Sekiro

>People literally defending this thing skipping frames and grabbing the player

Bias and pride make humans terrible.

just time your shit, it's not that hard. You completely mis-time it and no shit he will grab you

He can turn 80 degrees in the air and touching the outside of his arm despite not being in his grasp counts as a grab. Its dumb there is no need to defend it.

Feels good having an XBONE controller :))

>Make a model for an average anglo
>Call it an Ogre
What did they mean by this?

This. They always say "Git Gud" but it's just the game forcing you to play it's way. There's no creativity if the game punishes you for seemingly creative answers that would make sense if attacks didn't snap into place or tracked in an unrealistic fashion.

This is what I call an out of genre enemy.

Its a Dark Souls enemy. Mega-Poise, slow and spams attacks that can only be avoided through dodging. However much like Dark Souls 3 had enemies that were blatantly just Bloodborne enemies thrown into the game it feels strange because dodging doesn't have the same I-frames it did Dark Souls so it just becomes an annoying enemy that feels different than every other enemy because it was in fact from a different game.

How the fuck do you beta this thing? 7 attempts now and only got his bar down once

Figure out his moveset and wait until he does an attack you think is safe to punish. Don't try to dodge his grabs, just put yourself in a position where he has no chance of grabbing you ever. Also he's weak to fire, it stuns him for a bit.

His grabs are what get me. So is everyone cheesing this guy or something? His grab is too fast

Just like Dark Souls

He actually looks like a rejected design for those pot/saw enemies in DaS3.

Any tips for killing shieldfags other than ashes? Takes for fucking ever.

just jump out of the way and use your grappling hook

>stab the big snek
>REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
now he's even more mad at me,where the fuck do i go

The axe.

I’m trying to not use the hook in this fight because it seems cheesy. Is that what you are meant to do? Bs enemy

>having low reaction time
Maybe its time for you to just stick to turn based rpgs ossan.

It is just an updated design for the Lycanthropes in 3 with a giants moveset.

You can parry him but obviously it's much harder than just getting out of the way

Beat him on first try with the fire prosthetic.
That spear nigger in the past or whatever it is keeps kicking my ass though.

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Spam circle while locked on when you see that he's going to stab your ass

Literally unplayable on PC with Kbm. Also what is with that screen tearing everytime you move? Made a Steam Refund after the first hour playing it.

>Literally unplayable on PC with Kbm.
No shit, retard

>AAA developer can´t into PC port

imagine being so fucking retarded you can't manage movement plus 3 buttons.

This, glad I pirated it, need to buy me some xbone controller or ds4.

I mean, an xbox controller would have the same problem without the ability to use Dinput if I want. :)))

any tips for killing faggots with spears? I'm getting autistically angry at these fucks

>playing this kind of game with kbm
Absolute assmad retard

steam big picture > sekiro > controller configuration > templates > gamepad with camera controls > apply configuration

wow that's so hard

I’m I just realised you’re “meant” to get the fire prosthetic. This whole time I’ve been trying without it. I was so close with one attempt. Oh well

>mfw beat him first try without using fire

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I had to disable all nvidia and steam shit running msconfig to get it working

I just went back to playing today after getting bumfucked by that ogre and the drunkard and I went back to the ogre and killed him first try, I also killed the other mini boss after the ogre first try too. Now I'm trying to get through the serpent.

The key to defeating the ogre is to clear the area, lose the aggro, stealth fuck his first hp bar then run in circles around him and hit him twice after he misses his attacks. It's pretty easy once you get it down.

I played DS1 with kbm and it was the best experience ever.

Mikiri counter skill for thrust attacks

Liar ahead.

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>Yea Forums trannies outing themselves as useless shits

perfect

Nope, but i admit i had to mod it with the DSmousefix.

Right now the only controller in my list is the ds4. It STILL isn't working. Using it through big picture in steam. ds4windows also doesn't work.

>no summons
>no overleveling
It’s like pottery

>Fighting the drunkard
>Die to shockwave
Please tell me this was just bad luck and the shockwave shit isn't here too.

This game legit has worse teleporting grabs than DS2 but fromdrones will defend objectively bad game design with the usual "git gud XDD" memeshit

Wait, am I missing something? I killed him without this fire thing, am I supposed to get it after defeating drunkard?

>steam
thank god I pirated this game, fuck steam and it's ds4 support.

Why the fuck is using the tools the game gives you "cheesy"?
Fucking use the hook instead of bitching about his moveset.
Jesus christ you 11'rs that got into Dark Souls with the whole "Prepare to Die xddd" marketing bullshit really are a cancer to this franchise. I bet you bitch about people usong shields too instead of playing every souls boss like a glorified stepmania level where you time dodge presses and hit r1 every once in a while.
Go fuck yourself

I have only been grabbed twice in 10 hours, could it be that you're just bad?

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I pirated it as well though user. I'm trying it through steam as a non-steam game since you can edit the controller shit a bit better. It's just not fucking working.

I'll wait until the inevitable balance patch

You have to have DS4windows launched in exclusive mode as well. Close steam, close Nvidia shadowplay, and then launch DS4windows. It will say at the bottom if you're in exclusive mode or not.

To kill shadowplay's process you have to end the service "NVDisplay.ContainerLocalSystem"

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the flame vent prosthetic is earlier on at the Hirata estate, a group of looters are sitting around a fire, it is in the fire itself

Yeah I don't know what the fuck I just did, but I quit steam and booted up DS4Windows again and now it works. I spent like 3+ hours on this and now it works randomly. What the fuck.

The game gives me the same fun I only had with DaS 1. It's a magical experience. But it kicks my ass into the ground. I just managed to kill one of the mini bosses.

git gud

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Don't like it either.

