15 Most Brutal Button Mashing Moments In Video Games

These moments will result into sore fingers.

Posted By | On 10th, Oct. 2016

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Sometimes games have a lot of “button mashing” sections. You know the ones. Either quick time events or levels that require you to press buttons as fast as you can. You always feel like you’re going to break your controller, or even you thumb with some of the better (or worse) examples. Like for instance…

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Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker – Torture Scene

Hideo Kojima loves throwing in these button mashing sequences in his games. Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker is just one example, though we will get to some others. Big Boss is captured and is being tortured with electric shocks, and you have to repeatedly tap triangle to survive. What makes Peace Walker’s button mashing scene interesting is that it happens during the game’s comic book style cutscenes.


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