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Smooth Groove

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Repetitve button inputs for mundane tasks
« on: December 02, 2007, 09:39:35 PM »
I hate how Uncharted keeps making me press the same button to pull up a gate.  That's probably the most distinguished mentally-challenged and useless feature of "new" game design. 

Who started this crap?  God of War?  Resident Evil 4?

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drohne

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Re: Repetitve button inputs for mundane tasks
« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2007, 09:44:06 PM »
don't play zack and wiki. it makes you play waggle minigames to perform mundane tasks. it kind of ruins an otherwise clever game. thank fuck mario galaxy didn't go down this path
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MrAngryFace

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Re: Repetitve button inputs for mundane tasks
« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2007, 09:44:20 PM »
bobobobo immersive!
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Himu

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Re: Repetitve button inputs for mundane tasks
« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2007, 09:51:54 PM »
God of War and RE4 don't have you doing qte's for mundane tasks.
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Smooth Groove

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Re: Repetitve button inputs for mundane tasks
« Reply #4 on: December 02, 2007, 09:53:40 PM »
Quote from: Himuro on December 02, 2007, 09:51:54 PM
God of War and RE4 don't have you doing qte's for mundane tasks.

Not QTEs, fool, just pressing the same button repeatedly.  For stuff like opening a door or chest. 
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MrAngryFace

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Re: Repetitve button inputs for mundane tasks
« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2007, 09:58:09 PM »
BOBOBOB ENTIRE SECTIONS WHERE NOTHING HAPPENS UNTIL.....BUTTON PRESS!!! OMG GOTY.

Uncharted freaks blow my mind.
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Smooth Groove

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Re: Repetitve button inputs for mundane tasks
« Reply #6 on: December 02, 2007, 10:08:11 PM »
The Uncharted freaks sound so convinced of Uncharted's unprecedented greatness that I wonder if I'm biased sometimes.   I just can't see the incredible AI, animation, story,gameplay,visuals, controls,etc that surpass such elements in every other game.  Basically, like Dcharlie said, they think you're a troll if you don't think Uncharted is the greatest game ever. 
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Himu

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Re: Repetitve button inputs for mundane tasks
« Reply #7 on: December 02, 2007, 10:08:55 PM »
Quote from: Smooth Groove on December 02, 2007, 09:53:40 PM
Quote from: Himuro on December 02, 2007, 09:51:54 PM
God of War and RE4 don't have you doing qte's for mundane tasks.

Not QTEs, fool, just pressing the same button repeatedly.  For stuff like opening a door or chest. 

Well GoW and RE4 doesn't have that shit if i remember
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TakingBackSunday

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Re: Repetitve button inputs for mundane tasks
« Reply #8 on: December 02, 2007, 10:11:24 PM »
Quote from: Himuro on December 02, 2007, 10:08:55 PM
Quote from: Smooth Groove on December 02, 2007, 09:53:40 PM
Quote from: Himuro on December 02, 2007, 09:51:54 PM
God of War and RE4 don't have you doing qte's for mundane tasks.

Not QTEs, fool, just pressing the same button repeatedly.  For stuff like opening a door or chest. 

Well GoW and RE4 doesn't have that shit if i remember

God of War has you repeatedly hit R2 or L2 (forget which) to open up doors and it makes you hold the button to open chests.
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Cormacaroni

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Re: Repetitve button inputs for mundane tasks
« Reply #9 on: December 02, 2007, 10:24:27 PM »
I think it makes perfect sense in GoW. It's there to simulate straining to accomplish a difficult task, which is reinforced by the animation. It's never actually difficult to perform but it feels difficult.
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Re: Repetitve button inputs for mundane tasks
« Reply #10 on: December 02, 2007, 10:27:30 PM »
How the hell would opening a chest be hard for a badass like Kratos?  If the button presses are there to simulate the strain of opening a chest, then we should be pressing the same button for 5 mins when Kratos is pulling down a 30 ft monster with his chained swords. 
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Himu

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Re: Repetitve button inputs for mundane tasks
« Reply #11 on: December 02, 2007, 10:29:03 PM »
Quote from: BrandNew on December 02, 2007, 10:11:24 PM
Quote from: Himuro on December 02, 2007, 10:08:55 PM
Quote from: Smooth Groove on December 02, 2007, 09:53:40 PM
Quote from: Himuro on December 02, 2007, 09:51:54 PM
God of War and RE4 don't have you doing qte's for mundane tasks.

Not QTEs, fool, just pressing the same button repeatedly.  For stuff like opening a door or chest. 

Well GoW and RE4 doesn't have that shit if i remember

God of War has you repeatedly hit R2 or L2 (forget which) to open up doors and it makes you hold the button to open chests.

Welp, that's your answer
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Shuri

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Re: Repetitve button inputs for mundane tasks
« Reply #12 on: December 02, 2007, 11:25:15 PM »
I bought a ps3 today along with Uncharted; I think I managed to last about 10 minutes before turning it off, FOREVER.

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MrAngryFace

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Re: Repetitve button inputs for mundane tasks
« Reply #13 on: December 02, 2007, 11:27:49 PM »
MLB 07 The Show is still the only game I own for ps3. Ive tried buying other games but ended up trading them in
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Re: Repetitve button inputs for mundane tasks
« Reply #14 on: December 03, 2007, 01:22:33 AM »
If the shit in Uncharted is bothering you then you better stay the hell away from Indigo Prophecy.  It's nothing BUT repetitive button pressing.
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Cormacaroni

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Re: Repetitve button inputs for mundane tasks
« Reply #15 on: December 03, 2007, 02:46:13 AM »
Quote from: Smooth Groove on December 02, 2007, 10:27:30 PM
How the hell would opening a chest be hard for a badass like Kratos?  If the button presses are there to simulate the strain of opening a chest, then we should be pressing the same button for 5 mins when Kratos is pulling down a 30 ft monster with his chained swords. 

Look at the animation for it. He's obviously straining, and the designers want you to feel some of that too, I guess.  And it's not as if you have to tap it repeatedly, like with the gates etc...you just hold it.
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Cormacaroni

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Re: Repetitve button inputs for mundane tasks
« Reply #16 on: December 03, 2007, 02:48:16 AM »
Quote from: Hitler Stole My Potato on December 03, 2007, 01:22:33 AM
If the shit in Uncharted is bothering you then you better stay the hell away from Indigo Prophecy.  It's nothing BUT repetitive button pressing.

I had to stop playing that because i literally could not do the tutorial bit where you had to alternately tap the left and right triggers real fast. Bearing in mind that I've been playing guitar for about 20 yrs, it blows my mind that i couldn't do this...and that other people seemingly could. Glad to hear someone else was bugged by it.
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brawndolicious

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Re: Repetitve button inputs for mundane tasks
« Reply #17 on: December 03, 2007, 03:02:45 AM »
I hated in cod3 how it did it for things like rowing or melee fighting qte sequences.

it was really good in conan, god of war, and RE4.
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Powerslave

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Re: Repetitve button inputs for mundane tasks
« Reply #18 on: December 03, 2007, 05:38:12 AM »
Oh yeah, Indigo Prophecy was good..... up until that sex-scene  ::)
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