Hyper Dimension circa 2003 (aka The Old Version)

When the battle menu comes up, press shift to select attack.

Flare has three attack strengths: 

Weak - Enter
Medium - Shift
Strong - Ctrl

After selecting attack by pressing shift (the cursor will now hover over the enemy), select the strength of the attack by pressing the appropriate button.

Connecting and Chaining

In order for the attack to connect, you must hit the attack button again at the peak of the attack (note that for the Strong attack this is in middair during the charge up).

Combos can be done for Weak and Medium attacks. After your strike has fallen through, press the next strongest attack button to combo.

Weak -> Medium -> Strong

Thusly, starting with a Weak attack allows you to chain twice, and starting with a Medium attack allows you to chain once.


I believe attacks also use up stamina. It doesn't matter much for the demo, nor anymore since Hyper Dimension no longer uses this battle engine.

(Pressing Ctrl during Flare's battle selection phase brings up some kind of character selector thingy)