>bosses only damaged by le crit move
>can only hook in designated hooking spots
>can't hook enemies
>shallow moveset and combat
>air kill only works if you are undetected
>being bad at the game makes it harder
>using an axe (or any tool) needs magical ninja paper (wtf??)
>everything is ugly and washed out
>game is the same as every other feudal japan game in existence
>all the main characters talk in super serious, monotonous low tone
>made by NAMBLA
>shit sfx and music
>all the enemies are samefags
>one shitty sword
>no online features

God forbid a game makes you play by its rules.

yeah I don't really understand how this game is 60 bucks

Coming from DMC5. Why does this feel so sluggish?
I thought Fromshit was supposed to have good gameplay

Love the salt lads, keep it coming
Maybe if you cry enough From will patch in npc summons

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poor old guy

now THIS is shitposting

Git gud, if you play this game like dark souls then you will have a bad time

You can hook bosses after they do certain attacks.

The original appeal of Demon's Souls and Dark Souls was that their combat was slower and more deliberate. But it seems like they were only slow because From/Miyazaki weren't confident they could craft fast-paced melee combat. Bloodborne and DaS3 sped things up significantly and Sekiro is following that trend.

YOOOOOOOO
CLACK CLACK

sekiro is a good game
gitgud faggot

>need to make feudal japan """"soundtrack""""
>ok get the YOOOOO machine, the KNOC KNOCK sticks, the TWEELDYFLOO flute noise and the BADADUM drum sound effect
>...aaaand we're done.

What do the coins above corpses mean? I can't seem to pick them up.

>looks just like dark souls
>instead of making dark souls 4 we got not dark souls
?
and I WANT TO MAKE A FAT FEMALE CHARACTER FUCK THIS FORCED CHARACTER BULLSHIT LET ME BE A FAT ASS BITCH WITH A GIANT GUTS SWORD WHO INVADES OTHER PLAYERS AS I LEVEL!!!!

Hold square/X

They're just being realistic.

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The delusion that From Software can make an actual good game is the surest sign of weeb mental illness.

I'm getting my ass kicked with the horse guy. I managed to get his hp down to like 10% though.

this board is bumming me out, I know you're probably fakeposting but imagine someone feeling like this and still keeping video games as a hobby

ogre tiddies

Why he got red eyes like dark souls 3 enemies?

They legit haven't made a great game since Armored Core 5 and haven't made an action game with good gameplay ever.
The fact that Sekiro has worse gameplay than Nioh which came out 2 years ago is pathetic.
Miyazaki is a hack fraud

>he doesn't like the shamisen
gayboy detected

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>he doesn't have a real gaming controller for his PC
Sad. Snoyggers lose again.

>action game with good gameplay ever
>he didn't play Otogi
Kill yourself you zoomer fucking shit.

>Pirated
Is this game actually piratable already or is this a Nintenigger psyop?

That looks so boring. Not even any blood when you hit him.

based phoneposter NPC

>DS4 worked fine straight away
Gotta suck being retarded.

you can turn blood off; it's there when I hit him in my game

Aww is it too hard for you little user? Maybe you should play Minecraft.

Otogi was just another b level From Software product. They either don't have the time, the money, or the resources to make a game that plays like a dream so they produce clunk that people praise as being "deliberate".

I feel like that is just that enemy from Dark Souls 3 that shows up in the swam and in that on cell in the prison.

it was pirateable before you could play it from steam

Kekm

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Souls games have always been cheese fest and absolute bullshit. Everyone just accepts it.
Helps you can cheese enemies back pretty hard too

Just because I’m at work it won’t stop me from shitting on shitters

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does his dropkick really track in midair

IT'S ALL OGRE NOW

I'm at the point where I need to kill Butterfly, or Blazing bull, and you know what? I'd rather just stop playing.

If you pirated it and use ds4windows, look up how to install HIDGuardian, it's in the wiki on ryochan7 github. They fucked up something in the last few releases and it doesn't hide the ds4 anymore. Had the same problem yesterday

Ok, From are happy for you paying for their game
>inb4 I pirated it
Then you have no say about it anyway

The Ogre is pretty easy if you keep your distance and just look for openings in his attacks, same with Shinobi Hunter

I was actually grabbed one time in my first attempt against this guy. Don't blame the game blame your reflexes.

His dive grab is the only thing that really has tracking and its the only move he has which is actually dangerous. if you are physically at all you will get hit by it. His hitbox is the entire front of his body and not just the area within his arms where the grab would logically occur.

Which is where most of the issues are coming from. People are yelling that they are getting grabbed despite dodging. However because this is FROM his entire front half turns into his hitbox so if he glances you with the side of his arm while doing it the animation skips to him grabbing you as if it actually landed making people think he is doing sick turns in the air and tracking you like crazy.

The grab itself has some tracking but the thing people are bitching about is actually just a hitbox being stupidly huge and the animation jumping to fit it.

How the FUCK do you beat the purple ninja? I already got what he's guarding but he probably drops something.

God, the combat is boring. Either you parry everything or it takes ages to kill anything.

Jump down, wait for de-agrro and then shank purple drank man for relaxing.

this game is seriously not fun at all

the literal recommended combat against strong enemies is simply just reflect then attack

which would be fine, if not for the fact your poise meter builds faster than theirs

>His dive grab is the only thing that really has tracking
He literally did a 180 midair to hit me with his drop kick.

I just beat the flame bull is the fire prosthetic the only one I missed I still only have the shuriken tool at this point bros

Purple spear ninja after a white spear? Just sneak attack them.

Holy fucking shit I won't spoil it but the fight in the swamp with the buddha was kino as fuck
>that BB feel
>that grab mechanics
>that execution

Did you only get one hour in?

You're missing the axe and firecrackers, at least.

>no healing
>Purple ninja appears
>well shit, oh well, I’ll kite him and pick him off slowly
>get instant killed
Welp, gonna cheese this nigga next time

>>being bad at the game makes it harder
lmao

>can't overlevel and oneshot everything
>can't summon your butt buddies to gank everything
This game is literally exposing the shitters

yes, got killed a couple of times because of that

I've never actually seen him do that.

>yfw you realize that the chain ogre is literally a whitoid filthy gaijin

>damage sponge enemies
Most enemies die in one solid hit. If you pay attention most strikes aren't actually hitting the enemy. Also git gud. The game tells you exactly how to beat that ogre

I'm shocked I'm getting 60fps @ 1080p on my old ass 770gtx in this game.
On all HIGH settings too.

