10 INFURIATING Mini Games That Cost You 100%

10. Digipicking - Starfield (2023)

Despite being known for their expansive and immersive RPGs, Bethesda likewise have a habit of filling their titles with some lousy mini games.

Whether it was the broken persuasion system in Oblivion or the tedious block-based puzzles in Fallout 4's Far Harbour DLC, there are a handful of blemishes throughout Bethesda's otherwise stellar catalogue of games.

Starfield likewise suffered from the developers' need to incorporate a terrible mini game into this galaxy-faring adventure. This time, it was digipicking.

A brand-new mechanic from the studio, digipicking replaces how players would normally pick locks and hack in Bethesda games. The mini game tasks players with solving a puzzle by correctly matching a series of pins with slots on a circle. Clear each ring, and players will succeed.

However, the game never properly explains how this mew system works. The first few dozen attempts consequently become a series of trial-and-error guesswork until players either figure it out or give up in frustration. Even after deciphering how this mechanic functions, investing in the Security skill is the only way to make the harder puzzles more manageable.

Unfortunately, players will need to wrap their heads around this mechanic to unlock the Cyber Jockey achievement by unlocking 50 locks.