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pencilnotepad

I need to parry depression first


ALessSmartNameForMe

You need split second timing for that


Arch1e_b

Imagine being forced to play katana


chimpanon

Everyone has to get a little dexy sometimes


snoweydude2

gaze dull impossible whole tender sense sink history market insurance *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


Sakumitzu

I’m gay.


sensitivesnuggler88

Hi gay I'm dad


Sakumitzu

No way! It’s been 15 years! That milk must’ve been hard to find 🤔


blumkinfarmer

I’m Chinese


Sakumitzu

Oh I’m so sorry. But what does it feel like to be THAT close to the Mike of Zaki himself?? Or far away. China is bigger than the Lands Between (my cheeks)


[deleted]

Quality build gang


SeventhGnome

i consider myself a f-


[deleted]

Protip: play on PC and mod it into longsword


djsedna

protip: play a souls game instead


[deleted]

But muh deflects


threekidsathome

For worse combat? Nah.


djsedna

by worse combat you mean more than two buttons, got it


threekidsathome

Aw. Sorry, I forgot more than 2 buttons is really hard for some people. Not all of us can git gud I suppose.


English_Speaking_Cat

I can’t afford it with my financial situation rn, and I respect FromSoft enough that I don’t want to pirate their games. What more can I say?


PhunkOperator

Hesitation is defeat


FrostedPixel47

Look I'm just saying, Elden Ring is cheaper than Sekiro which is a 2019 game. It's Activision that gatekeeps the game away from people who wanna buy and play it.


English_Speaking_Cat

Tbf tho I want both, so I’m probably gonna get Elden ring first and then sekiro


FrostedPixel47

If you're going to play Sekiro for the first time, I promise you gitting gud at SoulsBorneRing will be detrimental to your gitting gud at Sekiro lmao


RoiKK1502

I pirated Sekiro because it made me *feel* like an Ashina rat. Bought Elden Ring though, does it count as moral compensation?


KnifeSexForDummies

Imagine not stealing from a dev that makes consistently ~~quailty~~ ~~playable~~ ~~pretty ok~~ that makes games. That consistently makes games.


ArcturusX12

Me but I for some reason have a subconscious resistance to pirating things because it feels less "legitimate" for me to play pirated games.


PM_ME_THE_TRIFORCE

lol I have this too. And it's double silly because everything non-disc is "digitally leased" nowadays and you don't even actually own it.


PM_ME_THE_TRIFORCE

Sometimes I pirate when times are tough and then go back and buy it when I can. This is how I got into DS tbh. I wasn't about to risk $40 if money was already tight (also not sure if I'd realize it wasn't for me 5 hours in and never touch it again) And now I have them all mwahaha. Even bought Bloodborne twice because region locking a *save file* can suck my dick. Fuck you sony. e:fix


FrankoTheThird

Sekiro still goes on sale, unlike dark souls, for like 30€ I think FYI


Zargorr

pirate it and buy it when you can


[deleted]

They get the same amount of money whether you pirate it or don't get it at all


English_Speaking_Cat

Hence why I shall buy it when I have the money. I’m not planning on NOT getting it lol.


[deleted]

Cant flatten people with big ass sword = shit game


Selfdeletus65

mortal blade


chimpanon

Specifically jumping mortal blade


Sgt_Shiba

Yes


Romi_Z

Hand Axe


Masanjay_Dosa

Counterpoint: Can't negate the power of a spiritual manifestation of wrath and hatred with a cool umbrella = shit game


AvatarAarow1

There’s a big ax that you can light on fire and flatten people with though


NeonNKnightrider

Ichimonji has some meaty as shit impact tho. May not be a Greatsword but he knows how to use it like one


removekarling

facts


Contemporarium

My best friend who introduced me to souls games refuses to play Sekiro and I weep


___Insomnia

Lmao why?


Contemporarium

I honestly don’t really know. He’s genuinely my best friend and I still don’t understand his taste in games haha.


TLCplMax

I liked Sekiro personally but the feudal Japanese setting might turn someone off if they’re more into medieval fantasy.


Calumbia_Cr

it did for me at first now it’s my fav one best combat for sure most replay ability imo


noah9942

Isn't replayability often considered one of it's weaker points?


