Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (new From Software game)

[PorkyThePaladin]

I am just hoping at this point I don't run into THREE guardian apes next.

 

[mediocrepoet]

I am just hoping at this point I don't run into THREE guardian apes next.

Haha, just wait until you see the one with five. They really took some cues from Dark Souls 2.

 

[Jedi Master Radek]

I am just hoping at this point I don't run into THREE guardian apes next.

Haha, just wait until you see the one with five. They really took some cues from Dark Souls 2.

The genius of Miyazaki is shown in how you can take a way around the 5 apes, thinking that you are skipping the encounter, but it's a clever trap that baits you into fighting seven of them at the same time. Genius. Especially liked the moment when you kill the biggest ape and it splits into two smaller apes, so now you fight eight of them.

 

[Cyberarmy]

Asteroids is now a Souls-like!

 

[HeatEXTEND]

I am just hoping at this point I don't run into THREE guardian apes next.

Haha, just wait until you see the one with five. They really took some cues from Dark Souls 2.

The genius of Miyazaki is shown in how you can take a way around the 5 apes, thinking that you are skipping the encounter, but it's a clever trap that baits you into fighting seven of them at the same time. Genius. Especially liked the moment when you kill the biggest ape and it splits into two smaller apes, so now you fight eight of them.

stop giving them ideas

 

[Jedi Master Radek]

I am just hoping at this point I don't run into THREE guardian apes next.

Haha, just wait until you see the one with five. They really took some cues from Dark Souls 2.

The genius of Miyazaki is shown in how you can take a way around the 5 apes, thinking that you are skipping the encounter, but it's a clever trap that baits you into fighting seven of them at the same time. Genius. Especially liked the moment when you kill the biggest ape and it splits into two smaller apes, so now you fight eight of them.

stop giving them ideas

Forget G R R Martin, Elder Ring 2 will have a better consultant

 

[PorkyThePaladin]

Corrupted Monk had a lot of hitpoints, but when you mess with hoofed master of deflection, your hitpoints are but a cheeseburger at McDonalds:



To be fair, I totally messed up the start, but I've only faced this boss a few times.

 

[PorkyThePaladin]

Defeated Great Owl Daddy-o today:



Very tough fight, took me like 2-3 hours. This guy doesn't use perilous attacks, but the constant bullshit spam of everything and very few openings makes it tough. Also the assymetry is annoying: he can one-two shot you to death, and fills up your posture bar in a couple of hits easy, meanwhile it takes you 100 of hits/deflects to fill up his bars.

 

[Great Deceiver]

There's a much better version of the Owl fight that's optional. I recommend looking up how to get to it because it'd be a shame if you missed the game's best bossfight.

 

[mediocrepoet]

The genius of Miyazaki is shown in how you can take a way around the 5 apes, thinking that you are skipping the encounter, but it's a clever trap that baits you into fighting seven of them at the same time. Genius. Especially liked the moment when you kill the biggest ape and it splits into two smaller apes, so now you fight eight of them.

stop giving them ideas

I don't know, now I kind of want a Spaceballs style send up of the more egregious bullshit from Souls games.

Memeir, the dragon with infinite health and 30 second combos. The battle with a dozen gargoyles that each split into two smaller gargoyles (that hit twice as hard) when defeated. etc.

 

[PorkyThePaladin]

All I have to say is FUCK True Corrupted Monk's Third Phase... Fuck it so much...

 

[PorkyThePaladin]

Finally took the prick down:




First 2 phases were ok, but third phase... rage inducing...

 

[Ivan]

ah to play Sekiro for the first time... enjoy it, friendo

 

[Multidirectional]

Yeah I need to take a long break from this game to unlearn it. Every time I do run I just fly through the damn thing for the most part, and that's with Demon Bell effect on.

 

[PorkyThePaladin]

Lol, defeated Divine Dragon today, easiest boss fight of the game after Folding Monkeys, only died once. Now just ran into the final boss fight of the game.

I can take Genichiro down regularly, but his granddady is annoying. First time I fought him, he zipped around me 4 times and killed me before I could even fart. But I almost killed his 1st phase once. Can't wait to see what kind of BULLSHIT he has in 2nd and 3rd phase.

 

[Great Deceiver]

Divine Dragon and Folding Monkeys are gimmick bosses, but they're better than other From Software gimmick bosses by far. I didn't mind them at all.

Did you find

Spoiler

Owl (Father) ?

 

[PorkyThePaladin]

No, fuck that. I am already annoyed enough by mandatory bosses. Just want to take out sword cunt and be done with it. I think there is a good chance Sekiro might be my last FS game. Getting too old for these artificial difficulty bullshit games. Oh this boss will have a third arm coming out of his ass, and have 20 phases, and fart lightning like a machine gun... When did this shit become entertainment?

 

[Tyranicon]

No, fuck that. I am already annoyed enough by mandatory bosses. Just want to take out sword cunt and be done with it. I think there is a good chance Sekiro might be my last FS game. Getting too old for these artificial difficulty bullshit games. Oh this boss will have a third arm coming out of his ass, and have 20 phases, and fart lightning like a machine gun... When did this shit become entertainment?

I kind of like the "against all odds" thing that Sekiro has going for it. At least Sekiro is more or less fair, unlike Elden Ring with it's spazzy bosses.

Sword Saint Ishin or however you spell his name is my favorite boss fight in all of Fromsoft's library.

 

[Great Deceiver]

Sekiro is by far the least artificially difficult From game. No extreme delay/gimmick patterns/spazzy shit to catch roll spam, only one weapon, clear rules, very little bullshit (outside of the usual camera wonkiness). It's a very "pure" game in that sense, it has a systemic approach to combat and I really like it for that reason. The bosses are the best by far out of all From games.

 

[PorkyThePaladin]

Yes, obviously Sekiro's combat system is a million times better than Elden Ring, but my point is more general about From Software. After completing Dark Souls 1-3, Elden Ring, and now almost completing Sekiro, I am just close to being done with their approach. Games can be a lot more fun than just running from one boss to another, and bashing your head against the wall for a few hours until you can beat each one. Maybe some people love that kind of gameplay, but I've had my fill.

 

[NJClaw]

Getting too old for these artificial difficulty bullshit games.

Please make one (1) example of artificial difficulty in Sekiro. Just to understand what you mean by this term.

 

[Lyric Suite]

What would even be artificial difficutly, and how does it differ from normal difficutly?

 

[HeatEXTEND]

Sword Saint Ishin or however you spell his name is my favorite boss fight in all of Fromsoft's library.

His intro is so ridiculous but fucking cool at the same time. Real good.

 

[Deflowerer]

No, fuck that. I am already annoyed enough by mandatory bosses. Just want to take out sword cunt and be done with it. I think there is a good chance Sekiro might be my last FS game. Getting too old for these artificial difficulty bullshit games. Oh this boss will have a third arm coming out of his ass, and have 20 phases, and fart lightning like a machine gun... When did this shit become entertainment?

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[Dadd]

What would even be artificial difficutly, and how does it differ from normal difficutly?

Something that isn't natural difficulty, obviously.