15 Video Game Clichés You Couldn’t Live Without

Mini-Games

Mini-games are a great way for a game to break up the action. They’re usually badly implemented and it’s not often well-explained why you have to stop the game to play cards or whatever. Old-school 3D platformers were always great at this, like the Jak and Daxter series introducing racing, hoverboard tournaments, and little tower defense games to name a few. Like escort missions and fetch quests, when implemented right, mini-games can add a ton to a game to make it more enjoyable.