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I really believe there are such things as fun QTEs. Used sparingly, of course.

I loved the QTEs in Dark Cloud. Dark Cloud only used them once in a while, and QTEs were not a tired concept back then.

Edit: Hardcore gaming lingo means nothing to the types who base their purchasing decisions on the back of the box.

I don't know what to say about having QTE in my games. I just don't really appreciate those QTE, I haven't seen any that had me impressed. I disliked it in the force unleashed and the ninja blade demo. its more of an obsticle that distracts us from the actual game.

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I've never been a huge fan of QTE's. I used to enjoy the breaks in gameplay to watch a cutscene. But now, I have to ready, because at any moment, someone tries to drop a boulder on my head unless I press L and R repeatedly.

I think user triggered ones, such as executions in God of War, are pretty sweet. But way too many games are trying to throw them in nowadays. Or maybe I'm in the minority? I don't know.

I think once you bottle up a game mechanic in a term like "quick time events" it's bound to be reduced to this sort of modular, monotonic thing that no one feels brave enough to change.  These button presses don't HAVE to be so restrictive, and can actually add to gameplay if you're in the middle of tackling an enemy and you need to punch it in the ribs.  It breaks things up nicely and makes it less boring combos.

Too often, though, people seem to think they're liked for their own sake just because they happen to be in popular games (read: god of war).  Bad, bad, bad. 

They can still be fun.  I think that Ninja Blade was a bit unforgiving in its timing, from the way poor Ryan had keep repeating stuff, though.

MGS 4 had massive quicktime events.  They were super forgiving too.  If you didn't get it right, you just don't see those random flashes slightly relating to the situation.

I just read the sentence from the back of the box to someone. He completely interpreted that to mean "having to do with Apple Quicktime movies." This is a guy who has played plenty of games with QTEs like God of War....so there you go.

QTE's are everywhere these days...even in real life.

Any respectable gamer knows what a QTE is and is probably annoyed by the fact that they're now in so many freaking games.

I really enjoyed the quick-time events in RE4, I think that was the first time I had played a game that used them promintently. There are probably more, and earlier ones I've played but I can't think of any.

The kinds of people who read the back of game boxes are probably the type who are all "Whoa! Dude, this game's got Quick Time Events. I don't know what those are, but they sound awesome! Oh, and Ninja Vision. Radical!"

After finishing the latest Prince of Persia game, I think I wouldn't mind not seeing another game with QTE's for a good while.

i thought a QTE was something a cheesy guy called his girlfriend.