I think I'm MASHING wrong...
I've encountered a couple of bad guys and even animals like leopards, bears and tigers. Everytime I get in a scrap with one of them, the screen pops up the familiar MASH button. I think I must be doing it wrong. Normally I just start hitting the Space Bar (mash for me) very rapidly, but I get my *** kicked most times in these situations and it takes m e several attempts to do it right. In particular now that I've taken over the ship in Piece of the Past, I'm sort of stuck when I have to try and pass the bad guy hiding in the water below and the attack animation kicks in, I'm dying continually to this guy, I've tried several times with no success, so I know that I am doing something wrong.
So should I just press and hold my MASH button or should I pound the hell out of it, to make a successful kill?
Thanks for your time and any advice you may offer.
(I swear I have a love hate relationship with Far Cry 3)