingdom Come: Deliverance.
Edit: I also just remembered the hacking system in BioShock had a very mini-game feel to it. I had a lot of fun with those too.Gwent.
I didn’t like the standalone version, but the in-game one had just the right level of puzzle to keep me at it.
Wheels from Sea of Stars is ok. But it’s no Super Turbo Turkey Puncher 🦃 💥 👊🏻
Honestly the most fun I had on Wheels was before I realized the tutorial existed, and I was brute force learning the game with trial and error. Then the game kind of got really easy. Still fun though.
