Button Mashing Problem - Game Breaking *SPOILER*

[bubba's footslut]

I'm near the end when I'm supposed to defeat Mathias, once I encounter the "Mash Enter to defend" dialogue, no matter how many times I'm mashing or pushing, or how many different "mashing" techniques I've tried, it does not register my button and I am perpetually watching Lara die. This is really gamebreaking for me, and I've encountered the same problem all throughout my gameplay and have somehow managed to get past it after a few tries. This one seems impossible. I don't even understand this "button mashing" anyway, I feel like I'm going to break my keyboard. A bit ridiculous. Is this a possible bug, or am I just being way too harsh? I really hope someone has some answers. Great game, horrible problem.

[bubba's footslut]

Thanks everyone for your input. I hope nobody runs into this issue in the future.

[kawaiipunch]

help haha having same issue almost every time there is QTE button mashing stuff, especially during the battles.
I'm trying a mix of all of these suggestions (im on low graphics, not in full screen, i've turned off V-sync even though i dont actually know what that is, someone suggested it, ive got combat difficulty on easy because that was all that saved me when the big russian man was killing me, i've also set a second key for my action E key and am trying to alternate tapping both like someone said...)
But Matthias is still crushing my neck, which is fine, the thing I hate about all these times is having to rewatch the death and wait to try again, its never been this unresponsive before but now every time i die it won't let me open the menu to reload checkpoint, not until Lara has reloaded and reentered for the battle scene, so i'm having to wait through the death each time :( the whole menu has ALWAYS been really awkward and unresponsive, but now it seems it simply cannot be opened at all.
I like the quality and detail of the game but its been so frustrating having to rewatch the death scenes -.- it can be difficult, but being REALLY difficult and then making me rewatch Lara dying (loudly) hundreds of times is just cruel, makes it hard to keep trying

RANT OVER thank you

[kawaiipunch]

UPDATE I had lost the setting for resolution (its listed as window size and because it had been set to max i kept overlooking it thinking it wasn't the resolution buttons all being recognised now, must really be a bug! I thought i was just bad

[bubba's footslut]

Nope, it seems to be a bug with resolution! I've since beaten the game and I'm ready to buy the 2nd :) Sorry about the late reply, I hope your problem is resolved.

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babyghetto lähetti viestin:

Thanks everyone for your input. I hope nobody runs into this issue in the future.

Ha ha! Greetings from the future! From the dark times of the Covid-19 outbreak, I got this game from Square Enix's free giveaway. And here I am, who also has an issue with the "Mash [E} to defend" problem during the final Mathias QTE. You'd think it's funny that this issue still exists 7 years later.

- I've set my game to the lowest resolution because my laptop runs this game like a potato, so that has already been done.
- I turned off v-sync
- I put alternate mapping buttons for the mashing: E and P, also tried E and R
- I turned fullscreen off and put it at the smallest window size
- I used a PS4 controller, which means I'm mashing the square button (but the screen only shows the buttons for an X-box controller, so it will still say to mash the X button)
-I tried different speeds of mashing (hoo boy that was a mistake Mathias just gets to kill Lara faster)

None of these solutions work and Mathias will keep killing Lara over and over again and it's really starting to tick me off. Now that I look at it again, the death does look sort of silly on low resolution. I can't believe after everything she's been through, Lara's weakness turned out to be flawed game mechanics.

[bubba's footslut]

seanjom01 lähetti viestin:

babyghetto lähetti viestin:

Thanks everyone for your input. I hope nobody runs into this issue in the future.

Ha ha! Greetings from the future! From the dark times of the Covid-19 outbreak, I got this game from Square Enix's free giveaway. And here I am, who also has an issue with the "Mash [E} to defend" problem during the final Mathias QTE. You'd think it's funny that this issue still exists 7 years later.

- I've set my game to the lowest resolution because my laptop runs this game like a potato, so that has already been done.
- I turned off v-sync
- I put alternate mapping buttons for the mashing: E and P, also tried E and R
- I turned fullscreen off and put it at the smallest window size
- I used a PS4 controller, which means I'm mashing the square button (but the screen only shows the buttons for an X-box controller, so it will still say to mash the X button)
-I tried different speeds of mashing (hoo boy that was a mistake Mathias just gets to kill Lara faster)

None of these solutions work and Mathias will keep killing Lara over and over again and it's really starting to tick me off. Now that I look at it again, the death does look sort of silly on low resolution. I can't believe after everything she's been through, Lara's weakness turned out to be flawed game mechanics.

Heyo! So, I would really recommend a new laptop. My issue was frame rates and resolution at the time, and it seems the games mechanics are really finnicky when it comes to those two things. If you aren't exactly on time with the mashing, it's not going to register it. :(

I'm sorry you haven't found a solution, otherwise. Maybe try using your keyboard for this bit?

[notverysmartindian]

This thread looks old, but in June 2020, I am facing the same issue. In the FHD mode, the yellow exclamation mark didn't appear, but after I lowered the resolution i was able to finally beat the guard.

[hollowhead]

The only thing that worked for me was lowering my resolution to 800x600 in window mode. After that it finally worked (took about ten tries to find this was the one that worked.)

[bubba's footslut]

hollowhead lähetti viestin:

The only thing that worked for me was lowering my resolution to 800x600 in window mode. After that it finally worked (took about ten tries to find this was the one that worked.)

I'm glad you found a solution <3