10 WORST Mini Games Absolutely Crucial To Complete The Game

7. Snowboarding - Final Fantasy VII

Final Fantasy 7 Cloud
Square Enix

For reasons that still remain a mystery today, Square decided to include a snowboarding mini-game in Final Fantasy VII once players arrived at the Icicle Inn - and worse still, the story can't be advanced without playing through it.

Though the mini-game only lasts a matter of minutes, the wading-through-treacle controls make it a completely joyless experience for every single one of those minutes, a misguided attempt to break up the action.

More than anything, it's a lame, ill-fitting affectation which further proves that Square should have stuck to what they knew. Cool Boarders this ain't, and it's even more of a clumsy mess when played nowadays.

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