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Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice |OT| Prepare to 死
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thanks for your tips, my last run went a lot better. i'll have to try again after work. be on the lookout for an all caps fuck you lady butterfly post one of these days from me 😂
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One thing I wondered about was if I'm deflecting properly - I'm doing it like I would a parry in Souls in that I'm not pressing any button and then I'll press block to deflect. I'm deflecting (well sometimes!), so obviously I know I'm doing it, but do people hold the button down before/after or do they go back to neutral (pressing nothing) afterwards?
I'm at Ashina Castle and I'm just asking this now >_<
I'm at Ashina Castle and I'm just asking this now >_<
The base axe does the trick too. If your first strike doesn't break their defense, try a second.
It just comes with a hold attack which does two swimgs. Good cuz sometimes the first attack doesn't break
Please holy miyazaki give us dlc. Imagine if we got a dlc drop similar to the old hunters...hughhhh
It took me like, 30 tries to beat the ogre, but then I killed the general in two and got the Horse rider guy in one shot.
The ogre feels out of place because he really doesn't require blocking/deflecting. He's more about sidestepping, like a bloodborne boss.
The ogre feels out of place because he really doesn't require blocking/deflecting. He's more about sidestepping, like a bloodborne boss.
Naw. I got it on Xbox partially to disallow myself the trophy hunting.
The Snake Eyes bosses are pretty weak to it. It takes a lot of hits to poison them, but once you do they start retching and you can immediately deathblow them (at least, that's what happened when I tried it in NG++).
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Here's how I did it.
You get three hits, then you hear the twang, and have to parry her but if you get that down you can finish her pretty easy - providing you're also getting a jump posture attack in on her sweeps.
https://www.twitch.tv/milkvodka/clip/KathishExquisiteWallabySmoocherZ
Can you not embed clips from twitch?
https://www.twitch.tv/milkvodka/clip/KathishExquisiteWallabySmoocherZ
Can you not embed clips from twitch?
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Hm, when I got on to record that clip I was fighting one of them for 5 minutes and the prompt never came up until I dealt some damage to him. I'll keep testing it out.
On the ogre? yeah. I didn't feel like it helped a whole lot.
He wasn't a particularly difficult fight, which is why it's weird. He has a very obvious weak point: oil+fire. He also has a very limited moveset with tells. But if one of those grabs get you, it's game over.
i am enjoying it much more than Bloodborne, it is subjective but i like everything more about Sekiro from combat to aesthetics.
The grab spams are extremely annoying. Easy to read, hate every time i fight this boss. I think humanoid bosses are the best part of Sekiro
Does poison build up while they block or do they have to be clean hits with the Shi...whatever the fuck the poison prosthetic is called?
The anti-air-death thing is explained sort-of-decently in the text you receive to be able to do it but yeah, I think it then should've been added to the available training list so agreed.
The blocking reducing posture damage should've definitely been in the tutorial. I gladly am totally OCD with From games and read every scrap of text, even the load screens, frantically, so it's been easier for me but yeah agreed. If you're gonna have a training area, don't selectively explain SOME important things and not others.
It may depend on the enemy. I know when I practiced it on the black roosters, they don't have to take any damage at all whether it's posture or health. Then again...they're fucking roosters and not flying scythe-wielding samurai.
I also need to give Activision credit for how well they handled the marketing, or at least most of it, didn't watch the last few trailers. It was Bloodborne all over again, but in a more grounded setting.
In Bloodborne, the "twist" didn't come that late at all, the descriptions start mentioning Great Ones as early as Central Yharnam, but so many months of being led to believe it was simply Dark Souls with guns and werewolves made it seem like much longer. And I felt the same here. The game's tagline is "Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously", and you can actually do all of that as early as your second boss fight. It's really framed as an action game rush to the castle, and after that the game opens up and you have your WELCOME TO SEKIRO moment.
So damn good, and without the marketing leading us to believe the whole story would be about getting the boy back it probably wouldn't have as much impact. I guess there's no point avoinding it now since people just talk about that fight openly, but I was serioulsy shocked to fight Genichiro so early, and I had no idea where the story would go next.
I do wish it got a bit weirder, but it does get weird enough.
