By providing so many weapons, Insomniac provides the player with many opportunities to learn
about enemy weaknesses and weapon roles.
Not exact matches
These hearings are meant to assist in being frank
about our
weaknesses and making sure that we expose and protect our soft underbelly, before it be exposed by the
enemy.»
In terms of
enemies, you'll be fighting an almost never ending hoard of grunts but this series has always been
about the awesome boss battles which requires the player to find a
weakness and then exploit that
weakness.
In fact, you could scan just
about anything you set your sights on to understand its purpose or function: most importantly
enemies for
weaknesses or terminals to activate doors and elevators.
- Ophilia and Cyrus have been announced as the last two playable characters - Cyrus is a scholar working at the royal university who is an incredibly curious and knowledgeable person - Cyrus» Path Action is «Explore» which lets him find out hidden details and information
about other characters - during combat, Cyrus can reveal the
weaknesses of
enemies and exploit them using fire, ice and lightning magic - Ophilia is a priestess and her Path Action is Lead, which allows her to guide characters to certain places by having them follow - in combat, she's a classic white mage - type who can heal allies, buff their stats and use light magic to attack the
enemy - Ophilia can also call upon the character she's guiding to aid her in battle - character's special abilities are called Talents - Olberic can take hits in place of other characters in battle - Primrose, like Ophilia, can call upon the character she has charmed and have them aid her in battle - Tressa can sometimes find money simply by walking around the overworld - Alfyn can mix items to damage
enemies or heal allies - Therion can unlock treasure chests - H'aanit can capture beasts during combat - your active battle party can consist of four characters, but you can swap them out with the other four characters at any time - even after you've met up with the other playable characters, you can still pursue each character's individual story - you do this by making them the «main» character of your current party
The greatest thing
about this battle system is that it allows you to exploit their strengths and see their
weaknesses, and by doing this you will be able to become a formidable foe against your
enemies.
You'll learn
about weapon - type
weaknesses on
enemy characters and how some netherworlds have certain effects that can cause some real trouble for you or even help dictate how you can deal with
enemies.
It's
about repeating the same area of a game, again and again, learning each individual
enemies attacks and
weaknesses until your incoherent screams and cries become cheers of pride and joy only to be stabbed in the face and die... again, in the next area.
As mentioned, different
enemies have different
weakness but I failed to explain
about the variety of different
enemies you will encounter (sorry).
With all these
enemies roaming
about, getting acquainted with the strengths and
weakness of Prey's sizable arsenal should be the priority.
This skill not only allows you to scan an
enemy and learn
about its
weaknesses.