As someone who enjoys helping people out in Souls games, I'm going to miss the ability to replay boss fights whenever I want.
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Yeah the Ashina are trying to protect themselves from some kind of threat and need the Young Lord's blood for something. There's also that yellow fungus growing on certain enemies and bosses that I've been curious about.
Why do I have a feeling some crazy shit is about to go down in this game.
Is this the same golden color of the wolf's eye?
Yes, from the TGS trailer when the Young Lord you are trying to save is speaking.
I have a feeling the Ashina Commander is a early-mid boss rematch after the intro. Just a tip of the iceberg.
I'm actually thinking the same, but mostly because of the parry system.
I was able to beat everything thus far (all of the Souls/BB games) but mostly without ever learning how to parry.
This first boss is kinda made for parries, the normal smashing just takes too long and she has 3 health bars.
And it makes sense, BB was a direct answer to the Shield and Hide play style that Miyazaki was not a fan of, so this is taking it even more to another extreme.
Don't forget that they've shown a ninja tool that's like an umbrella shield in the E3 trailer. The focus is definitely on parrying, but I think they're specifically creating tools to help onboard fans of their previous works.
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Pretty much, you are thinking Sekiro is inflicted with the same plague? Maybe.
It wouldn't surprise me. It would be very predictable to have him as the final boss and I believe From will do better than that :P
there aren't difficulty settings, are there? and is this going to be as challenging as souls/bloodborne?
I also can't wait to see which dog-like enemy with bullshit hitboxes we'll have this time.
No difficulty settings, From says it will be as challenging, if not more, but of course they'd say this, so who knows.
Man, this game looks amazing and I can hardly wait. I just wish (I know, I know) it had at least a character editor or gender select, so I could go with my Souls lady character tradition.
Anyhow, day one, obviously.
Anyhow, day one, obviously.
I really wonder how long will it be???
Bloodborne wasn't that long (20 to 30 hour) and that is will skill level and everything. This one, once you will play through it for a first time, how much replayability will it have?
Bloodborne wasn't that long (20 to 30 hour) and that is will skill level and everything. This one, once you will play through it for a first time, how much replayability will it have?
Pretty sure they said game will be around the same length as bb and ds games
I wish there was a way to replay boss fights without having to start a new playthrough every time. Would make practicing so much easier.
I don't know, don't wanna spend 60$ and leave it on the shelf because I'm not that badass at this game.
I'll wait for the reviews and Era feedback on difficulty before pre ordering... Gonna get DmC for now.
Err.. Yeah that's what keeping me away from the game until we get some really good feedback on the difficulty.
This time around there isn't any co-op to save your ass to finish the bloody game.
The parrying here (LB at impact) seems significantly easier than it was in the souls games (which was two button presses with animation lead up) or in Bloodborne (anticipate the apex of a swing + account for bullet travel time). Considering how deliberate all the swings look in Sekiro it's probably gonna be not too bad until you hit up some enemy dual-wielding sais or something.
Bah. Not everything is for everyone. The whole "I paid money I'm entitled to an easy mode!" crowd can keep crying. Miyazaki ain't got any time for that shit.
Feels like people are too focused on the parry that they forgotten their other major advantage- dodging.
Your dodges are fast and not limited by a resource
Your dodges are fast and not limited by a resource
Admittedly I haven't been watching or reading too much Sekiro stuff so correct me if I'm wrong, but don't you need to parry a whole combo string to get the counter-kill move? If so it seems like the game really wants you to parry whenever possible.
And you can jump and grapple.
I'm gonna be Spider-Man I don't care.
No. Parrying fills the enemy's posture meter, but so does attacking. The more damage you do to them, the slower their posture recovers. It's probably a good idea to mix the two. You definitely don't have to successively parry full combos, but it looks super rad when you do.
No, you have what is essentially a stun meter that you build up from either attacking or parrying. Doesn't matter how you get it up as long as you do it.
Fill it up to full and you can instantly remove one of the boss' life bar.
Yes but the jump doesn't look like it can clear the large foes, and grappling is contextual.
Good to read that it might not be as unforgiving as it looks, I still have PTSD from the Orphan of Kos.
Unless something has come up regarding this today or something, this is not yet confirmed one way or the other.
So I've really not read much about this one, but it looks really good having watched some of this video. Interesting that they don't have the explicit RPG mechanics. Is this supposed to be more an action/adventure game in the vein of Zelda or Metroid, where you have horizontal power growth in terms of obtaining new abilities/gadgets which let you explore new areas?
Right, more akin to that. This has no stats, no armor, no MP elements, etc... It is just a straightforward action/adventure title with trinkets (the prosthetic arm, grappling hook, etc..) to aid you along the way.
I can't imagine Sekiro would be much harder since they'd have to balance for no summons. Plus no more low-level runs, just one static difficulty.
Nah, you still "level up" your character with a skill tree and upgrade your health and posture and whatnot. You could probably still do a run without doing any of that and make it a lot harder for yourself.
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Yup pretty much, not sure areas will be non accesable if your missing a certain prosthetic or skill. I think it will work as From's previous games with key items (just a guess).
What I've read from the GI coverage regarding systems can be summed into.
- EXP(killing enemies) used for skill tree progression.
- Seperate crafting system for prosthetics by finding crafting materials out in the world or killing certain enemies/bosses.
- Couple of unique items to raise posture/health bars permanently.
- Gold currency to buy general items from NPC's.
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I would assume its as hard as solo BB and DS3.
Playing those games with coop is essentially turning on easy mode which is why i said that.
Because everyone goes into a fight with the same tool set, the devs can design more challenging encounters base on that premise.
They can even get creative with the mechanics beyond just a straight forward brawl since everyone would be carrying the same prosthetic arms.
Well, it better be confirmed soon so I know which version to get.
Game looks amazing but I'm scared that I'll end up giving up on it like Bloodborne. IDGAF what people say, these games should have a difficulty option.
You can actually summon NPCs.
But if they die in the boss fight, you lose the NPC for good. :)