discussion Do you genuinely like mini games/combat in games?

[rkeith]

Do people genuinely enjoy when a game has mini games or combat in them? I think sometimes it can ruin immersion and be unnecessary, though obviously there are people that enjoy them since it's apart of so many games.

 

[Saucerr]

Sure, for me it's why I would call it a game

 

[Sec]

Very rarely. I especially hate those lazy click-as-fast-a-you-can mini-"games".

That said, a relaxed logic-based puzzle can provide a nice break. The party management stuff in Being a DIK springs to mind.

 

[User_111574]

I just can't stand “mini-games” as the vast majority of them focus solely on the player's reaction speed while breaking the gameplay of the main game. I delete all games and VNs with such “mini-games” without the slightest thought and mark them on my blacklist.

 

[MattShizzle]

Hell no, I FUCKING HATE that shit.

 

[Kansasfarms]

Nope - throws off pacing

 

[pingledingle]

Not really. Usually the minigames are not fun and are just an addition to pad the playtime. A "puzzle" like having to connect colored wires or something for a fusebox I find okay though.

 

[Gokatraz]

Do people genuinely enjoy when a game has mini games or combat in them? I think sometimes it can ruin immersion and be unnecessary, though obviously there are people that enjoy them since it's apart of so many games.

It depends on the game. Ex: the match 3 in a VN just gets in the way but if it's a match 3 in a puzzle game then sure. It's all about consistency.

 

[Gokatraz]

Hell no, I FUCKING HATE that shit.

It really just depends on the game for me

 

[Gokatraz]

Sure, for me it's why I would call it a game

Same here.

 

[MattShizzle]

I have never seen a minigame in one of these that I didn't want to skip. Ones that can't be skipped are a "bastard dev" thing.

 

[Freyr]

It depends... Some games are rather decent from gameplay perspective.

But I do find that porn and gaming doesn't really go well together.

 

[Vidilo]

Depends on how they are implemented. Most minigames are just annoying fillers. Combat, however, can be very intense and can be the main appeal of a game. And sometimes even 'combat' mechanics that look like a minigame turn out to be fun. For example in 'Love of Magic', I really like the poker-card-game combat.

 

[osiris789]

Some are ok, though if you have to keep going through them they can be tiresome fast. Occasionally one makes the game a little bit better and helps keep pacing.

 

[trc450]

I like puzzles and combat as long as they are either escalating in difficulty, or fast to solve/end. That said I haven't come across good examples in adult games as it is like making a second game on top.

 

[Gokatraz]

I have never seen a minigame in one of these that I didn't want to skip. Ones that can't be skipped are a "bastard dev" thing.

They do eventually get boring. There was one that had a fishing game that was mandatory for $ gain. That got bad fast.

 

[sullys]

Fuck. No.

 

[DadD]

No. They often break a moment and usually done poorly.

 

[Gokatraz]

No. They often break a moment and usually done poorly.

Thats true but rarely they are good tho.

 

[s3gfaul7]

In adult games? Absolutely not.