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About
Press F to Pay Respects is an action prompt from a quick time event featured in a first-person shooter Call of Duty Advanced Warfare, released on November 4th, 2014.
Origin
In the opening scene of the second mission, the player – Private Jack Mitchell attends the funeral of his best friend who died on a mission in South Korea. The player is then asked to “Press F to Pay Respects” (or holding X, depending on what gaming platform the game is running).
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The scene has met criticism from the fact that instead of setting the tone and letting the scene play out, letting emotions to develop, the game trivializes all this to a button prompt[1].