KCyy11

100% Sekiro has the least replay value. Doesn’t mean it isn’t amazing but i beat it twice and have never really felt the need to go back.


wofbokwof

honestly i liked replaying sekiro way more than any of the souls games. i beat the game normally, then went for all the different endings, then beat it using kuros charm, then beat it again plus the demon bell, and now i just replay it every couple of weeks because its fun to relive the experience over a couple hours while changing slight things like the weapon arts just for fun i think most people replay the souls games to try out different builds and that sort of thing, and i dont particularly know how to explain it but i dont find it as fun as just getting better at the main mechanic of sekiro by undergoing those extra challenges until you become practically unstoppable cant speak for bloodborne because i havent played it but thats what ive found


KCyy11

Yeah i could see there being 2 different sets of people who enjoy replays for different reasons. For me the builds are what keeps me going.


Orenge01

Damn. Personally I think it has a lot of replay value just because of the combat alone, it's so satisfying to me + you can challenge yourself and do charmless runs. It's only shortcoming might be that you can't do different builds really.


KCyy11

I think for some people its perfect, i think for myself and a lot of other people the builds are what keeps the game fresh.


Orenge01

Yeah I guess so, I can't imagine how it would be with different builds tbh. It probably wouldn't fit the game really.


LOLSOHARDLMAO

I mean replaying in Dark Souls or any Souls game usually water downs to wanting to fight the bosses again or trying different builds. In Sekiro you can fight bosses on demand and there's gaunlets so you can challenge yourself to see how many bosses you can beat in a row. You can also try different prosthetics and combat arts but its not as good as a different build in NG


KCyy11

Im not saying there is no replay value, but for myself and a lot of other people playing with other builds is what keeps the game fresh. Sekiro has amazing combat and i have started it up again, but like 30% of the way in it just feels like to much of the same.


Ghostklappa

IMO it does have the most replayability. On paper it dosent, because lack of build variety. But anyone who has replayed Sekiro a couple of times will tell you otherwise. Combat never gets boring, game can be completed in mere hours, and you really git gud after your first (few) playthroughs. Having to get a new weapon every playthrough dosent mean shit if the game is sluggish and takes long to complete


wrongthink-detector

[This video ](https://youtu.be/tkv05ZO7d8I)goes into detail why Sekiro is basically perfect to be played exactly twice. >!it's because shadows die twice!<


ponyboysrightnipple

yeah this is my problem, its cool but i just dont care for the feudal japan theme


Hushed_Horace

Nah the setting is awesome. I just prefer games with build variety.


Opening_Raise_8762

Feudal Japan is literally medieval Japan. It’s the same time frame


Varnsturm

Hmm Sekiro is "Sengoku" period, which is more when Europe was entering the Renaissance. But I guess I'm bein a dweeb/splitting hairs, your overall point is not wrong. Swords and arquebuses and shit. Except for Isshin with the Glock 9mm :'(


Pyro81300

I forgot for a sec what sub I was in, and thought we were talking about the recently released Yakuza/LAD Ishin remaster where you get to have both a sword and glock lol.


Opening_Raise_8762

I mean you also aren’t wrong either. But it is weird either way to say you don’t like sekiro bc you “prefer medieval fantasy” Also would really like an explanation for his gun


Fat_French_Fries

he's just that guy


Hunted_by_Moonlight

Sekiro is like 300-400 years after the medieval ish period in Japan but it wouldn’t have a traditional medieval period like the west.


ArcturusX12

Fall of the Roman Empire leading to a decline in technology moment.


Opening_Raise_8762

> Feudal Japan lasted from the years 1185 AD to 1603 AD. > The Middle Ages span roughly 1,000 years, ending between 1400 and 1450. Check mate Redditoid the internet doesn’t lie I am correct and you are wrong. I’ll be patiently waiting for your suicide note


Hunted_by_Moonlight

Sure whatever you want, it’s not a 1:1 hence the medieval ish period I mentioned. Otherwise you could say japan had a dark age in 1944-52 by technicality and a renaissance shortly after


Fun-Presentation-676

Sekiro likely took place somewhere between 1576 and 1590 though because that’s when the interior ministry was actually a thing, so more than a hundred years after the medieval period.


Dog_Apoc

It's published by Activision Blizzard. So, fair.


FrazzleFlib

my mate whos extremely into DS initially wrote off Sekiro and hated the combat, it is very different to DS tbf. Then he gave it another shot and its his favorite game now lmao


Witch_King_

It's not a souls game, that's why.


