# Which game has the most annoying mini-game? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 4, 2009, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-game-has-the-most-annoying-mini-game/516269 "2009-11-04T11:25:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-game-has-the-most-annoying-mini-game/516269/21 "2009-11-05T01:42:29Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Oh, yeah, I remember that being an enormous pain in the ass. Sanitarium was such a great game, though - it’s sad you didn’t see the rest. I still own the game - I actually bought it only 5 years ago or so. I’m just not sure if I still own a computer that can play it! Otherwise I could see if I’m any better at it, or try to get my husband to get me past that point. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-game-has-the-most-annoying-mini-game/516269/22 "2009-11-05T02:26:58Z")
> [@Just\_Some\_Guy](#): > > The Tower of Hanoi puzzles used to be the single most overused puzzle in adventure gaming. Running into it in Mass Effect was a strange throwback. > > Oh, and screw Bioware for making it a four tier version instead of three. Once you know the principle solving it adding more tiers just makes the puzzle annoyingly longer instead of more difficult. You’re complaining about four!? And with a point and click type interface!? You obviously never played Zork Zero where there were six of the fucking discs. And you had to constantly type “move x to y” over and over and over, where ‘x’ referred to the start peg and ‘y’ referred to the end peg. At least if you mistyped, you could undo the move rather than having to start over, but that was hardly comforting. > [@Isamu](#): > > **Max Payne** - The nightmare sequence (a minimalist maze along a tightrope with finnicky jumps). > > Granted, it was atmospheric and in keeping with the storyline of the game, but damn if I didn’t die a million times trying to finish it. Yeah. I heard it was apparently easier on the PC than the PS2. (I played in on the PS2). It was an exercise in repeated frustration. (Much like trying to aim the sniper rifle with an analog stick.) ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-game-has-the-most-annoying-mini-game/516269/23 "2009-11-05T02:31:02Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > **Max Payne** - The nightmare sequence (a minimalist maze along a tightrope with finnicky jumps). > > Granted, it was atmospheric and in keeping with the storyline of the game, but damn if I didn’t die a million times trying to finish it. My younger brother and I had to share the game, so when one died they’d hand the controller over. Yeah, that part of the game was frustrating as all hell. ---
**Author:** ![Apocalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Apocalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apocalypso)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-game-has-the-most-annoying-mini-game/516269/24 "2009-11-05T15:14:34Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > I still own the game - I actually bought it only 5 years ago or so. I’m just not sure if I still own a computer that can play it! Otherwise I could see if I’m any better at it, or try to get my husband to get me past that point. 😃 Me too, and this thread’s made me think about getting it out and playing it again! I still have my old WinME comp… Blitzball in FF10 is my nomination. Yes I know it was optional. It was still a poorly thought out turd of a minigame. ---
**Author:** ![bagga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@bagga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bagga)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-game-has-the-most-annoying-mini-game/516269/25 "2009-11-05T16:33:12Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > My younger brother and I had to share the game, so when one died they’d hand the controller over. > > Yeah, that part of the game was frustrating as all hell. If you guys are thinking of the same maze I am, I remember noticing (after falling off right after the entrance) that the exit door is just to the left of the entrance door, and you can go down the path a little and then simply jump over from the beginning to the end. Oblivion’s lockpicking game gets annoying after a while. I like the Bioshock game, though, since it kind of fits in with the story: underwater, old-school style hydraulics, plus it echoes one of the System Shock 2 minigames, which is appropriate since Bioshock is essentially an underwater remake. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-game-has-the-most-annoying-mini-game/516269/26 "2009-11-05T16:35:33Z")
\*\*E.T. \*\*- getting out of the pits you fell into. What do I win? ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-game-has-the-most-annoying-mini-game/516269/27 "2009-11-06T02:21:31Z")
> [@bup](#): > > \*\*E.T. \*\*- getting out of the pits you fell into. > > What do I win? A pitting. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-game-has-the-most-annoying-mini-game/516269.md?page=1)