Final Fantasy XV Combat

>>379958561
Tap the button to attack, you get manual finishers that way, also move L stick while tapping to attack do different directional inputs. Make use of weapon switching to change weapons mid combo to change up your combos and stuff. Also unlock stuff like Blink, Airstep, Impervious, Airslip and Airdance. Blink especially is good because it gives you animation cancels when you dodge. Also you are better off using shields to block because you can manually stagger enemies and it feels very responsive to for blocking.

>>379959540
I know moving the left stick while attacking changes how you attack but does it effect certain enemies? Like if I attack up on an enemy with no helmet will it do twice as much damage?

>>379960503
Some directionals like the one on the crossbow are good for sidesteps, and doing a manual tap for a finisher like on greatsword does a spinny move. holding down L with greatswords does a charge swing which is stronger the longer you charge it, stuff like that. Not every directiona input does stuff like that but some do.