pendell
2010-01-27, 11:09 AM
If so, I have two questions:
1) I'm having a deucedly hard time with the 'break parry' training missions. The concept is simple: There are a couple of moves which explicitly break parry. find an opponent who's blocking, then smack him with that move to break parry.
My problem is convincing an opponent to block. The default action seems to be to attack. I assume that if I hit him, he'll either drop to parry or jump back. Anyone got a surefire way to convince opponents to block, so I can break their parry?
2) I'm a little confused by the ending.
In both paths, I interpret the ending as: All the dragons are dead. Humanity and nonhumans have fought a war to near mutual annihilation. Both victors and vanquished are on their last leg. The Alcandars disease still exists. Humans and nonhumans are now faced with solving these problems *together* rather than trusting in dragons to solve their problems for them.
The difference is that on the 'human' path Ridley dies because Gawain isn't there to save her. Jack leaves Radiata alone. In the other path Jack and Ridley return to Radiata together, prepared to act as its guardians and mediate a settlement with the nonhumans.
Oh yes: Jack has some 'reverb' in his voice and has conversations with an inhabiting spirit in the post game. I assume that perhaps one of the dragons isn't quite as dead as everyone thinks ...
Have I interpreted the ending correctly? Is the Word of God from the game makers to further clarify or correct what I said above?
Respectfully,
Brian P.
1) I'm having a deucedly hard time with the 'break parry' training missions. The concept is simple: There are a couple of moves which explicitly break parry. find an opponent who's blocking, then smack him with that move to break parry.
My problem is convincing an opponent to block. The default action seems to be to attack. I assume that if I hit him, he'll either drop to parry or jump back. Anyone got a surefire way to convince opponents to block, so I can break their parry?
2) I'm a little confused by the ending.
In both paths, I interpret the ending as: All the dragons are dead. Humanity and nonhumans have fought a war to near mutual annihilation. Both victors and vanquished are on their last leg. The Alcandars disease still exists. Humans and nonhumans are now faced with solving these problems *together* rather than trusting in dragons to solve their problems for them.
The difference is that on the 'human' path Ridley dies because Gawain isn't there to save her. Jack leaves Radiata alone. In the other path Jack and Ridley return to Radiata together, prepared to act as its guardians and mediate a settlement with the nonhumans.
Oh yes: Jack has some 'reverb' in his voice and has conversations with an inhabiting spirit in the post game. I assume that perhaps one of the dragons isn't quite as dead as everyone thinks ...
Have I interpreted the ending correctly? Is the Word of God from the game makers to further clarify or correct what I said above?
Respectfully,
Brian P.