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Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice |OT| Prepare to 死
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Done with my first playthrough as well just a bit of optional stuff I wanna do before NG+
Great game. Wouldn't put it above Bloodborne but not far behind. Game definitely has some areas that a sequel could refine and improve.
Music was a bit of a mixed bag. Has some really great tracks but nothing immediately memorable.
Combat was great. Game certainly feels brutally unforgiving at first with a really steep learning curve but once the combat clicks and you learn how to approach fights it gets a lot easier, still challenging
pretty happy with the ending. Seen Immortal Severance and Shura not sure if I will watch Purification or wait and see it on NG+.
Return seems like the best ending unless what happens to Kuro is vastly different in Purification
Return seems like the best ending unless what happens to Kuro is vastly different in Purification
Great game. Wouldn't put it above Bloodborne but not far behind. Game definitely has some areas that a sequel could refine and improve.
Music was a bit of a mixed bag. Has some really great tracks but nothing immediately memorable.
Combat was great. Game certainly feels brutally unforgiving at first with a really steep learning curve but once the combat clicks and you learn how to approach fights it gets a lot easier, still challenging
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Spoiler first. You have to keep your hits max two, three if you 100% know you can get them in unless stunned him. Use hooks as many times as you can on the boss, and most of the time try and hit him from the left side.
When you hit him 2-3 always run away to the sides because the unblockable attack is too fast to see coming, but you can always jump it if you'll see it coming. Always stay close and under it
Oddly enough, this is probably my favorite OST right on par with DS1. It's highly atmospheric and has a bit of that Demon's Souls/DS1 eccentricity back in it.
I also think the addition of constant "exploration music" works really well for this game.
you don't need the peas at all. Just run around the stage till she snaps her fingers. Be aware of the seeking fire attacks though and hide behind a pillar while holding block
I'm fairly certain it rises over time although the actual level you're at doesn't seem(?) to be tracked anywhere. Probably because they don't want players to get bogged down with the thought of stats.
I first noticed this when I was grinding monks in the first zone of Senpou and noticed that I was getting less progress towards the next level with each run. Now I'm at a point where I've gained maybe two levels in the past three hours and neglected to get the deathblow health recovery skill ;__;
Anyone else purposefully alert the monks at Senpou just you can hear that weird low chant. Because I do that a lot.
When she summons adds, i go into full dash until after she shoots them at you, then I resume the normal attack. Dashing is surprisingly useful in a variety of boss encounters. Just don't get too comfortable with it.
What? I beat the game and orange spark definitely means deflect (perfect parry). If you time your block against an attack and orange sparks shoot out, then you've deflected them and it's time to go on the offensive. If the enemy times their block against an attack of yours and orange sparks shoot out, then they've deflected you and they will now go on the offensive, meaning you have to go back on the defensive.
Put a lot of distance between yourself and her when the adds show up. Keep moving in general in that second phase and remember you have unlimited and very fast sprint available. She'll eventually snap her fingers and turn them all into butterfly homing missiles. Put a lot of distance between her and just hide behind a pillar and they'll just crash into that.
Not sure how many people have noticed but if if you need extra emblems, those adds go down with one strike and yield emblems.
That chant grinds at my sanity by the time I'm nearing the end of that area.
Right. Orange sparks mean parry. But when you strike back and you see a huge orange spark and the "KLONG" noise, that means YOU got parried back.
Here's how to deal with those guys. This applies to any enemies that jump. I don't think I've seen that ability mentioned much here. It's so good.
Both require you to learn there moves. I found LB much easier than GA. 2nd phase LB you can just kite the ads around and get behind a pillar when they turn to those light orbs. GA there isn't much you can do but be aggressive the whole time and learn his patterns...it's basically a test of everything you learned up to that point.
So what you're saying is
If I want to cheese my first playthrough with the mask, I better start stocking up on skill points now
Some perfect parries get pushed back as well as losing some posture. Even if the attack was an unblockable.
I've never managed to do the anti-air attack. Never even seen the prompt. How does it work?
😂 I can't get enough of it, I'm walking around my house "da ba ba ba maaaaaa maaaa maaaaa" when I'm not playing.
