I played for 15 hours before I found out my block/parry button only worked 40% of the time.

[Cuddly Ogre]

Lordy loo this game is no fun at all without a functioning block/parry button. Sean and his disciples especially are an almost insurmountable hurdle, but even basic thugs are a pain.

I knew I was blocking/parrying in time, but was still getting hit. It was frustrating not knowing if it was me or there were actually attacks you just had to take.

I started really using practice mode and discovered during menu navigation that I couldn't reliably switch between tabs, so I dug out another controller and tried that.

Let me tell you, this game is so much more fun now that I can dodge/parry. I'm now getting multiple focus strikes on bosses, which also makes the game more fun and less of a slog.

tl;dr Practice blocking/parrying in practice mode if you think this game is too hard. An hour warmup before playing will do wonders for your progress.

[Go4Pro]

Originally posted by Cuddly Ogre:

Lordy loo this game is no fun at all without a functioning block/parry button. Sean and his disciples especially are an almost insurmountable hurdle, but even basic thugs are a pain.

I knew I was blocking/parrying in time, but was still getting hit. It was frustrating not knowing if it was me or there were actually attacks you just had to take.

I started really using practice mode and discovered during menu navigation that I couldn't reliably switch between tabs, so I dug out another controller and tried that.

Let me tell you, this game is so much more fun now that I can dodge/parry. I'm now getting multiple focus strikes on bosses, which also makes the game more fun and less of a slog.

tl;dr Practice blocking/parrying in practice mode if you think this game is too hard. An hour warmup before playing will do wonders for your progress.

WHAAT i have this problem too been struggling getting past fourth boss

[Cuddly Ogre]

That one armed lady is a house of cards if you can maintain contact with her. Her weapon excels at keeping you at a distance so you have to dodge it to get close.

She has a palm strike that throws you across the arena that you can also dodge.

She also has a defensive flurry move that pushes you away when you're close that requires fast dodging to avoid, but if you do you can punish her.

Learn how to dodge effectively and this game gets a lot lets painful. I went from passing the 3rd lady at age late 50-something to 35 just a few minutes ago using several focus strikes I got from dodging her attacks.

[Go4Pro]

Originally posted by Cuddly Ogre:

That one armed lady is a house of cards if you can maintain contact with her. Her weapon excels at keeping you at a distance so you have to dodge it to get close.

She has a palm strike that throws you across the arena that you can also dodge.

She also has a defensive flurry move that pushes you away when you're close that requires fast dodging to avoid, but if you do you can punish her.

Learn how to dodge effectively and this game gets a lot lets painful. I went from passing the 3rd lady at age late 50-something to 35 just a few minutes ago using several focus strikes I got from dodging her attacks.

guess i just need to suck it up and git gud, i still wont rewrite my negative review.

[𒉭RiotEnsuing𒉭]

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Imagine writing a negative review of a game because you arent good at the game

[Go4Pro]

Originally posted by RiotEnsuing:

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Imagine writing a negative review of a game because you arent good at the game :ccskull:

this game is CRAP

[𝕊𝕠𝕡𝕙𝕚𝕒]

Originally posted by Go4Pro:

Originally posted by RiotEnsuing:

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Imagine writing a negative review of a game because you arent good at the game :ccskull:

the game is sh1t

Ok mr skill issue we get it your are bad therefore game is bad
don't hit the door on way out lmao

[Go4Pro]

Originally posted by 𝕂𝕦𝕣𝕠𝕜𝕚:

Originally posted by Go4Pro:

the game is sh1t

Ok mr skill issue we get it your are bad therefore game is bad
don't hit the door on way out lmao

i'm not going anywhere.

i still havent won the game yet.

me and this game got a love / hate relationship

[MK Ultra Instinct Goku]

The block can be broken on strong attacks, which is telegraphed through the enemy's "Fiery" limbs. They slow down and give an obvious pose for a second or two.
The parry always works, but decreases to your structure. Even to greater amounts too with strong attacks.
Now perfect parries are hard to do, because the timing has to be perfect, and it does not work on strong attacks.

If you wanna practice your parries, use the training mode, or do the "A Grand Master" arena. The modifiers are forgiving and tbh it helped me a ton.