Tip for players as the game doesnt tell you, but you can parry the shield attacks from the normal police guys. ignore the game cause that states you can use the charge attack which is more risky in my opinion. Tactic is basically go infront of the shield holder. Start attacking , shield guy will want to bash you with the shield at which point parry. Do this two times or even once and they drop their shield
There are lots of strange little tips to share. But yes, you must parry the shields to remove them quickly.
Use handgun as much as possible since it has infinite ammo. Brown and white ninjas are weak to handgun at mid range since they don't throw shuriken. They won't immediately close the distance so you can hit them with 5 rounds frequently and it softens them up.
Headshots do dramatically more damage than body shots.
Assault rifle ignore accuracy stat and pump damage.
Handgun go for damage, stopping power but don't sacrifice range.
Don't forget that with the upgrade you can block 2 hits. Chaingun guys only ever do 2 hit combos for the most part at close range. Watch out for their unblockables and block first then parry the easy hits. You dont have to parry 100% of the hits.
Parry has a veryyyyyy strangely long window at times. If you hit the button and hold it, sometimes it feels like the parry is valid for like a full second. You'll see what I mean.
Incendiary grenades are basically a time freeze move. Use it for crowd control or to block choke points. You can also hit a ninja with it and just sit back while they burn and hit them with 15 free handgun shots.
