But the real beauty of this game is in the poise and power of the sword play. Motion captured and wonderfully fluid, it is played out in real-time through a series of simple combos where timing matters more than bashed buttons. And to re-enforce this considered approach to combat, a stamina bar restricts your most ferocious attacks. But your opponent has one, too, demanding that you carefully select the moment to deploy your own devastating blows.
And to add a further tactical edge to the already considered fighting, there are four classes of weaponry: sword, dagger, spear and bow. While each discipline can be studied and followed until totally mastered you can also mix and match, softening up the enemy with a volley of arrows before switching to daggers for the close range work.
