Ain't it JVM (Jeux Video Magazine)?

Anyways, didn't read them for a long time since I felt their test being pretty biased (especially when it's a Nintendo game)

If a cutscene has QTEs in it then it isn't a cutscene, it's gameplay. That's IMO of course, as there is no law of the universe that can be invoked here. But to me a cutscene is totally passive from the gamer's perspective and requires no button pushing, stick moving or controller waggling. If a cut scene is 1 minute long and there is a single QTE event lasting a second or two then sure, you have 58 seconds of cut scene. But if there is a 1 minute game segment with a few QTEs spread through the segment but the characters are being autocontrolled that's gameplay to me.

I have a bit of a dilemma. I was not planning to pay new release price for this game unless it got excellent word of mouth and reviews, which it probably won't in the review department at least. But AAA new release games go for $100+ here. I can buy the Order locally for $89, and I can get it off a speciality online game retailer for $77. In terms of game value in my country $77 is a reasonable price, it is almost a 25% discount on typical new release price, and if the game launched at normal new release price and was $77 a few months later I would probably buy it without a second thought. But I'm not sure. If the game is this discounted pre-launch, it might be $50 within the space of a few months.

It's shameful for a game with a strong focus on being cinematic to have a lot of cinematic? Huh.

That gameplay!!

Don't know where this all out hate for QTE's came from.

Given the insane amount of negativity towards the game 7.5 almost seems like a good score. Some are already dissapointed it didn't score lower. I guess they'd prefer a 5 maybe even a 4. I don't think anyone truly thinks the game is that bad.

I don't really know a game where I loved the QTE's...

You don't think The Order went a bit overboard with the "cinematics" as you say?

This score surprises me...

ambientation is the process by which you create ambience...maybe? Or is that ambification?

You are dead right that there is good and bad QTE. I guess there is also too much use of QTE even if it is well executed.

You'd think developers who want to make a well received game know by now that QTEs must be used judiciously or the game will get panned for over-use or poor execution of QTEs. So if The Order ends up being a game that does QTE's badly, or too much, then that really calls into question RaD's basic competence in  game design.