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Vampire: The Masquerade - Justice Review After One Playthrough

After completing a full playthrough of Vampire: The Masquerade - Justice, and here's some quick thoughts on the game.

Overall this is a pretty fun vampire assassination and steath VR game. What it does best is the feeling of being a supernatural assassin. Sneaking from spot to spot and taking out your enemies one by one.

After completing a full playthrough of Vampire: The Masquerade - Justice here's some quick thoughts and a review about the game.

Overall this is a pretty fun vampire assassination and stealth VR game. What it does best is the feeling of being a supernatural assassin. Sneaking from spot to spot and taking out your enemies one by one.

Your need for blood will also force you to get up close and personal to borrow some from an enemy, which is always a risk, and keeps you from just using your most powerful abilities over and over.

This is the core of Vampire: The Masquerade - Justice and what it does well. Put a lot of enemies between you and where you need to be and let you figure out how to sneak or kill your way past them.

It also gives you the choice between being patient or going a little crazy and seeing if you can quickly fight your way through.

There are sections where I found sneaking to be the best option, and other parts where I just went on a wild killing spree until only I was left standing. Either way I was having a good time.

Though of course going for the aggressive approach comes with a lot of risks as your enemies are capable and if they spot you will take you out pretty quickly.

The upgrade tree in *Vampire: The Masquerade - Justice*

Speaking of options, there's an upgrade tree, and the choices of which upgrade to take were pretty compelling, and you'll always want more upgrade points which really incentivizes you to look for collectibles or complete optional objectives for more.

Even at the end of the game I still want to find out what other abilities and upgrades I could use.

The optional objectives did occasionally make me want to replay a mission later as well, which is a good sign. Though there is sometimes an optional objective to do a mission without killing anyone, and that feels pretty dumb.

Most of your abilities are aimed at murder, you are a vampire assassin after all, and not using those abilities for the pacifist optional objective feels so limiting and takes away most of your options in a given situation.

Using an incredible vampire ability on a poor guard

It feels like a disjointed design choice, and so do other parts of this game as well. For instance the snipers that appear only at the beginning and end of the game, and the boss fights.

There aren't many boss fights, and they all take away most of your abilities and reduce you to your blinking teleport and your punching. Try as I did I couldn't find any other ability that did anything in the boss fights, and that also felt very limiting.

My upgrade choices didn't matter, and neither did my skill at most of what the game had me doing, sneaking and assassinating.

Dodging these is most of what you do in boss fights

Speaking of choices that don't matter, let's talk about the story. Vampire: The Masquerade - Justice bills itself as a story driven game that lets you explore Venice and make choices in the seedy back stabbing World Of Darkness setting.

It doesn't really do that, if you want to come to this game to have fun in the world of vampire power politics, then don't expect much of that. The focus of this game is the fun assassination and sneaking gameplay.

Without spoiling too much, you rarely get choices, and even sinking some ugprade points into Intimidation skills didn't help that much either.

Intimidating for an extremely minor advantage

Your choices really come down to being nice to people or being mean to people, which isn't much choice at all.

Only a couple of times did I notice actions I took in the game changing things later in a throw away line of dialog or a slight difference in a mission.

Maybe my choices were changing things more than I thought, but I didn't really notice that my limited decisions had any effect on anything.

Mostly events just happen to you, and those events are pretty flat.

So are the characters. Your buddy Pietro helps you out, and all the other Vampires are opponents that aren't really sympathetic or deep at all. Except maybe for one, but I never had the chance to take their side.

Despite not being very interesting Pietro is pretty great

This ties into the big twist that clearly meant to feel like a twist, but didn't.

Overall the most disappointing thing in the entire game was at the end where what should have been a big choice on how to treat all the main characters, but that didn't happen.

Their fates were already decided. Maybe my actions earlier had predestined that, but it would have been good to have some indication if that was the case.

The gameplay was pretty awesome though, and the feeling of sneaking through an area and picking off the hapless opponents one by one, or the scary thrill of running away or trying to not be destroyed in a tense fight was fantastic.

This screenshot from the *Vampire: The Masquerade - Justice* summarizes this entire review

Vampire: The Masquerade - Justice delivers in its gameplay promises, though it does stumble from time to time when it loses focus of what makes it a fun game.

All in all I'd give it a B. If you really love the World Of Darkness or want to do some sneaky assassination as a vampire, then this game is an easy recommendation.

If you're looking for a deep story where your decisions have consequences or you're looking for a more head to head combat focused experience then look elsewhere.

If you've got some thoughts on this game yourself feel free to leave a comment.

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Into The Radius Walkthrough And Guide - The Second Mission - Total Recall

Stuck in Into The Radius? Wondering where to go and how to get there for your next mission?

Well don’t worry we’ve got you covered with this walkthrough and guide for Into the Radius VR.

Here we’ll be talking about the second mission that you get in Into The Radius, Total Recall, which has you delving further into Pervomay Route, fighting new enemies, and dealing with new anomalies.

Stuck in Into The Radius? Wondering where to go and how to get there for your next mission?

Maybe you would just like to see what is in store for you before you get there, or you’d like to know if you’re properly prepared for your next mission in the Pechorsk Zone.

Well don’t worry we’ve got you covered with this walkthrough and guide for Into the Radius VR.

In this Into the Radius walkthrough we’ll detail how to progress through the main story “Top Priority” missions, with a couple of guiding tips thrown in here and there to make your adventure smoother.

The focus of these walkthroughs will be the story missions, but we’ll throw in some general gameplay tips and other useful loot locations near your objectives.

These articles will also assume you’re playing the game on the Normal difficulty mode with Tutorials turned on, which is highly recommended for your first playthrough. This walkthrough will still be useful if you’re playing on Realistic difficulty, but some details like vendor prices or enemy placement and numbers will be different.

Here is every article in our complete Into the Radius VR Walkthrough:

Here we’ll be talking about the second mission that you get in Into The Radius, Total Recall, which has you delving further into Pervomay Route, fighting new enemies, and dealing with new anomalies.

The Second Mission - Loadout

This walkthrough picks up where our previous one left off.

You’ve completed the first mission, gotten security level 1, and done the training in the shooting range.

What you may have already noticed is that your bedroom has some new and very useful items in it which you’ll want to take.

First on the bedside table is a detector and a Regen artifact.

The free Detector and Regen artifact on your beside table

As you were taught in the shooting range tutorial, you’ll need the detector to find and reveal artifacts.

You will always want to bring a Detector with you into the zone, so make sure to pick it up and preferably put it on one of your body slots like one of your shoulders.

This way you can hear it ticking when you’re close to an artifact and can quickly whip it out and put it back away.

The Regen artifact is a more rare tool, and while the one on the table isn’t in the best of shape, it’s still a great source of healing that can top off your health when you’re not hurt enough to justify using a healing syringe.

Even better you can now find a free double barreled sawn off shotgun on top of your mission terminal.

The free sawn off shotgun on top of your mission terminal

It also comes with a box of shells, and hopefully you found some other shells while off on the first mission to supplement them.

While buckshot isn’t very effective at longer ranges, it is great for taking out fragments and phantoms.

You can store the shotgun behind your right shoulder, where you can quickly take it out for use in combat. It can also hold reserve shells in the shell holders on its side.

While you’re at your base it’s also highly recommended that you get some cleaning supplies and clean out your Makarov, the cleaning rod and paper can be found in the “Weapon Cleaning” category and are very cheap.

