[2020] Button Mashing when Frozen is Terrible Design

Seriously, let me press a random sequence of buttons to break free, or make me press buttons at the correct time. Anything but button mashing to prevent me from being speared by ice crystals.

In a game that is trying to compete against Monster Hunter, it is disheartening to have button mashing be required instead of something that requires timing, attentive response, or even a modicum of skill to complete. Instead I need to mash the button as fast as I can and hope that it registers before I get impaled. And when I do fail the only thing I know is that I didn't mash fast enough, not that I failed a skill check and only have myself to blame.

Please improve the way we break free from being frozen; button mashing is just terrible game design.