Get Your First Look At Chronicles Of Elyria's Combat System

Soulbound Studios took a combat prototype for their upcoming title Chronicles of Elyria to PAX East this year. Today, the studio tweeted some footage of a match that was played at the convention, which you can find below.
In the video they tweeted, combat looks a bit like an awkward series of dodges and slashes. A Reddit user picked out a quote from an interview from PAX that stated "people should not have to run away and lunge back in and run away once more," but right now, combat seems to be exactly that due to the apparent lack of a block or parry. I have no doubt that it will improve over time, but the current system on display leaves much to be desired.
Well fought, LittleMavel. #PAXEast2016 #Combat pic.twitter.com/fXzh9cwIxX
— Soulbound Studios (@SoulboundStudio) April 23, 2016
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