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>playing games for challenge
how sad your life must be

Fuck yeah, finally killed the horse guy.

Where's the fire prosthetics? I think I missed that.

if only the combat was good, because right now when you fight katana wielding minibosses/bosses, you have just keep reflecting

>Sekiro is too hard for western babbies

Ooooh, did the game hurt your feewings?

>They always say "Git Gud"
>but it's just the game forcing you to play it's way
That's literally what gitting gud is. Learn the rules, execute them well, you win

Despite the more obvious tutorial there is so much more to take in, everything feels like it has a purpose

Unlike Dark Souls where I just didn't use 90% of the shit that I had

what item should i get from the fishscale merchant?

It's in the memory with the burning estate where you fight the drunkard. Look for a bonfire with some looters sitting around, it's quite a bit before the fight

Hello fellow Kotaku reader!
Is this your first Fromsoft game too?

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>this enemy is BS because I refuse to use the tools offered to me in the game
Based retard

Yeah, I was confused at first too. Keep looking in that area, you'll find it

>beat Genichiro
>haha get fucked faggot
>it wasn't even his final form

fuck

If I’m going to criticize something it the game CONSTANTLY pausing to show me what I picked up, ive had it happen for the same item too (ashes) really annoying when it dies this in the middle of a fight.

Axe is a one shot basically. Breaks shield and removes all of their posture

Maybe you should read the tutorial prompts, dipshit

just explore the area before you fight those guys. there is a little house you can open that has the axe in it

>pirated the pc cause I heard it performs better in pc
>micro-stutter during fights (I have a 2080ti)
>vibration not working for ps4 controller
>Can't launch in HDR mode on my HDR monitor
Guess I will just get the ps4 version instead

>ENB shows off how easy the game is if you know what the fuck you're doing
>fuck it lets spend an hour thanking subs
streaming was a mistake

Died three times to the alabard guy but damn it felt good to kill him.

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>playing games to have fun
Fucking insane, right?

Thanks, I got it.

the tutorial prompts includes a hidden way to attack katana wielders without them reflecting 24/7?

The game is literally built around this mechanic.

It's a good fight. Oniwa and his horse both look cool as shit, and I love how big the arena is

Yes, which is why the combat isn't good. The "fight" with them is just watching and then reflecting their scripted attacks. Repeat until their posture breaks, then go for the visceral.

Ds4 sucks and so does ds4windows. Just buy an xbox controller it works on everything.

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Thanks for the info friend

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Of course your posture meter also builds faster than theirs.

I've sneaked up on koi fuckers three times now, both from land and water, and never can I hit them poit blank. I killed a couple yesterday but it's not happening now. Are their hurtboxes just trash and you have to get lucky or is there a way to assassinate them or something?

How much harder is the game actually with this?

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>>being bad at the game makes it harder

And being good at it makes it easier?! WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?

>Try stealth in a FROM game
>Kill one guy
>Everyone else alerted because dumbfuck level design.

Nice stealth you have there. I've seen guards like directly at each other like 3 times already. Just fucking over players with a mandatory alert.

It's supposed to be feel slower
However, I'm not really feeling the parry timings in this game. In DMC it's just "press button right before the attack hits you", here it feels like it has input lag/start up frames

Does it stutter when you’re outside I have an R9 390 and a Ryzen 5 1500 and I’m getting 40-50 outside when there’s enemies do you have g-sync off

This shit bothers me too. How is it a "stealth kill" if it alerts everyone with 8000 miles?

Your bar also recovers faster, it’s why you throw the occasional attack or throw a shuriken here and there to apply pressure.

git fucking gud, if you parry it right you would barely get any "poise meter"

Why do peppe find that hard? Are Souls babbies trying to iframe through attacks instead of dodging away from them? Or is there a massive input lag that makes reaction-dodging or parrying impossible?

It is literally the overleveling/summoning babies crying.

Anyone else feel like this game is... I don't know, it's gonna sound cheesy but.. it doesn't have the "soul" of Souls games?
This feels more like something that has a touch of western dev-ness to it somehow. I mean I've no idea how much Activison was involved here but...

*People
Fuck I’m hungover

both

They probably never solo’d O&S, you mean.

Does the game run well on ps4?

Only one i dont like is the air kill thing

>..
>..
>..

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>me playing dmc5 on dmd
>damn this is pretty hard. i'm gonna take a break and come back.
>me playing sekiro
>FUCK. THIS IS HORSESHIT. PISS ON THIS SHITTY GAME. ALT+F4

i'm not sure what the nuance of this particular type of difficulty is, but it's really fucking frustrating. i kinda wish i knew what it was that drives me nuts exactly.

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It's not a souls game for one. The atmosphere is completely different. The menu pauses the game. The help prompts are always on. The attack don't have any weight on them.

Controller issues or just game jank, with regard to lag?

Am I missing something here? Sekiro just looks very boring to me, but I might just be burned out after dealing with the shitheaps that were Dark Souls 2 and 3, what's the attraction?

>norfnews

Figures.

the number one rule of sekiro, don't run and don't attack

always reflect

Base or pro? Aparently both run better then their Xbox counterparts ps4 base is 1080p@30fps and ps4 pro is True4k@40-45fps

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>slash slash slash slash finisher
This game looks boring as fuck and that enemy is a damage sponge.

actually running away from the enemy to bait them to attack you works sometimes

other enemies will auto reflect your attacks lmao, it really is boring as fuck

>ps4
>true 4k
You memeing or do you actually think it's 4k?

Menu pausing, talking prevents actions, cutscenes are more frequent than just boss intros, tutorial prompts everywhere, NPCs are marked as friendly from far away, auto-walk and no weapons in hub, it tells you if you aggrod an enemy. They definitely got some tips from Activision.

most of them seem fine, besides the ogre's charging grab but i always tried to side step it when you are supposed to jump.

You need to attack towards the start of an encounter to get the enemy's HP down so their posture doesn't immediately regenerate

>R1 R1 R1 R1 dodge R1 R1 R1 R1 dodge

this is embarassing, even bloodborne has more depth

It is 4K unironically I’m just as surprised as you are however it doesn’t have as good shadow quality and LOD At distance as Xbox one x but also Xbox one x also runs at 35-40 with a lot of fluctuation

Im not memeing but I found the game boring and the combat didnt feel great at all, granted I was expecting a souls game not this.

