Hey!
Totally get that the fight feels tough — especially since you're probably controlling Matt in the minigame. The good news is you just need to win the minigame itself, and the story picks up right after.(in the sense you don't need a perfect win - that will lead to a secret ending <.<)
A few tips:
- The opponents adapt to your last moves. Just like in real life, if you keep playing the same card, they'll catch on and adjust.
- After your HP drops to 0 for the first time, you unlock a unique skill. Don't forget to use it — it's in the bottom-left corner.
- You can bait your opponent. If you've been playing defensive for the last few rounds, there's a high chance they'll try to counter with an evasive. Catch this logics and the fighting mini games will become easy for you ;)
Think of it like playing against a real person. It's not luck alone — it's adaptation.
That said, we're working on making the system clearer on this front, because we understand it's not obvious enough how it works and that can leave people stuck in a loop.
And yeah — supporting Matt does ramp the difficulty up. Because such as in real life, if he trained like that and let himself get to that point of exaustion… it would be extremely hard to pull anything off well.
Don't give up! Just know you're going down the hardest path of them all — so feel proud if you make it through. Good luck, and we hope you enjoy what comes next ;)
PS. Your choices, both outside of combat and during the critical moments inside it, influence buffs and debuffs — try to use that to your advantage as well - and expect more clarity on the system and perhaps guides in the future.