the QTE's are only used to finish off bosses and things like centuar generals... because they have a very cool death animation... you have to do the boss ones.. but for other ones you can just beat them to death...

i play on the hardest available difficulty so the QTE's were sent from heaven... trust me... when you are fighting 2 minotaurs and a wave of grunts... you welcome those QTE's on the minotaurs because it means 1) this baddy is going down 2) a break from dogging and trying to survive 3) some health orbs from the qte

and they have done a really cool job with the QTE's.. they will appear on the screen where the button is located... like x in the middle bottom part... square a the left side middle etc... so you don't have to break away from watching the action...

all in all... playing on hard.. QTE's are my 6th best friend.. after the blades, cestus, whip, doge and grapple.

I understand that some people like them, but I hate em.  They take control of the character out of my hands and make me play Simon Says to finish a boss or enemy.  Since I just spent several minutes using the skill that I built up by playing the game to that point, I feel that QTEs cheat me out of the victory I just earned by making the climax a minigame.  I don't play action games to play minigames, especially not in the thick of combat.  I think they are a developers crutch because they don't want to spend the time to integrate certain aspects of the fight with the moves that you have already learned in the game or they feel that you are somehow more immersed if you have to match a flashing button on the screen.  Some may, I don't.  I feel separated from the game and if I miss the QTE and I have to fight the boss again to that point, I want to throw the controller.

I give that post a 9.6.

First off, there is no God of War type of game besides God of War. That game is in it's league of it's own when it comes to everything (almost =p). However, Bayonetta's enemy-targeting system is much much better. GOW can be really frustrating at times and sometimes target different enemies than what you do. For instance, I try to target an enemy to my left, I push the left stick in that direction, and Kratos attacks an enemy to his right. This was especially annoying in the Shield Breaker challenge. I just wanted to hit the guy with the shield, but Kratos kept attacking other enemies in total opposite directions. Oh, and the dodge in GOW games are really crappy, sometimes it's fast and sometimes really slow. And since it doesn't work in the middle of all attacks/combos, you are sometime forced to do the classic 'hit, hit, dodge/block' routine which I've always hated. Bayonetta gives you an amazingly versatile and creative combo list and all mechanics melt together easily. You can dodge anytime and finish the combos you started before dodging. GOW has much to learn in this aspect. The controls, movement and 'animations' tend to feel a bit to stiff, and when playing I often get the 'there's only one way to overcome this battle' feeling. In GOW people (my friends) tend to use the same combo (Square + Square + ... + Triangle, or the O grab) over and over, because they're the ones that works. If you try experimenting a little, something might not work or be slower (i.e. the dodge when doing certain combos, not talking about L1 + button but regular combos like Square + Square + Triangle) and then you get punished for trying to be a little bit creative and experimental. This is my major complaint about GOW. It's not versatile and fluid enough in the gameplay mechanics.