Its because modern developers have no idea how to make good games and they mistakenly think that stupid mechanics like this are "deep".
The first time I saw this was in fable 2, but it was in far cry 3 that made me want to stab things. It's quite simply the largest issue with the far cry games.trunkage said:I seem to remember holding button being in at least Far Cry 3 (I think even in 2). Its been around for a long time
Pretty sure this is the most logical explanation.Xsjadoblayde said:guess it's a less intrusive way of the "are you sure?" selection screen. People do make mistakes at times, me included. Then there are the actions that take up a button that is already being used for something more reactionary, such as reloading. There are games have the reload and search mapped to same buttons, so you dont wanna be in the middle of a firefight trying to to reload whereupon your character suddenly gives in to the urge to molest the nearest corpse instead.
I am thankful for the hold button in it though. I would have extracted while driving if not for it.votemarvel said:It's the confirmation screens to confirm your confirmation that annoy me.
ME: Andromeda is a terrible offender. The damn button even saves 'Save and Confirm' and then pops up another message asking if you are sure you want to confirm!