Episode 2: Mira and Damien

When Damien threatens to kill Mira, after I move her left she stumbles and falls. The problem is that I cannot move her thereafter and Damien captures and stabs her to death. The game instructs me to "! Push "L" to escape," which I take to mean I need to depress the left stick. Whether I just hold the stick down or repeatedly push down the stick it does no good. She will not move until Damien has recovered and is back on her feet, but by then it is too late and he stabs her. Valar morghulis.

I have tried this scene many times without success. I even tried doing so with the controller directly connected to the Xbox One via a USB cable. The frustration caused me to find a site which spoils the scene so I know that I need to move towards a bucket and then try to defend my character with it. What to do?

Frankly, the action game play for this particular game is rubbish. As another example, it took me far too many times to get Asher to defeat the Lost Legionnaires in that room he and Beshka were hiding again because of the stodgy response time. It might have been humorous when I could not get the "Y" press in time to successfully toast with Beshka, but continual deaths then were frustrating and now, in this King's Landing scene are show stoppers. The story is captivating otherwise I would have abandoned this game altogether.