reminder: 99% of minigames are pointless and stupid, especially fishing minigames

>woman doesn't like fishing
Quality article.

>>717664640 (OP)
Clearly she never played Terraria

They're not pointless though? you get fish from them

i dont read screenshot threads kill yourself

>>717664640 (OP)
I've never played a game where fishing was mandatory. You don't need to play every minigame in a game.

>>717664640 (OP)

>>717664829
>You don't need to play every minigame in a game.

People aren't just going to skip portions of something they paid for.

Like you eat everything at a buffet even if you don't like it

>>717664640 (OP)
If your game doesn't have fishing minigame I ain't playing it simple as

>>717664971
>Like you eat everything at a buffet even if you don't like it
No you don't fat ass

>>717664956
I should learn how to play it so I can play those hentai arcade games, but all I know is Mahjong Solitaire like Kyodai.

>>717664640 (OP)
>reminder: 99% of minigames are pointless and stupid, especially fishing minigames
They can be skipped. People complaining about free activities need to die. Has any journalist ever not finished a game on easy mode?
>the fishing filtered me

A game without a fishing minigame is a sign of a potentially incomplete game.
To be unable to implement fishing, however simple the mechanics, is a sign of a game in poor hands.
The fishing minigame in a game that doesn't make it mandatory at all is an indicator that the devs had time leftover to add a quaint side activity for the fun of it, possibly providing bonus resources or easter eggs.

>>717665016
just learn tanyao and it'll carry you for anything other than serious mahjong
https://riichi.wiki/Tanyao

modern vidya is paid gay slop for trannies to waste time in and make kikes rich

>>717664640 (OP)
This person is a faggot, fishing is one of the few minigame types that is actually fun.

>>717665028
Some can't. See: FF7 where there's a fuckton of terrible mandatory minigames.

>>717665046
This is a very well thought-out post. You're spot-on. It also always bugged me when Kamiya games would have forced segments that change to another genre because they would always last way too long because it was a resource sink. Fishing optionally being there is a great sign, you're so wise anon. Thank you.

Hmmm...

>>717665119
>Some can't. See: FF7 where there's a fuckton of terrible mandatory minigames.
Good, they I just need to git gud or put the game down. I loved fishing in RDO, RDR2 and Nier games.

>>717665261
Can she cheat on her husband with me?

>>717665261
sims > fishing
roasties won

>>717665264
Being yanked out of the normal game and being forced to do stupid busywork is gay. Also, RDR2 and 3 are gay. RDR1 is the only good one.

Any "mini" game that can't stand as a game on its own merits is trash. Like if you wouldn't pay money for it and you're only playing it because it's a small part of an actually good game then maybe it's not that good

>>717665261
>this bitch did the Dark Citadel in D4
That's a meme. Nobody actually does it.

>>717665014
>pay for something
>don't use it

this is why you're poor

>>717664640 (OP)
>google author
>fat pickme goth
yea that tracks

>>717664640 (OP)
>crafting good
>fishing bad
I will shoot this faggot

>>717665350
You could argue that downtime is good in games. The best games I played had hubs, moments where you talk to your crew, rest in your apartment ingame. How is fishing a bad mechanic? Modern gamers are so in dopamine driven feedback loops they flip their shit if the game forces them to take it slow.

>>717664956
Anyone got that mahjong chart? Gonna play Yakuza soon and finally play it

>>717665350
Busywork IS the game.

>>717665516
Optional shit is fine, but forcing bullshit on me is annoying. I'm already done with forced tutorials. If I start a game up and I have to do that shit, I uninstall it.

>>717664640 (OP)
>try to 100% any game
>the fishing grind takes longer than all other achievements combined

>>717664640 (OP)
>woman opinion
Discarded

>>717664956
Now THIS should be a crime.

>>717664640 (OP)
"realistic" fishing is dumb af, but Dave the diver was fun

>>717664640 (OP)
stupid woman

>>717664640 (OP)
digimon world's fishing minigame was kino. getting lifespan-extending fish was great.
it does get tedious after a while though so I started gathering chain melons instead

>>717664640 (OP)
>You want a Heart Piece?
>HAHAHA FUCK YOU

>>717665119
if you are stuck on a mandatory minigame (which is usually the first level of many, of said minigame), you should probably quit video games, forever

Fishing, hacking and lockpicking is the unholy trinity of shitty minigames.

