This post has been edited by ps3 fanboy: Jun 11 2018, 01:14 PM

I'm hyped about this, but not sure how the game level design will be (since it looks like u can jump and hook around)

Step aside Ni-oh. The king is here.

niohishborne ....lol , but im looking forward for this!!

Damn it from software.
I wanted an armored core game.

PC Gamer has gone up with impressions from the E3 2018 behind closed doors demo of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, the newly announced From Software title published by Activision, which provides new information about the next big game from the creators of Dark Souls.

Here are the tidbits:

-Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is set in a reimagining of 1500s Sengoku era Japan. You play as an unnamed shinobi, tasked with protecting a young lord of mystical lineage, who is left for dead when a powerful samurai attacks and chops off his arm.

-It is an action adventure game, not an RPG. There are no stats, armor, weapons, classes, or multiplayer. But there are “Prosthetic Attachments” that you earn as you explore, which can be attached to the “Shinobi Prosthetic” that replaces your hand and help you progress.

-While the protagonist wields a katana in his right hand, the prosthetic arm that constitutes his left can be attached with various offensive and supportive tools. An axe add-on can destroy an enemy’s shield; a firecracker can stun enemies; a torch can set them ablaze; and a shield can block attacks. These tools can be combined with the katana. For example, you can thrust the katana through the torch arm to set the katana on fire.

-Environments are built vertically. You can use a grappling hook to reach cliffs, rooftops, and more. Based on PC Gamer’s impressions, the grappling hook is not locked to specific grapple points. It can also be used in combat to pull in enemies or get behind them.

-Combat is based around posture. Enemies can easily block attacks, but will gradually lose posture. Once lowered enough, you can finish them with a “Shinobi Death Blow.” However, you will also lose posture as you are attacked, unless you block perfectly—which doing will cause the enemy to lose posture instead.

-The Kanji symbols that sometimes appear above the character’s head serve different functions. A danger symbol, for example, signals that the enemy is about to use a special attack.
Knowing what the incoming attack is and how to avoid it requires reading the enemy’s animations. Enemies will have patterns of attack. Some enemies can use sweep attacks to knock you down that cannot be blocked, but can be avoided with the jump button.

-The game’s “light stealth mechanics” include instant stealth kills, pressing up against walls, hanging off ledges, and crouching in grass to stay hidden. You will be able to finish off any enemy that comes close when hidden.

-You can approach situations in various ways. For example, in one situation a woman would alert the guards if she spotted you. So you can kill her to remain safe.

-The boss battle of the demo is the Corrupted Monk, who is a large woman with a naginata. Her attacks can be predicted and dodged or blocked with the help of the Kanji characters that appear above the player’s head.

-When you die, you can revive immediately and return to combat. Though dying causes enemies to immediately lose interest in you and return to what they were doing. That said, you can use death as an “opportunity” to surprise and kill enemies who were not expecting you to revive. However, there is a limit to how many times you can revive.

-Sekiro has an expansive and interconnected world that players are free to explore.

-Many gameplay scenes will involve “cat and mouse” segments with large monsters. For example, in the demo the player had to wait for moments when the large snake monster that appeared in the trailer was not looking to make his move to traverse a canyon. PC Gamer describes these as appearing more along the lines of environmental puzzles than traditional boss fights.

-There is a currency system, but it is different from the Souls and Blood Echoes systems of Dark Souls and Bloodborne. It is used for some sort of upgrade system for your gear.

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is due out for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC in early 2019.



finally a pure action game without RPG stat?

yes, tenchu + bloodborne

This post has been edited by Rei7: Sep 11 2018, 02:52 AM

3 n half days to go SUPER HYPEDDDD

omg i am so hype

Any fellow shinobis tried the game?

Warning its hard as fuck lel got my ass kicked by the miniboss and almost died to the giant rooster

ok... can wait for those who wanna sell 2nd hand bcoz too hard or not my cup of tea

I assumed you never played any of the Souls series before?

general consensuses are it's easier than previous Soul series

watched a few game play vids, similar difficulty than the previous Soul series, but it seems more forgiving

Nope played thru demon souls, all three dark souls and bloodborne and yet still got my ass kicked

If you think you can play roll and attack like the souls series you are pretty much screwed lol, you need to master deflecting in this one. The combat is more personal and engaging since you need to focus and know when to attack, deflect, jump and step out, one wrong move and your dead, no more grinding and over level.

It may control like the souls series but the gameplay is different enough to differentiate itself from the souls series

Cant wait to play again after work

Very disappointed that nearly 4 years later, From still cannot figure out how to do 30fps with no frame pacing issues.

For PS4 Pro owners, framerate is unlocked but fluctuates wildly from 40s to 50s, very inconsistent. Why not just give us a 1080p60 mode like Nioh?

Such a shame.

This post has been edited by SSJBen: Mar 22 2019, 12:54 PM

I guess if you're used to parry and don't rely much on hugeshield block the transition is a bit easier. Some trash mobs are really easy to deal with but once they gang up kind of hard to get through one by one. Maybe need to unlock some crowd control skills.

