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Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice |OT| Prepare to 死
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Imo this game is harder than Bloodbourne but I don't find it frustrating. Take that as you will.
So, like, samurai versions of Black Knights/Red Eye Skeletons/enemy Hunters, basically?
There are no stats in Sekiro, only things you can do is increase your attack power by beating bosses and increasing HP + Posture by killing minibosses.
I'm having a really hard time defeating
. (Early Game). Any ideas on how to defeat him? I stealth his first bar, but then always die within a few seconds thereafter.
="Ensin - the first miniboss in the first dream sequence"]
Cool, thanks... just wanted to be sure. Doing some research this morning turned out interesting search result about people being banned from DS3 for using a trainer... I imagine it's because the game was partly an online game and it would have given people an un-fair advantage over others. With Sekiro being purely a Single-Player game and I can't see the harm in it.
Somewhat, but more unique than those and quite a bit tougher. You can almost consider them real bosses.
Linear? Wow.
These frustrated hot takes are something I forgot all about...
Nope. In fact, it's encouraged to respawn instead of dying as then you don't cause Dragonrot. Only when you properly die and respawn at Idols is when Dragonrot spreads
Yes, but talk to Emma when you can, she'll help you deal with it.
He's tough - practice your Mikiri Counter. Should be enough to break his posture.
fully ready for the follow-up onslaught of people running their "the game is too unfair" opinions back. "actually i made it past the boss i was stuck on and i think the game is fine again"
Personally, I'm enjoying it more. The level and visual design alone puts in a league beyond Nioh
Mikiri ability. The window for the mikiri is pretty forgiving.
I've died to the first miniboss a good 7 times already and I'm pretty sure the Dragonrot is bad
Have we confirmed this? There was talk a few pages ago due to a description that it may actually be the opposite: You incur dragonrot by respawning, and then it takes affect when you die. As opposed to just dying without choosing to respawn you could avoid dragonrot. Someone said they were going to test this though I don't think they got back to us yet.
Hrm. I'll have to think about it. I need SOMETHING to play, but I want something satisfying that isn't going to put me into meltdown mode. DMC5 on DMD is stressing me the fuck out, for example.
Hey, are you all playing in english or japanese?
I'm a little torn, I love the english voice acting from the rest of the games. I played up to the first save spot in japanese and i thought the acting here was quite good too but im considering switching to english. Fyi im not too interested in authorial intent.
I'm a little torn, I love the english voice acting from the rest of the games. I played up to the first save spot in japanese and i thought the acting here was quite good too but im considering switching to english. Fyi im not too interested in authorial intent.
I just got home and played the first bits. Lovely and challenging game - and it performs flawlessly, maxed out on my old PC.
Honestly, this is my biggest gripe so far. Any mini-boss I've encountered can just fucking destroy you in like two hits and it feels really shitty to me when all of them take a lot of damage to have their posture broken. Add to that that posture can go back down and it's not even like you're chipping away at their health. You can find yourself in situations easily where you've been doing well, get hit, have to duck out and retreat for a bit to pop a health item and in the meantime the posture damage you inflicted starts going back down.
This is meant to encourage staying in the fight I'm sure but it's an aspect I find immensely frustrating right now. It feels like fighting enemies with regenerating health that can two-shot you easily. The game kind of demands borderline perfection in boss fights contrary to the actual levels being perfectly manageable and fun.
I'm not trying to turn you off the game, I've also had a ton of fun with it but that's my experience with boss and even mini-bosses, which seem quite plentiful thus far, right now.
Use items with Triangle and switch Prosthetics with dpad-up.
Yeah, Dragonrot is bad. Locks you out of certain side quests which can influence the ending.
Eh, I spoke to Emma though and she mentioned that Dragonrot is basically taking lifepower from people once the Wolf loses his (whenever you die properly). I was under the impression that dying proper and respawning at idols is what causes the Dragonrot, not resurrecting as you avoid death. This description backs me up too. I took a look at a few articles and the only one that has misunderstood the mechanic is Polygon (who coincidentally are the first result when you search "Sekiro Dragonrot").
I spent so long on this dude. I finally downed him just by learning his attack patterns, dodging and getting one hit in when I could. I didn't bother to deflect or block at all lol. Even this no name enemy has a second form when his life gets really low so be careful.
Funnily enough, after I beat him, I went back to the chained ogre and one shot him no problems (I was having trouble with this one) -- so easy compared to the other dude.
The game didn't sync my playtime or achievements that I got in offline mode when I went back online, thanks Sekiro, don't really care about not having the achievements but not having them in order if I go back to get them will look weird
I want to go back to early threads about this game and find all the posts where people claimed that Activision's involvement meant the game would be dumbed down and too easy. I wonder how those folks feel now...
Sounds like Nioh in that regard. Enemies recovering all their stamina while you try to heal is certainly not uncommon in games like this.
It's actually hilarious.
The game has been out for 12 hours lmao
Same shit with the Nioh (270 hours clocked in) thread then finally whiners cleared out and left the people that actually want to play the game instead of post more than play.
So far I've beaten the first 2 main bosses that give you those strength up memories. My impressions so far is that it feels amazing to play, very visceral and satisfying. Just sprinting across rooftops feels cool. The difficulty so far is perfect, I'd say its a bit easier than bloodborne so far but still challenging enough where you need to overcome some obstacles. It reminds me of MGR Reveangence mixed with Souls. The art direction and look is fantastic. I love the direction this game is taking, its an action game, but it has that open exploratory feel that Dark souls did that rewards exploration with cool surprises and actually useful items. I don't really have any complaints at this point on the game. If the level design and bosses keep suprising and delighting, it'll probably be my favorite action game.
Yeah, Dragonrot is bad. Locks you out of certain side quests which can influence the ending.
Eh, I spoke to Emma though and she mentioned that Dragonrot is basically taking lifepower from people once the Wolf loses his (whenever you die properly). I was under the impression that dying proper and respawning at idols is what causes the Dragonrot, not resurrecting as you avoid death. This description backs me up too. I took a look at a few articles and the only one that has misunderstood the mechanic is Polygon (who coincidentally are the first result when you search "Sekiro Dragonrot").
You incur dragonrot on final death, not death then rez. You can die, rez, run back to a sculpture and rest and it won't count for dragonrot. The cutscene that starts when dragonrot begins only happens after a hard death.
I'll mark this as a spoiler but fyi just come back to fight her later when you're more powered up because
the reward for beating her is not important in the slightest right now .
Good, because I've done this about a million times already. I've only let myself fully die a small handful of times.
This game is dope! You can chain your grappels together and zip around like Spiderman. I honestly didn't expect to be able to do that.
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