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How Did Anyone Beat This In The Arcade? (i.imgur.com)

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Dragon's Lair

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Quick time events are such a garbage game design concept

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

As an interactive method of storytelling, I think they're fine (but not my thing). I think the problems really emerge when you try to combine them with the revenue-driving elements of an arcade machine - the challenges need to be designed to kill you so you'll keep paying rather than giving you choice or staking you in to the story further.