Playing Nier Automata makes me sad for the sad state of combat in Western games

[MTZehvor]

Lawlight said:

MTZehvor said:

Then I seriously feel bad for whatever button you used to reload checkpoints.

The game itself isn't hard - cheap and boring, sure.

Setting aside the irrelevant commentary on the game's quality, there are numerous bosses towards the end deliberately designed to punish button mashing (i.e. Sundowner, where simply rushing up and mashing the attack buttons will result in you eating explosive shield, or a more spoilery example that comes equipped with a counter and command grab). The game is by no means difficult, at least on normal difficulty, but it's not a game you can simply beat by button mashing without giving the reload checkpoint option a serious workout.