10 WORST Mini Games Absolutely Crucial To Complete The Game

1. Fishing - Nier

Fishing mini-games are almost always optional, though in typically player-baiting (sorry) fashion, Nier offers up an initially compulsory fishing mini-game that also happens to be one of the most infuriatingly obtuse ever made.

First of all, the in-game explanation for how to catch a fish is scarcely coherent at best, and many players were then infuriated to discover that they weren't even fishing at the right spot to catch the single fish needed to move the story forward.

As it turns out, you actually need to move away from the starting area and head to the red X on your mini-map to find the fish. But in a small act of mercy, numerous failed attempts eventually results in the fish being automatically awarded to the player.

Given how countless players fled to forums to complain about wasting hours trying to get that damn fish from the starting area, it's clear that the objective just wasn't explained clearly enough - to say nothing of the clunky fishing mechanics themselves.