| S.T.A.G.E. said:
QTE's still test gaming aptitude. You might be of a higher aptitude than the average gamer but I've seen people die in Heavy Rain who don't game and have the muscle memory that comes with years of gaming nor the reflexes. Super Mario in the same way trains reflexes for third party games with more deliberate action. Gaming direction is the artistic decision of the director and games today are huge productions. Heavy Rain is a great experience, and I say experience because I've only lost a QTE like once or twice in it, but thats because I am an experienced gamer and dont consider it a major challenge. Watching my friends try to survive who dont game, it was actually more interesting to me because I go to see what real struggle was like for them. |
QTEs still test aptitude, yes, but if I have a choice between running along a bridge, jumping over a gap, and shooting a bad guy, I want to play it manually, not tap a few random buttons while the game plays itself.
