

In the first game, we found ourselves dodging just about every attack, because dodging was easier than parrying, and blocking was for chumps. The basic fighting mechanics are more strategic now, too. You can even put away your shield and dual-wield light weapons for faster attacks, or use a heavy two-handed weapon that makes your attacks slower, but more damaging. Achieving these goals gives you extra experience points. Often the game will lay out a goal before a fight, like winning without blocking, or successfully parrying three enemy attacks before making the kill. Enemies come in more varieties, with different body shapes, weapon sets, and attacks you’ll have to adapt to as you play. This time around, fighting is deeper in several ways. And instead of questing after one main villain, you’re charged with killing four bosses here. Restarting from the same place outside the castle is still at the center of the game’s design, but the pathways through the castle branch early and often. If playing through the same environment multiple times bothered you about the first game, you’ll find the sequel to be less repetitive.

Weapons are customizable, combat has been tweaked, and the environment changes over time, opening up new areas to explore. Instead of totally revamping the gameplay for the sequel, the developers have taken just about every aspect of the original and found clever ways to make the experience deeper, more strategic and engrossing. After avoiding a few attacks, you get an opening to strike back, and you swipe at the screen to chip away at their health bar. While fighting, your opponents still telegraph their attacks before unleashing them, giving you time to dodge, block, or parry accordingly. You still make your way from point to point through a spacious medieval castle and take on increasingly dangerous opponents in one-on-one battles to the death. We should note that you don’t need to have played the original to understand what’s happening in Infinity Blade 2.īut the core of the original game remains fully intact in the sequel. Every line of text is competently voice acted, and the story contains some unexpected plot twists (even if it crosses into retcon territory). There’s a lot more story in the sequel than there was in the original game, and it’s told in brief cut scenes that are interesting enough that you’ll want to find out what happens next.
INFINITY BLADE 2 GUIDE FREE
Infinity Blade 2 continues the story of Siris who, after killing the God King, decides to free the creator of the Infinity Blade, the Worker of Secrets. And if that sounds like a bad thing, it’s not. So what’s next? In Infinity Blade 2, you start over.

You’ve fought through the castle a handful of times, leveled up your character, honed your sword-fighting ability, taken down hundreds of beasts, and finally, in a pulse-pounding confrontation, you conquered the God King. Chances are, you’ve poured many hours into your character in Infinity Blade.