In Bloodborne, the "twist" didn't come that late at all, the descriptions start mentioning Great Ones as early as Central Yharnam, but so many months of being led to believe it was simply Dark Souls with guns and werewolves made it seem like much longer. And I felt the same here. The game's tagline is "Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously", and you can actually do all of that as early as your second boss fight. It's really framed as an action game rush to the castle, and after that the game opens up and you have your WELCOME TO SEKIRO moment.
So damn good, and without the marketing leading us to believe the whole story would be about getting the boy back it probably wouldn't have as much impact. I guess there's no point avoinding it now since people just talk about that fight openly, but I was serioulsy shocked to fight Genichiro so early, and I had no idea where the story would go next.
I do wish it got a bit weirder, but it does get weird enough.
The posture thing often shows up in the loading screens, and the anti-air deathblow scroll has the description (though I do wish it were avalable in the training ground, I never got it off so far...).
I actually every so often go back to the training ground thinking new shit will unlock but nah.
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I'm buying those mask pieces, hope they're not a waste of money/resources :/
(Don't tell me)
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the last area? If so game feels a little short compared the their other games. I feel like im just getting going.
fountainhead palace
Damn, finally managed to beat the boss of the purification, really great fight, you need to be really agressive. Always run towards him and attack.
Though the trophy for defeated all the bosses doesn't unlock if you "saved scum". So I'm guessing you need to fight all the bosses one the same save file to unlock it right ?
Though the trophy for defeated all the bosses doesn't unlock if you "saved scum". So I'm guessing you need to fight all the bosses one the same save file to unlock it right ?
Same. I stayed up until 2am trying to clear up as many loose ends as I could, but I unlocked the door to the end game and I'm ready to go today.
The combat is far better than in any other From game. Its not even close.
Any tips for the Lone Swordsman? He's been wrecking me for a good hour now. Parrying him does fuck all but make my posture go down and I can barely touch his vitality.
Can easily say this is the hardest fight so far. Lady Butterfly took a long time, but the fight was easily understandable and always seemed reasonable. This just seems ridiculous.
Can easily say this is the hardest fight so far. Lady Butterfly took a long time, but the fight was easily understandable and always seemed reasonable. This just seems ridiculous.
Cut through 3 bosses last night (Gyoubu, Blazing Bull & a General) and I met Seven Spears.
Is it just me or does the counter for Seven Spears thrust attack have different timing than the other thrust attacks in the game?
I love how your exploration is really rewarded in this game. There are hidden items all over and even some very important ones. I found a prayer bead inside a chest and was shocked.
Also just got the loaded spear. I can't fucking wait to use that
Is it just me or does the counter for Seven Spears thrust attack have different timing than the other thrust attacks in the game?
I love how your exploration is really rewarded in this game. There are hidden items all over and even some very important ones. I found a prayer bead inside a chest and was shocked.
Also just got the loaded spear. I can't fucking wait to use that
Yeah the ogre grab is... weird. I still have to find the right time to dodge it. Reminds me a bit of the Snake Eyes grab that even dodging back I sometimes get grabbed by that fucker.
Aggro him, jump back up to surface level, then drop back down and Deathblow him as he's walking back to his normal position. Then try to keep your distance and get chip shots in until his health is about half, then you can start going for the parries to finish it off.
If you can't even chip his vitality, maybe come back after another attack upgrade or two, I dunno.
I agree. I always thought the Soulsborne series was just okay prior to this. Like I understood the following but it just didn't resonate like how Sekiro did. It's my fav game from them by far.
I agree. This has given me the urge to replay Bloodborne, which I love but haven't played since release, but I'm afraid that the combat will be disappointing after spending so much time with Sekiro.
Are the bosses significantly harder in new game plus?
Since I'm tempted to save Demon of Hatred for that. I don't have the patience right now, I want to see the ending!
I mean....how am I supposed to get chip shots in? He blocks them all.
The best thing with the grab and indeed all the Ogre's other attacks is just to run, rather than dodge. I spent a few tries attempting to sidestep out of the grab before realising that I could sprint away, in a tight circle, and back in again just as quickly - but with much less of a chance of getting magnetised back into the grab.
Hit him until the moment he blocks your very first attack. He immediately counters with either sword attack, kick, or jump kick. Dodge and attack again. You can loop him but a bit hard to time. Works on all the types that look like him too
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