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.

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

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.

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 gamer

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.

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.

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 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.

One of my favorite rhythm games

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.

Very good, but also very hard. If you haven't played a soulslike or a game focused on parrying before it may be worth trying something simpler first to make sure you enjoy the genre. The story is fine, but the main focus is on the gameplay.

Best sword combat that exists in a game

In dark souls the kind of equipment you use dictates your play experience. A person using a fast weapon will have an entirely different experience than someone using a slow weapon or magic. Sekiro took the experience of using a fast dex based weapon and gave it a bunch more features. So if dexbuilds and movment were your favorite part of dark souls then you will like it. I tend to prefer to use str builds and shields so I never quite got the feel for it despite being able to tell it is good

Fantastic game if you enjoy soulslikes and rhythm games

i really enjoyed it but it is very much a gitgud souls game because it doesn't have dodge roll i-frames, you have to parry to avoid damage. and that means some bosses and enemies are wew, i never managed to beat the last boss cuz I got lazy and tired but the game was very enjoyable, the world was amazing to explore and i enjoyed the story and NPC interactions a lot more than Elden Ring and Bloodborne. There is a ton of mobility and a focus on stealth which makes it stand out from other souls titles. finding secrets while exploring felt really rewarding as did planning out fights from the shadows or rooftops and picking off enemies one by one.

probably my favorite souls game out of the 3 i played

It's the best game in the Batman Arkham series.

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.

When the shadows died, I was like whoah!, but then they died again!

It's good, folks.

However, if you don't have much action game experience you'll probably struggle, and while the story is strong for a souls game it's still pretty weak compared to just about anything else.

It's very good

Its good. I like it more than other so called soul likes other than nioh and I don't like souls like in general. But then I like fast pace.

you can cheese a lot of fights by baiting an attack, sprinting away, and then attacking them after they finish.

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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