key mashing ruins games

[gogog]

i am 61 and been playing pc games since pre win 95 when it was called windows 3.1. i played the first three tomb raider games and they where fantastic so when i saw the new tomb raider game i bought it without thought for three quid, bargain i thought but there is always a reason why anything is so cheap and sure enough i found out pretty damn quick why this game is so cheap. KEY MASHING is such a crap idea what is the point in trying to press a million damn keys in the right order when they could have let us fight in the normal way it took 12 attempts to kill the wolf in the cave after which i was so miffed i uninstalled the game and will never play this game again or any more future tomb raider games . if this is the their idea to make games last longer they can stick them were the sun dont shine. this game is a linear key mashing bag of poo do not buy it even for 3 quid.

[Decoy Octopus]

I agree that QTE on keyboard are a bit of a pain, but you should be able to do it after a few tries, unless you have some hadicap that prevents you from smashing keys. That said, have you tried a conroller? It might make QTEs easier.

[Ser Davos]

Xbox 360 controller support for this game works great

[Myth Alric]

I can't kill that wolf at all. I have been trying 50+ times and I can not kill it. I follow all the commands it gives then it stops giving commands and I instantly die.

[Ishan451]

Nothing worse than QTEs in a game. They are the scourge of Videogames, and a trademark of lazy Developers.

I would much rather watch an extensive cutscene (and that would be a problem on its own) than be constantly annoyed with QTEs. This game is really riddled with them, and other "tap keys to do X" sequences. Whenever you want to open something you gotta keep tapping that key.

And yes, i play with a controler, its still annoying. I really wish Developers would stop with crappy QTEs. Not only do i keep missing the cutscene, because i am to busy waiting for prompts, but also do i end up being annoyed by shaking my controler, dancing around it and sacrificing my firstborns heart to it, to be actually enjoying myself playing the damn game.

[SquareEnixFanboy]

you Mr.61 years old, you really need to start thinking about your next life and leave video games for younger people, no offence and I totally respect you , but really 61 should be a lot more mature to play games...

[[GameDev] Cat]

Originally posted by SquareEnixFanboy:

you Mr.61 years old, you really need to start thinking about your next life and leave video games for younger people, no offence and I totally respect you , but really 61 should be a lot more mature to play games...

Does age really matter when it comes to video games? I'm playing till I die xD

[Neko Senpai]

Originally posted by BLAZE:

Xbox 360 controller support for this game works great

Xbox one controller is way better playing the game over xbox 360 controller

[Neko Senpai]

Originally posted by Panda DSP:

Originally posted by SquareEnixFanboy:

you Mr.61 years old, you really need to start thinking about your next life and leave video games for younger people, no offence and I totally respect you , but really 61 should be a lot more mature to play games...

Does age really matter when it comes to video games? I'm playing till I die xD

I agree you can never be to old or to young to play a game

[Ishan451]

Originally posted by SquareEnixFanboy:

no offence and I totally respect you

Except you don't, according to the rest of your post.

[Nobodo]

Originally posted by SquareEnixFanboy:

you Mr.61 years old, you really need to start thinking about your next life and leave video games for younger people, no offence and I totally respect you , but really 61 should be a lot more mature to play games...

That is a totally disgusting thing to say. You are being a bigot toward a person based on age just as much as people do the same thing based on skin color, weight, sex, religion, or other differences.

What exactly is the magic age when you feel you should start chastising a person to "start thinking about your next life" and abandon other activities? Do you have a specific age where people are supposed to start or stop all of the things they enjoy doing in life?

You might die tomorrow, yet you feel that you have the right to tell somebody at the young age of 61 that they need to slowly curl up and die before even coming close to retirement age.

I got a chuckle when I read OP's post where he talked about playing games in Windows 3.1, since I have fond memories of writing games way before there was ever even a dream of anything like Windows. My first programs were written against the 3kB of ram on the Commodore Vic-20, storing them to cassette tape, and waiting a couple of minutes after typing in 'LOAD "*",8,1' so it would retrieve the program from tape. Then it was the Commodore 64, then the Atari ST, and then finally my company bought me my first PC computer with a whopping 640kB of ram and MS-DOS version 2.0. Funny now to think that computer cost several times what a modern gaming rig does today, but somewhere in the world that thing is probably still cranking away even though the old green phosphor monitor has had "1-2-3>" burned into the upper left corner for the better part of 3 decades. Funny how the Lotus prompt burned in even though it was used for dBase and Word Perfect a lot more... But anyway...

I fully plan to continue writing and playing computer games for at least another 30 years, and keep mountain climbing, caving, and running as long as my body will allow me to do those activities I enjoy so much. I don't have the twitch reflexes or unaided vision that I used to have, but hopefully by keeping the blood flowing, playing challenging computer and board games, and not giving up on life it will be a long time before I feel that I have to slow down.

It sounds like OP has a hard time with QTEs. I don't like them myself but do keep trying until I get past them. I feel good about completing challenging parts of video games, but it is nowhere near the exhilaration of doing a difficult class 4 climb without rope. Games are fun and help a little in keeping the mind sharp. Physical activity and always challenging yourself helps keep you young no matter what your age is.

Here are some pictures from a climb/hike I did a few months ago. No class 5 in the climb, but plenty of class 4. Unfortunately I got a comminuted fracture on the climb up (before taking the below pictures) but I wasn't going to let that stop me. My goal in the trip was to get to and explore a cave called "Lake Cave".

• Few minutes after breaking hand[www.google.com]
  
• View showing part of the route up[ssl.panoramio.com]
  
• View from above Lake Cave, which was the goal[www.google.com]
  
• 3 weeks later, cast removed but pins holding bone together[www.pixelsby.me]

I got pretty frustrated that at the end of it all I made it to 100 vertical feet above the cave but couldn't do that last tiny bit as it was class 5 and I couldn't manage that with the hand fracture. It took a few months to rehabilitate but I'll travel there again within the next year and there's no way the goal won't be met this time.

Ok, that post got longer than I intended, but fanboy ticked me off. I guess in closing I'll just say never let anybody tell you that you are too old for anything you enjoy doing. Let them wallow in their bigotry while you enjoy life however you want.

[jimbox114]

I agree with the OP 100%. In fact I just got done saying F-it to the wolf in the cave. This is the same reason I ended up hateing Resident Evil 6 and threw it in the trash after playing it abotu 15 minutes (probably why I found it for $5 at a local flea market). Anyways the button mashing is really ruining this game for me. Im glad I didn't pay much for it. Id be throwing a fit if I had bought this on release at full price.

[Orumph]

Thank you to the OP, I know exactly what you mean, They do not make games like the used to.
I won't be buying this game. The Dumbed Down Consoleskification of games is a HUGE problem these days.

[hammerhorde]

I agree with the OP. The gameplay itself looked pretty interesting and fun but I haven`t been able to get out of that wolfs cave either after about 20 reloads. All the previous qte`s up to that point required at least 20 attempts each and got old prettty fast. If I hit my keyboard any harder and faster I might break something and I don`t like playing with controllers. I really want to give the game one more honest try but I know if I manage to pass this qte the next one will just aggravate me even more so I don`t think I`ll bother. At least I read somewhere that farcry4 did away with qte`s after we all complained about them in fc3. At least I have something to look forward to.

[gogog]

dante you are just a tit and are obviously to young to remember the old games or you would know exactly what i mean. because of your young age and inexperience you have nothing to compare anything with so just crawl back under the stone you came from under and come back in ten years or so when you can contribute a valid input.

[Prisoner]

..What even is this? Chill, people.