I game but I’m not g*mer. Have heard too much abiut this game. Never played a souls. I like story.
This g*me is on sale
i’d say pick up an instrument instead. failing at music is way more fun and overall a better use of your time.
i’m definitely not bitter over beating a boss on the millionth try only to learn he has a phase two.
Sekiro is my favorite game that Fromsoft has made. The gameplay is hard but I actually find it easier than the hardest parts of Dark Souls/ Elden Ring because so much is about learning patterns. Outside of one or two bosses they are easier to see and you can track their arm movements so you can tell which attacks are coming. Compared to Elden Ring where bosses are causing so much on screen visual noise that I can’t tell what’s going on.
The environments in Sekiro are also beautiful. Its less gloomy than Dark Souls so many of the areas are very vibrant. I love spending time in many of the more fantastical areas of the game.
It’s also the best Fromsoft game because you get to fight a big silly ape who farts on you and throws doodoo
One of the greatest boss fights in any game ever
Sekiro rules and it gets better once you realize it’s not a hack and slash. It’s a rhythm game. Getting good at parrying and dodging was amazing
People here focus a lot on the fighting and difficulty.
Just so you know, it’s also absolutely gorgeous to look at and the game feel is incredibly tight and responsive. If you just run around in it for an hour or two, but don’t have the patience for getting really good a tapping your shoulder button, you probably still have a good time.
One of my favorite games of all time. Once the combat clicks it is sublime. I’ve never found another have with combat this enjoyable
The only one that was on par so far was Nine Sols. It has the most insane final boss I’ve ever seen and the only bossfight I had to grind harder than Father Owl. Probably took me 8+ hours over three days. After beating it, i felt like I could parry bullets in real life if just tried a little harder. Gorgeous and deeply engaging game too.
I game but I’m not g*mer. Never played a souls.
I got soul but I’m not a soldier,
I got games but I’m not a gameri think it’s amazing but it’s mechanically very demanding and punishing even more so than basically any other souls game. the gameplay just isn’t for everyone. it requires a lot of patience.
How well thought out and good is the narrative?
like the other souls games the narrative is not really in the foreground driving the game forward. it’s a bit less of a tangential aspect compared to those but it’s far from the main focus of the game. it’s more a case of picking up fragments of lore from obtuse NPC conversations and reading item descriptions. thematically there is some cool stuff going on but ultimately it is a gameplay focused boss battler.
There are actual cutscenes with dialogue that progress the story
One of my favorite rhythm games
Best sword combat that exists in a game
It’s good. You probably won’t like it.
Most people who say they like games for their stories are looking for the story to be told to them like a movie. Theres nothing wrong with that, it’s just generally what people who say they like story mean.
Seikro is like other souls games in that a huge portion of the story is conveyed in item descriptions, throwaway lines, etc.
I’m playing morrowind right now and there’s some real similarities between them.
If you like watching 69 eps of a show and then finding out in a random scroll that the daedra are all the same beings as miquellas guardians dum Dum DUM then you’ll have a great time.
It also requires that you do good at using a controller.
I played Elden Ring with kB/m with no issue and suck with controllers. Is it still playable? Should I try some kind of unholy HOMAS control?
Also I’ve made about 1 successful party in the whole of Elden ring despite hours of trying. Is sekiro parrying easier?
yes, parrying is much easier in sekiro, it’s more akin to a dodge roll in souls. the timing is fairly generous and you can animation cancel other stuff into a parry
Oh I just only know how to play that kind of game on a controller.
I wouldn’t say it’s easier, but rolling doesn’t give you many i frames so it forces you to get better at it.
its good until you get stuck on a boss, if you’re not the type of person who likes that kinda thing. many people are. im not.
It’s an extremely good game, though it’s not for everyone. Out of all the souls games, it has the largest amount of story in a traditional sense of the word, but it is still very minimalistic compared to most games. It has enjoyable themes that you don’t have to dig out of the item descriptions of every pointy stick you find, unlike the rest of them.
I love it. It’s super rewarding and beautiful, but it’s easy to get stuck on bosses for weeks if your reaction time isn’t all that.
Brother, I’m getting stuck on this platform, let alone bosses. How do I get under the fucking moat?
This is why God invented letsplays