More importantly if you haven’t found a Pocket Lamp then you should buy one. While you’ll be replacing it later on it’s also cheap, and is an easy way to mount a light on your body so that your hands are free.

The Pocket Lamp in the store in *Into The Radius*

It can be found in the “Survival Equipment” category and can be turned on and then placed in a shoulder slot.

It will then shine a light directly in front of you, so it will light in front of you wherever your body is turned and doesn’t need to be held in your hand to do so. Very useful.

As for your loadout you still don’t have many options. You can spend what money you got from your first mission, and from selling anything you don’t want or need, on a limited selection of new weapons.

The Glock 17 pistol, the GSH-18 pistol, and the short barrelled PPSh are the most noteable options. If you’re truly struggling then they’re all solid upgrades to your Makarov and sawn off shotgun.

Though at least for your first try I’d recommend that you try to do this mission with just your Makarov and shotgun that you already have. You’ll need the money that you’ve got later for other upgrades, and when you get your security level to 2 in the mission after this one you’ll have even better options.

Also I’ll be showing you how to get a Glock 17 easily in this article, and at some point how to find an upgraded TT-33 pistol in practically mint condition.

So this loadout is maybe a little frugal, but you can certainly complete the second mission with it. Bring some spare shells for your shotgun and spare ammunition, as well as three spare magazines for your Makarov.

You’ll also want to bring at least one healing syringe and the regen artifact. If you’ve still got two syringes you might as well bring both just in case. You can also buy more if you need them.

An example loadout for the second mission - Total Recall

Not pictured is the equipment on your body. Make sure you’ve got the probes you started the game with, a combat knife, a detector, and a pocket lamp.

The probes and knife are good to have easily accessible on your arm slots, while the Detector and Pocket Lamp can go on your shoulder slots. If you prefer a different way of storing and using your items then go for it. Part of the fun of Into The Radius is customizing your equipment as you like.

The Second Mission - Total Recall

When you’re ready accept the mission from your terminal and make your way out to Pervomay Route just like before.

Check your watch and keep in mind that, depending how long you took on the last mission, it might get dark soon.

You can always go back and sleep until morning (7 AM) if it is late and you don’t want to be out at night. you’ll probably have plenty of time though.

Once you’re out there take a look at your map and get your bearings.

You’ll see that the mission marker is inside a walled compound near the center of the area.

The route we will take to the mission objective

We’re going to be roughly following the route on the map above. Just like in most Into The Radius missions there are multiple ways to get to a given area.

You could also go north east through the woods and enter the rear of the compound from there to get to the objective more quickly. The route we’ll be taking in this guide is meant to optimize the amount of loot that you’ll bring back home with you.

Every one of these Into The Radius walkthroughs for the main missions will take you along a prescribed path. Usually this path will be the most direct and conflict free one possible, but for the Second Mission you’re really going to want some extra cash and loot to help you with your start to the game.

Anyway now to really begin, start off down the road towards the first mission, but this time when you take a right go through the big rift in the ground that split the blockhouse in half.

The rift that tore the blockhouse in half

You won’t have to worry about anomalies until you reach the end of the rift, but once you do, get your probes out.

There’s a ton of anomalies in the crater covered field beyond the blockhouse, but as usual when there are a ton of anomalies, there are artifacts.

Entering the anomaly field and throwing probes

As mentioned earlier, there are definitely easier routes to the objective for the second mission, but this is a very good chance to get some experience with parts of the game that you’ll need to know how to overcome later on… oh and get some money too.

So use your probes, take your time, and work your way through the anomalies. Be especially careful of the white orbs. They’re called Reflector anomalies and will shoot out some sort of energy back in whatever direction a probe hits them.

Your detector should start beeping near the hump in the ground in the middle of the anomaly field. Use it like you did in the tutorial.

The Detector beeps faster when you’re close to an artifact, and when it’s pointed in the direction of an artifact the light will turn more green.

There’s also a guide on how to hunt for artifacts if you’re having some trouble.

Anomalies surrounding the artifact in the crater field

Find the artifact in the field or don’t, it’s up to you, but artifacts do sell for a good deal of cash you’ll be needing later, and learning how to find them now is easier than learning later.

When you’re past the anomaly field you’ll want to head towards the trees on the other end of the craters. The next place you’re headed is the building just past them.

The building past the trees that we’ll head to next

This building will have another new enemy type that you haven’t encountered before, the Mimic Policeman.

They will be your first encounter with firearm equipped enemies, though luckily they only have a Makarov pistol.

Still, that makes them pretty dangerous when you’re just starting out, you’ll most likely see this mimic policeman on the roof of the building.

If you’re a good shot you can take them out from the trees with your Makarov. If you’re not a good shot then your best bet is to either run towards the wall surrounding the building before they notice you and take your shots from there.

You could also go up the stairs leading to the roof, climb the ladder, and take them out from close range by hanging on to the ladder with one hand and using your Makarov with the other.

Sniping the Mimic Policeman with a Makarov

What makes these other options dangerous is that there are also Fragments and Phantoms hanging around the building, and the sound of gunshots will attract more from nearby.

If the firefight doesn’t go your way you can always pull back to the edge of the crater field and take cover behind the boulders there. The Fragments and Phantoms will follow you and you can take them down without worrying about the policeman on the roof.

However you get rid of the policeman and clear the building, once it’s clear you’ll probably find at least one crate around it on top of the dumpster at ground level, or on top of the roof.

A randomized loot crate that may or may not be there

The inside has some potential loot as well inside the cabinets and drawers. There is also a chance that your detector will start beeping due to a Rift Anomaly.

The shooting range tutorial told you about them, they will respawn enemies if left for too long, so if your detector beeps find the Rift and hit it with your knife to destroy it and get a Shard artifact to sell.

You also might hear more Fragments and Phantoms approach while you’re looting, take them down as they come. If you’ve arrived prepared you should have plenty of ammunition.

A rift inside the second story of the building

When the area is clear take a chance to get your bearings. Make sure your weapons and spare magazines are fully loaded. Check your health and hunger.

Check the time, if it’s getting late and the sky is getting darker you may want to retrace your steps and head back if you don’t want to explore at night.

Night time does have the plus of making you harder to see, but it also has the downside of making it harder for you to see. Your pocket lamp on your shoulder does making lighting more convenient, but it also makes you a shiny target in the middle of a dark night.

If you want to wait until morning or get more ammunition or other supplies then head back to Vanno the way you came. None of the enemies will respawn until the Tide comes in (assuming you destroyed any rifts in the area).

When you’re ready to keep pushing head out of the building and head out to the road running beside it. Turn back towards the crater field and you’ll see a broken down car at the intersection there.

The crashed car with the stash of ammunition

This car is a stash, and you may or may not have found the note hinting at it earlier on.

Inside of it underneath the seats are a ton of ammunition boxes of various types. Take all of them. The more ammo the better.

If you’re having a hard time finding the car here’s where it is on the map.

You can also skip it if you like and just head straight to the compound that you can see to the northeast of it where the “M1” symbol is.

That’s where you’re headed next. There are some anomalies scattered about, and a pretty thick field of them at the road intersection in front of the main entrance.

You can go in through the gate or one of the broken sections of the wall surrounding the place.

A back way into the compound through the broken wall

However you enter the base make sure you’re ready for a fight.