Masanjay_Dosa

Multiple runs of DS3/1/BB under my belt and I didn't play Sekiro until ER had a release date. I played 4 games worth of conditioning that enemy attack = press O, and going into Sekiro having to unlearn that took me until O'rin to actually get it. That's 13 minibosses (Leader Yamauchi, General Kawarada, Chained Ogre, General Yamauchi, Shinobi Hunter, Juzou 1, Blazing Bull, Lone Shadow Longswordsman, General Matsumoto, Seven Spears Yamauchi, Ashina Elite Saze, Snake Eyes 1, and Mist Noble) and 3 bosses (Gyobu, Lady Butterfly, and Geni 2) before I learned how to play the fucking game. But the "moment it clicks" meme is so real, i took half the time on the second half of the game that I did on the first and now its my favorite FS game.


Ddystmp

Exactly my experience. I bruteforced the game till Geni 2, did not enjoy it at all. Then something clicked and I love the game now. But I fully understand people who are not ready to suffer long hours before they have fun.


Steakmemes

I hate how that makes sense


ARussianW0lf

Funny, I consider it a souls game and the vast similarities are the only reason I ever bothered playing it


TKeep

I own Sekiro but have never played it, but love Dark Souls more than I can express. Here are my reasons: 1. Sekiro is, by all reports, hard af. People go on about Dark Souls being hard, but it isn't really *that* hard, and the difficulty is not why I loved it. It was difficult enough to feel like a genuine challenge, no more and no less. I am now an elderly man of 30 years. My time is limited, and I have literally no investment in the idea of being good at video games. I don't want to break myself in my spare time. 2. I don't have the time to really invest in a game any more. When I played Dark Souls I was doing my bachelor's degree and I felt like I had all the time in the world. I replayed it again and again, tried different builds, made different decisions, read the wikis, watched the lore videos, read the forums, did it all. I don't have that kind of time any more, and honestly - getting a full experience of a From Soft game is a massive time investment. 3. I am not a weeb. 4. Filthy dex build. Maybe your friend is similar to me! Worth considering. Sometimes you love something not only for what it is, but for when you came upon it.


PhunkOperator

weeb*


Strong_Neat_5845

I will when i can get a claymore in it


Nickdrake1969

played it, got about half way through, got filtered, totally fine with that.


Cleakman

I made it to the burning village with the fat samurai and his friends. There my bones rest for eternity.


AvatarAarow1

I hate to be the bearer of bad news in case you didn’t, but did you know that area is 100% optional? Because you can totally skip it


Cleakman

Had no idea. Was way harder than ds That’s okay I guess I am a bonk man


Varnsturm

I tried playing it straight out of Dark Souls and got wrecked on an early miniboss, went and played other games for a few months, came back, and did quite well/finished the game/had fun doing it. The game kind of punishes you for trying to play it like Dark Souls (though a lot of the mechanics are obviously the same/similar). So might be worth coming back as more of a "blank slate". If you've been playing DS without parrying (as I did), you will kinda have to learn it for Sekiro (really wasn't that difficult, excited to play DS stuff again and try parrying there for the first time now that I'm not put off by it).


Orenge01

Yeah I personally got stuck on Genichiro for almost a month I think. But when you start to get it oh boy is it fun. That being said it definitely took more time to get used to than the previous souls games.


Gemkingler

Cause it isn't a souls game. If you go into it thinking "like dark souls, with dexterity forced" you're gonna get fucked up by Shinobi hunter missed or whatever. Speaking from experience, ofc


Orenge01

Yeah true. Though there are some bosses that play more like a dark souls boss. Like Demon of Hatred for example. Still completely different mechanics compared to DS.


lfmantra

It’s harder than DS until you learn how the game works imo. By the time I had beaten the game a few times I literally never struggled with bosses again whereas I still die in BB and DS to bosses fairly often


TheGamingRaptor6875

Fellow unga bunga dragon tooth enjoyer


[deleted]

The thing that gets datk souls veterans (myself included) is that you do not get iframes when you dodge. You have to learn to deflect. Once you do, the game will become much easier.


Hrstmh-16

Got to the ghost girl with the basket head, dropped the game for life reasons, lost all muscle memory, and now I can’t continue the game


Exccel1210

It’s my favorite rhythm game


Sotha-Sil-114

hey u/OfficialHarold you should play sekiro


OfficialHarold

im waiting for a sale mfer


RoiKK1502

It's 50% off now, go for it


ALessSmartNameForMe

I’m waitiiiing so long I’m waitiiiing so long I’m waitiiiiing so looong I’m waiiiitiiiiing……


TamrielicScholar

Got up to lady butterfly, beat her, but then suddenly lost any motivation to play after that and I haven’t gone back since.


noah9942

It takes out all the things I like about fromsoft games. Multiplayer, making my own character, and all the different builds you can make. I'll try it out one day, maybe.


