Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Let's just start by saying I've played all soulborne games and tried this one time at my friend's ps4 and couldn't beat anyone , and found out the game is extremely hard but I thought I would give it a try and frankly found it easier than what I expected :(1) you have a lot of idol/bonefires unlike souls game I never found my self running 2 minutes all the way to a boss or out of health items before I reach the next bonefire (2) stealth is the main element of the game as you play as a ninja you don't go into a fight against 4 people no you take them one by one even the bosses you can take half of their health with stealth (3) escape way ...each time I found myself overwhelmed by enemies I just ran ,jumped and grabbed any tree I could find so I don't die and even when I die I resurrect after they walk away and I just run back to the bonefire (4) firecracker .. I can't say how easy the game has become with this item I mean you can stun bosses every time you use it you can stun any enemy in the game with it (5) gameplay ...most people depend on dodge as soul born but this is the exact opposite as dodging is optional while deflecting is the main thing as you can parry and deflect almost any attack in the game except specific moves so don't run ....attack!

But of course its fromsoftware game and it is expected to be hard and I admit its pretty hard but not as I expected If you played the game as they intended you would find it really fun ,challenging and satisfying My problem with the game is that it has many repeated bosses , useless items which made discovery and exploration not that fun and of course annoying death dragon root mechanic as the NPCs get sick and you can't complete their quests or buy from them when you die alot which is just annoying and useless other than that the game is really good and fun to beat 8.5/10.

This game is absolutely perfect. Original story, much easier to understand than that of dark souls trilogy, more npc:s and dialogue. Multiple endings and ng+ add to replay value.

Combat is a blast, if you die, its 100% your fault and this time grinding away to level up or acquiring better weapons is not the way to proceed, this game puts pressure on player to invest time and work to learn different bosses movesets and weaknesses and fight accordingly. There is lots of skills and gadgets to find and acquire in the game world to help you in your Journey and many of them can be upgraded with materials gathered in game.

Graphics are stunning on just regular xbox one, can't imagine how good they would be on pc.

Soundtrack is amazing aswell, there wasn't a single situation where I thought music didn't fit perfectly.

Bosses are many and varied from easy to insane and require lot of player skill to overcome.

All in all, this game has everything you might want from fantasy action game, don't let the difficulty scare you away from this game, its worth it.

I would start by saying that this game changed my perspective about gaming altogether. I was always a shooter and RPG fan. Some would call Sekiro an RPG game, but I would beg to disagree. I would put this game more in the category of a rhythm game, something which I was not aware about before playing Metal Hellsinger and now Sekiro. But wait there is more to it - both Good and Bad!

Yes, I beat the game, yesterday night and felt compelled to write a few words about this INSANELY difficult sword, rhythm game. Believe me when I say the word INSANE (I have bet Elden Ring twice). I could not beat the Sekiro Final Boss on my first playthrough. Spent hours on learning skills (waste of time). Gave up and uninstalled Sekiro. Came back and tried to device a winning strategy and finally succeeded in my 2nd playthrough (NG) after acquiring all items needed to implement the strategy. Yes, so building a 'strategy' against each boss (even mini bosses) helps, even if your parrying skills suck as mine!! And that's why I don't hate the game so much any more compared to when I started and saw that it's all about parrying, no matter how many confetti, sugars you consume and skills you acquire through endless grinding. Get your 'strategy' right and you will be able to beat Sekiro.

Some parting thoughts on the general build of the game, apart from the brilliant combat style, which is a basically the major cause of a love hate relationship with the game.

• Great graphics, sound track.

• Mediocre storyline. Did not make any sense/difference to me, really.

• Most explorable items are useless (except a few really good ones). And From Software is notorious for not helping/guiding the gamer on that front. The same applies to Skill Trees.

• Too much emphasis on just ONE fighting style - parrying.

• No levelling up of payer in terms of weapon or armor choices.

Love or Hate the game, but definitely worth buying and giving it a try!

This game is pretty cool

I'm not good at it but it's pretty cool

The combat system is the best of all time The fights especially the ones with the samurais (human enemies) are very hard but even dying isnt that bad cause youre always learning from youre mistakes and its very satisfying to win Fighting system: 11/10 Story: 7/10 its okay but not really special World Building: 8/10 its no dark souls but also very great Action: 10/10 Gameplay: 10/10 Graphics: also 10/10