There is another Mimic Policeman hanging out in the area. Though they might even have been drawn outside of the walls by noise earlier, and there’s also the possibility of Fragments and Phantoms as well.

This policeman will be much easier to deal with than the last, because he’ll be on ground level with you and won’t have such an easy time seeing you coming.

However you deal with the enemies and get inside the base you’ll hear your detector ticking. That’s because inside one of the hangars is another Rift Anomaly.

The rift in one of the hangars. There is a handheld flashlight on the ground if you need it

See that grass spread out around it? Well that’s no regular grass. That’s the Black Grass anomaly.

It will hurt you if you touch it, but will temporarily shrink if light is shone on it. See that flashlight? Well take it for now as it will be really helpful here.

You can always shoot the Rift and try to distance grab the Shard artifact that it drops. Either way it’s a good time to familiarize yourself with how Black Grass works. You’ll have to deal with more soon.

Oh, you’ll also see your friend near the entrance of the base if you haven’t already.

Touch her to get some more background dialog. There’s also a note and some loot in the basement of the ruined brick building behind her.

That’s not your mission objective though, the film you came here for is inside of the long building opposite the two hangars. The entrance to this building is right beside the front gate.

Once you’re in there’s a black statue that gives you some dialog, and in the main hallway is your last obstacle to the film.

More Black Grass.

Black Grass is your final obstacle in the mission

The hallway is chocked full of the stuff, so hopefully you got that flashlight from the hangar.

While you can make your way through with just a pocket lamp it will be much easier with an extra source of light.

If you’re playing Into The Radius on PCVR you can always turn the flashlight on and leave it on the ground, which will keep shining on the Black Grass and leave a clear path.

Unfortunately standalone Meta Quest versions of the game will turn off the flashlight once you drop it.

Focus on the grass on the right. You’ll want to disable it and then quickly dash past it into the first doorway on your right.

If you’re fast you won’t take much damage even if the Grass does regrow too quickly. Though it is very possible to get through without being hurt at all.

Once you make it through the doorway the film is on top of one of the desks.

The film that you came here for sitting on a desk

Grab it, and if you like loot the rest of the building. There’s usually some decent stuff lying around.

Though you’ll have to make your way back through the Black Grass to exit the way you came in.

You can go back to Vanno to turn in the Film and complete the mission, though if you’re willing to stay for a little longer there’s a free Glock 17 stash inside of the base.

It’s on top of one of the Red fuel tanks at the northeast end of the base, beside one of the hangars.

You can’t jump in Into The Radius VR, but there is a convenient ramp going up to the top of the beat up awning that is right beside the tanks.

The way up to the awning over the G17 stash

Once you’re up there go to the edge that hangs over the fuel tanks and look down. You’ll see the G17, a magazine for it, and a box of ammunition sitting on top.

To get to them run off of the edge of the awning towards the fuel tank. If you miss and hit the ground just try again. Be careful of fall damage if you’re low on health though.

The G17 stash on top of the red fuel tank

The Glock and magazine are in very rough condition, but you can always repair them using the terminal that you do deliveries with back at base.

Loot and Film in hand, head back to Vanno the way you came to sell your loot, repair your weapons, and complete the mission by turning the film in just like the watch from the first mission.

Congratulations on completing the second mission! We’ll talk about what you’re going to need to do next, repeatable missions, and some more great places to explore and stashes to find in Pervomay Route in Part 3 of our Into The Radius VR Walkthrough.

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Into The Radius Walkthrough And Guide - The First Mission - Equipment Retrieval

Stuck in Into The Radius? Wondering where to go and how to get there for your next mission?

Well don’t worry we’ve got you covered with this walkthrough and guide for Into the Radius VR.

In this article we’ll be starting at the beginning of the game with your first mission, Equipment Retrieval, and cover some general tips for your first foray into the zone.

Stuck in Into The Radius? Wondering where to go and how to get there for your next mission?

Maybe you would just like to see what is in store for you before you get there, or you’d like to know if you’re properly prepared for your next mission in the Pechorsk Zone.

Well don’t worry we’ve got you covered with this walkthrough and guide for Into the Radius VR.

The focus of these walkthroughs will be the story missions, but we’ll throw in some general gameplay tips and other useful loot locations near your objectives.

Here is every article in our complete Into the Radius VR Walkthrough:

Here we’ll be starting at the beginning of the game with your first mission, Equipment Retrieval, and cover some general tips for your first foray into the zone.

Entering Vanno

We won’t be covering the Tutorial here, so our Into the Radius walkthrough will start where the game proper begins, with you as the Explorer standing before the gates of the UNPSC base of Vanno.

The entrance to the UNPSC base and your home - Vanno

Follow the footsteps and stop when directed to by the automated turret.

Raise your hands and do not move. If you fail to comply it really will shoot you.

In a moment you’ll be cleared for entry and the gate will open. Follow the footsteps towards your bedroom. Make sure to pick up the healing syringe on the barrel next to the door.

Make sure to get the healing syringe next to your bedroom

Healing Syringes are fairly expensive so having a free one to add to the one that you start the game with in your pack is a great find.

Hold your watch up to the door panel when prompted to open the door, and walk into your new home.

Follow the ghostly outline to the mission terminal and accept your first mission in the missions menu, Equipment Retrieval.

The briefing for *Into The Radius’s* first mission - Equipment Retrieval

As the briefing states you will need a firearm, in fact you’ll always need a firearm when entering the Pechorsk zone.

So before we get into tackling the first mission let’s talk about your loadout, and since this will be your first mission in the radius also cover some general loadout tips.

The First Mission - Loadout

You’ll start the game with some items in your pack and a Makarov pistol in the holster on your hip.

This pistol is in mint condition, but is also arguably the worst gun in the entire game. Don’t worry though, it will be more than adequate for now.

You’ll also have some food, some spare ammunition, a healing syringe, two spare magazines, a combat knife, and a flashlight in your backpack.

The gear that you start the game with. Not pictured is the Makarov in your hip holster

If this is your first foray in Into The Radius then you can find some useful information spread around Vanno in the form of notes that you can read, though the Tutorial will have covered all of the basics.

Looking around your room you’ll find a few items scattered around, most noteably on the green shelves in the corner. There’s a rusty Makarov there that you can sell later on, and some more ammunition and magazines for it.

Fill one of those magazines up with bullets and put it and the two in your backpack in the magazine pouches on your chest rig. While you’re at it also make sure to turn the safety off on your Makarov so that it’s ready to go when you need it.

The Makarov pistol with the safety switched off

It’s also advisable to take the combat knife out of your backpack and put it on one of your body slots. You have one on each of your arms and one on each of your shoulders.

Being able to quickly access your knife will be very useful against the enemies you will face in this mission. There will also be a packet of Advanced Probes on your left arm, you might as well keep them there. You won’t need them for the first mission, but you soon will.

You can leave the food behind as you won’t be out of your base for very long, but do make sure to bring your flashlight as you’ll want it to see clearly later on.

It’s advisable to always take spare ammunition to reload magazines in the field, though here you won’t need it. There are very few enemies in Into the Radius’s first mission, and it’s not very far away from your home.

Here is an example loadout for the first mission. If yours varies a little don’t worry about it. As long as you have your pistol, a few full magazines, your knife, a healing syringe, and a flashlight, you’ll be fine.

