Depends on how they're used. Games such as resident evil 4 used them perfectly but there are some games which appear to add them just because they can.
Poll: Quick time events
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i dont hate them to a point where they would make me think anyless of the game for having them in but i could do with out them like when i thought scourge in gears of war 2 i think thats hes name anyways havent played it in agers i thought that fight would have been really cool to actaully fight him not just keep pressing be everytime he used hes chainsaw on you, specailly if there lengthy aswell where you miss one or press the wrong button then having to start all the way from the begining can get abit anouying somtimes or if there are to many in a game.
yeah i would agree wiht u there they didnt overwhelm you with them but just put them in places that made sense like runing away from a bowlder.UpcountryGecko said:
If they aren't strewn randomly, they're great! Indigo Prophecy, God of War and Shenmue used them very well. However, if they aren't well used, you can't predict when they happen, so you fail. A lot.
There good for making some scenes interactive where complete control would be impossible. However, I do feel they're overused in many games. The worst offence is when they are used to replace an epic boss fight because the designers got lazy. I say use them to make intense cutscenes playable and nowhere else. Also, like Yahtzee said, make it known they are coming and reasonably beatable in one go.
Edit: Oh yeah I forgot. I'd like to mention Mercenaries 2 as worst example of bad ones because they were completely unnessesary (I know I spelled that wrong), and they gave you pictures that made you guess which button you had to press instead of just telling you the F***ing button.
Edit: Oh yeah I forgot. I'd like to mention Mercenaries 2 as worst example of bad ones because they were completely unnessesary (I know I spelled that wrong), and they gave you pictures that made you guess which button you had to press instead of just telling you the F***ing button.
They're alright if they fit and are done well, like in Resident Evil 4... I reckon those quicktime events were alright. However, if a game uses them excessively, really excessively, then it gets old fast.
They CAN be used well like God of War, then there's games like Ninja Blade where it might as well be called "Quick Time Event: The game" since every amazingly crazy cutscene is masked by you waiting for the next button missing everything interesting happening since you're staring at that same 2 inch area for the button you're supposed to press!
Like most people on here, I think that they are OK sometimes. For example, I liked the way they were used in Mercenaries 2, I felt it made the hijacking more interesting. However, I did not really like the way they were used in WET; they were a pain in the arse cos I'd get comfortable and complacent watching the cutscenes, with the controller resting in front of me, then without warning I'd get a bloody QTE thrown at me! Was also a bit disappointed at how the villains of the game are killed by this method, rather than actually facing them properly.
Wow, I really went of on one there, sorry! I guess to sum up, they're not great, but they're also not the worst thing in the world when it comes to gaming as far as I'm concerned.
Wow, I really went of on one there, sorry! I guess to sum up, they're not great, but they're also not the worst thing in the world when it comes to gaming as far as I'm concerned.