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Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice |OT| Prepare to 死
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I've rung that bell and have kept it on. Anyone else do that? I like seeing all the extra items I get from enemies, so much scrap iron.
MGR was wasn't too hard though? Sekiro is definitely one of the harder current gen games
Yes, on my third try yesterday actually, after believing it was impossible on my first try. Turns out it was the first form that fucked me over
in the first fight.
This game's harder than any other Souls game before it. The amount of pattern recognition you need to memorize is on another level.
I had it on my first play through up until mid point. Fourth playthrough from the start. Def makes it much hatder lol
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Mibu village. I've done Mt. Senpou and Sunken Valley already
MGR was pretty tough. You misremember.
How much attack power do you have? I feel I hardly put a dent into this guy which makes the fight so crazy long.
There are still 6-7 bosses until you are done.
And yes, game is so good.
I should have 8 or 9 memories. At work right now, so I can't check. :(
I'm in the last area now and so far I'd say just slightly harder. It was ROUGH at first but once I got the feel of things not too bad most of the time.
I dunno, beat MGR on normal and I find Sekiro way harder.
Different things are difficult for different people, some people think Dark Souls 2 is easier than 1, some people think the opposite.
But she isn't sick anymore or accepts any persimmons. She is just waiting for another harvest. Should I eat more rice again and force her to make more available?
I find difficulty reports on Souls games to be highly unreliable, because the games are samey as fuck (from a gameplay POV) and your skill clearly transfers over from one game to the other. So claiming DaS2 is easier than DaS1, after you spent 200h on the first game, is just not very valuable insight.
Of course you're right, that I might have just not been accustomed to MGR's gameplay. The last boss was amazing, but boy was it hard.
Are there any awful boss runs in this game? All the ones I've encountered so far are really quick to get back. I've only done two real bosses though.
ah yes i discovered that. only to find an bad surprise awaiting me. no idea how to win here
No, it's a pretty easy game on Normal. It's more or less the tutorial for the real modes. Parrying was ridiculously easy, gave you free bullet time for instant kills, you could regain large amounts of health from those kills, there was no posture metre to deal with, and so on. Getting pure S ranks on all missions is probably harder than Sekiro, but you're not expected to do a perfect playthrough in either game.
Ha! Same here ;)
I tried a few more times in my lunch break, though.
Same, literally jumped out of my chair when I beat him.
I think the parry mechanic in MGR was even trickier, 'cause you had to attack in the direction of an incoming hit instead of just parrying with one button press. That being said, I also don't recall MGR being anywhere near Sekiro in terms of difficulty.
I'm always paranoid about quests like this in From games, always feel like I can't trust anyone and I'm screwing myself (or an innocent NPC) by siding with someone. Oh well, I guess I'll toss a coin then lol. Thanks!
It's the hardest game in the series in terms of mainline story content. Parts of the Bloodborne DLC are more difficult for sure but the majority of Sekiro asks more of the player than 90% of the content in base Bloodborne.
The moment-to-moment gameplay however in Sekiro is satisfying as hell and the deathblows in particular really punctuate a lot of the smaller battles with a feeling of satisfaction/accomplishment. The PvE gameplay in the prior games is nowhere near is dynamic or engaging.
Guardian Ape sucks. Every boss that breaks the camera or takes place in enclosed areas feels so much worse. It would help tremendously if you could lock on to bosses without them being on screen to quickly put them back into focus but nope.
So far it feels like the game peaked at Genichiro in terms of boss quality.
So far it feels like the game peaked at Genichiro in terms of boss quality.
Try a mix of jump attack moves and getting behind the boss. For some reason that boss gets confused, otherwise attacked once, if they disappear, run after them and attack. Use shurikens too if you want or the feather tool (forgot name but the one makes you disappear even after getting hit.
She materializes when she attacks. You should try to get a few hits in between deflects, or just before she attacks. If you're getting hit a lot, use the blue sugar consumable to help you out.
Sorry for a boring answer, but git gud at parrying. You could use confetti to increase your damage output, but personally I wasted a bunch on her in a couple of early attempts, and it didn't give me much advantage 'cause I still missed a few of her attacks and would just die. So I'd say just get used to her attack patterns and parry. For perilous attacks, don't dodge, double jump instead to do some posture damage. Maybe use the sugar to slow down your own posture build up. I didn't use any offensive prosthetics, only the mist raven, but I imagine that firecrackers should be able to stun her for a bit, they tend to work well.
I need advice on which way to go after killing a boss early in the game (I think?).