A sample loadout for your first mission. The box contains 25 rounds of 9x18mm bullets

Equipment Retrieval - Leaving Vanno For The First Time

Before you head out you can always explore the rest of Vanno. There are some other free items scattered about, and you can collect them whenever you like.

When you’re ready go back out of the gate you came in, following the ghostly footsteps, and walk into the rope line that heads into the fog.

The rope line leading out into the Pechorsk Zone

Welcome to the Zone. Have a look around. It’s pretty creepy, right? Well don’t worry, you can handle this.

Once you feel comfortable take a look at your map.

You’ll see your location at the bottom as a green arrow, and the location of your mission objective as a circle with “M1” inside of it.

The map of Pervomay Route showing the objective of the first mission

As you can see it’s very close.

First though, take a little detour. If you look off to your right you’ll see a little wooden watchtower amid the trees.

The wooden watchtower next to the path to Vanno

Climb up it and open the red container inside. You’ll get some more bullets for your Makarov and some other goodies.

If you don’t see the tower you don’t have to bother with it, but it’s good to get a little extra when you’re just starting out.

Anyway to start heading to the objective just walk down the paved road.

You’ll probably see some randomly generated corpses strewn about with loot next to them.

We’ll talk more about looting in a moment, because you’ll probably have a bigger problem to deal with as you near the end of the road.

See that path that goes up the hill? Well there’s going to be a strange dark figure at the bottom of it, and it will start walking towards you while making strange squelching sounds.

Don’t let it get close, while it’s only dangerous right in front of you, if you let it get within clawing range it will do a lot of damage to you.

Fighting the first enemy in *Into The Radius*

This is a fragment, the first type of enemy that you will encounter in Into The Radius VR.

Don’t panic, you’ll easily be able to deal with them by using your Makarov Pistol.

Before they get close aim carefully and shoot them a few times until they turn into a floating orb, then either shoot the orb or stab it with your combat knife. If you run out of bullets or panic you can turn around and run away. When sprinting you are faster than the Fragments, and that will give you time to reload and compose yourself.

Make sure to load in a fresh magazine afterwards, the Makarov doesn’t hold many bullets in each magazine.

If you want to know more about the fragment or other enemies in Into The Radius VR then check out our guide on all of the enemies in the game.

Anyway once that fragment is dealt with walk up the path leading into the little compound to your right, past the black statue of a man. You can touch the statue to get a little dialog.

All statues that you see which have little floating white particles around them can be touched to get some dialog.

The entrance to the blockhouse compound, and the man statue in front of it

Inside the walls of the little compound you’ll find another fragment.

Take them out just like you did the first one.

The First Mission - Looting

The “compound” is really just two tents and the concrete blockhouse. Look around and scrounge what you can.

Structures in the radius will commonly hold useful items. Boxes of ammunition, more magazines, food, and other various bits and pieces.

Since you’re just starting out it’s wise to take a little food, especially the canned stuff, and if you find any more magazines it’s also a good idea to take them, even if you don’t have the gun that goes with them yet.

Ammunition for your Makarov (9x18mm) is very common, but it’s still a good idea to take whatever you can find, and also any shotgun shells you find. Really it’s not a bad idea to hoard any kind of ammunition you find in the early game.

If you’re unsure what something is then hold it in your hand and hold down the B button, a little text box will appear over the item telling you what it’s use is and how it works. If you’re unsure how an item is useful make sure to use this feature. It will answer a lot of your questions when first starting the game.

You’ll also find a note in each of the tents. These notes are rare glimpses into what exactly is going on in Pechorsk, and it’s recommended that you read them to enhance your appreciation for the mystery and story of Into The Radius.

Equipment Retrieval - Getting The Goods

Whenever you’re finished looting head into the concrete blockhouse.

Here’s where you will need your flashlight. While there’s some lighting inside it can be a little dark. Into The Radius can be a pretty scary game and you’ll always want to make sure you can properly see in poorly lit areas so you aren’t surprised by enemies or anomalies.

Immediately on your left you’ll see a crate on a table. Take whatever is inside.

There’s a crate in the blockhouse, make sure to loot it

Once you’re finished with that head the other way further into the blockhouse.

Right next to some sandbags you’ll see a watch in an open crate.

That’s what you came here for! Pick it up and put it into your backpack. When you’re finished looking for whatever other valuables might be around, head back outside the way you came in.

You’ll get a visit from your friend. To hear what she has to say, touch her and her dialog will play.

Your friend will appear once you get the objective item

You’ve got the mission objective and hopefully some other good stuff too.

Head back the way you came, down the path leading up the hill and up the road. Just walk into the rope line heading into the fog and you’ll find yourself back at Vanno.

Completing Your First Mission in Into The Radius

Now that you’re back in Vanno the built in Tutorials will be your guide.

Follow the ghostly footsteps into the train car and over to the mission terminal.

Some popups will tell you how to make the delivery. When the tray opens, throw the watch inside and complete the mission on the terminal.

You’ll also find a strange bright white note in your backpack. Weird huh?

Once the delivery is complete you are now security level 1. Congratulations!

The terminal will also tell you to go to the shooting range for more training. It’s an easy 300$ and you’ll learn some important stuff while you’re there. So you might as well go for it.

Go here to access the shooting range and training

Follow the ghostly footsteps over there and do the training.

The game will teach you about anomalies, the tide, artifacts, and how to get them. Though if you want a more in depth guide we’ve got one as well.

Once you are finished feel free to sell whatever you don’t need in the Train car, and use the shower to regain any health you might have lost to Fragments.

Congratulations on hitting Security Level 1! We’ll talk more about what you can do with your new security status, and how to tackle your next mission in Part 2 of our Into The Radius VR Walkthrough.

Other Guides You Might Find Helpful:

All Into the Radius VR Enemies And How To Kill Them

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The Thrill Of The Fight 2 Will Have Multiplayer and Improved Realism

We’ve talked a lot here about the fantastic VR Boxing Game Thrill Of The Fight, and if you’re as big of a fan of this game as we are then you’ll be excited to hear that a sequel is coming.

Unfortunately one of the biggest things that has been missing in the first iteration of this fantastic VR fighting game is a lack of a Multiplayer mode. That’s why it is so fantastic to know that Thrill Of The Fight 2 will have Multiplayer.

This and a whole suite of other improvements have been announced by the new developers of Thrill Of The Fight 2, Halfbrick, who will be working with the original creator of Thrill Of The Fight, Ian Fitz, on the sequel.

We’ve talked a lot here about the fantastic VR Boxing Game Thrill Of The Fight, and if you’re as big of a fan of this game as we are then you’ll be excited to hear that a sequel is coming.

This and a whole suite of other improvements have been announced by the new developers of Thrill Of The Fight 2, Halfbrick, who will be working with the original creator of Thrill Of The Fight, Ian Fitz, on the sequel.

So let’s talk about what we currently know about Thrill Of the Fight 2 and the fantastic new features that are coming to this VR game.

Thrill Of The Fight 2 - Multiplayer And What We Know So Far

So, as far as we know, what’s the vision for Thrill Of the Fight 2?

In their announcement about the new game Halfbrick hasn’t given many concrete details, but what they have said sounds very good for long time fans of the original Thrill Of The Fight.

A lot of their wording seems meant to placate longtime fans and assure us that Thrill Of The Fight 2 is not only made in close concert with the creator of the original game, Ian Fitz, but will also continue the spirit of that original game.

