Do you care if a game forces you to button mash in quick-time events?

[Kovlak]

Some games, like the original God of War trilogy, Dante's Inferno and Dragon Budokai Tenkaichi series, forces you to button mash in quick-time events for finishers, to mimic certain character actions or to beat someone else on a clash.

Do you care if a game forces you to do it? Does that affect your desire to play the game?

Personally I care, because I know it wears the controller down significantly faster, than its normal use.

 

[DieDieDanmakuDoll]

Yep i feel the same way for that reason controllers ain't cheap where i come from but generally i am more forgiving of button mashing especially if it's not that often you know, but the joysticks now messing with my joysticks is the real dealbreaker since i take drift seriously, if it wants me to consistently click or swirl them at a ridiculous rate nah i'm not doing that more than a couple times before i quit.

 

[SamanthaSamantha's icon]

I'm against QTE in general.

The way they are implemented is almost irrelevant to me.

That said...

Personally I care, because I know it wears the controller down significantly faster, than its normal use.

Agree completely — anything that puts unnecessary strain on my hardware by design is just not well designed.

 

[Burzuru Burzuru]

sometimes i enjoy it. like in god hand you can press O to "pummel" dazed enemies. or during the final boss for KH2 you have to mash cross and triangle so sora and riku can deflect all the laser bolts.

 

[LiberoVulpesLiberoVulpes's icon]

I am always worried I might damage the controller.

I hate the ones which make you spin the analog, I have lost quite a few to those.

 

[Megarockman _1987 Megarockman _1987]

Sometimes it may be annoying but I like it

 

[polter99]

The best uses of QTE mashing is Asura's Wrath that otherwise you'll be simply watching an anime with okay at best combat, in my opinion. Don't get me wrong, Asura's Wrath is 6 or maybe 7/10 games by critic, but 11/10 in fun.

and i guess yours "to determine who won clash" in action or fighting games

https://imgur.com/FHMD6bD

As earlier comment mentioned, if it wasn't for the fact modern controller is build like F1 front wing, the durability of Washing Pole from Dark Souls 2, and the price of 1 bedroom 1 toilet house in Florida, I don't mind mashing.

QTE used to be part of gameplay during PS2/PS3-era, like running from a boulder in RE4, punching a boulder in RE5, half the shit in Asura's Wrath, and some other. While QTE in modern games fill the different role as parry and "press this to not lose 98% of your HP from this very specific attack" button (which basically Parry 2.0).

 

[CheesyExplosive]

You have no choice.... it's up to you.

 

[NOTthatHARD]

I'm not a fan of QTEs, I can "tolerate" them but I'd rather not have them in any game.

 

[Lokgamer]

I don't mind. Actually I like qte, but only if they makes sense; if you have to smash buttons to make your character breath (RE6 or Auras Wrath), then I do.

 

[shaggi]

I generally dislike QTEs. They create interactive cutscenes where the player has to press buttons to get through. It's not fun, can damage the controller, and is very irritating.

 

[Bakuma1997]

YES! it doesn't make a scene epic, it just punish you for not being a instaclicking machine, oh, also that little thing called "Wearing your controller", honestly i am more of a "Press the button at the right time", slower but easier in your eyes and buttons

 

[RageBurner]

Yeah, completely. No QTE/mashing is engaging (outside of the eventual minigame at most).

 

[JellyjamLu]

If it rarely shows up as a part of a gameplay feature, sure no issue.

 

[Graw]

I just kind of hate QTEs in general. I think they're a lazy replacement for good gameplay that add nothing to games especially considering the consequences for failing them are mostly non-existent 99% of the time other than immediately trying again. Button mashing, timed button presses, joystick movements, whatever it's all the same lazy shit. They're just interactive cutscenes. The same kind of shit as those old VHS games.

 

[Eduardo2010]

At the beginning of wolf among us this happens. And I was surprised how exciting it was

 

[Appiplyer]

I will say yes if that QTE was placed in a boss fight cuz how else would i channel all those inner rage instead of button mashing, i literally button mash on every single action rpg game that i played, i mean the time window to attack was so small that you might as well just mash those button.

 

[Isegrim]

I button mash almost everyday since Chun-Li is my favorite main and I mostly play the older Street Fighter games where her Lightning Kick is still press kick button rapidly.

I've never broken a button yet where the kick button is located since I've fine tuned my button mashing to press lightly and not to get too excited into smashing the buttons hard.

As long as the rapid button press timing in a QTE is reasonable and won't give you a heart attack due to a highly excessive amount of presses required in one second, I wouldn't mind.

 

[extermist]

There are some QTEs I liked, mashing the same button until you out mash the enemy does engage me, or perfectly timing the actually QUICK QTE, that's the way that I think QTEs should be, not just lazyly slapped into sections and scenes to give the most surface level of interaction.

 

[KamakoKamako's icon]

I enjoy button mashing sequences when the stakes are high or when playing against others. Fun gameplay to me involves different rhythms of button presses, fun combinations in sequence, and button-mashing is a great quick tension/quick release kind of fun.

 

[Dyne]

Button mashing doesnt bother me. I've never seen it damage a controller.
QTEs in general are kind of hit or miss for me.

 

[rugal]

i do not mind button mashing

 

[kuroro]

Yes, I hate it a lot.

 

[Stingy Perry Stingy Perry]

I hate it because it wears down your controller, I get it some people find it thrilling or whatnot but I just couldn't myself to punish my poor controller just for a few seconds of fun.

 

[Stingy Perry Stingy Perry]

I hate it because it wears down your controller, I get it some people find it thrilling or whatnot but I just couldn't myself to punish my poor controller just for a few seconds of fun.