Just about everything. it works about 75 percent of the time, but she's still breaking out of the lock. it's gotta be my timing. i've gotten her to phase two twice now and once i get there, she just combos the fuck out of me and it's gg
I started playing with headphones for the past two nights and the use of quiet sound design here is superb by the way. I barely perceived it even on my rather good soundbar with the volume quite high.
The ambient sounds of the wintery breeze and near-silence with slight creeks on wood etc. are just expertly done to my audio nerd ears.
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I'm so fucking pleased with myself for beating
I did this completely accidentally on one of them last night, realized what I had done and was able to perfectly replicate it on the other two going forward. Felt so fucking good and what a great move.
The ambient sounds of the wintery breeze and near-silence with slight creeks on wood etc. are just expertly done to my audio nerd ears.
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I'm so fucking pleased with myself for beating
Snake Eyes Cuntbag in the Depths. Going back later tonight to smack the other one around.
I did this completely accidentally on one of them last night, realized what I had done and was able to perfectly replicate it on the other two going forward. Felt so fucking good and what a great move.
I am at M-village & S-Valley and I still have yet to see the Corrupted Monk, did I missed it? It's not in Senpou despite it looking a lot like a Senpou boss.
How do you know? And how do you miss some of the fight? The guy asking and me have obviously played the fight enough times to know her moveset. You still have to be aware of that at least to use the nightjar method, you can't just spam it mindlesly, but it works extremely well on her because of the timing of her attacks. You still have to dodge, block, and back off, but you just don't have to do it as often as if you tried fighting her with just regular slashes.
You have no idea how From designed that fight, don't assume that, and don't assume that those who do it are "missing out" on some of the game. So much weird gatekeeping in these games lol.
Do you care about trophies? Using that will make it much harder to obtain all skills. I'm on playthrough 4 and i haven't got that trophy yet
Wow, isn't it supposed to be a very early boss? I guess not.
What!? Well that's surprising.
I get ya. If you do time it right, it should work about 95% of the time. Asap your dodge attack hits, immediately pretty dodge again. So think of it like, just as you land your hit, even if blocked, dodge straight away and attack. Should get her in a loop. Good luck
Gah, haven't had time to play since Sunday. I can feel the skills I gained from beating the castle boss melting away.
I have been thinking about what I want to do when I get back in, though.
Huh. Didn't know you could even do that.
I haven't had trouble with those guys as I just shuriken them out of the air. Had a lot of practice doing that with Butterfly...
I have been thinking about what I want to do when I get back in, though.
Huh. Didn't know you could even do that.
I haven't had trouble with those guys as I just shuriken them out of the air. Had a lot of practice doing that with Butterfly...
The pre-release footage sure made it seem that way. I too spent the entire time in Senpou waiting for him to show up.
If you're really having trouble, there is a way to cheese it. I'd really recommend that on NG+ onward. It's satisfying once you beat the final boss proper
Fill up about half of their posture meter and then just meet the enemy in mid air. You'll briefly see the red circle letting you know the enemy is ready for the death blow.
If that was the last item you needed to collect for kuro, then probably like 8-12 hours depending on your decisions and how much side content you want to do
You simply have to be in the air at the same time as the enemy, it's a OHKO basically if you pull that off no matter what their health or posture is. Easiest enemy to practice it on are those black roosters. If you block them a few times, they eventually jump in the air and stay there for a second or two, really easy to time.
Jumps in general are quite samurai flick-ish in that they're ever so slightly slo-mo-ish to allow for that reaction time.
Oh wait, is it related to posture damage? I thought it was whenever really? Nevermind what I said above if so TyrantGuardian
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what's the strat with dealing with the little dudes with wooden hats? Been using the axe but it doesn't work that well?
This game is finally clicking. It's taken a while to unlearn some DS habits, and how much For Honor I play has really diminished the combat of the souls games. But it's super polished and slick, I'm really enjoying it finally.
It should work. The axe is definitely the prosthetic for them.
I might take a look, never thought about it. I wish my TV was 120hz though, frame pacing is an issue as well.
Ah, thanks! I think I tried anti-airing low posture enemies while standing on the ground and full posture enemies while in mid-air but never a combination of both, so that would explain it.
I'm super stuck on the (presumably) final boss because holy shit.
At least I've gotten through the first phase successfully a bunch of times. Not counting the pre-fight.
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