I don’t mind fishing, but I really feel like it’s a tacked on component in alot of games. In some games, it’s just simply not a good fit.

>>717664956
>>717665626
>filtered by soul
weak

>>717665046
So this game is so good the only thing the devs had left to do was tac on a fishing mechanic?

>>717664640 (OP)
breath of fire III's fishing minigame was fun and engaging.
getting tec+4 down consistently felt very satisfying and rewarding

>>717665752
But if I complete the word search and match the characters in the vertical and horizontal rows, I'm a real hacker.

Minigames aren't gameplay
Much like how lore entries aren't story

>>717665739
It's not about being stuck on them. It's a matter of not wanting to do them at all. I want to play the game and shoot bad guys. I don't want to play a baking minigame where I serve cookies to the army beforehand.

>>717665046
>can I pet le doggo?

The tard that complains about pointless activities in games is probably the same tard that thinks the meaning of life will be found in a game

Nope you're just old and tarded

Fishing improves literally every vidya. Can we stop letting women have opinions?

Stat manipulation is a mini-game.

>>717665827
But I hacked all of the computers in the building to read company emails and learn the lore. Surely I'm having fun?

>>717665560
>I uninstall it.
good, be sure to email the big company about your uninstall

>>717664640 (OP)
she's right, key indicator a fanbase can't accept any criticism of their game when they defend the fishing minigame.

I'm fine with any minigame except for this shit. Fucking hate it

>>717665880
If it's pointless don't make me catch every rare fish to get 100% achievements.

>>717666032
I'm fine with it in Pipe Dream. I don't want to do it in a FPS made by a guy who skimmed the Cliff Notes for Atlas Shrugged.

>>717665752
Lockpicking and hacking are actually meaningful minigames that accomplish things (getting into areas you couldn’t access before). Fishing is, at most, an optional side distraction unless the game is specifically about fishing.

>>717666041
>100% achievements
>not pointless

>>717664640 (OP)
I love fishing IRL and both fishing games and mini games. I have fond memories of playing Fishermans bait 2 world monsters with my friend. We would go out and party and then come back to my place, do heroin and play that shit for hours.

So why does /v/ hate Big the Cat?

>>717666081
Lockpicking and hacking are only 'meaningful' if they take place in real time.
If they freeze the world and give you unlimited time to pick the lock without the risk of others seeing you, they're the worst shit.

>>717664640 (OP)
>taking away one of the core and most primal things from men
this needs to stop

>>717666187
too big
too cat
too the

>play game with lockpicking minigame
>stealth isn't even necessary
>door and jamb are made of wood
Why am I doing this again?

>>717665046
They went too far man

>>717666214
There’s honestly not that much difference if it’s real time or not aside from the fact that enemies can catch you doing it if you’re not careful. It’s why stealth games and immersive sims are really the only times these minigames are real time.

Other than that, it’s still the same minigame.

>>717664956
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pka0nVIahb0

>>717664829
Sonic Adventure

>>717666287
I feel it works best when lockpicking is the “silent” option, as other means of opening or bypassing the door either take significantly longer, or are a lot noisier and risk you being detected.

Fishing is also the most simple shit. Just wait for some icon to appear to catch fish. And then they want you do do it hundreds of times or more.

>Fishing-rage crossover thread
/tg/ sends its regards.

throw dynamite in the water
receive fish

>>717665046
I only went fishing as a kid, but it wasn't as hard as the game makes it look. Once the fish bit into the bait it was then reeled in. Why do video games do this?

>>717666448
The entire point is the risk of being spotted. The picking is a formality, the challenge is in getting to the door undetected and should also be having the time to pick the lock. If a guard can't walk up on you while picking, the risk is rendered very minimal.
TESO has the best picking minigame, a refined Oblivion picking that takes place in real time. There are many locked doors that are in the sightlines of patrolling guards.
MGSV has the best minigame-less picking, Snake takes about 5 seconds to pick the lock in real time while the player can look around a bit for anyone coming by.

