The action adventure Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy received a five-minute gameplay demonstration and showed how the protagonist Sophia wields a saber.
An upcoming action adventure Resonance at Xbox’s presentation, it showed how it will have the first direct combat system in the A Plague Tale series. Now this hand-to-hand combat (or maybe it’s more correct to say chest-to-chest?) is demonstrated in more detail in a five-minute gameplay recording.
So, it’s about fairly standard combat mechanics. Protagonist Sophia has melee and ranged attacks, blocks enemy shots when their weapon lights up yellow, and dodges when that indicator turns red. In this rendering, we see several different types of opponents, as well as a combat assistant called Annie.
Apart from the fight itself, the video shows a bit of puzzle solving, and hiding and running away from some supernatural opponent. Here’s what it looks like: