Combat in 9 Dragons by Ken Johnston (3)

Once you have been taught several combos you can start to string them together. So you can get combos of almost unlimited length (provided that either the monster is still alive or that you have not run out of energy to deliver the blows!).

The same is true of weapon skills. You can master, say a sword, or a staff, or an axe, and then link together many combos into a true duel of masters. Choosing what you are going to do before you attack your enemy becomes a cerebral challenge. It is not enough to just wade in and start clicking buttons! You need to anticipate what combos a monster will be vulnerable to and then be prepared to unleash them at the correct time.

Once you have joined a clan you will learn even more devastating moves that are unique to that clan. Beggars, for example, can learn Drunken Monkey Kung Fu. Shaolin monks learn Praying Mantis style. Wu-Tang Clansman study harder than any other clan to join the lineage of ancient swordsman, know the Tao and master Tai Chi. And disciples of Heavenly Demon Clan study Bloody Hands technique, the most deadly unarmed combat system ever devised.

While your Kung Fu style means life or death against monsters in The Land, combat gets particularly interesting in clan style versus clan style combat in the PvP duel arenas, where you can go head to head against other players. Choosing your battle tactics there will be the difference between claiming victory or sitting in the sand wondering what you did wrong!

All of the graphics for the moves have been captured using full motion capture techniques so that each move is truly authentic. 9Dragons gives you the whole of ancient China to explore. Perfecting your fighting techniques is perhaps the only way you will survive it!