>>717664956
the only good minigame

>>717666792
BOTW

>Fantasy Zone
>Out Run
>Catfight Club
>Mahjong
>Shogi
>Gold
>Bowling
>Batting

I like Towers of Hanoi, but they always have a really slow interface. On Noveria in Mass Effect, you have a 4 tier easymode one that only takes 15 moves (and you can move to either 2 or 3 instead of just 3, making it even easier), but the actual interface for working it is so slow it takes like 2-3 minutes as opposed to 10 seconds.

>>717664956
Filters me every time

>just casually lists combat as a negative in video games

>>717664640 (OP)
for me its crafting systems. if im playing an action game stop putting crafting or building shit in there i want to fight enemies not farm ingredients

>>717664956
fucking Raidou

>>717665517

>>717664640 (OP)
>Cheri Faulkner
Opinion discarded. This is why we shouldn't allow women in gaming.

>>717667071
You never fought a real fish. Go catch a man sized marlin then tell me it's easy to pull one in

>>717665363
Any "single" attack that can't stand as a moveset on its own merits is trash. Like if you wouldn't pay money for it and you're only using it because it's a small part of an actually good moveset then maybe it's not that good

>>717664640 (OP)
you can simply not fish

>>717664971
>Like you eat everything at a buffet even if you don't like it
The fingers used to type this post weigh 50lbs each

>>717664829
>need to catch 20 fish for achievement
>there are different random spots all over to fish
>fish variety vary by spot
>fish vary by bait
>need to catch a bunch more than 20 for the 4 special suits at the fish store

>>717665350
How gay is RDR3, time traveler-anon?

>>717668851
>he doesn't know there are 3

>>717664640 (OP)
fuck you

>>717668915
>RDRevolver
>RDRevolver 2
wait no that doesnt exist
>RDRevolver
>RDRedemption 2
>RDRedemption 3
where's RDRedemption 1?

>>717669217
>leisure suit larry
>leisure suit larry 2
>leisure suit larry 3
>leisure suit larry 5
>THIS IS HARD
They numbered it wrong as a joke, just like the games after Revolver were a joke.

>>717669325
jokes are supposed to be funny
and only desperate contrarians think revolver is good

>>717669391
Yes, jokes are SUPPOSED to be funny, but we know Rockstar can't write.

>>717668046
You can't read.

>>717664640 (OP)
fishing and mahjong in games are the most fun parts though?

>>717665819
>breath of fire III's fishing minigame was fun and engaging.
yes, also very rewarding.

>>717664640 (OP)
Shittiest take I've heard in a long while.

A game without fishing and an upgradeable player home/base feels incomplete to me. Bonuses if the game has a wildlife photography minigame too

>>717664971
>People aren't just going to skip portions of something they paid for.
I guarantee the person who wrote that article has never 100%ed a game.
>Like you eat everything at a buffet even if you don't like it
You fat fucking pig.

>>717664829
>I've never played a game where fishing was mandatory.
That's why the reviewer joystiq rage quit his nier review and having played the game that was totally justified.

>>717664640 (OP)
How about just making fishing more engaging by giving players the option to just do it physically with spears or something like that. You go to a small stream or something like that where you can find fishes coursing through it and you're given the option to just straight up spear them.

Changes the game more from a waiting one where you have to mash buttons to reel them in into one where you have to actively move around, aim your cursor with the spear out then time your thrust just right so you can stab the fish as it goes by.

>>717669915
You should play Archeage.

>>717668848
so, not mandatory.

>>717664971
Bruh nobody paid money to play poker or dominoes or go fishing in rdr2. You paid to shoot people with revolvers.

>>717673056
Is it weird that I didn't use revolvers? Repeaters do the same thing and hold more bullets

>>717664971
Why would I eat shit I don't like, rather than just eat more of what I do like?

>>717664640 (OP)
It's the opposite, actually. If your game has even a passable fishing minigame, it's a sign the game is good.

>>717667071

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrV2TC_bYrw

>>717664640 (OP)
I've breece agreed with a woman's opinion more.

>>717664829
I have a friend who never beat Nier because he couldn’t manage to fish.

>>717671050
Great idea, would be a huge improvement.

>>717664640 (OP)
I fucking despise them, they are always a waste of time and none of them are fun. Fuck em. I despise them even more if they gate some content behind themselves like that one side boss in BoF3

>>717664640 (OP)
Is it really an RPG if you don't have a fishing minigame? I'm not a fan of minigames in general but the fishing ones are usually among the least offensive to me.