Halfbrick state their intentions here to continue the focus on boxing simulation and realism that the first game had, while also including what they’ve heard “players want most” a Multiplayer mode.

Realistic boxing is what makes *Thrill Of The Fight* such a great game, and is the focus of the sequel *Thrill Of The Fight 2*

While unfortunately details on what this Multiplayer mode might look like are scarce so far, it is clear that it is a big focus of the developers over at Halfbrick.

Thrill Of The Fight is an old game that is so much fun and such a great workout that it continues to be one of the best games on the Oculus Quest 3 and VR in general.

So an update is definitely sorely needed. Being able to box another person would make Thrill Of The Fight 2 hands down the best VR Boxing game on the market, given that the feeling and use of actual boxing skill of the game isn’t altered.

From what we’ve heard we can at least definitely say that Halfbrick hasn’t announced any intentions to turn Thrill Of The Fight into a more arcadey experience like those in Creed: Rise To Glory or Knockout League.

Making Ugly Joe even uglier, a hallmark of the *Thrill Of The Fight* experience

Though there is potential for concern in how Singleplayer might look in this new game, as there hasn’t been any word on new fighters, new difficulty modes, or possibly even a more campaign style fighting bracket to progress through.

While Thrill Of The Fight Multiplayer is a lot to get excited about, let’s hope that the Singleplayer experience also gets some love when Thrill Of The Fight 2 releases.

The addition of Multiplayer alone will bring a lot of challenges to this studio that is relatively untested in the VR market. Even a small amount of lag would make a boxing match a nightmare to play, and there’s also balancing, collision, and a ton of other factors that become much harder with the addition of Multiplayer to a fighting game.

So can we have faith in Halfbrick to deliver on these promises? Are they a studio that can make a fantastic Thrill Of The Fight 2?

Thrill Of The Fight 2 - Who’s Halfbrick?

Now let’s address something that might worry long time fans of Thrill Of the Fight. You might be skeptical of this studio and how they might handle the game, or whether they can handle it at all.

As you may know the original game was the passion project of a solo developer, Ian Fitz, and now we know that the sequel will be in the hands of a game studio that you’ve probably not heard of, Halfbrick.

You might be concerned that despite their promises Halfbrick might skew the original vision of Thrill Of The Fight or fail to deliver a good upgrade to the original, and that’s a legitimate worry to have.

There have been game sequels in the past that have changed hands to a new developer and ended up worse off for it.

Fortunately Halfbrick have announced officially that they wish not only to continue Ian’s original focus on realism, but to expand on it and make the game feel like an even more immersive boxing experience.

Should Halfbrick deliver on this promise in Thrill Of The Fight 2 then it’s also certainly good news for those that use Thrill Of The Fight as a workout game as well as a boxing simulator.

Of course you may also be wondering if Halfbrick has the expertise to deliver on this promise. While they certainly have more resources than one person alone, what have they done in the past?

Judging from their website they’ve released a lot of games, but most seem to be 2D flatscreen games. They’re clearly very prolific mobile game developers, but not so much in the Virtual Reality gaming space.

Though they do have some acclaim as the studio behind the infamous Fruit Ninja games, their only experience in Virtual Reality game development is Fruit Ninja VR 1 and 2.

So it’s not like this is a studio completely inexperienced in VR game development.

Halfbrick’s *Fruit Ninja* series are currently their only forays into VR game development

Fruit Ninja VR 1 and 2 are good VR games that definitely deliver on the promise of slicing fruits in VR, and the controls and physics of them run smoothly. As far as VR game development experience goes, it’s not bad for a small studio.

Speaking of small, how big is Halfbrick? According to Google Studio’s case study on the company: “Halfbrick Studios employs about 35 people at its headquarters in Brisbane, Australia, plus another 11 in Spain and a small team in Bulgaria, while its licensing and entertainment business operates out of the United States.”

Pretty big as far as VR game studios go, though their resources will likely not all be on Thrill Of The Fight 2. Still, this is very hopeful news, and it seems that Thrill Of The Fight 2 will definitely have the expertise and manpower to be all that it can be.

Either way it’s good to see more game studios turn their attention towards Virtual Reality games.

Well that’s all we’ve got so far about Thrill Of The Fight 2 and the promised Thrill Of The Fight Multiplayer in this sequel. If you’ve got thoughts or hopes for the future of this fantastic VR boxing game feel free to leave a comment. Hopefully we’ll be able to get our hands on it soon.

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The Ultimate Broken Edge VR Classes List and Guide

There are a lot of classes to choose from in the great 1v1 PvP VR sword fighting game Broken Edge.

It can be a little overwhelming at first, since there are so many different class options to choose from and also fight against in Singleplayer or Multiplayer.

So here we’re going to go over all of the Broken Edge classes and how to awaken their weapons and use their abilities.

There are a lot of classes to choose from in the great 1v1 PvP VR sword fighting game Broken Edge.

It can be a little overwhelming at first, since there are so many different class options to choose from and also fight against in Singleplayer or Multiplayer.

So here we’re going to go over all of the Broken Edge classes and how to awaken their weapons and use their abilities.

If you want to figure out what class you’d like to use, or gain an edge over your opponents using any of these classes, then learning how they play and what they can do is very important.

You’ve come to the right guide to learn more about this fantastic game.

Though before we get into the Broken Edge classes (or as they’re sometimes called, archetypes) let’s go through the basics of what each Broken Edge class can do.

Table Of Contents:

Awakening Your Blade
Special Abilities
Broken Edge Classes

Broken Edge Guide - Awakening Your Blade

In Broken Edge each class shares the same three abilities, and each class must awaken their blade to do additional damage or have a chance to win a round by hitting their opponent’s body with an awakened blade.

First let’s talk about awakening.

You can see if your blade is awakened when it lights up and lights on fire. You can see how awakened your blade is by how much of the blade on your blade health bar above you is lit up with flames.

Awakened Blades. Note the fire around the sword health bar at the top.

Each class gains more awakening by using their main weapon in different, though sometimes similar, ways. Below in the section for each class you’ll find how to awaken their blade as much as possible.

The more awakened your blade is than your opponent’s when your blades touch, the more damage you deal. Your blade must be more awakened than your opponent’s to deal additional damage.

Broken Edge Guide - Special Abilities

Each class in Broken Edge also has the same three special abilities.

These are Edge Breaker, Ward, and Second Wind. Each class activates these three abilities by assuming a different pose, or chaining a few poses together.

When you’re doing the pose correctly you’ll see the start of a hexagon or triangle appear in front of you, and when it fills up to complete the shape you’ll have activated the ability correctly.

Let’s start with Edge Breaker since it’s the easiest to use.

You can activate Edge Breaker once per round, and when you activate it your blade will burn very bright for a short time. If it makes contact before the effect wears off in a few seconds it will do increased damage, and doesn’t take any damage itself.

The Knight’s sword with Edge Breaker activated

Edge Breaker is activated by a single pose, and activates when the hexagon that appears completes its shape and the blade glows. Be careful when you use Edge Breaker as it doesn’t last for very long before fizzling out.

The second ability is Ward.

Ward makes your body immune to fatal attacks for the next three engagements, but when hit with an awaked blade it will be destroyed.

Ward is activated by each class in two poses. One will fill the hexagon half way, and the other will complete the shape and activate the ability.

