Board Thread:Element Knight 375's Discussion Board™/@comment-4743273-20150429004013/@comment-4743273-20150531065237

Yeah, that's the kind of QTE that really blows. It's like the game is saying "these are the rules you have to follow - deal with it." That's the same complaint I had starting out about boss QTEs. The problem is that throughout a game, you become accustomed to all the ways of doing things, such as the ins and outs of fighting. An important moment that gets turned into a QTE, or a constant stream of QTEs, both devalue the effort you put into learning the complexities of the game.

That's what bothered me so much about the final boss in Shadow of Mordor - there was so much method and strategy to the fighting in that game, but the climactic moment dismisses all of that for the sake of cinematics.

But that's not to say they can't be well-executed. I just think that usually, there's a better way of doing things.