button basher

plural button bashers · alternative button-basher

1. Synonym of button masher.

   WHAT MAKES THIS GAME GREAT? […] It’s not just a button basher – there is a lot of depth to be found here.

   2011 April, “Mortal Kombat”, in Ryan King, editor, Play, number 203, Bournemouth, Dorset: Imagine Publishing Ltd, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 58, column 1

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   It’s a multi-event sports sim and most of the games are simplistic button bashers. There’s little interaction and it doesn’t require an awful lot of skill.

   1994 March, James Binns, “Skate or Die”, in Frank O’Connor, editor, Total!, number 27, Bath, Somerset: Future Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 72–73

   If we were to be really harsh we could say that the original game was a bit of a button basher when it came to close-up confrontations. Because of that Capcom has introduced a brand new move for Joe called Yamaarashi.

   2004 December 16, “Viewtiful Joe 2”, in Miles Guttery, editor, Cube, number 40, London: Highbury Entertainment Ltd, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 45, columns 1–2

   Synonyms: button masher