Getting past magic doors/bridge

[Garric]

Best way for knocking down the door/bridge in chap 2? Never make it in time..

[Paranoia]

You mean the one at the end of the level in Vigrid?

Backtrack a bit to the Gates of hell portal, interact with the statues near the closed door and run back to the bridge. Activating the statues will summon a lightning strike that you'll need to dodge to gain witch time, giving you enough time to break the seal and cross the bridge.

[Garric]

I run out of time breaking the seal. A specific combo to use?

[Paranoia]

Standing still and mashing Punch 4-5 times in a row seems to do the job, just don't interrupt the end of the combo. You can practice on the seal w/o activating the statues until you're comfortable, then follow the steps I've descirbed above.

[Omoikane]

When the 10 second timer starts to count down, run to the door/bridge then activate the bolt and witch time.
It took me a few tries to realize that.

[Corlain]

You can also just do double jump -> divekick and jump off the wall to get over it. Or use the bird power, although most people probably don't have it at this point.

[Paranoia]

Originally posted by l_hamalainen:

You can also just do double jump -> divekick and jump off the wall to get over it. Or use the bird power, although most people probably don't have it at this point.

It's worth noting that the crow form can be unlocked after chapter 5, and divekick isn't a part of the default moveset and must be purchased first. It's a nice speedrun strat, though.

[Garric]

double jump dosent work, always fall short. but dive kick may be the thing. I will check out the cost. Running halfway down the stairs you are like a third out of witch walk already. I will try witch time. no bird power at chaper 2.

[Paranoia]

Originally posted by Garric:

double jump dosent work, always fall short. but dive kick may be the thing. I will check out the cost. Running halfway down the stairs you are like a third out of witch walk already. I will try witch time. no bird power at chaper 2.

Here's the thing: when you interact with the statues, you only need to do it once. Bayo will snap her fingers and there will be a countdown (10 seconds), during that time you're supposed to run to the seal, and only then activate it, dodge the lightning, attack the seal and cross the bridge. Any other way and you'd run out of time, as you said.

Here's some walkthrough from youtube to illustrate:
https://youtu.be/7YJ_57nhMMk?t=20m9s

[Garric]

ahh, i have been dodgeing the lighting at the statue, then running. perfect, thanks a lot