About
Press F (X) to Pay Respects is an action prompt from a quick time event featured in the first-person shooter Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. Following the game’s release in November 2014, many players mocked the event online for forcing interactivity into the cut scene.
Origin
On November 4th, 2014, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare was released. In the opening scene from the game’s second mission, the protagonist Private Jack Mitchell attends the funeral of his best friend who died fighting in South Korea. The player is then asked to “Press F to Pay Respects” if they are playing the game on a PC, or to press the “X” button while playing on a console (shown below).
Spread
On November 2nd, YouTuber doku uploaded a video of the Call of Duty sequence titled “Press X to pay respects,” in which the player is promoted upon touching the casket (shown below, left). On November 3th, Late Night show celebrity Conan O’Brian[2] reviewed the Call Of Duty game advanced warfare on his clueless gamer episode and criticized most of the gameplay including the “Press X to pay respects” scene.
On November 4th, Redditor ZyreHD submitted a post asking why people were mocking the action cue to the /r/OutOfTheLoop[1] subreddit. On November 10th, YouTuber NFKRZ uploaded a montage parody video titled “COD Advanced Weedfare: Intense Respect Paying” (shown below, right).
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