You’ll know if you or your opponent has ward active by the blue glow surrounding their fighter’s body.

Keep in mind that Ward only protects you from fatal body hits, which allows you to play a little more recklessly until it is gone, but will not protect your blade whatsoever.

Now for the last ability, Second Wind.

Second Wind will regenerate your blade completely, which is especially useful once your blade health bar is broken and your blade will no longer regenerate on its own anymore.

Second Wind activates in three poses. Each pose will fill up one side of a Triangle, and when the triangle is complete your blade will regenerate to full length.

Second Wind gives you another shot at taking some health off of your opponent’s blade, or landing a fatal awakened body shot of your own.

Though keep in mind that Second Wind does not regenerate your blade health meter at all. It just gives you one more shot with a full blade.

Broken Edge Classes

Now let’s talk about each of the fighters you’ll be able to use in Broken Edge VR, their weapons, how to awaken their blades, and how to use the three special abilities with each of them.

If you want to get some hands on experience in the game using the abilities of each of these classes then go to the Dojo in game and check them out.

There are tutorials for weapon awakening and using each of the three abilities for each class.

If you want some strategy or a refresher though, it’s much faster to read about your desired class here.

When starting out it’s easier to master a single class that sounds fun before moving on to others, regardless though it’s always good to know the strengths of other classes you’ll fight against.

Quick Links:

The Knight
The Duelist
The Barbarian
The Pirate
The Persian
The Viking
The Ronin
The Samurai
The Tyrant

The Knight

The Knight is a versatile and balanced class in Broken Edge, new players will have experience with it right from the beginning due to it being the class used in the Introduction tutorial.

The Knight carries a decent arsenal that can focus on the offensive or defensive. They have a longsword which can be used one handed or two handed, and is about average in length.

Additionally they have a short sword that can be used to block incoming attacks or surprise an opponent with a quick attack with your offhand. Though the short sword cannot awaken and will break after a single hit.

Crucially the Knight also carries a shield of moderate size that can be used to block incoming attacks. When hit the shield will shrink depending on where it was hit. If the shield is hit in the center then it will disappear for the round.

If the shield is hit on the edge only that piece will disappear. The shield is made of three pieces.

Awakening the Knight’s longsword is easy, by just pointing it at the enemy player.

More awakening can be gained by performing clean cuts and thrusts with the longsword. This means that both stabbing and slashing attacks are viable when using the Knight class.

Full awakening can only be gained by holding the sword with both hands, the sword cannot be fully awakened single handed, but can get most of the way there.

How to activate Edge Breaker with the Knight archetype

Edge Breaker can be activated by holding the longsword up and pointing it forward, while holding your shield up and rotating the top of it it towards your sword hand.

Ward can be activated by first pointing both hands upwards over your head.

Then Ward is completed by bringing your hands together in front of you.

Second Wind is activated by first bringing your sword hand in front of your face while the sword is pointed upwards, and pointing your off hand away to the side.

Then bring your hands together on your sword overhead.

Finally chop straight downwards to complete Second Wind.

Quick Links:

The Knight
The Duelist
The Barbarian
The Pirate
The Persian
The Viking
The Ronin
The Samurai
The Tyrant

The Duelist

The Duelist is a more offensively themed Broken Edge VR class.

This class emphasizes constant movement and quick strikes from multiple angles in order to surprise your opponent with a quick stab from its rapier.

The Duelist has only two weapons though, the rapier which is slightly longer than most weapons, and a dagger that is about the length of the Knight’s short sword, cannot be awakened, and breaks after a single hit.

This makes the Duelist a class with very little defensive options that must rely on quick strikes at the right moment to overwhelm their opponent and put them on the defensive.

The Duelist is a very quick class that relies on speed and their small size to avoid being hit while making precise strikes of their own.

Awakening the Duelist’s rapier is done in the usual fashion by pointing it at your opponent, but it can be further awakened by changing the position of it by moving the hilt up or down or from side to side, while still pointing it forward towards your enemy.

The Duelist also gains additional awakening by constantly taking small steps towards and away from their opponent, which increases the unpredictability of their stabbing attacks.

Attacking after pouncing forward and changing the position of your rapier is optimal both to surprise the enemy fighter and to achieve the greatest possible awakening, but make sure your strike lands.

How to activate Edge Breaker with the Duelist archetype

Edge Breaker can be activated with the Duelist by holding your rapier up and pointing it forward, while holding your offhand down and pointing it forward as well.

Ward is activated on the Duelist by pointing your hands down on either side of you with your thumbs facing towards your opponent.

The ward is completed by bringing up both hands and crossing them in front of you.

Second Wind is activated by first pointing your main hand away to your side and bringing the other hand up in front of your face pointing in the same direction.

Basically a Dab, but pointing straight to the side.

Then with your offhand still holding the same pose bring your main hand up in front of you and point your rapier upwards.

Finally to complete Second Wind move only your main hand up over your shoulder and point the rapier forward towards your opponent.

Quick Links:

The Knight
The Duelist
The Barbarian
The Pirate
The Persian
The Viking
The Ronin
The Samurai
The Tyrant

The Barbarian

The Barbarian Broken Edge VR class lacks in options during a fight, but makes up for it by having incredibly long reach with its huge sword.

This long reach can both be used defensively to change an opponents tactics before they can get close enough to you to strike, and offensively by being able to strike your opponent before they can get anywhere near you.

For this reason, and their awakening requiring them to make slow strikes, the Barbarian is a great class for chipping away at your opponent’s equipment to degrade them and win on blade health.

The long reach of the Barbarian’s sword is their greatest strength, otherwise they are slow and lack any alternative weapons to take hits for them.

When playing as the Barbarian class you must take advantage of this long reach as it is your only advantage.

To awaken the barbarian’s sword you must make slow and smooth motions that are as wide as possible while keeping the forward facing “true” edge pointed towards your opponent.

This of course means that the other fighter will have plenty of time to see your strikes coming and react.

In order to awaken the Barbarian’s blade at all you must hold it with both hands and make continuous smooth slicing motions. To awaken as much as possible make sure that your swings are as wide as possible.

How to activate Edge Breaker with the Barbarian archetype

To activate Edge Breaker with the Barbarian class point hold your sword with both hands and keep the handle at around waist height while pointing the blade away from you towards your main hand side (so towards the right if you are right handed).

How to use Ward with the Barbarian Part 1

To activate Ward with the Barbarian take your off hand off of your sword and point it forwards at your opponent, and then heft your sword over your shoulder, blade pointed backwards.

Then bring the sword back forward in front of you and point the blade straight up while holding the sword in both hands.

How to use Ward with the Barbarian Part 2

To activate second wind with the Barbarian first bring your hands out to both sides with your palms facing outwards, like you are trying to show your opponent as much of your chest as possible.

Then bring your off hand over to your chest and turn towards your main hand slightly.

Finally bring your blade up over your head and point it away towards your off hand side.

Quick Links:

The Knight
The Duelist
The Barbarian
The Pirate
The Persian
The Viking
The Ronin
The Samurai
The Tyrant

The Pirate

The Pirate is another versatile Broken Edge class that can accommodate a number of fighting styles and tricks due to their large arsenal of weapons.

The pirate has a large cutlass as their main weapon with a very long blade, though it is meant more for cutting than stabbing.

In addition they have another sword over their offhand shoulder and a boarding axe.