Maybe I am burnt out on souls titles and this just dosnt appeal unless its just like how bloodborne was a literal souls game in a different setting.

I refunded, but Im sure the games fine and its just different.

Bump, another two failed attempts.

Fuck koi fishing

>being bad at the game makes it harder

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>boss battle begins
>FWEEEEE FWEWEWEWEWEWEWEW

How's trying to heal while moving, huh clawlet?

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because from software doesn't put 10gb textures with retarded caching in 1080p games like most devs do recently

when you level up stealth it goes the opposite way, you will kill people almost in front of others and they won't care lol

>drop kicks
>elbow drops
Was he a draw?

This is worse than batman because batman was at least interesting to look at.

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I'm trying to like this game but I'm really not enjoying it.

What is the point of graphic settings if they change nothing?
The game looks the same at all low and at all high/max. And the fps difference is like 2 fps if even.

What gives?

i think my main issue is that i can't get away from an enemy. even trash mobs seem to go nuclear and unleash a vortex of attacks. they'll catch you if you try to jump away, they'll catch you if you try to dodge away. the only option you have is to face them head on and eat shit if you don't know their pattern.

the spear boss is a good example
>far away from him
>he charges up a thrust
>unlock and run backwards, jumping away when he gets close
>he just stabs me midair anyway
>ok that won't work
>happens again
>this time i dodge to the side a couple times
>he pulls an instant 90 degree turn mid-charge and stabs me anyway

i understand the game wants to study and understand enemy behaviors, but how are you supposed to when you're essentially locked into a hit-or-block-only scenario?

The game isn’t bad, you are. Cry more shitter.

It is fucking hilarious when an enemy does a god damn drop kick and just pivot/homes in on you in midair

>Bloodborne enemies in DS3
>DS3 enemies in Sekiro
>Sekiro ninja enemies in Sci-fi Souls
>Sci-fi robots in Bloodborne 2
From better catch up before this gets out of hand.

Ok

>>being bad at the game makes it harder

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Speaking of which I wonder what character will be in the DLC.

Dark Souls 1 had Chester who was a Bloodborne clue. Bloodborne Yamamura who was a Sekiro clue. What will the clue be for Sekiro? Some guy in broken down futuristic power armor?

Oh no, you have to play by the rules the game defines for you! How awful!

HOW

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>pirated version doesn't work properly
god you are stupid. game runs flawless on my 1070 at max everything

Isn't Dragon Rot like Demon's Souls tendency? In that case he's not wrong, even if it's scrub mentality.

>Can't power trough the game with an optimal build and overleveled character
>WAAAAHH

is this shit worth buying? what's it for?

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Arbitrary rules are stupid. Wanting playing to fight a certain way and as a result giving enemies crazy tracking or attack snapping is just stifling. If you don't want players to fight a certain way don't give them those options. But to give them those options and then for certain enemies just totally break them intentionally to prevent players from fighting that way is retarded.

If you give players tools don't arbitrarily and cheaply render them useless.

All of the Souls games are for retards, if you played them you're a retard, if you're enjoyed them you're a certified retard.

Ps4 pro is 1800p checkerboard which is essentially half the resolution (at least on one axis) but reconstructed to 1800p. Xbox one x is native 1800p so it will look much crisper in practice. Both have terrible performance ranging around 40 fps on average. The base consoles have locked 30 fps performance but with massive frame pacing issues.

Just play it on PC.

You sure your vibration is working?
Mine only works when I get hitted.

I'd say Sekiro is worth a pirate. Maybe not so much a purchase.

the combat is awful dude. I've died twice and I'm at the bull. literal trash. every fight is just champion gundyr and then the non stop dialogue and cutscenes and prompt every time you pick up a common item. so much trash.

Dragonrot makes NPCs have ass cancer and lowers the chance of the "Unseen Aid" event trigering, which is just makes you lose less stuff when you die once.
There is no increased difficulty in the game for being bad at it.

Fishing rod prosthetic.

Ah, I was wondering wtf unseen aid was. Fair enough, he's a shitter.

>PC "gamers" find the game too hard so they use it as a justification for pirating
>IT'S SH-SH-SHIT ANYWAY H-HEH

The absolute state of the """master race"""

Posted from my Galaxy S10+

I don't know if I should believe that but I guess that has to be it. Why wouldn't you be able to jump into the water and spear the fuckers? Or sneak up and backstab?

>Microsoft finally make a console with a GPU powerful enough to push 1080p60fps at good graphics settings
>CPU is still shit so have some """4K""" instead

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Jump in the water and attack it? What's so hard about it?

Does this game have some bullshit "if you don't do x y and z throughout the game you miss the secret super final boss true ending" or can I just play the game without worry?

>babbies complaining about no online features

Holy shit, based From. Shitters getting FILTERED because they can't beat the game without summons

>im bad look how bad I am
Can you stop with these waste of threads and fucking learn, its not dark souls you will rarely kill them by just taking their hp to 0

Die too much and everyone gets dragon aids.

>Souls Youtubers" "this game is so hard guis!! its nothing like souls! yiu have to parry and dodge skillfully! you cant spam r1 anymore!"
> Sekiro: r1r1r1r1r1r1r1 dodge r1r1r1 dodge r1r1r1 finisher repeat

>Me: "this is a shit action game and it plays like ass because its just a couple of more action oriented-mechanics slapped on top of the dark souls shell"

>You: CRY HARDER SHITTER LMAO GOTTEM OH NO NO NO NO WHHHIIIIIIIRRRRRRRRRRR SEKIROCHADS RISE UP

Hey I accidentally mashed through the death -tooltip and I have no idea what dying does in this? Should I die or resurrect when killed? I've been jumping down pits to die so I can figure out what happens but so far I got a short cutscene and I keep getting "unseen aid"?
Can someone clarify what this means?

