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I Hate Casino in Games

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Devilgunman

Member
You know, the ones that have nice prizes attached to it. I just can't move on unless I get all those prizes!

I'm currently playing Pokemon Fire Red (Lttp my first Pokemon ever) and I finally arrived at the casino town (forgot the name). Look at all those exclusive Pokemons and TMs. How can I pass on that! So I've been spinning the slot machine till my eyes bleed just to get enough coins to buy all of them. I'm so f** sick of this but I can't move on!

I remembered this happened to me in so many other game. My early addiction was in the original DQVIII on PS2 and a decade later I'm still doing this shit. Why do games need Casino or tie exclusive items to it? It's so boring and tedious. I would rather running around the game world to unlock the secret or playing the goddamn Blitzball for eternity to win the prize!

Anyone share the same opinion?
 
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purseowner

Member
You'd hate the copious minigames in the Yakuza/Ryū ga Gotoku series.

My favourite casino stage will always be Sonic Adventure.

SEGA sure know how to do minigames right.
 
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xzeldax3

Member
I like the asthetic and music attached to casino levels/areas, but yeah I agree that locking cool stuff away like that isn't fun.
 
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Gai Murakumo

Member
xzeldax3 said:
I like the asthetic and music attached to casino levels/areas, but yeah I agree that locking cool stuff away like that isn't fun.
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I agree with this statement. The RNG factor of a lot of casino minigames is what I hate the most. But I guess that is what all casino's are like anyways.
 
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Skyr

Member
I am always bankrupt in Forza Horizon 3 because I can't help myself but spin that slotmachine until all my money is gone.

Thank god I never got in contact with that shit in real life.
 
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Shanlei91

Sonic handles my blue balls
I love them and any mini games that net you in-game currency. Fable, Sonic Adventure, etc.

Not a fan though of when it's only pure luck (i.e. Pokemon slot machines).
 
Creepy

Creepy

Member
I like casino in games, always spend lots of times playing with that stuff.

On a slightly related note me and an associate like to bet gold on the snail race circuit in WoW whenever we pass, so I guess I even make my own gambling when its not available heheh.
 
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Wavebossa

Member
I play the Yukon Trail just so I can get revenge on One-Eyed Jack

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Woe as me.... :(
 
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Earthpainting

Member
Devilgunman said:
I would rather running around the game world to unlock the secret or playing the goddamn Blitzball for eternity to win the prize!

Anyone share the same opinion?
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Whoa whoa whoa. Let's not go totally overboard. I know what you mean though. I love Dragon Quest, but I lament its fascination with casinos. All they do is hinder the game's balancing.
 
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TheChocoboCadet

Banned
It depends for me. If the minigames are good, then the casino is good. A good example of this would be the FFXIII-2 DLC game Chronobind. That mini-game was better than the entire FFXIII trilogy. A bad example would be Pokemon, where no skill is involved and you're pressing A on the slot machines for 20 hours until you can buy that goddamn Dratini.
 
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Devilgunman

Member
Kanik said:
Not a fan though of when it's only pure luck (i.e. Pokemon slot machines).
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To be fair, it isn't pure luck though. I can actually see the "7" if I stare at it long enough and once I get the rhythm of the rotation I can accurately hit the 777, which makes everything really suck because I know I can do it without purely relying on luck but sometime I'm just too tired from staring at the damn thing and my rhythm is off so I keep missing.
 
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ajim

Member
I remember as a kid playing the hell out of the casino games in James Bond 007 on the Gameboy. i think i learned the value of losing in casinos early because of that game because i rarely gamble these days.

Thank you James bond
 
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Barrylocke

Member
I generally avoid Videogame casinos (just like real Casinos). Slots are especially annoying to me as I feel I have almost no control. At least Poker or Blackjack games I can choose when to keep going vs. be conservative.

A lot of people hated replacing the casino with Voltorb Flip in Pokemon HGSS, but the logic puzzle with a bit of a luck element was WAY more fun than the Casinos ever were. I happily grinded my way to a Dratini in Goldenrod City when I did a Nuzlocke.
 
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Semajer

Member
The Tales of games often have a casino with a poker game. It's usually the best part of the game. I've spent hours and hours playing it.

kingofthedead45 said:
Isn't this the exact reason we don't have casinos in the newer pokemon games?
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I think that's because the European rating system will rate the games a 12 rather than a 3.
 
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