This particular training session was actually very important. Given that part of the reason I deviated from the main questline was to improve my combat prowess, I jumped on the opportunity to get a training session in.

Master Strikes and CombosĪs I entered the outskirts of Rattay, I noticed that Captain Bernard had moved from Neuhof back to the training grounds we did our original sword fighting lessons in. With the passage complete(and a new found appreciate for those in the real world with reading disabilities), I took the new literate Henry on the road back to Rattay. This method of making reading more difficult was a very compelling way to show Henry’s progression. In many ways it was essentially a representation of what dyslexic person in real life has to go through. I’ll be honest it took me some time to get through the passages. However, the worlds and letters are scrambled to simulate the fact that Henry is now barely literate. This is accomplished by the player reading a passage from a book, and answering some quiz questions about it after. After a quick little reading montage you are asked to demonstrate what you have learned. The first step of learning to read is finding the scribe in Uzhitz and paying him for lessons.

While it obviously undersells the actual process of learning to read, the game does a great job of making the player feel the progression of becoming literate.

The process of learning to read is honestly one of the more creative segments in a video game I’ve ever played. So I took the next logical step in raising my power level, and grabbed a nice book to read. I already had a few close calls with some relatively benign encounters, and I figured the enemies weren’t exactly going to get WEAKER moving forward. However, given this was hardcore mode, I figured it would be good to start beefing up my character a bit. The narrative of the game up until this point has been very compelling and I wanted to continue learning more about the story. Honestly, it was actually kind of hard to make the choice to enter the open world. Tortured navigation metaphors aside, the focus of this episode was to start clearing some side content. So instead of continuing down the beaten trail, I decided to fork off and change my course. The urgency around the main quest feels like it has died down a bit, and at this point I am starting to get the itch to roam. I started the episode off digging into the main quest, but once my initial questioning was done I decided to change course a bit. Selecting skills and taking inventory – (Gameplay) Learning the rhythm of war(Combos) – (Gameplay) Learning to riposte(Master Strike) – (Gameplay) Renting a room outside Rattay – (Gameplay)Ĭaptain Bernard tests my skills – (Gameplay) Re-assessing our priorities – (Monologue)

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