the car controls (pressing R2 to accelerate) was unecessary and dumb.

Also some HOLD buttons QTE were kind consufing for some, because there was people that thought you needed to keep holding all button of the QTE even after the button disaperead making people run out of fingers... lol

The holding button QTE were a pain in the ass even for me that am pretty acustomed to the controller a knew how the QTE worked. (climbing the dirt mountain on the demo crime scene for example)

Honestly, I could have handled anything else, but the more I hear about the controls and gameplay, the more I am turned off from this game. I want to make choices, not have QTEs for mundane things (is there even a single part of the game where not getting out of a chair the first try changes anything?). And I don't want to be railroaded by cutscenes (like not being able to save Jason, you'd think Ethan would still be just as determined even if Sean wasn't his only surviving kid).

That's not calling the game bad, just stating those things about the game don't make me want to play it. But if the opening of this game (see, staying on topic here) inspires more story games, I hope they have intuitive gameplay. I would enjoy those.

Jason dying was part of the story though. If you could save him, it would have taken the story in a direction that differed from the director's intentions.

To be fair, these are the best implemented QTEs I have ever encountered. It's a bit hard to explain, but they are much better than the QTEs of God of War for example, which are just normal QTEs.

First of all, that phrase isn't about defending against criticism. It means you are stating good points in spite of the criticism, which is the context we see with The Nostalgia Critic and Zero Punctuation. In short, if you just don't agree with me, the phrase doesn't apply. I know that seems nitpicky, but I get annoyed seeing that phrase overused.

Second of all, even if they aren't split second, like God Of War or Resident Evil 4 and actually give you a moment to figure out which button to press (one of the really good gameplay aspects of Chop Till You Drop), it's still annoying to have them placed in illogical moments. Why press up on the right analog stick to open a door? I could understand fumbling with keys, but opening doors is not a pass or fail action in most real worlc circumstances, which are most of the times you open doors. I could get it if Ethan had because of something like a shaking hand due to his problems, but not the other characters.

Other moments I get, like picking up or dropping the bottle Shelby tries to use to stop the robber. But why have a QTE to raise his arms? That's not a pass or fail thing in real life either. Perhaps there could be a choise, but that logically would be a do or refuse option, not something you screw up by not pressing the shoulder buttons at the same time.

BTW, this is not singling the game out. I've been turned off by quite a few games when the controls just didn't work for me. Even Timesplitters 2, which I otherwise thought kicked ass, I ended up returning because there isn't a reticule on all the time, and the auto locking doesn't work properly. The reason that mattered is that I couldn't complete a single level that wasn't on easy because I had to go on aim mode to hit anything and would get wasted before going halfway through the level. If that game was ported to the Wii and/or PS3 with the arc controller, I would be really happy about that.

Jason's death was intentional is what I'm saying. They didn't want there to be a choice in the matter.

First of all, that phrase isn't about defending against criticism. It means you are stating good points in spite of the criticism, which is the context we see with The Nostalgia Critic and Zero Punctuation. In short, if you just don't agree with me, the phrase doesn't apply. I know that seems nitpicky, but I get annoyed seeing that phrase overused.

Second of all, even if they aren't split second, like God Of War or Resident Evil 4 and actually give you a moment to figure out which button to press (one of the really good gameplay aspects of Chop Till You Drop), it's still annoying to have them placed in illogical moments. Why press up on the right analog stick to open a door? I could understand fumbling with keys, but opening doors is not a pass or fail action in most real worlc circumstances, which are most of the times you open doors. I could get it if Ethan had because of something like a shaking hand due to his problems, but not the other characters.

Other moments I get, like picking up or dropping the bottle Shelby tries to use to stop the robber. But why have a QTE to raise his arms? That's not a pass or fail thing in real life either. Perhaps there could be a choise, but that logically would be a do or refuse option, not something you screw up by not pressing the shoulder buttons at the same time.

BTW, this is not singling the game out. I've been turned off by quite a few games when the controls just didn't work for me. Even Timesplitters 2, which I otherwise thought kicked ass, I ended up returning because there isn't a reticule on all the time, and the auto locking doesn't work properly. The reason that mattered is that I couldn't complete a single level that wasn't on easy because I had to go on aim mode to hit anything and would get wasted before going halfway through the level. If that game was ported to the Wii and/or PS3 with the arc controller, I would be really happy about that.

Then the hype about the game was lying in that regard. There was a promise of controlling every part orf the game. I don't know who started it, but the word "every" doesn't allow exceptions, and that's clearly not true in this case.

I wouldn't have minded it that much, but hype that lies about something pisses me off, no matter the medium.