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Looks like a lot more attacks can be canceled into defensive stance in addition to the reduced recovery.
After playing a bit more, I feel that short sword directional inputs are good for repositioning yourself during Ravage. Great sword's back input can be used for charge attacks (note that you cannot be interrupted if you do this with Armiger on, so this is great for landing on crowds) while forward seems to function purely for positioning yourself closer to the enemy. Lance during Ravage does not seem to have too impressive of a moveset by comparison. You can use side Ravage to hit multiple enemies faster, but it doesn't do it better than Zweihander does. I think it works better under Counter or Crush.
Disappointed that we can't land Cross Chains on bosses. Staggering the Behemoth or landing that rare parry still feels worthless when the damage we can deal barely makes up for it.
After playing a bit more, I feel that short sword directional inputs are good for repositioning yourself during Ravage. Great sword's back input can be used for charge attacks (note that you cannot be interrupted if you do this with Armiger on, so this is great for landing on crowds) while forward seems to function purely for positioning yourself closer to the enemy. Lance during Ravage does not seem to have too impressive of a moveset by comparison. You can use side Ravage to hit multiple enemies faster, but it doesn't do it better than Zweihander does. I think it works better under Counter or Crush.
Disappointed that we can't land Cross Chains on bosses. Staggering the Behemoth or landing that rare parry still feels worthless when the damage we can deal barely makes up for it.
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Noctis voice sounds the same to me. the dialog between them and with the new cutscenes you only see them talking with words on screen i don't hear what their saying. also i really like the link attacks they do together it's just hard to see what's going on alot of the time because the camera goes crazy in those moments. my favorite on tour quest is with prompto i dragged out my time with him fighting soilders.
I hope all of the speech gets voiced in the final game. The non-voiced text kind of bothered me as well, and not just because they end too quickly =/
If you've collected all the available swords (one each from the dungeon, first Behemoth kill, and somewhere along the north-east side of the map), you'll be able to use Knightsguard. It's a handy skill which allows you to recover lost HP when you use defensive stance as soon as you get hit.
There are a few more tricks that I know of, which I've included in a video. Tried my best to include all the new combat mechanics from the patch.
Hm, I don't think so. Knightsguard is easier to land for me thanks to the smoother frame rate.
If you've collected all the available swords (one each from the dungeon, first Behemoth kill, and somewhere along the north-east side of the map), you'll be able to use Knightsguard. It's a handy skill which allows you to recover lost HP when you use defensive stance as soon as you get hit.
There are a few more tricks that I know of, which I've included in a video. Tried my best to include all the new combat mechanics from the patch.
Hm, I don't think so. Knightsguard is easier to land for me thanks to the smoother frame rate.
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Nice, I'll try to get around to watching that vid. I know for starters that I completely mess up on the Cross Link attack thing. I thought it only lets you do the three square attacks and then the triangle finisher. You seem to carry it on for longer chains. Do you then have to guess the square input following the third one? Once the square button prompt disappeared, I thought you had to do the triangle move. Eh, I'll probably try it again tomorrow.
I do have the different swords, but I wasn't sure if highlighting them in the weapons menu was me actually equipping them or not. I guess you don't equip those, and they simply allow you to do those extra abilities in battle. I wasn't quite sure how and when to perform them, though. Also don't know which is really the best setup for the weapons. I stuck with what seemed the default for the most part - drain blade as my continuous attack - but also tried out the zweihander, too, which seemed powerful, but slow.
Tried to fight the catoblepas for a laugh, and boy, the camera goes all over the place because the targeting reticle locks onto his head. When you're directly below him, the camera points right above into the sky, and you can't see where on earth you're moving.
Lots of camera and frame rate issues in there, as others have mentioned.
tbh, I'm a bit frustrated I can't send any feedback at all now. I got the demo late on, so my voice probably wouldn't have made a difference for 2.0 even if I did do the survey, but as someone that wasn't able to give any feedback, I would have thought they'd run another survey for 2.0. I need to vent about the superior run button being binded to square, whilst L2 and R2 do nothing. And now things like the fast text, and I'm sure other issues people have with 2.0... How are we going to give them that feedback that we like/dislike about the updated version now?
I do have the different swords, but I wasn't sure if highlighting them in the weapons menu was me actually equipping them or not. I guess you don't equip those, and they simply allow you to do those extra abilities in battle. I wasn't quite sure how and when to perform them, though. Also don't know which is really the best setup for the weapons. I stuck with what seemed the default for the most part - drain blade as my continuous attack - but also tried out the zweihander, too, which seemed powerful, but slow.
Tried to fight the catoblepas for a laugh, and boy, the camera goes all over the place because the targeting reticle locks onto his head. When you're directly below him, the camera points right above into the sky, and you can't see where on earth you're moving.
Lots of camera and frame rate issues in there, as others have mentioned.
tbh, I'm a bit frustrated I can't send any feedback at all now. I got the demo late on, so my voice probably wouldn't have made a difference for 2.0 even if I did do the survey, but as someone that wasn't able to give any feedback, I would have thought they'd run another survey for 2.0. I need to vent about the superior run button being binded to square, whilst L2 and R2 do nothing. And now things like the fast text, and I'm sure other issues people have with 2.0... How are we going to give them that feedback that we like/dislike about the updated version now?
Hmm, it might be because I was only doing the cross chain when I was in a party of two, so I wasn't getting the option to chain it longer? Will have to try in a full party tomorrow.
There should definitely have been a way to enable legitimate digital purchasers to do the survey, too. Linking your PSN account to your Square Enix account should be a thing, and that would be enough to register once it checks you own the game. Or once your redeem your demo, they should email you a unique code to register in your SE account. Laziness, I'm putting it down to.
There should definitely have been a way to enable legitimate digital purchasers to do the survey, too. Linking your PSN account to your Square Enix account should be a thing, and that would be enough to register once it checks you own the game. Or once your redeem your demo, they should email you a unique code to register in your SE account. Laziness, I'm putting it down to.
I don't know. SE doesn't exactly have a history of voicing every dialogue a la Western RPGs.
Speaking of dialogue, what is up with Gladio and that Fleurette brooch? His whole demeanour about it gave me the impression that he's closer to Luna than Noctis is, perhaps even together with her. It's possible that I'm just overthinking it, but Noctis seemed indifferent about the brooch.
Speaking of dialogue, what is up with Gladio and that Fleurette brooch? His whole demeanour about it gave me the impression that he's closer to Luna than Noctis is, perhaps even together with her. It's possible that I'm just overthinking it, but Noctis seemed indifferent about the brooch.
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