>>717676203
there was never any fishing in Gothic games, the superior german mind does not care about fish. Fishing only entered this genre through the japanese mindset because they are an island nation

>>717676312
Clearly this means Japan invented RPGs, and everything that game before JRPGs should be called something else besides RPGs.

I like fishing.

>>717664640 (OP)
>>717665261
Ban far leftists from being able to give their opinions on video games. Fucking abhorrent article.

>>717664829
>this game is so easy bro! just get ten tilapia then-
click*. i'm playing on hard mode i guess

test

>>717664640 (OP)
I spent hours doing fishing in Warframe of all things because it was chill and fun.
My friends constantly would get pissed at me because I would fish the instant I could in Sea of Thieves.
I just like fishing minigames.

>>717664640 (OP)
Not even news. They are filler, just like many other minigames/additions/mechanics made so that the player doesn't realize that the game itself lasts like 2 hours at best.

>>717677468
>Not fishing to get the ten tilapia and then refusing to use the reward to keep the challenge
This is going in my cringe compilation

I don't mind the concept of a fishing minigame but the majority of them suck.

>>717664829
You never played Sega Bass Fishing?

Fishing minigames fans here are retards. They larp as irl fishers but I don't believe you niggers. Fish have slime on them, they stink, you have to kill them and gut them. I don't see the fun in it

>>717677886
You don't eat every fish you catch retard. There are size limits on the fish you can kill in the first place. The whole fun of fishing is getting the fish out of the water.

>>717664640 (OP)
Why do women have a say in video games?

>>717664640 (OP)
The only one that ever felt tedious to me was the one in FATE.

What is it with women and hating fish? They love salmon filets, but they can't stand the process of catching salmon or preparing salmon.

>>717664640 (OP)
>stop adding this absolutely optional feature to games
kill all video game "journalists"

I hated fishing in persona 4.

>>717664829
Fishing is great but I hate when the game stops and says LOOK YOU CAN FISH LETS TRY FISHING OUT HERES A FISHING TUTORIAL fucking piss off. Games like Animal Crossing for the GC thrived off of fishing, but it was gay retard shit in Nier.

>>717664640 (OP)
Confirmed for non-gamer.
Fishing is the only minigame that should be in every game.

*filters retards and those with bad reaction time*

>>717673218
repeaters are cool but revolvers are cooler

>>717664956
I'll never figure this shit out.

>>717676203
>equip lod

>>717664640 (OP)
>please stop me doing entirely optional thing which never tied to actual game progression

>>717664640 (OP)
Such heresy
STONE THIS HERETIC!

>>717664640 (OP)
>>717664724
>>717678080

>>717679159
grim, seems like a cool guy

>>717679159
The women who like fishermen aren't the type to use Tinder. Trying to find based women on Tinder is like trying to find a camel in Antarctica.

>>717664640 (OP)
>crafting good
>fishing bad

>>717664640 (OP)
That's just your opinion.

>>717679625
This, exact the exact opposite. I've come to hate crafting in video games but now I love fishing.

>>717664640 (OP)
Stop making me craft shit in games. I'm tired of crafting. I'm tired of crafting and gathering, in fact. That stuff was fun when it was in SOME games, now that it is in ALL games it's very tiresome. Reminds me of the endless morality systems in the 00's.

>>717680090
How else are we going to pad the game?

I hate pointlessly slow movement that has no challenge. Give me a loading screen if you must.

>>717665752
>hacking and lockpicking
I'd understand your position assuming you only play bethesdaslop
But there are games out there that are actually good

>>717680952
I should be able to hack any computer or pick any lock with a gun. If you're giving me alternatives to a gun, your shooting mechanics suck. I'm an American and don't need pussy ways to open doors.

I hate when games add some entirely new system in post-game that requires you to basically play the whole game again. Just let me unlock it early on so I don't have to sweep through every single corner twice.

I like fishing mini games, heck one of my all time favorite games is Legend of the River King

>>717680952
There is no hacking minigame so good it would warrant doing it 100 times in one game.

>>717664640 (OP)
>woman

>>717681706
whats wrong with his ears?

