Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software)
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Tauntworth
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The game literally tells you how to destroy her and I'm convinced that most players (soulsbourne veterans and newcomers alike) simply aren't reading shit.
This pops up as soon as the fight starts for the first time: (it's also a move that you should have already practiced with Hanbei)
This was the first prosthetic tool you picked up: (the last sentence is the important part)
I beat her on my first attempt and didn't even have to heal once or use any snap seeds. Just attack a few times, do the dodge counter, and repeat. Knock her off the wires or out of the air with a shuriken for more free hits.
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Dandai
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Yeah, I’ve been stubbornly trying to play this like blood borne and am just now finally getting the hang of the pace. Instead of mashing attack, I’m watching the enemy, attacking a couple times, patiently defending and waiting for a chance to exploit and counter attack. Dunno why it’s so hard for me to just adjust to the rhythm of the combat. It feels really good and well designed when I actually do it, but ten years of muscle memory is a bitch to overcome I guess.The game literally tells you how to destroy her and I'm convinced that most players (soulsbourne veterans and newcomers alike) simply aren't reading shit.
This pops up as soon as the fight starts for the first time: (it's also a move that you should have already practiced with Hanbei)
This was the first prosthetic tool you picked up: (the last sentence is the important part)
I beat her on my first attempt and didn't even have to heal once or use any snap seeds. Just attack a few times and do the dodge counter. Knock her off the wires or out of the air with a shuriken for more free hits.
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Hekotat
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TBT-TheBigToe
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TLDR version: game is 8/10 but the flaws it has may be the kind that ruin the experience for you, or you might love however I do not.
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This game is wearing on me. Kill some trash, find some trash, spend maybe a hour doing that in a new area, and then get stuck on a boss for a couple hours. The best part is exploring with the grapple hook and you only do that intermittently before the game turns back into a watered down version of bloodborne.
There is little variance to the game play and each boss just feel like a faster, cheaper, harder version of a previous one.
The further I get in this game the more I realize I am just playing it because I don’t hate it and want to beat it. I don’t care about the story which is boring, the characters are boring, and the combat has gotten boring because it’s always the same and a tiny mistake is often fatal.
This feels like a game meant to be watched played by streamers doing challenges and other shit most people will never do, not one actually played by regular gamers.
All that said it’s not a bad game, just not a great one. It’s greatest strength is the grapple hook, and you barely use the damned thing, and the game tends to play into its own weaknesses instead of strengths.
This is, of course, just my opinion. If you are loving it the awesome, I don’t blame you, but I’m finding this game too narrow and too lacking in the illusion if options and alternatives.
But that’s just my opinion, and maybe after a few more bosses my opinion will change again.
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This game is wearing on me. Kill some trash, find some trash, spend maybe a hour doing that in a new area, and then get stuck on a boss for a couple hours. The best part is exploring with the grapple hook and you only do that intermittently before the game turns back into a watered down version of bloodborne.
There is little variance to the game play and each boss just feel like a faster, cheaper, harder version of a previous one.
The further I get in this game the more I realize I am just playing it because I don’t hate it and want to beat it. I don’t care about the story which is boring, the characters are boring, and the combat has gotten boring because it’s always the same and a tiny mistake is often fatal.
This feels like a game meant to be watched played by streamers doing challenges and other shit most people will never do, not one actually played by regular gamers.
All that said it’s not a bad game, just not a great one. It’s greatest strength is the grapple hook, and you barely use the damned thing, and the game tends to play into its own weaknesses instead of strengths.
This is, of course, just my opinion. If you are loving it the awesome, I don’t blame you, but I’m finding this game too narrow and too lacking in the illusion if options and alternatives.
But that’s just my opinion, and maybe after a few more bosses my opinion will change again.
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Hatorade
A nice asshole.
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TJT
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Get the Axe and you one shot them lol. Also open the shortcut gate so you don't have to go around to the shield guys each time, its a straight shot up the long alley from the idol.
ZyyzYzzy
RIP USA
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I try that man. I just suckThe game literally tells you how to destroy her and I'm convinced that most players (soulsbourne veterans and newcomers alike) simply aren't reading shit.
This pops up as soon as the fight starts for the first time: (it's also a move that you should have already practiced with Hanbei)
This was the first prosthetic tool you picked up: (the last sentence is the important part)
I beat her on my first attempt and didn't even have to heal once or use any snap seeds. Just attack a few times, do the dodge counter, and repeat. Knock her off the wires or out of the air with a shuriken for more free hits.
Noodleface
A Mod Real Quick
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Soygen
The Dirty Dozen For the Price of One
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Yup, I just run past them and jump into the river or onto the tree. The ninja hunter/spear dude took me a few attempts and the shield guys never interfered.
TJT
Mr. Poopybutthole
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From the shortcut gate you opened there's a little house on the right side with the axe in it. Right side if you are facing up the alley from the gate.
Noodleface
A Mod Real Quick
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We got a badass over here dot jpegThe game literally tells you how to destroy her and I'm convinced that most players (soulsbourne veterans and newcomers alike) simply aren't reading shit.
This pops up as soon as the fight starts for the first time: (it's also a move that you should have already practiced with Hanbei)
This was the first prosthetic tool you picked up: (the last sentence is the important part)
I beat her on my first attempt and didn't even have to heal once or use any snap seeds. Just attack a few times, do the dodge counter, and repeat. Knock her off the wires or out of the air with a shuriken for more free hits.
Honestly though, we've been trained to ignore loading screens and item descriptions (well, they give lore in souls). Good to see it being used this way
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Noodleface
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Deflect what you can, block what you can't, jump for sweeps to land on their head, dodge grabs
Winner is you
Winner is you
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Not only are people skipping that tooltip, they're actually editing it out in some youtube videos that I've seen. That's how fucking dumb the Sekiro community is right now. The game tells you how to beat her and some people are taking the time to manually remove that part of the video before uploading.
I'm talking about videos of people's first attempts (including the cutscene) since that's the only time you'll get the tooltip.