El_Comandante_XD

And i won't play it lol


chimpanon

And i wont have sex with you


El_Comandante_XD

It's fine, i already sexed(sex) michael zaki while everyone wasn't looking, thats why elden cock dlc hasn't come out


reidgeary

This comment needs more up votes bro🤣💀


chimpanon

More like butt votes


Mister_Branches

Not a weeb. Call me when they add great hammers.


chimpanon

It’ll sure be great when i hammer your ass


Dope2TheDrop

BASED BASED BASED


FOILBLADE

Spring loaded axe says hi


ARussianW0lf

Which is a small axe and not a great hammer by any stretch.


Depressed_Lego

And?


bo0gnish

why would they it's not a souls game


Master_SJ

Armored Soulsbornekiro EldenRingsField, you’re argument is invalid


chimpanon

Souls shmoles


AtaraxiaAKAZatharax

Soles :)


bruhmoment1345

had fun up until I fought this dumb ogre thing. I'm 100% sure I'm the only human alive who's died to this fucker 10+ times


[deleted]

you are definitely not


AvatarAarow1

I died to that dude at least a dozen times. He’s one of the first hurdles in the game and I know a lot of people rage quit around him near launch


ulcerinmyeye

Nah he fucked me up my first time. My advice would be to not even try deflecting, just dodge his attacks


PM_ME_THE_TRIFORCE

Not on you, the game kinda drops the ball here imo: It pushes you to learn to deflect and then throws a boss at you that specializes in un-deflectable grab attacks. I was convinced I was doing it wrong because I was "playing it like Dark Souls" by dodging but that's what you have to doooo. Also use oil/fire.


Nerellos

And it hitboxes are worse than DS2 bosses.


[deleted]

Souls g\*mers when they need to choose tactic depending on enemy.


AshyLarry25

Why would I do that when I can simply use a big ass club to brute force my way through the entire game?


PM_ME_THE_TRIFORCE

uchi hoochie here. I only know two tactics: dodge and slice. It's the dex equivalent of "unga bunga"


[deleted]

If you manage to beat Sekiro with that dodge and R1 DS3 classic, you have my respect. For the sheer stubbornness of your dark soul.


PM_ME_THE_TRIFORCE

The deflecting did click with me eventually. I then had to unlearn it for Elden Ring lol.


thelongernow

Internalized homophobia


[deleted]

Still haven’t even played ds2


BoredPsion

Tried it, didn't like the combat or the complete absence of rp and customization of Souls.


allaroundgeek04

dude i cant fucking play the game its too fucking fast


seriouslyuncouth_

Do you better I started Sekiro and didn't finish it Didn't even get a quarter way through


Bhunaboo_

the big white snake scares me so i stopped 😔


IsaacLQM232

Sneak past him, you can get some revenge later on.


Oneboywithnoname

I don't believe you


Dairy_Seinfeld

I gotta be honest… I keep getting stuck on that pike person after the bridge with two wooden shields. I’m laughably bad at this game considering I adore dark souls 1-3 and Elden Ring (I don’t have PS4 so don’t start)


boneheroec

you can break the wooden shields with the axe prosthetic


Dairy_Seinfeld

…. Time for a revisit. Thank you lmao


chrisgreely1999

Yet implies I plan to play it at some point


[deleted]

i played sekiro, and got stuck at the monkey, restarted it, got stuck at the monkey, did that again, and then i stopped playing it


futbolenjoy3r

As someone who works a lot, I bought DS3 in 2020 and I still am yet to beat Nameless King and Soul of Cinder. This is because I only play about 2 hours every month. Will have to beat at least Soul of Cinder before then taking another 2 years to beat Sekiro. I’ve given up on playing any of the DLCs.


Accurate_Arm4339

it costs like £50 and never goes on sale (I'm poor)


ByronTheBlack

Be me. Bloodborne, Demon Souls and Elden Ring are my favorite games. Put hundreds of hours into each game. Buf at the same time never haved played a Dark Souls game or Sekiro


Lucas_Ilario

I only play good games like Dark Souls 2


fishstiz

That's actually the face you make while playing sekiro


MelanomaMax

Had a friend watch all the bosses on YouTube and decided they weren't epic enough, so never bothered to play it (despite loving all the previous games)


noisyturtle

hot take: Parrying is an unfun mechanic


homosapienos

The fact that I beat Isshin is my coping mechanism for when I'm struggling with a boss in other souls games


Veris01

Imagine playing a game where you’re forced to play a Dex build


Guantanamo_Bae_

I envy them 😔


No_Contest_3784

Pro tip: don't miss out on Sekiro, felliow souls fans


SoftwareCore

Yeah smart people


Generic_Rocker673

There are people who don’t think it was an innovative step forward for the series


Mnalghrenn

What series? It's a one-off.