I thought that's about resurrecting and not dying?
As long as I don't resurrect on spot I'm okay, no?

So 3 remains the best soulsborne?

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I think the problem people have is that step dodging to the right only works sometimes for certain moves that thrusts. Everything else just tracks you like a magnet.

I saved and backed up my game before I first went into the water. I saw the treasure on the center thing but years of Souls has taught me water is death. I also thought that those Fish were some sort of super enemy sharks that existed purely to kill me for lingering in the water too long.

Its just bad habits.

Mfw now "I play for the story" isn't an excuse to not get good. Shitters on suicide watch.

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>tfw think Sekiro feels much better to play because I prefer games where I get more movement and mobility options

What do you mean, jumping into the water causes them to run away, and you can't drop attack execute them. Jump and attack would have me attack thin air and then startle them as I land.

No, 1.

Calm down

Getting killed at all causes it. Doesn't matter if you resurrect or not. If your HP hits 0 the invisible counter goes up 1 and one of the NPCs is getting barebacked by dragon rot.

Imagine bragging about being poor.

That's why you have a parry/block button. You're not suppose to just dodge everything, nor just parry everything

Have sex

The CPU in the xbox one x isn't as bad as people make it out to be. Its heavily customized to the point where a task which would have taken like 10,000 CPU cycles will take only 3 cycles and other similar modifications. That's why there are many games where it has very solid performance even when at a higher resolution than the ps4 pro (RDR2, Hitman etc). I'd assume from software didn't invest much time in getting the best out of each system or else performance wouldn't be this garbage. Just look at the base consoles the game is borderline unplayable because of horrible framepacing issues which makes the game all stuttery and jerky.

From also have a history of trash optimization anyway so this isn't anything new. Jap devs in general can't optimize for shit.

What rankles my feathers is that if you attempt to use the Step dodge on certain thrusts you just eat a combo because it only works for single thrusts.

Resurrecting on spot is fine, actually dying gets everyone dragonaids. Though you can heal it with an item. Its kinda like a really rudimentary version of World Tendency

So if I die even once I'm better off restarting the entire game?

>get trough the rooftops of FUN
>samurais inside the castle are even more F U N
jesus fuck, at least i found Sabimaru for DOOL WELD

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>arbitrary rules are stupid
Arbitrary rules are literally the basis of not only videogames but every game and sport humans have invented. Every rule for every system we've invented is some degree of arbitrary.
The "arbitrary rules" aren't the problem, they're there to build clear systems for managing enemies in combat, it's your refusal to respect those systems the game presents to you that's the problem. Every tool to do well is right there for you, plenty of other people demonstrate that, you just refuse to follow suit.
It's okay if Sekiro isn't your kind of videogame, different people like different things afterall, but that's a problem with YOU and not with the game itself.

Totally agreed. Timings in this game are specially designed to be as fucking tight as possible so you need to memorize every little shit. It's anti-fun in purest form

Real talk. Step dodging is virtually useless because of how hard everything tracks. Parrying is the ideal option and FROM just threw in sweeps and grabs to make it less monotonous. Unless an enemy specifically requires you to dodge because of grabs then the step dodge is pretty much only used for making space.

get inside the water and spam dash/dodge you doofus

>Imagine being this proud to say you're broke and this bad at video games
You should go find a new hobby, OP

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PRO TIP: DONT USE DODGE. USE JUMP INSTEAD

This game lacks Soul.

How the fucking fuck do you retards miss the fire prosthetic before fighting this guy?

>the old woman gives you the memory bead thing well before
>the fire prosthetic is just a few minutes into the memory
>the merchant in Ashina Outskirts sells you info about it
>the two guards right before the ogre can be eavesdropped on and LITERALLY TELL YOU HE'S WEAK TO FIRE

fucking retards. oh, by the way, if you're dodging to get out of his grab--jump instead.

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One water dash and they run away, dash+attack is a stab that has always missed for me. Every time I've killed one it's been just lucky hits while spamming attack from behind them.

How many times do you have to die to get dragon aids for everyone?
I've been killing myself to see what happens and only got that first death cutscene.

this
it's the same shit for the 6th time

from = one trick pony
fuck you soulsfags

>3 npcs have rot

Alright do I need to restart the entire game or is there something I can do?

You can heal it. Keep talking to Emma she will eventually ask you to help her find a cure

Yeah, just like other games. in DS dodging is the ideal for most bosses, in Bloodborne its the same, but you have a proto crit-bar with the parries, which were far more used than in DS (where very few enemies were parriable).
So, in Sekiro, you're suppose to parry most attacks, and only dodge when parrying isn't an option.

>feather prosthetic
>learn to attack after you use it
and i just won

Ah great.

Congratulations on missing the point and rolling right into "git gud".

I don't have a problem with the game. I know its hard for you to get it through your thick skull and you just default to "git gud" but you should really understand posts before you respond to them.

The entire point of the post was giving players options and then arbitrarily making them useless is stupid. Get your head of your ass. I know its hard for you to not just instantly shout shitter when someone doesn't like the way certain things are designed but please try to act like you aren't a mongoloid.

I've restarted the game 3 times already to try and get through without dying.

>being bad at the game makes it harder
>11/10 doge roll
quality shitpost that this game deserve

Okay here, let's use our critical thinking skills.
If just dodging doesn't always save you from damage, and just parrying doesn't get you out of the way of attacks that can't be parried, what if you tried to do both in sequence? Chaining together your movement and damage avoidance options plus being mindful of your positioning in order to give yourself the advantage.
That way you'll find yourself more often in a good position to attack rather than stay on the defensive taking damage, because if you only defend you'll lose the battle of attrition.

Maybe you're supposed to use all of the tools given to you to defeat the enemies you encounter.

>2 sec to react.

So its incredibly easy to react then.
Get skills.

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Won't work against that spear mini boss who just pokes you in midair.

Anyone elses game is freezing too? playing on the PC

i went into the past after beating not lu bu

Lern the special thrust counter done by pressing B or O.
It makes the fight easy.

Where the fuck is the first blood sample in the castle?

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I can't fucking do it. I'm just fucking retarded. I dodge his grab and it still tracks onto me. Just fuck me.