I got demolished by every boss..Can play for 2 hours only before turning back to other game to recharge lol.. The frustrations is real.

very good game but the frame rate drop very consistent..

Much tougher than DS series, but so satisfying once gets the hang of it

Just spent about 2 hours to fight Lady Butterfly. End up playing dirty, spin attack works. So satisfying

omg the fight with 3rd boss is so fun!

Is it harder than Bloodborne? If it's harder, then it's good. If not...

I just don't like the dragonrot thing to punish you dying. Too punishing especially very limited remedy

More harder than DS and Bloodborne.....ohyeahhhhhh....i liked...
umm.... but i prefer wait for GOTY edition since i got too many backlog game need to play.....

The camera in closed space still as awful as ever lol

^ agree, the camera angle sometime hard to see especially the fight with

Game is harder only because it's a new system. Well not really new depending where you came from, like if you played Onimusha and is familiar with the 'issen' technique, it's basically the same thing here except the deflect timing is much more leniant.

Royal guarding in DMC5 for the past 2+ weeks only made deflecting stupidly easy in this game for me. Only thing have to figure out are the unblockables which requires either Mikiri counter or jumping above head for an aerial attack.

this game is hard, not die twice but countless times. When you first encounter the enemy bosses is hard to parry attack, most of the time you get surprise and die.

It's basically Tenchu x Dark Souls.

Game was suppose to be a Tenchu game at the start but then turned to something else in the end. Interesting really.

I have only played Demon Soul, and it was brutal. How difficult is this in comparison?

Sekiro is way harder if you ask me. Demon's Soul was only hard back in the day because the framerate was atrocious, the AI was cheap for the sake of being "challenging" (but easily cheese-able) and because it's a game that was first of its kind during that generation. Demon's Soul wasn't hard at all once you understand the simple combat mechanics of the game.

Sekiro has a lot more depth and is more open ended. Unlike in Demon's Soul where enemies use pretty much the same moveset (other than the bosses) and that most of them are same-ish, Sekiro has a lot more varied enemies with different movesets that you have to learn, which you can then get into the rhythm of deflecting.

Once you unlock the skill where it give you HP after a successful deathblow, then it becomes much easier.

Just bulldoze deathblow when get grouped up, you're invulnerable throughout the animation.

How many times have you all dieded? XD

Obviously more than twice, hahaha

anyone managed to kill lady butterfly?

Tips: You can circle her and dash+attack. This can stunlock her

2nd stage, you don't need the snap seed. run and hide behind pillars when she spams you with the ghost attacks

ya, using the snap seed did increase the chances of getting hit too. I ended up looking up in youtube on how to fight it. haha. shuriken is nice to use when she jump up.

bought already... damn give up to the temptation ,
anyway if fell like the mini boss is not that hard actually and is all your posture, high lvl mini boss drain ur posture damn fast.... need to find mini boss guide order which should go first since low lvl mini boss wont drain ur posture faster than the high lvl one

Huh? It doesn't matter which mini boss you fight first. Regardless of the boss - it doesn't matter as long as you perfect deflect everything and yes you can deflect EVERYTHING in the game EXCEPT for "Perilous" attacks.

There's no "high" level mini boss or any "level" for that matter. Level stats don't exist in the game.

ur should realize high lvl mini boss would chunk up a lot of ur posture meter even with successful deflection. that why prayer bead exists in the game to increase ur vitality and posture meter......

I believed successful deflection does not increase your posture meter.
Anyway, what is this high lvl mini boss that you mention?

@bolded
It doesn't lol. You simply didn't perfect deflect if you're suffering high posture damage. There's a difference between perfect deflect and normal deflect (which acts like a block), I think you're mistaken.

Already finished the game twice, I literally could just run through the game without upgrades and there's almost difference. Levels DON'T exist, why do you keep bringing up "high level" bosses? Enemies have no levels, neither do you.

.... maybe i was wrong.... but heck... currently im in losing battle with headless my attack do not do any damage.... do i need to defeat him to progress sempou temple?

This post has been edited by Rubypoyo: Mar 31 2019, 11:02 PM

Senpou temple is not that way....

Also you need the mortal blade to kill headless.

Or use Divine Confetti.

I CANT KILL ISSHIN!!!

I got the hardest ending first

wow you guys are fast. the camera really sucks, i cant see where am I in tight space

Wow...the owl battle are intense. both of them. So much satisfaction when I beat owl at the temple

Why the merchant at Old grave was missing?

this is what happen to me.
at mid game now and just beat Genechiro, so i decided to went back to old grave merchant to buy the umbrella text. Then found out no more sen and went farming for a while, came back and the NPC merchant no longer there. This merchant sell two text and I only managed to get 1 ( umbrella) from him.

Dragonrot killed him?