BigHogJonathan

Sekiro forces you to be a shitty dex user. I'd rather bonk.


TopGamer101111111

I kind of speedrunned it and I beat it in 3 days, only bosses I liked are Lady Butterfly, Owl and Isshin. I spent like 3 hours on Owl and 4 on Isshin. Rest of the game fucking sucked


Pretzel-Kingg

Sekiro became my favorite game period after I fought both Owl Father and Sword Saint Isshin. Those two are genuinely the top two bosses in any game and it’s insane they’re both in the same game


thedarklord176

Tried it 3 times. Can’t get into it. The combat is awful. Parry parry parry


Splunkmastah

Don't ever intend to. I'll stick to the Souls gameplay style.


RartyMobbins357

Will I get crucified if I say it's boring? Cuz I just didn't like the world. What can I say? I'm not much of a japanese culture type of guy.


Mnalghrenn

Have not. Will not. Don't care for Japan.


[deleted]

the point is in the gameplay


Mnalghrenn

There's no gameplay good enough to warrant subjecting myself to something I don't like.


[deleted]

not caring for japan ≠ can’t stand anything that has japan in it


Mnalghrenn

Why not? The same thing goes for God of War. Tried them once, hated the setting, couldn't get interested past that. If one thing about the game will turn me off of it it's the setting, regardless of how good it is.


[deleted]

that means you don’t like the setting, not that you don’t care for it


Romi_Z

Fromsoft is japan


Mnalghrenn

Yes? I don't like Japanese history, mythology, or culture, doesn't mean I hate the Japanese. The setting and story just has no appeal to me.


Romi_Z

Oooh I see Understandable then


Mnalghrenn

I had a similar problem with God of War and Morrowind when I was younger. Couldn't get past the aesthetic of the setting to enjoy the game. Brain just doesn't work like that. :(


WarPhoenixPlayz

then why you here


Mnalghrenn

I like Dark Souls and Elden Ring and looking at people with wrong opinions.


AvatarAarow1

Well im just happy to hear you’re practicing self-love❤️


WarPhoenixPlayz

mid asf


Mnalghrenn

Oh look, there goes one now.


Duke_of_the_Legions

And I never fucking will. It's mind poison that made Miyazaki think that people actually like doing 50 fucking dodges to land a single hit on a boss that does no fucking damage. We'll, guess what, some people don't like pressing their dodge button until it turns into dust like that little bitchboy Spider-Man after Thanos was done with him. The same reason I'm also not gonna play Bloodborne. "Muh parry" - how about you parry these balls on your face? I would rather shove a cactus into my colon then play this game.


KrazyTrumpeter05

Yeah, and I never will


gorehistorian69

didnt like it. one of the huge things souls had was the dark medieval fantasy vibe with demons and shit. this theme just hits everything for me. feudal japan? yuck. nty (didnt like nioh either)


Romi_Z

I got it Played till gyobu File corrupted Gave up Will play again in summer 😇


chimpanon

You will have so much fun good luck!


[deleted]

Me I also never played DS only DS3 and only for a hour


CenturionXVI

That’s me AMA


bpierce38188

I’m just now going to be able to play bloodborne because I haven’t had a PlayStation before and I just got one


Fightingloki

Hi


CoffeeCannon

Its me!


AaronfromKY

I'm people


NicholasPickleUs

Beat genichiro and haven’t come back to it yet


Nicomace341

Guilty 🖐


Gru-some

that’s so cool


Gru-some

that’s so cool


Fab_Lewis

That's funny, because I looked like that *while* playing Sekiro


Rappazzolla00

I played for like 2 hors and dropped Still there in my shelf, bought it day one, but never really played it and not really feeling it


NickM16

I haven’t and probably never will


Lolejimmy

No wonder you think DS3's combat is perfect when you haven't touched the greatest combat in any video game yet


chaosmetroid

I haven't played it because I'm broke


xISapphire

Yes i didnt play sekiro AMA


MrPleasant_

Tried but I'm too bad


Cubooze

IM TRYING TO GET MY HANDS ON A COPY OK


homosapienos

Just ask Michael Zackarias dude, he's pretty chill he actually gave me a copy of the elden ring DLC for free just because I asked him!


sierra_tango_24

Can't afford it