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Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - Review Thread
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Ahhh, I was hoping for the hidden enemies or traps just because I love how they are thrown into the level design. How is the overall level design/world in comparison to Soulsborne games?
Don't forget you can actually pause the game and shuffle through your consumables.
Still I got to say that was the biggest "they working with who?" I got from a game reveal since kingdom hearts.
lol that's fair, it's weird seeing activision logo pop up at the beginning
There are more than 12.
I can count at least 5 mini-bosses that are named and unique that could easily be bosses in their own right - the only difference being one less Shinobi Deathblow icon [2 instead of 3].
The Whatculture review says:
"From Software's games always have had incredible bosses - memorable designs, telegraphed moves that are satisfying to learn how to counter and often each being vastly different to those who came before them. Sekiro cranks this up, one step further. The line between boss and mini-boss is blurred, as every named enemy easily brings enough challenge and diversity to be classed as it's own boss. They each have unique designs and each have a secret, unique tool or technique that can help to bring them down. Every boss in Sekiro is a joy to fight and learn their moves and defeating them is pure euphoria."
So, over 30 bosses Then 🤘🏻
This has me thinking of actually getting this sooner than later. Those were some of the things I was worried about. I enjoyed Bloodborne, but wasn't sure I could deal with going through the death cycle of losing everything, and starting back at a lamp/ bonfire right now.
That's... not exactly true.
The poster you quoted have some mistake- you do have an ability that revives you on the spot but it's quite limited and if you die for real you do get sent back to the last safe point.
Also you technically don't lose everything when you die.... you lose half of your experience and money when you die, there is a chance this doesn't happen but it's a percentage of an RNG. You only lose the experience and not the skill points it generates when you fill the bar so that's something.
If IGN says 12 then it's definitely not 12.
It's way faster, not even close.
As far as I know there hasn't been a 10/10,but neither a rating below 8/10,which is equally interesting. I guess we are waiting at least 50-60 reviews in total over the next weeks,since some sites never got a review code and will play it like everyone else at launch
Can someone link the least spoilery readable review please?
On the fence, and want to jump in as blind as possible.
Or just straight up recommend me why i should by it, without spoilers. Is worldbuilding and combat in the same league as Bloodborne?
Edit: Fek it, bought it during lunch break
On the fence, and want to jump in as blind as possible.
Or just straight up recommend me why i should by it, without spoilers. Is worldbuilding and combat in the same league as Bloodborne?
Edit: Fek it, bought it during lunch break
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I said: You don't lose _everything_ when dying. You keep your skill points and only lose half the skill xp to the next skill point and half the money. With a 30% chance to not lose anything.
And you lose health when falling but you respawn at the same point when you have enough health.
it's as great but a bit different. Soulsborne leveldesign is extremely compact. Sekiro is very open in comparison but you have the great shortcuts, an interconnected world as in Dark Souls (1) and many secret areas and other secrets. It wants you even more to explore, to listen to dialogues to uncover some hidden treasures. And if a boss is too hard, just check out another path. Right now I have three bosses to beat (two mandatory and a great optional one) and I found a way to another area with another major boss probably.
Without pausing after a hard boss fight just to calm down, I'd get a heart attack, I think. Haha, yes, you can pause.
37 Reviews. OpenCritic at 91. 100% Critics Recommend. So divisive. So many 0/10 scores.
I got this in the post this morning and I've got Dark Souls III GOTY lined up in my backlog too.....which to play next.....hmmm?
LOL ERA sometimes you act like... never mind, it's not worth it.
It is, looking at the reviews themselves that I have read on MC. You don't have a majority of 8s and 9s. You have lots of 10s and lots of 0s and 3s and 4s. Those are two separate camps. That's where the skew is coming from.
People who love it, love it. And those who hate it, hate. That's the point I was making. On one side you have extremely high praise for the game and on the other people who just downright hate. I have not seen "average scores" or people saying it is a mediocre just OK game. I am only seeing one of two extremes - perfection and imperfection.
Imagine 5 reviews - (8+10+9+8+9 ) / 5 => 8.8
Contrast that with - (10+10+10+0+0) / 5 => 6 - remember even a score of 0 is still a review.
It's not that Sekiro is a just ok game by the majority consensus, it is just that the high praise for it is being diluted by the negative reviews and that was the point. That's what I meant.
