Quick time event

Quick Time Event, commonly abbreviated as QTE, is a recurring type of scene in Final Fantasy series where player is tasked with pressing a button on time or otherwise a penalty will ensue.

Final Fantasy X-2
A series of three different Quick Time Events minigames take place during the optional mission, "A Fallen Genius?", in Chapter Five on Thunder Plains. The QTE minigames are used to calibrate Lightning Rod Towers across Thunder Plains. Depending on a girl, a different QTE minigame is used.

Yuna
Yuna has the most difficult QTE minigame of all three girls: depending on stage during the minigame's completion, between two to six buttons appear and player must remember the order in which they appear. Also, the further in stages the faster the buttons appear on and disappear from the screen. If the player will input a wrong button, it is counted as a mistake. If the player makes three mistakes, the tower remain uncalibrated. The minigame can be repeated on incalibrated towers.

Rikku
Rikku has QTE minigame of a arguable easiest difficulty: once an image button appears, player needs to quickly press that button, or it will count as a mistake. Also, as further into calibrating the tower, the button images appear faster, and the player must act quicker. If the player makes three mistakes, the tower remain uncalibrated. The minigame can be repeated on incalibrated towers.

Paine
Paine has QTE minigame of moderate difficulty: at the top of the screen row of three button images appear and start to fall, when the row hits the middle of the screen one of the button images sparkles, and the player must quickly press the highlighted button, or it will count as a mistake. Also, as further into calibrating the tower, the faster is the speed of the falling row. If the player makes three mistakes, the tower remain uncalibrated. The minigame can be repeated on incalibrated towers.

Cinematic Action
The entire prologue chater, as some bosses within the main line of the default view Historia Crux contain scripted QTE events, known as Cinematic Actions in the game. Player is tasked with pressing a certain button on time, or the player will suffer mild consequences. By achieving "Perfect" on each button, it is possible to achieve "Cimenatic Action: Perfect" at the end of the QTE, and an exclusive reward on the Battle Results screen.

Feral Link
Recruitable monsters can perform special QTE during execution of their Feral Links (abilities exclusive to monsters). The Feral Link system has Synchronisation rate built-in, and the higher Synchronisation rate, the higher is the chance of recruiting a monster. Some monsters can achieve higher Synchronisation rates than others.