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Did they really reuse DS assets for this game?

I'm better at the game than you are despite how hard you keep thrusting your self-important cock at me.

Unironically git gud.
When did Yea Forums become casuals?
You should be ashamed.

>if you're dodging to get out of his grab--jump instead
This is the primary reason why people are dying to him. You unlocks the Dodge tutorial right before this fight and it teaches you to dodge unblockable attacks from big enemies. So people go in dodging left and right only got get perfect tracking grab attack in their face.
The game also doesn't tell you your jump has i-frame and it's better than dodge as an escape tool most of the time. It's straight up misdirection.

I'm 9 hours in and all I've seen is the ashy mountains and the estate. There's more environment variety, right?

DO NOT DODGE

JUMP

JUMP

JUMP

Do a flip, faggot

they've been reusing assets since demon souls homie, made me chuckle seeing the font be the exact same, and fire always sounding the same

THE TUTORIAL TOLD ME TO DODGE GRABS

Seems like some animations are definitely reused.

tutorial was a mimic

How the fuck do you beat the drunkard guy? I manage to wipe all his guys out, even got one of his lives down but the fucker refuses to get high enough on the posture meter to get a crit.

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I'm pretty sure the Swamp and a bunch of the enemies within were straight up from Bloodborne.

Nope

I heard there was a secret after the drunk. Anybody find it?

seems like a 7.
honestly plays like a handholding western game and linear as fuck.
Go ahead fucking try to sneak through that first enemy tutorial area. NOPE we want you to fight here!
>popups every 3 seconds explaining what the same 4 buttons do in a different context
God damn mario odyssey had more complexity and less tutorials.

>He didn't realize the tutorial is just the dev's version of "jump chest ahead"

use oil and fire arm

Nigga just run circles around him and stab
He can't guard and has literally ONE combo, all of his other attacks are single hit
I can't fathom how people find him hard

Wasn't this a common mook in DS3?

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>linear as fuck.
>have like 4 different paths in the castle

Not there yet, but the area seems big. Try investing in stealth and apply hit and run

looks the part, functions quite differently, and they werent per se 'common', but nice catch

The entire game is seriously just snowy mountains? What the fuck

pfff the dude didn't even get out of the tutorial area, what do you expect

>Not there yet

See and this is why your advice is stupid for that user. The problem isn't his buddies, you can actually wipe them out pretty easily 1 by 1 mid fight. The problem is the boss its self hits like a truck.

I'm still stuck on that nigger too, but so far what I figured out is:

>That samurai dude near the rocks will co-op with you
>You don't have to take out the mooks at all, you can just lure the boss out to the pond since his aggro range is pretty big
>lure boss to middle of pond > talk to samurai guy
>also toss oil and blast fire to his face and he gets stunned for a decent amount of time

It is the enemy you are thinking of but with Goughs moveset and a grab.

I FUCKING DID IT
THANKS

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he's fucking baiting autismo, there're a bamboo forest, a Buddhist temple, a swamp and may be more Idk

They reused the players

this game honestly IS pretty boring and bland especially compared to bloodborne's setting

no idea what made them go from interesting things to weebshit we've seen a million times before, but rip. what a waste of time. not money at least

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>swamp
FUCK

Poor From will never ever manage to make something better than Dark Souls 1

I hope this sells enough so they can port Bloodborne to PC already.

>all these people purposely handicapping themselves by fighting him without the fire arm and ignoring the FREE hits the boss gives you in the beginning

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it's been enough time, i purchased a bloodborne machine 2 years ago and still do playthroughs every so often.

i want everyone to experience it.

>Bloodborne where you can turn off "muh dream" blurry settings
i wish

But your options aren't arbitrarily made useless. You clearly just misunderstand how they're meant to be used.
Pressing dodge isn't a "okay I'm literally an immortal God for half a second" button. Positioning is important. Pressing parry isn't a "okay literally nobody can hurt me for one attack" button, timing is important.
What YOU are doing is demanding every enemy be easy and not have any attacks or mechanics that make you think on your toes. What YOU are doing is thinking "wow that tracking is bullshit I DODGED" as if pressing the dodge button without being mindful of your positioning and the enemy you're fighting should protect your from all attacks like some kind of everything-proof shield.
Those enemies don't break the games arbitrarily defined rules, they're there to force you to have to come out of your autistic comfort zone and gain a better understanding of the game's mechanics for once in your life you complacent fool.

From's command grab hotboxes can be pretty wonky, and some attack tracking can be unusual, but you're intended to learn to manage enemies like that. If you die a few times trying to learn, that's okay. Death isn't a failure in games like this, it's an intended part of the gameplay cycle. It's how you learn.
If you come across an enemy that gets a leg up on you, and your first thought it's "wow that was some cheap bullshit, that's dumb, I should have won" rather than something like "Oh man that's new, I gotta figure out how I'm meant to deal with that", you're just a scrub. Git fucking good.
Come back with actual complaints about the game that aren't just "waaah I'm a big baby the game should work for ME I shouldn't have to learn anything"

Yeah same here, never been a big fan of YE OLDE SENGOKU ERA shit.

Sony owns the IP, retard

stop being angry at people wanting good things for everyone.

>helldivers

The main setting is in the snowy mountains and snowy mountains alone. But the memory bell levels have you go to different areas.

Use my body as many times as you want, Wolf-kun~

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based and ogrepilled

>I hope this sells enough so they can port Bloodborne to PC
you know PSNow lets you play BB on your PC right?

>streaming
No way fag

with artifacts and input lag - game streaming sucks dick.

>spearfuckers
>wan't to stomp on their spear attack
>dodge right into them
>every single fucking time

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>*EEEEEEEEEUUUUUUUUUOOOOOWWWS in the distance*
Glorious times. Beaten Jinsuke, still stuck at Genichiro though. Where did you find this sabimaru?

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Obviously I wasn't talking about the minor mobs, but the Drunkard. You can cheese him out with stealth, just use it wisely.

