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ThePineapple
Oct 19, 2009
I was struggling with this game as well but somehow caught someone live streaming a walkthrough / tips-based playthrough and watching him play through the first two levels suddenly made everything click.
Here's the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Lx0D-lx1ko , would suggest not watching past where you've gotten to for obvious reasons - some of the later levels are super cool visually.

General stuff I've learned:
- As folks have mentioned, using avoid (holding block and tapping / flicking up or down) is generally preferable to trying to parry attacks. Most attacks are high, so avoiding low can be a default; if you get hit with a sweep attack just try to remember the enemy / combo that did it.
- The Environmental Mastery unlockable skill is great because many fights tend to have tons of options to throw at people (chairs etc) beyond what you can pick up. Especially in group fights, there's no shame in using this to cheese enemies- instead of getting caught up in parrying and attacking all the time, if you have an opening, run around the stage a little bit and you'll probably find a few free options to hit enemies with
- You can vault over objects to put distance between yourself and the mob. A lot of times enemies will follow you over, and you can often get a free hit on them as they exit their vault
- Remember to use focus attacks, and try to unlock the sweep focus attack. Sweeps are really useful to control the pace of the fight and to disarm enemies with weapons. Doing the ground pound will also make you invincible for the duration, so it's a good way to get some time and assess the situation. Even the normal back+forward+heavy sweep will work on a lot of enemies.
- Avoiding the last hit in an enemy's combo will slow down time a little bit, after which you generally want to hit the enemy you avoided. From there you can follow up with a combo for damage, but you can also throw the enemy from that state (after an avoid + single hit); throws are useful in group fights to create space and stagger a bunch of enemies.

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