>>717664829
unfortunately thats not the case. just off the top of my head im pretty sure you had to fish in one of the final fantasy games to get one of the ultimate weapons. its been a while so i might be fucking that up

>>717681938
It's a common Bri'ish phenotype

>>717664640 (OP)
what a stupid cunt. fishing is probably one of the best mini games. I don't understand why these women inject themselves into a hobby they don't like just to right asinine artcles about things they don't like. lousy bitch probably couldn't make it as a far left propoganda journalist.

>>717664640 (OP)
Just like most games minigames like fishing is just too easy making it boring and unrewarding

>>717681950
you're thinking of dragon quest 4

>>717664956
But that is pure kino.
Every game should haveandatory richii mahjong sections.

>>717664640 (OP)
Name one non-fishing game that MAKES you fish.

>>717664640 (OP)
im conflicted on this topic... on the one hand I hate fishing... on the other hand, it would force me to side with a woman... oh the struggle.

>>717665261
Those writes have quotas to put up guides constantly because it's the most searched stuff online

>>717664640 (OP)
it's time for all game journalists to kill themselves

>>717664640 (OP)
Why do so many games have fishing? Why do so many vidya protagonists have fishing as their hobby? (FFXV in particular makes a point of this.)

Have we been looking in the wrong direction all along? Is vidya not controlled by scheming businessmen, vengeful SJWs, or beauty-hating feminists, but by a secret cabal of fishermen? Our hobby is video games; the people who make video games hobby is fishing.

>>717668848
>autistically fulfilling every achievement while bleeding from his eyes and biting his lips
You need to stop playing games for a while, buddy.

>>717668848
achievements are supposed to be hard, just don't do it retard

>>717665046
>The fishing minigame in a game that doesn't make it mandatory at all is an indicator that the devs had time leftover to add a quaint side activity for the fun of it, possibly providing bonus resources or easter eggs.
And the fishing minigame in a game that makes it mandatory to complete before continuing the rest of the game is an indicator that the devs are retarded

This goes for any game that introduces a random minigame that is required to continue the game, but never comes up again.

... I'm looking at you modern GTA games. Cut that shit out.

>>717664956
RON
PINFU NOMI

I'm just here to check if the byline is a woman(female). Looks like it is.

>>717664640 (OP)
>I want less game in my game
An outstanding take, never before have I seen an opinion of such radiating quality

>>717664971
Excellent work.

I just hate how obvious it is that none of these devs have ever fished before

>Flyfish IRL
>Go to new place, chuck a few bugs in the water, see what gets bites
>Learn to mimic what gets the fish's attention
>Go from catching nothing to getting snapped up seconds after the cast hits the water
>Hook and pull, that's literally it

>Go fishing in a video game
>IF YOU WANT TO CATCH THE PENIS FISH YOU HAVE TO USE THE PENIS BAIT!
>UH OH, YOU NEED 250 FISHING POINTS TO BUY THAT ROD
>LEFT LEFT LEFT RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT
>OH NO THE FISH IS ULTING PRESS THE RIGHT TRIGGER
>REAL IT IN QUICK!
>WOOWWWW YOU CAUGHT A TIRE

What the fuck even started this? At first I thought it was deep sea fishing but with the exception of Monster Hunter none of the fish are ever like, big.

>>717664640 (OP)
Fishing in games isnt satisfying and FULL of obnoxious redditors that make fake fishing a personality

>>717689350
The fuck did you expect? Fishing itself doesn't make for a good game.

>>717664640 (OP)
what games do you even need a PHD to understand how to play? this article is a joke

>>717679159
He's chubby

If you're fat/chubby you get swiped regardless

>>717667071
my only claim to fame with fishing irl was that I caught a king mackerel when I was in florida. I think we were fluking but we had other rods going too
that fish put up a damn fight. I struggled with that thing for at least 10 minutes and that fish FOUGHT
if you're fishing for little river fish it's easy to reel them in but ocean fish will put up a fight for sure

>>717665517
Be fucking warned, once you start getting it even a bit you will stop everything else and just play 80 hours of Mahjong. It happened to me....

>>717689350
>OH NO THE FISH IS ULTING PRESS THE RIGHT TRIGGER
lmao

>>717664798
And...?

You sell them or cook them, that's it. You can do the same thing just clicking the fucking river and getting it without the stupid mini-game.