The game is hard, but it doesn't need to be as hard as it is. So far it's just tedious, and when I finally kill a boss/miniboss it's not really satisfying cause it feels like luck. The issue I have is that I don't really get a chance learn the movesets since I die in 1-2 hits. On top of that the bosses take an insane amount of hits, which makes a single mistake even more punishing. Even with the revive mechanic I feel like I'm fucked as soon as I need to heal since the bosses have so much fucking health.
The game's fun outside of the bosses, which is a shame cause that's usually my favorite part of Fromsoft games

Maybe. My hands are really shitty and I'm kinda bad at consistent inputs in videogames.
But if your critical thinking skills are really so underdeveloped that you haven't even considered situational dodges, I've already won.

Have you learned Mukiri Counter?

I've died around 100 times already.
Should I start over?

Bottom of the castle. You can jump down without dying.

If you want the true ending you can't die even once so...

Holy fuck, that mini boss ogre is what so many people are losing their shit over? I thought it was a late game boss that I hadn't seen yet or something.

>with artifacts and input lag - game streaming sucks dick.
>No way fag

it doesnt lag to bad on my PC when i play maybe im just retarded and dont notice it though

Oh shit really? You activated my ocd.

From the Antechamber? Facing the main walkway or the other way with the pond?

>If you want the true ending you can't die even once so...
do you have confirmation of this?

Not angry. Just stop asking for things that won't happen.

Publishing a game is not the same as owning the IP.

>weebshit
>made by a japanese company
Huh?

Right when you enter through the window. Samurai is walking in circles together with babushka.

>>*EEEEEEEEEUUUUUUUUUOOOOOWWWS in the distance*
Last night at 1:45am I first encountered these guys and i had my headphones on and i was insta killed, not only did i scream loud as fuck but i also started laughing my ass off after i died

This game is boring
>parry, instakill
>parry, instakill
repeat x10000
Easy as fuck

Is the world design more like Dark Souls 1 or 3/BB?

>>weebshit
>>made by a japanese company
its funny my friends also said this game was weeb shit but then i said "its made by a japanese company and the story is in japan"

>This game is boring
>>parry, instakill
>>parry, instakill
>repeat x10000
>Easy as fuck
This guy has a huge cock

no you fucking moron there's a webm of it skipping frames and grabbing players, stop taking up for poor development

>the hole between the walkway just before Jinsuke
HOLY SHIT i literally forgot that place existed, somehow i thought that was bottomless at first, thanks m8

10/10 death

laser guided attacks that can immediately change direction are bullshit and you cant change my mind

to take that fucker out you need to get the counter,check the skilltree
and go train to the undying guy,it helped me a lot with the timing
just mash circle when he's charging you and the red ching chong appears

I think they expected people to die more than a billion times. I don't get why people worry so much about it.
The NPCs in the game die because of you, so what. Feeling bad about it is intentional.

>Dark Souls 1 or 3/BB?
Play the game

>Bought on Steam, both Xbox360 and DS4 controllers don't work, even the big picture mode fix didn't work
>Hardcapped at 30fps on ps4 and xbox
>"60fps" on ps4pro and xbonex, but in reality just hovers around 30-40fps.
You know, I was expecting them to fucking playtest the game. Not a garbage tier release like DS1 on pc again.

Works on my machine :O)

By making this game they are just using the assets that are left from DS and BB development so they don't go to waste, same as it was with Bloodborne assets in DS3

>looks boring as fuck
>looks like every souls game
>can we finally admit souls games were boring as fuck

not him but he does, it's hilariously frustrating

How many minibosses are there?

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>stop taking up for poor development
user its just you being bad the game accept it and try harder

>laser guided attacks that can immediately change direction are bullshit
not having good reaction time doesnt make the game bad

my controller works fine idk what to tell you X360 btw dont call the game trash just cause of your own personal hardware problems lmao

>turn off all blur and other gimmicks
>works silky smooth without a single drop

>Works on my machine meme

>backtrack to where you spawn
>hey an enemy
>see the talk button
>too late,i already started my attack
if you count everyone with more than one hp bar minibosses, a lot of them

Shitton. Like every 5 minutes there is some faggot with name.

>it's hilariously frustrating
it happened to me a lot yesterday and each time i died i laughed but i was angry can confirm

>>turn off all blur and other gimmicks
i usually always turn off motion blur but what other shit is gimmicky?

Nice. And they're just wandering the world?

If the good ending is locked behind not dying then it means they expect you to not die. I'm starting over.

Who else shitter here? Already have 4 rot essence.

How do you beat Horseback McGee?

If you eavesdropped you know he is weak to fire

Based

I've been jumping off cliffs and dying on purpose to see how many I can get. So far have only one.

you get a ton of dragonrot cure
I think I got 2 and I can buy 4 or 5 of them

however I was too late for the bell lady, she died

Firecracker thing
wait for him to charge and use it
if he runs away from you follow him,grapple on him and hit him 2-3 times

I found Headless. How to deal any reasonable damage?

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Wow, does the wolves hunts in pack too?

Confetti

Yes, but you can instakill them with shurikens.

Where can i find the firecracker thing?

>instakill them with shurikens
Masterworks?

They all works, you can't go wrong.

All of them. You can't go wrong
Where do the roads lead?

>y-you can't over level in KEKiro!

I've been grinding the first memory and have 20 skill points.

>not having good reaction time doesnt make the game bad
nigger when i dash under a bitch when he jumps to slam he should not be able to fucking 180 mid air and still hit me.

What is the intended progression? I beat the horseman and now I keep getting assraped by the centipede man in the gun fort

>kill Butterly
>LOL NO U DIDNT
>summons adds
>use the item the dead guy gave me to get rid of ullusion
>put her in the red
>she summons three more times back to back
Fuck this game holy shit

I just got assraped by some weird purple mushroom guy under the bridge

Me, but whenever I revive I dash back to the nearest idol. Ended up farming like 10 skill points, which is probably a bit much considering how early I am.

drone fag

You mean in the tutorial area?

You're pretty good.

shit i'm too far to take a screenshot
find the mother who think you're her son,go ahead for a bit,jump on the broken doorframe and look back,you should see/hear some crows,try to find the grappling hook spot
there's a guy that sells some stuff there

Yes...