The secondary sword cannot awaken and breaks after a single hit, and the same goes for the boarding axe, though the boarding axe does have the disadvantage of having a very small bladed part, which is the only part that can chop an opponent’s blade.

The sneakiest secondary option that the Pirate has, and arguably their most effective, is the knife that the Pirate holds on their mouth.

This knife is small and breaks after a single use and is constantly awakened to the maximum as though Edge Breaker had been used on it.

Quickly pulling this knife for a sneaky stab to the body or to do a ton of damage to the enemy’s weapon is a huge advantage for the pirate, and gives them a lot of additional damage dealing capability if used correctly.

While the knife needs no special movements to awaken it, the cutlass does. Much like the Barbarian class, the Pirate’s cutlass is activated by doing slow and steady swings.

Constantly moving the cutlass while making sure every cut points towards the opponent with the edge of the blade will increase its awakening until it is at maximum.

Having to move the cutlass slowly makes it a little predictable, though you can swing it from any direction that you choose to force an opponent to change their guard or attack you from a different direction.

The strength of the Pirate lies in their ability to combine their slow swinging Cutlass with their arsenal of secondary weapons. Distract the enemy fighter with your slow moving cutlass before sneaking in with one of your other weapons.

How to activate Edge Breaker with the Pirate archetype

To activate Edge Breaker with The Pirate cross your cutlass and a secondary weapon across your chest to form an X.

To activate Ward with the Pirate start by bringing your cutlass up to your throat and pointing your secondary weapon at your opponent, wrist pointed downwards.

Complete the Ward by pointing your off hand downwards at the ground, angled a little upwards towards your opponent, and bring your cutlass over your shoulder pointed backwards.

To activate Second Wind with the Pirate first bring your cutlass hand down to the hip opposite your main hand side and point the blade behind you, kind of like you’re sheathing the sword on your hip. Then bring your other hand up over your off hand shoulder.

Then bring your cutlass hand up and point the blade diagonally across your face, while also pointing your off hand downwards so your wrist faces away from your opponent.

To complete Second Wind bring your off hand up and across your chest, pointing towards your main hand side. Finally bring your cutlass down, blade pointed diagonally to the side.

Quick Links:

The Knight
The Duelist
The Barbarian
The Pirate
The Persian
The Viking
The Ronin
The Samurai
The Tyrant

The Persian

The Persian is another agile and tricky class in Broken Edge VR.

The Persian gets two sabers which are meant to be used at the same time. If you’re a fan of dual wielding blades then the Persian is a great class.

That’s because both of the Persian’s sabers function as their main weapon. They share awakening and when either is cut it will regenerate.

Though the Persian doesn’t get any secondary weapons, they don’t really need them as both hands will always be occupied with a saber of their own.

You can also try to be tricky and use only a single saber, it will still awaken, and draw your other saber when your opponent expects it the least.

This Broken Edge VR class emphasizes constantly and confusing movement. Your swordarms should never be still when playing as the Persian, and that constant and varied movement combined with having two awakened and decently sized blades in either hands makes this class a great one for striking or defending in unpredictable ways.

To awaken the Persian’s blades you want to circle them around yourself from different angles, so each time you complete a revolution with one of the blades you’ll want to change the angle of the next chop with it.

As with any weapon meant more for cutting than stabbing in Broken Edge, the true edge of the blade should always come down facing your opponent.

Also you don’t want to move the blades too quickly or you’ll lose awakening, spinning your arms as fast as possible will just dislocate your shoulder and give you no benefit.

The key to playing the Persian comes when you change the direction your blades are moving in from, and combining the movement of both blades at once to force your opponent to either take a hit or try to block a saber in a hurry and probably at a disadvantage

The Persian’s constant movement becomes a sort of dance that you get better at over time.

Maintaining your awakening while also changing the direction of your sabers to strike in unpredictable ways means the Persian is a confusing and opportunistic fighter when played correctly.

How to activate Edge Breaker with the Persian archetype

To activate Edge Breaker with the Persian hold one saber in front of you with the blade horizontal and the true edge pointed towards your opponent, and the other overhead with the blade pointed towards the sky.

To activate Ward with the Persian start by holding both of your sabers overhead with the edges pointed towards the sky.

Complete Ward by moving both of your hands slightly to the side.

To use Second Wind with the Persian class start by pointing both blades down around your waist with your wrists pointed inwards and the blades pointed diagonally towards each other.

Then bring both blades up in front of you with the edges facing outwards towards your opponent.

Complete Second Wind by pointing the knuckles of each hand towards each other in front of you.

Quick Links:

The Knight
The Duelist
The Barbarian
The Pirate
The Persian
The Viking
The Ronin
The Samurai
The Tyrant

The Viking

The Viking is another versatile fighter in Broken Edge VR. Sort of like the Knight, but a little different.

Just like the Knight the Viking has a big arsenal which can be used for defensive or offensive purposes.

Just like the Knight the Viking gets a shield, and the Viking’s shield is even larger. Their main weapon is a sword which is a little shorter than the main weapons for other classes.

To make up for this the Viking gets two axes, and when used together the axes are constantly awakened as though Edge Breaker had been used on them. Though the axes only have blades on the top and so you have to be more accurate to hit something with them than with your sword.

Still, the axes can do massive damage when used correctly, and while the Viking’s main hand sword isn’t great, it’s still very effective when combined with the superb defense offered by the shield to deny enemy attacks.

While the Viking’s sword is very capable of accurate stabbing attacks, it is awakened to its maximum potential by swinging it.

Achieving maximum awakening with the Viking is done by doing large swings from overhead with continuous movement from front to back.

You should also always keep your blade arm extended as much as possible not only to awaken the sword, but also to extend the reach of the Viking’s short blade.

The result of this awakening style is a sword and shield combination. Shield held in front to protect your body while you swing your sword downwards from overhead to chop at an opponent’s blade or head.

The downside to this strategy is that it can result in your shield being broken very quickly if your opponent outranges you or dodges your chops.

While the Viking is certainly at a disadvantage with just their sword, the boarding axes do come in handy in this situation. A couple of hits with the axes and your opponent’s blade might end up being even shorter than your own.

How to activate Edge Breaker with the Viking archetype

To activate Edge Breaker with the Viking class bring your sword hand and shield in front of you with your sword hand touching the edge of your shield. Then rotate the shield so that the handle is pointing horizontally.

This won’t work if the shield handle is pointed up.

To activate Ward as the Viking point both hands straight up overhead into the sky.

Then bring both hands straight down in front of you with your sword hand pointed towards your opponent, blade pointed upwards.

To activate Second Wind as the Viking point your shield above your head and bring your sword hand forwards and point the blade sideways across your chest.

Then bring your shield in front of you and point it at your opponent while pointing your sword away from you off to the side.

To complete Second Wind point your sword in the opposite direction across your shield. While holding your sword in front of your shield.

Quick Links:

The Knight
The Duelist
The Barbarian
The Pirate
The Persian
The Viking
The Ronin
The Samurai
The Tyrant

The Ronin

Often referred to as the “anime class” the Ronin Broken Edge class is as interesting to play as it is unique.

The Ronin only has a single weapon, their Katana, which is of about average length, but also comes with a scabbard that can be used to block blows.

Though keep in mind that if you do block a blow with your scabbard you will take 50 damage to your blade, though the scabbard will remain.

