"-If you are using a two handed weapon then you use Left Trigger to block and Right trigger to attack, however if you have a one handed weapon in one hand and a spell in the other, you won't be able to block - left trigger will then be a spell and right will be attack - it is done to make you play more stratigically - be more offensive, defensive, magic based etc."

I don't know maybe this? "it is done to make you play more strategically - be more offensive, defensive, magic based etc."

I'm really hoping that the magazine info was wrong. So far, that's the only thing that I really don't like that I've heard.

The way I read it is that mage's really don't have a way to block physical attacks, unless they carry around a shield or something. I'd at least like to see a spell that can ward off physical attacks or something.

I'm not entirely sure that they are contradictory. At least, I can come up with a (somewhat forced) interpretation of the quote from Todd which reconciles it with the French info. The idea is that when Todd says that "pressing the left trigger makes you block", that's in the context of having a weapon in your right hand. If you have a weapon in your right hand, pressing the right trigger makes you swing the weapon in your right hand. But if you have a weapon in both hands, then how do you block? Well, according to the French info, you press both triggers. And here's how I think we can interpret Todd as also meaning something like this: when he says "pressing the left trigger makes you block", he means that pressing the left trigger makes you block when you are also pressing the right trigger. The thing is, given the new casting system, this might not work for spells. Holding down the right trigger and pressing the left trigger might alter the spell you are casting, but it won't make you block.

Of course, that's a strained way of reading Todd's words. And there are other questions it raises:
1) What about if you're using a one-handed weapon without anything in the other hand, or you are using a two-handed weapon? Answer: easy, pressing left trigger makes you block, whether or not you are also holding down the right trigger.
2) What about if you are holding down the left trigger and then press the right trigger - would that make you block? Answer: well, if my interpretation is right, then yes it would.
3) But then, why does Todd only refer to the left trigger, rather than saying something like "pressing one trigger while holding down the other"? Answer: this is exactly why it's a strained interpretation.

But, it's worth keeping in mind:
1) Just because a journalist puts something in quotation marks, it doesn't mean that this is exactly what Todd uttered. Journalists routinely misquote. Examples can be provided upon request.
2) Whether my interpretation is right or not seems to depend a lot on the context in which Todd was saying whatever he said. Depending on what sorts of presuppositions were in play about what the character had equipped, what it was doing in combat, and so on, then my interpretation is more or less natural.

Anyway: just some thoughts if you want to remain optimistic.

The shield spell boosts your armor rating, dude.

In a quote on the blurb in the official Playstation Magazine, I read this:



So... uh... why is parrying, one of the most basic swordsmanship moves, the purview of only a twohander weapon? Why must we have a shield or twohander to defend against melee attacks?

Because it helps balance dual wielding and it makes some sense also. Mainly it's for balance because if you can block while dual wielding, then what's the point of using any other style?

Because it helps balance dual wielding and it makes some sense also. Mainly it's for balance because if you can block while dual wielding, then what's the point of using any other style?

Honestly, I would have to agree with this point of view the most. There HAS to be a draw back to dual wielding, and I think not being able to block is a good trade off for effectively doubling your damage.

Because it helps balance dual wielding and it makes some sense also. Mainly it's for balance because if you can block while dual wielding, then what's the point of using any other style?

They could always just make it harder to block when dualwielding.