Mini-Games

[Sephina]

In general, most RPG's have some sort've mini-game attached to them. even though I'm aware the RPG element in Huxley will be minimal in that it'll be very FPS-ish, I would still like to know if anyone is aware of there possibly being any mini-games. hopefully maybe a few that you can play with a friend, regardless of level. something that two or more people can play together without any level requirements or restrictions.

a good example that comes to mind is maybe make something similar to the minigame off the old Zelda64 (ocarina of time) where you shoot the rupees, only make it so you shoot something else instead...

or maybe something similar to the card game from Final Fantasy 8, but instead of the losing player losing a card from their deck you can choose to either bet money or no bets and you play for the fun of it and nobody loses money at the end of the game.

The point is I feel there should be some other things to do besides only shooting, mini-games and side-quests and the like can add some flavor to ones games, which is always a good thing in my oppinion =)

- Sephie

[Megaraider]

Nice idea...I think there should be mini-games for medics...something like removing bullets and stick bandages to the wounded...Maybe in bigger citys they ll be Casinos..with lottery and stuff..Maybe mutant fight(like dog fight) U bet on some hybrid ... and if he wins tha winners get the loosers money but doubled...I think that mini games will make the game even more popular .
Go Huxley Go we waited long for you.

[InsaneRussian]

Huxley Racing Grounds?
That was one of mine idea of what you can do if you get tired. Some people liked it, at least those who read the topic.

[Sephina]

Originally Posted by InsaneRussian

Huxley Racing Grounds?
That was one of mine idea of what you can do if you get tired. Some people liked it, at least those who read the topic.

Actually, the race idea does sound like a good mini-game... it's just too bad none of these ideas that we come up with will be conveyed over to Webzen...

unless maybe globby takes it upon himself to tell them about these ideas - since he apparently has had some official contact with them I'm guessing.

- Sephie

[InsaneRussian]

Well yeah i doubt that anything of this forum will be included in the game, i mean our ideas. But racing would be very cool i think.

Ohh and by the way, our admins nickname is Gobbly and he has no connection with the officials what so ever, at least that's what he told me =)

[Snike]

Yeah, that would be cool! I would love to see a casino in game, that would be lovely.

I always wondered why MMOs never make simple mini games, that wouldn't require a lot of time to program. Like chess or poker.

It's kinda hard to think of any FPS mini games, since I hope they will implement them into the game's main quests. I definitely do not want to see "Kill these many thingies, or collect these many thinigies, or deliver this package to so and so".
What I'm hoping for is like quests, that would require you to race someone, or defend a position using a gun turret, that could in some way be mini games too.

Or maybe even they should do it like Final Fantasy VII, where you could go to an amusement park and play random games like that.

[InsaneRussian]

Well there is a game called Lineage 2, where you got Horse rasing, but there monsters race instead. About the quests, they said you will have quests that are Conspiricy revieling and monster shooting. You might only get few noob quests like deliver a package. Cant understand the reason why you should get exp for delivering the package, you make get exp for the travel to the deliverthe package but not like: "Here is the package" Booyyaaaa!! Lvl up! Thats BS :P There will be lots party quests where you have a lot mobs to kill.

[fleshcutter]

an even better idea! an arcade where you can choose what mini-games you want to play, and maybe play with your freinds or someone if theyr on the same machine or something! what do you think?

darn someone alredy mentioned it, i guess i should of read all the posts 1st

[Darkreaper48]

Two words: The Arena. Decide what enemies you want to face, anything you've already beaten, decide how many you want to face. 10 strong guys, or 10,000 bloodthirsty pests? Decide how many waves they come in. A couple normal rounds with a rest round, large groups, or one massive rush of enemies, adrenaline, blood and sweat. Decide how much ammo you get, do you want it to be a total mow down frag fest where you annihilate everything, or maybe you should make it so that every shot has to count. Finally, figure out exactly where you're going to fight. A large plain where small crass untill it's too late, a forest where downed logs and large trees provide ample cover for you... and your foes. Or maybe a closed in urban combat area, where around the next corner, anything could be waiting. Perhaps even the classical roman-type arena with nothing but a circle ring, two doors, and only 1 winning team. Yes, this is simmilar to the instanced content, but when you don't really want to go out and find a group, you can jump into the arena and see how long you can last. You don't need to worry about wasting ammo either, because your ammo is provided (but only usuable in arena, no free ammo outside it). Perhaps you can even test out certain guns (if not just gun types) or specializations (See if you really want to spend your XP getting, say, faster reload times, or if you really need that faster running). Running out of cash? The arena masters will give you a SMALL amount of cash for fighting, however, this is no where NEAR close to what you could get out in a battleground, out questing, or in an instance. Tired of bloodthirsty conquest, organize a game and take bets on who will survive.

[InsaneRussian]

Well yeah as you said that pretty much is the whole game only in very short version. I mean i rather do quests in case i dont want PvP cause i recieve rewards from quests and not just the shoot-outs. When im tired of questing which im rarely am, i go Pvp of which im also rarely tired of. So if there is to be a mini-game in this game, it should some other content to my opinion and it shouldn't be single players cause this is MMO, and if you say arena with player against mods, that's questing pretty much. That's why i had the idea of racing, when you are tired of shooting you can race players, claim rewards and ugrade your racing vehicle.
Sorry to be so negative to your idea but that's just my opinion. =)

[Darkreaper48]

The way I see it is the game looks relatively group based (Especially with 60v60 Battlegrounds) If you had an arena, it'd be a way for you to quicky go in, kill a few guys and get out without having to risk much in ammo costs and possible death (although I don't believe we know what the death penalty is yet, correct me if I'm wrong). However, I can also see what you mean that an arena would not really be much of a mini-game, as most of its aspects are already in the game.

[InsaneRussian]

Yeah good that you do understand and agree. They could have that as another game-mode. I mean they have Deathmatch, cap flag etc etc all the UT modes. But they could add something like your idea as one more mode to it. As content of the game and in this case nt mini game, but a game mode =)