A bit of self-defence for you, right there.

Meet Kruz

This is who you'll be playing. Now, he lacks in brawn... a lot. In fact, he's a scientist, so why would he have any experience in fighting whatsoever? Wouldn't it be good if there was a special device, like a watch, which allowed him to convert wasted energy into any form of energy he wanted? Wait... there is one!?

Meet The Display Quasigen Converter

What does this baby do? I'll answer that question. A scientific energy law is that energy can never be made. It can be supplied and carried off as different forms, but is never made or used up. So input = output. If Kruz has devoted his life to tricky wiring tasks, programming and other fiddly things, those are where his talents are found. They're not found in fighting. Those talents need not go to waste, with this hot piece of machinery. Powered by the newly-discovered element: Quasigen, Kruz is able to dodge attacks, block horrific blasts and bite back with the ferocity of a drug-induced shark.

In idiots' terms: big, scary attack comes flying your way, you tap into this machinery and complete a tricky task to be given the opportunity to completely prevent all damage, or even counter the attack!

This is what separates this game from your standard, vanilla RPG. Rather than selecting your moves, attacking, then taking your punishment like a docile twat, you can use your tricky skills to slide out of danger's way.

Stick around for full coverage on how this is used in the battle system.