I don't know a single person who enjoys QTEs.

I dislike cinematic experiences in general.

I remember awesome gameplay, and return to it again and again, but I'll forget cinematic games within minutes after completing them.

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I tolerated them in Shenmue. Thought it was a good idea for Adventure games to have some action without effectively having it. Then actual action games started to use them left and right. -__-

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reynal1287

I enjoyed some of the QTE stuff in RE4. Maybe just because it was a new thing, but it seemed well implemented in some parts. Otherwise, I think they suck.

In moderation they are alright.. But I honestly would like multiple QTE choices that offer differing outcomes.. Instead of it being basically a miniature dance dance revolution of getting the input on time and correctly or die.. sSubZerOo

People who love God of War and Kingdom Hearts 2.

I'm not sure why the QTE even exists in these cases because the illusion of agency is so unconvincingly thin that the sequence might as well be a cutscene to begin with. Articuno76

So the reason why they exist is simply its a gameplay option that is used to immerse the player into the game.

Sometimes I do wish that they were just cutscenes though, because I would rather watch the action happening on screen rather than trying to pay attention to button prompts.

Like I stated before about QTEs. They are used mostly in 2 different ways. The first way is adding them to cinematic events that wouldn't be possible using normal gameplay mechanics. They are used so that the player feels like they are responsible for the action happening on screen and it isn't just a movie playing. The second way that QTEs are typically used are in instances to try and create suspense. For example, a player locking swords with another and trying to tug of war back and forth to win the encounter. This is something else that is harder to pull off with normal gameplay where there is a back and forth suspense with you and an enemy.

So the reason why they exist is simply its a gameplay option that is used to immerse the player into the game.

Sometimes I do wish that they were just cutscenes though, because I would rather watch the action happening on screen rather than trying to pay attention to button prompts.

CajunShooter

Why did this fad take off?

percech

It was never a fad. Ive been enjoying QTE's since the early 90's with Mortal Kombats FATALITY's!!!!!!!!!!!!

Then you got all the supers in 2D fighters when the meter is full.

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Why did this fad take off?

SonySoldier-_-

It was never a fad. Ive been enjoying QTE's since the early 90's with Mortal Kombats FATALITY's!!!!!!!!!!!!

Then you got all the supers in 2D fighters when the meter is full.

Never liked QTEs either. Either give me a cinematic or give me good gameplay. You cannot have both.Hexagon_777

Why the hell not?

When well done and not over used, I like them.

If the game includes QTEs in cutscenes then I don't mind it. If you take gameplay content out in place for QTE then we have a problem.

Why did this fad take off? It really is a lazy alternative to you know, doing something creative with gameplay elements. I blame Sony for this because it's present in almost every single one of their exclusives this gen. Sony is anti-gameplay.

percech

I like them just because you hate themultraking

I like them just because you hate themultraking

[QUOTE="ultraking"]I like them just because you hate themdelta3074

It's just filler for action/adventure games, can't say I like or hate it, but I certainly wouldn't mind not having to go through them.

I don't mind them if they are done right.

I like them when they're well done/implemented.

True story. I like QTEs on God of War games as a way to finish bigger enemies or bosses, though, but that's all.

They can be used effectively sometimes but their overuse in games where they're not needed is incredibly annoying.

Taking away control from a player is a step forward into realizing the potential of games. Games should emulate film after all. What's there to not understand? Why haven't you preordered the cinematicmasterpiece,the Last of Usyet?

Socijalisticka

The Last of Us seems to have taken the whole scripted/cinematic thing i didn't particularly like about Uncharted and then taken it to extremes, to the point where from watching the trailers i feel like all you're going to be doing is jumping through hoops; where they dangle an obvious or even unavoidable situation in front of you that you trigger seemingly just so they can show off a few animations, also its fairly obvious when watching the trailers they're deliberately triggering all these to show off as many of them as they can, giving the illusion of an incredibly polished/cinematic game, of course it fools some people into thinking just because its not always 100% scripted that makes it 100% dynamic.

Like the QTEs in RE4 and the God of War games. They don't really belong in anything else.

I don't like them.

Instead of watching a cool battle scene, I have to worry about buttons to push. Id rather there be no buttons to worry about so I can just watch my character in action.

Well depends how it's made.. I think if the game had like proper buttom combinations the QTE's wouldn't be bad at all. Like for example you get grabed you can press let's say on the PC ( DDS SpaceBar ) to do some jumping counter attack or (DDAAS) let's say to toss the fool off of you but as if it was a game ability not really sequences like RE6 where it says press this button at this time.. no man.. just haduken everyone when they try to choke you.

Because of how awesome they were in RE4 (aside from the boulder runs,) every publisher/developer tried to shoehorn them in after that.

ChubbyGuy40

[QUOTE="Hexagon_777"]Never liked QTEs either. Either give me a cinematic or give me good gameplay. You cannot have both.MLBknights58

Why the hell not?