Check if he has gone to Sen Temple area

found him there but he is not selling anything to me

Damn currently stuck at corrupted monk ghost ......her vitality bar veli huge plus her posture recover way so fast

found out the issue which why i cant buy "anti air deathblow text"

The quick guide can be found hereAnti Air deathblow (missing merchant) -- Spoiler

I didnt find anything here? because I miss it too. I killed him in cold blood when he decided to not sell my anything

did u try to advance further until meeting and then check again the box at Dilapidated temple?

Yes, after 2 night trying, isshin is dead for shura ending trohy...
now time to download my save game in cloud for other 3 more ending heheheh...

anyone played pc in comparison to consoles? i find games like this suit controllers more than keyboard and mouse though. other than the git good remark , any other opinions about it?

Console versions suck because FS can't get their shit together. 40-50fps inconsistency on PS4 Pro, 30fps with shitty framepacing on standard PS4. It makes so many fights harder than it should be.

Playing on PC, liquid smooth 120fps with a mod or the standard locked 60fps makes the game so, so, good. Deflecting attacks is just so addicting, it feels AMAZING. Really feel bad for the console versions and those stuck on consoles, the combat is just so much better at 60fps or higher.

As for keyboard and mouse... dude, you know you can just plug a controller into your PC right?

yea that is why i ask about the controls part. so controllers still better than keyboard and mouse then for this game?

I'm a big believer of use whatever peripherals that is most natural to you for the game you're playing.

Logically speaking, yes controllers are better. But who's to say K+M isn't good? It's a peripheral after all, so it's simply down to preference at the end of the day.

selling my Sekiro @ rm160, anything dm me

Grinding for the skill point trophy. Grrrr

On 2nd circle btw

Where is the best place to grind?
Just arrived at fountainhead on my 1st playthrough.

Best place will be AFTER you finish the fountainhead quest. Slight spoiler alert but google Sekiro Stairway grind once you finish fountainhead

For now if you are in Fountainhead...pay attention to Flower Viewing Stage idol. Quite a decent place to grind. It will be near mid of the fountainhead area

just met sword saint. Darn is hard, any tips guys?

General tips: don’t get greedy. Slowly chip away his Hp before you go for parry. Firecracker can help.

Phase 1: Bait Isshin to do dash and cross slash attack. Dodge/run away from it and then attack him one or twice. Slowly chip away his health. Once his health is reduced to acceptable level, you can start to parry him to kill him.

Phase 2: Be ready to run around (but don’t jump off the cliff). Bait his jump attack. Dodged to side and you should get one or two hits. Once comfortable you can try to parry his sword and spear combo that ends with a thrust. Mikiri Counter it. Isshin hits like a truck and very aggressive. Unless you are very confident with your parry skills, be patience and hit once or twice will do. Don’t forget to guard against his firearms.

Phase 3: same as 2 but this time he has lightning attacks. Be ready to jump and lightning reverse it. Will get a few free hits and posture damage. But careful, if you failed the reversal he will kill you very quickly.

Sword saint is a very fun boss. He will test your patience and very exciting to fight. Ironically I had more trouble with Genichirou. Can’t quite get the dodge timing of his mortal draw down. Always wasted two or more gourd there.

Older Isshin is harder for me. Those fire attacks are crazy.

thx for the tips, gonna try when i have the free time
i got no issue with Genichirou, just counter it with high monk

just finished the game in NG+4 Platinumed it but still playing

stuck with sword saint 2nd form.. The jump attack always hit me

You can actually prevent Isshin from ever taking out his spear in phase 2 if you just stick next to him and be aggressive with your attacks, of course deflect and mikiri his unblockables too at the same time.

It's still possible to prevent him from taking out his spear in phase 3 as well, but quite a bit harder.

Key is to stay close to him.

I find dodging to your right will dodge that jump spear attack

u mean the jump attack when u are healing or when he jump backwards with his spear swipe?

when u heal, u need to go far far away to heal or else he will jump attack on u. but sometimes i will use this as a bait to get close to him so when he almost land his attack, just dodge to the left (by the time u will certainly finish drinking your gourd) and u will have 2 free hits on him.

if u say when he jump back with his spear swipe, u need to anticipate that. always ready to block after 2 hits. and most often after he jump back with spear swipe, he will follow up with a gun shot 4 times (can block easily), and then a thrust which u can mikiri counter it easily.

good luck.

Isshin is easy, don't make it sound so complex:

That leaping monk has insane posture damage...

finally got the Dragon Homecoming trophy. After more than 30 tries for sword saint. Feel so easy and predictable after get used to the timing.

Well my words for new comers, patience is virtue. Many youtuber rage and gave up the game but they forgot the word "忍"

90/100 rating for this game, camera sucks thou.

Game is so good, hope there's an expansion for it like The Old Hunters for Bloodborne.

now on my second walkthrough, need to plat this game...
is it me or second walkthrough fell so ez coz already knew and familiarise with the boss/ enemy attack pattern...

Also theres no need to collect any item, can just blitz through, even the minibosses serve no purpose anymore.

my first walkthrough it take me 5 hours to reach the 1 boss. now within 1/2 hour can even kill first main boss and reach ashina castle... hahaha

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