So, I just killed the fire bull and I have three way to go. I can go to Ashina Castle, I can go back to the first area of the game where I can fight a boss with a spear or I can go in abandoned dungeon where zombies litteraly eating my health. What is the "correct" order? I don't want to miss anything.
I'd kill the
spear guy
abandoned dungeon
Upgrades are really easy. You have to farm Mercury though but there is an easy spot in the later game you can do. However you must do a minimum 2 playthrough for upgrades and get at least 5 of the Lazulite. They're pretty easy to get but you have to know how to. Some other special materials are required as well which can be found in specific areas.
Skills will be my last trophy. I unfortunately spent them before looking at my trophies lol but that will take some farm and time
Go to Ashina Castle first and spear or do the spear first and Ashina, doesn't matter a lot in the end
learn her patterns, most of her moves are safe to deflect with the exception of one long combo that wrecks my posture if I don't jump back in between the animation. Jump kicks when she goes for sweeps does some good posture damage and is easy to read.
So yeah, I feel like talking about the game lore a bit. Final playtime: 42h.
As always, there's a feeling of deep history to the world and the way characters are rooted in it. I started to pay more attention to it after giving sake to Isshin and he started reminiscing how him, the Owl, the sculptor and Emma's master were all friends.
I liked that the headless were all fallen heroes and how some of the more simple enemies had a bit of personality added to them through eavesdropping.
I like how the sword Saint was basically Musashi and his constant lust for battle and war, but with no real malice. A funny description is the one from Dragon Flash "He often ruminated on how a cut should be made, but his blade always moved first."
The fact that the Dragon's Heritage came from the West is very interesting, considering it didn't originate in Japan.
I'll try offering more sake to Emma and the Sculptor in a second playthrough. I already got a bit of info out of them, but I'll gladly take more.
I liked that the headless were all fallen heroes and how some of the more simple enemies had a bit of personality added to them through eavesdropping.
I like how the sword Saint was basically Musashi and his constant lust for battle and war, but with no real malice. A funny description is the one from Dragon Flash "He often ruminated on how a cut should be made, but his blade always moved first."
The fact that the Dragon's Heritage came from the West is very interesting, considering it didn't originate in Japan.
I'll try offering more sake to Emma and the Sculptor in a second playthrough. I already got a bit of info out of them, but I'll gladly take more.
I must have got really lucky. I had one revive and two gourds left for form 3, which usually means nothing because he can kill in like 2 hits. BUT my saving grace was I got two Lightning counters in a row and that put a huge dent in his posture, so I was able to pull out the win with some safe shielding and getting in hits when I could.
Sneak in and use the Puppeteer Art on the ninja to the left of the door and you should be able to fight the ninja miniboss with him as an ally. It'll make it a loooooooooot easier.
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This is one of the most responsive game I've played on PS4 this year.
I'm at what I think is the final boss of the first area
and I just want to make sure I'm understanding the parry system correctly.
Basically you just stay locked on to the enemy and hold block, only letting go and tapping for a split second when an enemy's attack is about to hit. If you get a nice orange glow, that means you did it right.
As for the "red letter" unblockable attacks, I have a pretty good handle on them I think.
Also, I beat two samurai generals and the chained ogre, which means I have 3/4 pearls required for an upgrade. Did I miss something for the fourth? I'm not trying to fuck with the headless thing right now.
huge samurai dude on a horse
Basically you just stay locked on to the enemy and hold block, only letting go and tapping for a split second when an enemy's attack is about to hit. If you get a nice orange glow, that means you did it right.
As for the "red letter" unblockable attacks, I have a pretty good handle on them I think.
Also, I beat two samurai generals and the chained ogre, which means I have 3/4 pearls required for an upgrade. Did I miss something for the fourth? I'm not trying to fuck with the headless thing right now.
The early game will be very rough until you can get used to the game and the fact that it doesn't play like Souls. Once you do overcome that initial challenge, it's on par with Bloodborne, imo.
But it can't be stated enough how much of a challenge it is at first, I probably died more on my first boss fight than in the entirety of my first playthrough of Bloodborne, but after that I've been killing every boss without too much trouble, dying once at most. There's an optional Hard Mode in case you also find yourself in this position, and I really recommend it.
This item is AMAZING.
I would go to Ashina Castle first and if you have difficulty with the final confrontation of that area then I'd spend some time exploring some of the other zones. There are goodies you can find elsewhere to make the bosses you be banging your head against easier.
I don't mean this in a smartass tone but did you do all the training tutorials at the hub yet? Those are super useful if you haven't yet.
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