Throughout the course of the game, you'll be able to use your fists and feet to defend yourself against enemies, as well as weapons such as a sword, nuntschako, and an ax. Each weapon has its own unique defense and attack style associated with it, so swinging an ax blindly against a quick enemy may not always be the best decision. Each enemy seems to have a unique combat style and approach, and takes different techniques to bring down. The camera angles are pre-defined and range from this panoramic view of a courtyard to tight fights in corridors. Jack's just taken down an evil monk, and now has time to admire the vaulted ceilings.
Fighting is done with a combination of the arrow keys, shift, and control.
Shift allows you to defend, and well as rotate yourself around your enemy, which is essential for dodging attacks. Control along with the keypad initiates foot attacks, while the arrow keys allow you to combine punches to give your enemies a little speed bag type pummeling. You can combine attacks into quick combos in order to keep enemies down. The action is hard. So hard in fact, that if you think you can run through this game tossing a few blows at every enemy that comes along, you'll quickly move on to less frustrating tasks like putting forks in the garbage disposal.