01. Prologue

GRAAD PRISON - ONE-TIME-ONLY-AREA!

[MISSABLE] ITEM - Make sure to get Eagle Emblem Gold Coin from one of
prisoners.

After watching Aya's entrance (woo, I missed those panty shots), Capell grabs
SHORTSWORD and readies himself for first battle of the game.

Here's some lowdown on battle mode / attacking:

• Press RT to draw your weapon and enter battle stance.
• With weapon drawn, press RT again to sheathe your sword (not recommended to do while in battle mode, unless circumstances dictate to do so).
• Perform quick attack with A (fast, but less powerful).
• Perform power attack with B (slow, but more powerful).
• Use A and B buttons for a variety of combos (like A-A-B).
• With weapon drawn, hold down A or B to execute battle skills (you must learn them first, and then set them up in "Skills" menu).
• You can also cancel out of basic attacks into battle skills.
• When a battle skill is set to B, rather than A, damage dealt will be greater, but the amount of MP consumed will also increase.

Here's some lowdown on combos:

• Chaining successive attacks together will produce one of three combo types.
• AERIAL COMBO will award bonus EXP. It is indicated by red energy balls.
• GROUND COMBO will restore some AP. It is indicated by yellow energy balls.
• FLOOR COMBO will restore some HP&MP. It is indicated by green energy balls.

Here's some lowdown on Attack Points (AP):

• AP are displayed by gauge in lower-right corner. AP allow Capell to use special effects of certain attacks (lifting an enemy into air, or knocking an enemy down).
• Once the enemy has been hit by such an attack, they become susceptible to further attacks. But to hit the enemy with special effect successfully, current amount of AP must be greater than enemy's weight.
• You can view enemy's weight by targeting them.
• Without enough AP, you cannot use specials.

Here's some lowdown on parrying:

• Press LT when an enemy attacks to parry the blow (some attacks cannot be parried!).
• After the attack is parried, enemy cannot move for certain amount of time, so launch some counters up enemy's!

Arrrgh, enought with tutorials, get me some action! Use your newfound knowledge to get rid of two stooges (they will be your worst nightmare on "Infinity" mode). Aya joins the party after the battle. *kicks Capell in the nuts*