QTEs

[Suhiira]

As expected the "select a dialog response", melee in general, and a few other things in the game are basically QTEs.

You have a (very) limited amount of time to respond when the timer bar appears, and in the case of the dialog ones I barely have time to read them. So I've gotten in the habit of saving OFTEN so when one happens I don't have to replay to much of the game to reach it again, having read the possible responses and failing to select one before the time runs out the first time I encounter it.
This doesn't apply to all dialog choice events, but a fair number of them. Seems some devs set much shorter/longer timers then others.

There's no chance in hell I've ever be the Night City bare knuckles fighting champion.

A few years ago I asked CDPR to put in a slider/toggle to increase the response time allocated for these events because I knew from past experience they would be a problem.
But ...

Are some other people having similar issues?

 

[AdamTaylor]

Yeah, I think the "quick response" in dialogue is insanely fast. I'm not getting a chance to actually READ what's no screen. I just see the bar going so I react, because if you try to read you'll fail.

 

[CampanellaJ]

It is a QTE essentially, I mean that's the purpose.

But yea I've had one so fast that I almost didn't even see it

 

[GHOSTSuspect]

Can you not just increase the text speed? Admittedly I haven't look into the settings on the game too tough.

I didn't think they were that bad. They weren't bad in the Witcher either. I've seen faster in telltale games.

 

[AdamTaylor]

The text speed isn't the problem. It's how little time you have to actually READ the text. It's all there, but I'm generally only partyway through a sentence when I hit the button because time's almost up.

 

[GHOSTSuspect]

Maybe I just haven't seen a bad one yet then. I've just been running around doing random stuff. Then I had to go to bed so.... xD