QTE Icon

[Ambient King]

Can someone explain the QTE icon? I understand the core concept. Something about to occur, you have X seconds to respond. The issue, is the icon is just a key (PC). It doesn’t specify which key to press. It’s blank. Is this a bug or are they intentionally forcing you to guess?

[Sunshine]

You use WASD, as the prompt closes around the key it will show a direction for you to press. You can also use your mouse but WASD is far more responsive.

[Cid]

To expand on @booner 's comment: For example if the arrow that appears next to the key icon points up, you would press "w" on the keyboard. Left = "a", right = "d", down = "s", up = "w".

[GeZorTenPlotZ]

c'mon ... just buy an xbox controller.

[Ambient King]

Originally posted by GeZorTenPlotZ:

c'mon ... just buy an xbox controller.

Why? That doesn’t address the issue in any way or fashion.

The problem is the icon is blank and I’m not seeing any direction until it’s to late. So unless it’s less than a 4th of a second, I’m just not seeing it. I wish the game gave some practice training instead of a vague no ♥♥♥♥ explanation of it.

[Lithurge]

It should start blank, then an arrow should appear in the direction you need to press, doing it correctly causes it to turn green.

It's fairly generous in the time it gives you to press once the arrow appears, feels far more so than the Dark Pictures games, so if you're not seeing anything then it's a bug.

[Schizo_Survivor]

Originally posted by Ambient King:

Originally posted by GeZorTenPlotZ:

c'mon ... just buy an xbox controller.

Why? That doesn’t address the issue in any way or fashion.

The problem is the icon is blank and I’m not seeing any direction until it’s to late. So unless it’s less than a 4th of a second, I’m just not seeing it. I wish the game gave some practice training instead of a vague no ♥♥♥♥ explanation of it.

I've failed the heartbeat sequences in the Dark Anthology series because I have absolutely no idea what they want me to do and there's no second change it's beyond nonsense I agree 100% they need to have some type of explanation for these; also notice that a lot of things about PC controls are just bad. "Just get an xbox controller" is not an answer to a $60 game that advertises as PC-compatible.

[Lithurge]

Originally posted by Schizo_Survivor:

Originally posted by Ambient King:

Why? That doesn’t address the issue in any way or fashion.

The problem is the icon is blank and I’m not seeing any direction until it’s to late. So unless it’s less than a 4th of a second, I’m just not seeing it. I wish the game gave some practice training instead of a vague no ♥♥♥♥ explanation of it.

I've failed the heartbeat sequences in the Dark Anthology series because I have absolutely no idea what they want me to do and there's no second change

I agree they could do a better job of explaining the heartbeat one, but in this case, so long as it's showing the arrow, it's obvious what you need to do.

It is very easy to 'cheat' in these games though, all you need to do is backup the save and replace it if you fail an event.

[gage]

I think somethings wrong with your game, or you're doing the QTE's too early. As the circle around the QTE closes in, it shows either an up arrow, a down arrow, a left arrow, or a right arrow.

[Ambient King]

Originally posted by gage <3:

I think somethings wrong with your game, or you're doing the QTE's too early. As the circle around the QTE closes in, it shows either an up arrow, a down arrow, a left arrow, or a right arrow.

That’s exactly what the problem was. The blank key was very misleading until I intentionally allowed some to miss. Then it was rather obvious.