Tschumi
Member
Ahh right, yeah he was cool, in my playthrough he died with the drunkard on like 2% health it was a real bitch
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Salmon Snake
Member
Did you get the hang of it?
Tschumi
Member
Yes! i was able to dominate genchiro when i got his move set down, and i was finishing the first phase untouched with mikiri counter against his thrust.. that's where I'm at, just sent off by the divine heir to find the sunken valley and some lotus
Salmon Snake
Member
Awesome now you got it!
Genichiro is the big wall and once you get past it you're on your way to become master shinobi!
Tschumi
Member
For me lady butterfly was the real tough one. Actually after banging my head against her for ages, the guy at the castle gate on the horse, the ashina elite and genchiro, and every other simple weapon wielder, has been pretty easy to understand... My problem with genchiro was losing concentration because i was excited to get into the third phase.. this seems to be my main problem in soulsborne games at the moment, when i progress and feel the finish line inching closer i get fixated on it and don't notice the giant sword heading towards my forehead lol
Edit: oh i also struggle to see when they're thrusting or sweeping, just a vision thing, it kinda gets obscured by the deflection starbursts and stuff, this is probably something I'll have to improve at some point...
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Tschumi
Member
Ahhh i better grind up the gold then...
Salmon Snake
Member
At first they were really hard for me and still at times they can be pretty difficult.
Just look be aggressive, attack and deflect and for the thrust kick. Some of them can be sneaked up.
YukiOnna
Member
Senpou Temple and Sunken Valley are my favourite areas from story/lore and game design POV. Perfects that far east/monk's journey I've always thought of.
Shake Your Rump
Banned
Fixed it.
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Hotel Security
Member
Is it weird I can't get into this? Played Demon's Souls, DaS1-3 and Bloodborne and did everything in them. Don't know why this one isn't appealing. Maybe I should just skip and go straight to Elden Ring...
HRK69
Gold Member
It's a different beast baby.
You can always skip it and go play something that's more your thing. You can always come back.
DelireMan7
Member
I had the same experience.
Sekiro is not a Soulsborne. It's an action game (no RPG, no different build possible...). Very different style. I ended up loving when my goal was to "style" the combat.
Don't force yourself, you can skip to Elden Ring if you prefer the Soulsborne approach.
Arachnid
Member
So I got hard stuck on the final boss back at launch and basically quit for 5 and a half years. I picked back up recently, relearned the mechanics, continued exactly where I left off, and got the final boss in a few days. Now I'm on new game +6 with the platinum and just beat the Shura gauntlet to get a cool shura skin and it's only been a few weeks since I picked the game back up. I fucking love Sekiro. Too bad it took so long to really click for me. I think this is my second favorite FROM game after Bloodborne now that I understand it. It used to be dead bottom for me lol
Starting a charmless demon bell run as my last playthrough now and then I'll probably set the game aside for a while.
Starting a charmless demon bell run as my last playthrough now and then I'll probably set the game aside for a while.
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DeaconOfTheDank
Member
Glad it finally clicked for you! I've said this many times before, but Sekiro is essentially a dex build's wet dream. There is a very specific way the game wants you to play (deflection), and anybody that can't reconcile with that ends up getting filtered fast. Once you get it tho... the game sinks its teeth in you and never lets go. Repeat playthroughs are fun in that you get to focus more on stylish gameplay (combos with prosthetics and hidden arts) as opposed to being solely focused on posture depletion.So I got hard stuck on the final boss back at launch and basically quit for 5 and a half years. I picked back up recently, relearned the mechanics, continued exactly where I left off, and got the final boss in a few days. Now I'm on new game +6 with the platinum and just beat the Shura gauntlet to get a cool shura skin and it's only been a few weeks since I picked the game back up. I fucking love Sekiro. Too bad it took so long to really click for me. I think this is my second favorite FROM game after Bloodborne now that I understand it. It used to be dead bottom for me lol
Starting a charmless demon bell run as my last playthrough now and then I'll probably set the game aside for a while.
It's probably the best combat that FromSoftware has achieved, and only Armored Core VI is able to trade blows with it while also offering build variety
Arachnid
Member
Yeah, the experimentation in later runs is legit a whole different game and how it's intended to be played, it feels like. I cant believe I went through my first run just spamming deflect and hoping for the best lmao
I'll have to give Armored Core a try next tbh
reezoo
Member
Started playing this game after finishing demon souls, elden ring, shadow of the erd tree. I need therapy after first challenging enemy... 
I defeated Melania with sword and shield only .. how hard it could be .. but that deflect is just not clicking with me.
One question, are we supposed to keep the L1 button prssed (to defend) and click L1 again for deflect OR let go of the L1 and only press it when deflecting what is the right way?
Also is it even possible just go and fight enemies or only way is to jump around like monkey and use stealth to fight them?
I defeated Melania with sword and shield only .. how hard it could be .. but that deflect is just not clicking with me.
One question, are we supposed to keep the L1 button prssed (to defend) and click L1 again for deflect OR let go of the L1 and only press it when deflecting what is the right way?
Also is it even possible just go and fight enemies or only way is to jump around like monkey and use stealth to fight them?
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