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HARPY

do the sword impacts always sound that shit

Soulsborne tier list:
1 > 3 = BB = DS > 2
Sekiro tier list:
Sekiro

Checkmate.

git gud

They really don't help that much. It's not like grinding will allow you to one shot anything

>ctrl f 'git gud'
>11 replies

rookie numbers

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I wouldn't consider Bloodborne or Dark Souls weebshit.

I'd consider the game with samurai swords and gushing blood weebshit. The rest of the planet does too, FYI.

Ouch. I'm sorry user.
If you just wail on him quickly enough he won't have time to react.

Sekiro is a Soulsbornekiro game too.
It's as different from Souls as BB is and BB is included, you faggot.

Is there even any point killing anything but the bosses? In the burning hirata memory with 2 gourd sippies, the drunkard guy is handing me my ass. Two hits and I'm dead, no shield, no rally mechanic, no way to damage boss, gets stance back if you stop attacking for half a second. Ready to just run past everything for the rest of the game TBQH lads! Probably the best way to experience it :-)

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EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYOOOO
>Some nigga flying out of nowhere
>Get fucked
10/10

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based Yea Forums friend
he also does a powerbomb

This game isn't hard. Parries are easier than ever.

give it a week
at least 15 git guds per 100 posts minimum.

Genichiro is fucking bullshit

from games always have broken as fuck hitboxes on release. ogres in das2, mobs attacking through walls constantly in das3

it's hard enough to cause a lot of buyers remorse

all the shitposting on this website right now can be attributed to one major change: no summoning phantoms for bosses. You would think naturally people summon for jolly cooperation, right? Why remove such a joyful aspect of the game? Well, most people who want to beat these games summon phantoms like tools. If you've ever sunbro'd you'd know - the ones that just wear the typical armor and don't gesture or seem to have any life to their movements. They are all here. Asshurt. Reeling, seething, utterly distraught.
And i fucking love it.

You can do the same in souls. If I kill an enemy once I ignore it for the rest of my playthrough.

I've seen people kill shit every time it respawns. I can't imagine how much time you'd waste doing that.

Yeah i figured that out also. Just beat him finally a few minutes ago.

>took out all his mooks
>used samurai guy finally to 2v1
>realize i'm out of oil
>fuck
>Samurai guy dies before we even get 1 life down
>Have to cheese my way by stepping in and out of combat when he uses his push + overswing.

I can't believe this guy was just a miniboss...

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Japanese games are infamous for asset reuse. Get used to it.

>Come back with actual complaints
>Gameplay design however cannot be a complaint because poor design is a virtue
You must have loved Dai-Katana. You are the worst kind of drone. You think you are intelligent.

>It's as different from Souls as BB is and BB is included, you faggot.
Not him, but you're retarded. BB is much more similar

Yeah, nah. These games aren't even that hard.

As someone who's a high level competitive player in other things, it's embarrassing how you guys act like these games hold weight.

Try working down his health. The lower the health an enemy has, the slower they recover poise. And you can get a deathblow off health instead of breaking their stance.

>in other things
Looks like we got us a Fortnite king here guys.

Can pretty much confirm,im also disappointed in how you can get away with r1 spam most of the time.
You are encouraged to hit the enemy who is blocking to break posture and just slam r1 as long as you can.

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youtube.com/watch?v=_EB2wZVNlH0

Guardian Ape looks fucking cool, hopefully there are more weird supernatural bosses.

How do you get skill points?
I'm at the ogre and haven't seen one yet. Died like 200 times already though.

I'm so fucking bad at all the QTE's and it's completely killing my enjoyment of the game.

I play fighting games. There's not a single thing in any souls game that's harder than anything in a fighting game.

>excuse to brag about 'competitive gamer'

what the fuck are you doing user

How many times can you die before locking yourself out of the true end?

When you kill dudes you gain exp (top right bar), when it fills up you gain a skill point.
You need the esoteric(?) texts to actually apply them though, sculptor just gives them to you at certain points.

dude just restore humanity

>Died like 200 times already though.

That could be the answer, champ

Oh cool. I guess I should stop running past everyone.

Where the fuck do I go from the Senpou Temple Main Hall? The only route is a door that's locked on the other side.
Do I just need to come back later?

You lose skill points when you die?

how DO you deal with the qtes i just dont get it. i'm dying so much its starting to get unfun.

Yeah, also when you die you lose half of the current progress to the next skill point, so keep in mind that if you're about to gain one it might be better to back off and rest.

>Oh look it's a big chicken.

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The only way really is to memorize the animations/patterns as you would in a Megaman boss or whatever. The "unblockables" have quite a big windup.

My issues with the game haven't been much to do with summoning, though I do enjoy the cooperative and occasionally the pvp in souls games it's usually locked offline until I beat it once.
Sekiro does have some issues, the revive system is kind of poorly enabled. So I don't want to rot the place up, play safe, any time you do take a hit that will kill you, it's pretty much run straight back to the bonfire for a free rest (which is piss easy, mobs cant chase you generally), which means you get to clear whatever the fuck you were doing up to that point again. That's fine, it just seems kind of redundant. I would much rather die to the encounter and permanently lose progress and get the rot afflicted than have an 'out', especially one that directly influences the game playing out. This implements two extra layers of tedium.
Combat is fine, it does feel very much like souls with a slap of paint, I would like for the tools to take more precedence but most of my encounters usually just boil to me sneak attacking something then wailing away on whatever aggrod during that sequence since weaker mobs absolutely get thrashed by retard spam.
On the subject of the sneaking mechanics, it feels pretty archaic generally. Some mobs have ludicrous sight lines, some are MGS guards and I can be almost in front of them and they don't notice shit. The aggro system makes no sense (I throw a shuriken at a dude surrounded by 3 others, he ora oras and runs at me... by himself, even though it looks like he's going EY BOYS LETS GET HIM). I do like that there is more emphasis put on stealth but it's definitely rough around the edges.
I'm still enjoying it, I would have appreciated it leaning further in the direction of a ninja game than a pseudo-souls game, it just fucks with my brain.