The Ronin’s blade is awakened for a brief moment when pulling it out of the scabbard. If you’re familiar with animes such as Rurouni Kenshin or similar samurai themed shows or movies, you’ll recognize this move as one often used by characters to begin a fight.

So the Ronin is a bit of a one trick pony in Broken Edge. Most of the time, outside of using Edge Breaker, your most effective move is to draw your blade from the scabbard and hit your opponent or their blade in a single cut.

Landing this blow means a lot of damage, but it can be predictable. Though you can also try to vary things up by using your unbreakable scabbard as a defensive tool while you try to cut with your sword, the Ronin is really meant to use their unsheathing attack as effectively as possible.

The Ronin’s second major tactical option is to try to get their opponent to strike their sword while it is half unsheathed. This is very tricky, but if you can get your opponent to hit your blade while it is only partially out of the scabbard it will do maximum awakening damage, and once per round will take no damage itself.

So the Ronin class in Broken Edge is deceivingly simple, and success with it comes to mastering the movement and timing of the unpredictable unsheathing attack. In most engagements timing your first strike is the difference between victory and defeat.

Keep your opponent guessing and time your strike perfectly.

To achieve maximum awakening make sure you sheathe and unsheathe your katana in a smooth motion, and don’t unsheathe it too quickly. Also hold a pose once your strike is complete.

Channel an anime character. One smooth deadly strike, and then hold your pose once it is complete.

How to activate Edge Breaker with the Ronin archetype

To activate Edge Breaker as the Ronin unsheathe your katana and bring your scabbard up in front of your face so that it covers your eyes. Then bring the katana down low beside the hip opposite your main arm, almost like you were sheathing it.

To activate Ward as the Ronin class keep your katana in its scabbard and hold it off on your main hand side with the blade side pointed outwards.

To complete Ward simply switch the sides so the blade points away on your offhand side, and the whole scabbard is on the other side of your body.

To activate Second Wind as the Ronin start by pointing your katana upwards in front of you while it is in its scabbard, and unsheathe the katana just a little bit so the bottom of the blade is exposed but the rest is still covered.

Then unsheathe your katana and point the tip of the blade towards your opponent and bring it down low at about waist height with your knuckles pointed downwards. Then hold the scabbard away on your offhand side with the end of the scabbard pointed behind you and the entrance pointed towards your opponent.

Complete Second Wind by bringing your scabbard in front of your neck while it is pointed horizontally with the end of the scabbard pointed away to your off hand side. Meanwhile bring your katana to your waist with your arm crossed in front of you and point it straight away towards your offhand side.

Quick Links:

The Knight
The Duelist
The Barbarian
The Pirate
The Persian
The Viking
The Ronin
The Samurai
The Tyrant

The Samurai

Now for another Broken Edge class that emphasizes quick strikes, the Samurai.

The Samurai also wields a katana, and also has two smaller wakizashi to pair with it. Of course this means that the Samurai has a decent amount of disposable weapons and a sizeable katana to use with them.

So the Samurai seems similar to the Duelist at first, but with an additional weapon, but this would be a very wrong assumption to take.

While the Duelist gets strength from constant small movements punctuated by the occasional stab, and most classes emphasize constant movement to keep their blades awakened, the Samurai plays a bit more like the Ronin.

With the Samurai you awaken your blade by doing smooth but fairly quick cuts and stabs.

To awaken the blade you do a cut all the way across your body, making sure to pull the weapon back behind you first, and when you complete the motion stop for a moment.

After stopping turn your blade quickly before doing another cut or thrust. Your motions should be mechanical and have pauses in between them.

Each cut or thrust needs to be one smooth continuous motion, but constantly chaining cuts or thrusts by keeping the blade moving will not work when using the Samurai as it does for other classes.

How to activate Edge Breaker with the Samurai archetype

To activate Edge Breaker with the Samurai simply point your sword into the sky and a bit behind you while holding both hands above your head.

To activate Ward with the Samurai start by crossing both your main and off hand weapons in front of you in an X shape.

Then complete Ward by holding your katana over your head while it is pointed over your shoulder and your wakizashi in your offhand in front of you, blade pointed to across your body with the edge towards your opponent.

To activate Second Wind with the Samurai start by pointing your katana away from you and to the side and bring your other hand up in front of your face.

Then bring your hands together on your katana and point it straight upwards, a little off towards your main hand side.

Finish it by pointing your offhand towards your opponent and raising your katana over your shoulder with the blade also pointed towards the enemy fighter.

Quick Links:

The Knight
The Duelist
The Barbarian
The Pirate
The Persian
The Viking
The Ronin
The Samurai
The Tyrant

The Tyrant

The Tyrant class in Broken Edge is very similar to the barbarian in that he only has one weapon, and that weapon is a gigantic sword.

Just like with the Barbarian the Tyrant’s only weapon, an extremely long two handed sword, is his greatest strength due to how long it is.

With it you have incredible reach over your opponent and can dictate the pace of the engagement by using your long blade to threaten your opponent’s body before they can threaten yours.

Of course they can also just chop at your sword, which makes the Tyrant also very susceptible to fights that depend almost entirely on trading sword blows effectively before going in for the kill on a depleted opponent.

Though unlike the Barbarian the Tyrant has more versatility with his two handed sword, and can “half sword” it by grabbing the pointy knob about one third of the way up the hilt.

Half-swording makes the Tyrant’s reach much shorter, similar to most weapons, but comes with the huge benefit of keeping it constantly awakened, and making awaking it fully much more easy.

The Tyrant fully awakens their blade by winding up long, continuous, and smooth strikes from far away. The more precisely aimed the better.

Of course by gripping the blade on the hilt and “half swording” it you will have a shorter range, but don’t need to swing nearly as much to get a powerfully awakened blow.

This means you can play the Tyrant like the Barbarian, but also with many more options due to the half-swording technique. This makes the Tyrant generally stronger than the Barbarian overall, and a much trickier opponent to go up against.

Being able to transition from a long ranged approach utilizing your sword’s length to a short ranged approach means the Tyrant has some decent options, and a very powerful strike.

How to activate Edge Breaker with the Tyrant archetype

To activate Edge Breaker as the Tyrant bring your sword up in front of your face and grip its handle with both hands.

Level the sword horizontally and point it away from you on your main hand side.

To activate Ward with the Tyrant keep your hands a little above waist height and point them away from you on either side, like you’re baring your chest at your enemy.

Then complete Ward by bringing your sword in front of you and gripping it on the half sword knob, pointing the sword horizontally away to your off hand side and pointing your palms towards your opponent.

To use Second Wind as the Tyrant start by pointing your sword towards your enemy at around chin height while your off hand points downwards at your side.

Then turn the sword so that your knuckles face the enemy fighter and the sword is pointing towards your offhand side horizontally.

Complete Second Wind by bringing your hands together on the handle of the sword while pointing it forwards towards your enemy with the point of the blade slightly raised up in the air.

Quick Links:

The Knight
The Duelist
The Barbarian
The Pirate
The Persian
The Viking
The Ronin
The Samurai
The Tyrant

Well that’s it for our list of all the Broken Edge classes and our guide on awakening and abilities in Broken Edge VR.

Hopefully you’ve gotten some use out of this guide and learned a thing or two. If you’ve got thoughts on the many archetypes offered in this fantastic VR dueling game then feel free to post a comment. Enjoy!