So yes, sekiro is scoring high, but the individual reviews themselves tell of the divisive nature of the game - you either love it or completely hate it. More people simply love it. How is that so difficult to infer from my post?
But I am not American, English is my third language. Maybe what I meant and what was understood are you know, divisive.
It is, looking at the reviews themselves that I have read on MC. You don't have a majority of 8s and 9s. You have lots of 10s and lots of 0s and 3s and 4s. Those are two separate camps. That's where the skew is coming from.
People who love it, love it. And those who hate it, hate. That's the point I was making. On one side you have extremely high praise for the game and on the other people who just downright hate. I have not seen "average scores" or people saying it is a mediocre just OK game. I am only seeing one of two extremes - perfection and imperfection.
Imagine 5 reviews - (8+10+9+8+9 ) / 5 => 8.8
Contrast that with - (10+10+10+0+0) / 5 => 6 - remember even a score of 0 is still a review.
It's not that Sekiro is a just ok game by the majority consensus, it is just that the high praise for it is being diluted by the negative reviews and that was the point. That's what I meant.
So yes, sekiro is scoring high, but the individual reviews themselves tell of the divisive nature of the game - you either love it or completely hate it. More people simply love it. How is that so difficult to infer from my post?
But I am not American, English is my third language. Maybe what I meant and what was understood are you know, divisive.
Can you give me 5 professional reviews that scored 0/10????? Wait no, are you taking user reviews from metacritic seriously????
https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/left-alive
Some users abuse MC system, how hard is to understand?
Kids that buy a good scored games and then rant because it's too hard and hasn't difficulty choice.
Review bombing is a thing. Motivated by platform fanboyism or franchise allegiances and outrages for one reason or the other. It's not a good indicator for quality of the product. You also mentioned the 89 score so it wasn't clear that the divisiveness is actually coming from user reviews.
I see. Makes me wonder why user reviews exist if the psychology and motivations of the users is unpredictable.
I would like to discuss this further as my eyes are opening slowly.
- why are critics immune to the aforementioned unpredictability?
- how can you spot a genuine user review?
- if 4 critics love or hate a game, is that the final say on the game's quality?
- do reviews count even after years, does MC have a reviewing period? What happens if professional critic reviews Ocarina of Time today?
so many questions.
Anyway, this is a Sekiro thread which I have bought on PS4 and will be playing and enjoying because it is my kind of game. I hope you all find enjoyment in your own way. I wish not to derail the intended purpose of the thread.
I would like to discuss this further as my eyes are opening slowly.
- why are critics immune to the aforementioned unpredictability?
- how can you spot a genuine user review?
- if 4 critics love or hate a game, is that the final say on the game's quality?
- do reviews count even after years, does MC have a reviewing period? What happens if professional critic reviews Ocarina of Time today?
so many questions.
Anyway, this is a Sekiro thread which I have bought on PS4 and will be playing and enjoying because it is my kind of game. I hope you all find enjoyment in your own way. I wish not to derail the intended purpose of the thread.
Well first step is to identify that the game literally just came out today so how can someone leave an informed review, especially one that rates the game at a zero?
Anyway just read the content of the review and don't take the scores too seriously.
OP
OP
Only 15 reviews though, a lot of them are still in progress. I'll update the OP with whatever score it's at when it actually settles.
Gamersky (PS4) = 97/100
LevelUp (Xbox One) = 97/100
Both will be added to Metacritic.
LevelUp (Xbox One) = 97/100
Both will be added to Metacritic.
Might be common knowledge at this point, but if anyone's still strugglebusing in the ogre fight: NEVER dodge when you can jump instead. Jump works a million times better than dodging. It dramatically reduces being grabbed or hit so much you can get comfortable and style on him sometimes. Once you deal the first killstrike of two, grapple onto a roof or tree and unload all your shuriken into him. You'll damage him almost as much as earlier when he was breaking out of his restraints. Have some pellets ready going in and don't resurrect until the second phase of the fight. And be sure to prioritize defense over offense. Jumping before attacking when possible. Usually one strike is best, sometimes two, and when he's staggered a bit three but no more unless you want to risk it. It didn't occur to me until after defeating him but it might be possible to upgrade your health gourd too. If not, shouldn't be a big deal to get through it without it.
I don't think it's any harder to get that score than it was when Bloodborne came out at all. Bloodborne is definitely still the more acclaimed game.