Not exact matches
Lightning is back to juggling monsters, but more so than ever before and uses a combination of
sword and magic
attacks mapped directly to the face
buttons.
When Ryu's
sword or arm glows red, holding the Strong
Attack button will cause him to instantly murder multiple dudes in one hit.
If you want a long - range
attack, hold down triangle so your minions know to throw spears and pressing the square
button will send in the infantry equipped with
swords.
Now just make it so hitting the
attack button does a standard
sword slash, but holding it for a second or more slows time ever so slightly and lets you flick the analog stick to do a directional
attack.
Gone is the «ram into the baddies» battle system, replaced with a more standard «swing your
sword with an
attack button» method.
You can press and hold the first
attack button down to keep Gil's
sword drawn.
The usual weapon and magic based
attacks are involved such as bursts of elemental energy,
swords, bows and arrows and sledgehammers, but there are several special moves that often require multiple presses of the
attack button in order to succeed.
As melee
attacks guarantee much better results you will mainly use
sword attacks which leads to unintelligent
button smashing.
If you wish to use this new spin
attack hold down the «B»
button and let your
sword charge up before releasing, this will unleash the strong spin
attack.
I understand completely why Nintendo shifted
sword controls to flicking the Wiimote because the
button placement is much better without having to also make room for an
attack button.
Press and hold your
sword button to charge up the
attack and then release to perform the spin
attack.
Hold the
Attack button for about 3 - 5 seconds, then release the
button for Link to spin his
sword in a 360 - degree slash that can destroy all the enemies around you.
Up close, a single press of the same
button can result in up to three hits of your
sword, depending on how long you hold it, and with a bit of practice, you can mix up singles, doubles and triples to create longer
attack chains.
Link can defend himself with his shield by holding the R
button,
attack with his
sword with B
button (which also fires beams of energy when at full health), and also assign items to the X and Y
buttons.
There's still
button input required for actions like drawing an arrow, but even wielding a
sword and shield can see you raise the left Joy - Con to block and incoming
attack to then swing the right Joy - Con to retaliate.
Towards the beginning of the game, you'll discover the ability to shoot a projectile by holding your
attack button and charging it much like the 360
sword swipe in the Legend of Zelda.
With a
sword and shield equipped, players can hold the circle
button down to block incoming
attacks, while a succession of quick taps produce a powerful combo (and on the final swing, the sequence can leave players prone).
When a
sword icon is on the glowing line, hit Z or the left muse
button to make a successful
attack.
Using either the face
buttons to do horizontal and vertical
attacks, or the right analog stick to swipe the
sword in any direction, players can pick apart enemies however they like.
Just like in NGS2, if you hold the triangle
button with the
sword equipped, you can do a multi-level charge
attack to destroy enemies.
Whenever you encounter your enemy, in the form of tar - like spiders, you use the square
button to
attack with your
sword and triangle to push them back with your torch.
Not only can you do your typical spin
attack and basic slashes, but you can also perform a forward strike by pressing the
sword button after charging your
attack, resulting in a much stronger move.