I agree with her in spirit. There are a few that are kind of fun (Breath of Fire 3's was alright, and I think Yakuza's is mostly fine even if I don't bother with it 90% of the time) but you could essentially remove the mini-game and nothing would change.

>>717665517
Just wait until you get to koi koi. Still less bullshit than oicho-kabu, though.

>>717690276
>That
>Chubby
LMAO, Americans, everyone. Having a normal build is somehow "chubby" to them, when they're overweight and literally haven't seen their dick since infancy.

>>717681950
>Ultimate weapons
You don't need that to beat the game.
>BUT MUH SUPER BOSSES
Those are OPTIONAL.

>>717664640 (OP)
>female name
>wants less gameplay
>writes like a nigger
How am I supposed to not be a misogynist? Like seriously how do normies go about their daily lives without hating women? It seems fucking impossible.

>>717664724
fpbp
Woman's opinion = disregard

>>717664640 (OP)
I liked fishing on those iphone games with gyro.

>>717690991
come on man, his face is a circle

>>717664640 (OP)
The article is obviously wrong in it's spirit.
But taken literally it is correct, as is OP.
"Minigames" are shit. There is no point to a "minigame". Either make it a full fledged mechanic, or make it a relaxing passive animation.

>>717680952
BDS
Bethesda Derangement Syndrome

>>717690991
If your cheekbones aren't visible you are overweight.

>>717690021
If you could actually translate enough of it, it WOULD make a good game. You just can't half ass it and it needs an actual purpose in game.

What do I expect? I don't know, for the people who decided to put something in a video game to care about it enough to make it unique.

>>717677886
I love fishing minigames but I don't fish irl. Fishing minigames to me are fun because I like collecting creatures or filling out a list of fish I've caught.

>>717691548
Based gyro fishing bro. Those were surprisingly immersive for how jank they were. Felt like I was actually on a boat reeling in a pixel tuna at 3AM while waiting for Clash of Clans timers. Peak mobile gaming, unironically.

>>717664640 (OP)
I actually 100% agree with this. I was fucking sick of fishing minigames in Japanese games over 10 years ago.

>>717694121
>I don't know, for the people who decided to put something in a video game to care about it enough to make it unique.
Nigger, you're literally complaining about it being unique.

>>717679159
God, the dating game is insane

>>717666297
Damn that’s a nice hiney

>>717680805
>the movement question has been mentioned yet again

>>717664829
Ms. Cheri say fishing and other survival mechanics (punching trees, collecting resources, crafting) are trasy because in videogames, characters need eat every five minutes

>>717664640 (OP)
Please add fishing to every game. There's no game that wouldn't be augmented by fishing.

>>717664640 (OP)
>it's not clever
>menu screens so convoluted that you'll need a PhD

>>717664640 (OP)
How do I filter all internet pages written by women?

>>717668848
>Walking down the road and I see some dogshit on the sidewalk.
>It's mandatory I eat it!!!!
>I have to get my money's worth!!

>>717665046
This is just Okami fishing.

>>717664640 (OP)
If you hate fishing minigames then go play and actual fishing game especially the good ones on NES, SNES, PS1, PS2, and Dreamcast. Even GBC had couple of River King games that were good.

>>717665046
by that reasoning if cyberpunk 2077 shipped with a fishing minigame it would've been complete on launch

>>717664640 (OP)
Fishing minigames are often the best part of a video game.

>>717664829
>You don't need to play every minigame in a game.
Woman do that. Because they're idiots.

>>717668848
who GIVES A FUCK
achievement retards are 70 IQ

>>717664640 (OP)
I actually get pretty excited when a game turns out to have fishing mechanics.

If a game has a fishing minigame there's a good chance I will spend at least 5 hours doing it

>>717695137
Literally the past 3 games I've played had minigames EXACTLY like the one in the webm so idk it doesn't FEEL very unique.

>>717686032
GTA core gameplay is shit anyway. Quality of the game is dependent on the quality of the gimmicky side missions in the first place

>>717664971
No. You're just a fatty

>>717664640 (OP)
The only fishing minigame I liked is the one in Solatorobo because it has you harpooning giant hermit crabs with a mech. Its a shame there's no good gameplay videos of it for me to share so I can show what I mean.