"Sekiro Needs an Easy Mode" - A Response
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- Just to clarify, this is not some sort of flex on people who find the games too hard. I hope everyone can get the enjoyment out of these games that I do.
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1. Game journalists need to respect developers and stop telling them how to do their job.
2. Game journalists need to respect their readers by not basically doing the same article from 3 years ago.
You have to remember that whether or not they should or should not respect someone they are game journalists who do not care about either of those options because they are mostly all a hive mind. The game journalist hive mind says “Hooman neid nooz, hoomans lik vidgeo gaemes, nooz on vidgeo gaemes, thaets hew teu suervive.”
How about they do their job and actually play the games . If you think its hard then play more and get better or look up the nouances to the title . Why reviee or write about a game when you really have no idea or concept of what a game is or what genre your playing?
3. Game journalists should actually have better credentials when it comes to gaming.
Enough said
@@keklard6676 problem is that the game journos generally arent gamers to begin with, theyre journalist that happened to get a job at a gaming magazine
There is an easy mode, it's called not ringing the demon bell...
I thought it was called "watching someone else play"
I had that activated for ages and didn't notice much of a difference, to vitality/posture damage on myself or enemies. What does it actually do?
It only seems to make bosses harder but idk 2x EXP and 2x Sen BABY. THOSE UPGRADES ARE MINE!
Hunter Mearo also keep Kuro’s charm in NG+
Haven't tried to confirm.... But apparently, you can abuse the demon bell system by turning it on or off at leisure just before boss battles.... If true, then, there's the "easy mode" for the crybabies.
Whiny game journalists need a "find a different career" mode.
Rappy Lives Matter “Learn to code” mode
@@ArchetypeGotoh beat me to it
Rappy Lives Matter Honestly though if they're too shity at their job to do it they shouldn't have that job
He also needs to git gud
He's just trolling for publicity. We are talking about him, aren't we? Some people take the "there's no such publicity like bad publicity" phrase way too unironically.
Dave: "we need an easy mode to respect players"
From Software: "we think players are skilled enough to beat anything we set in their way because people aren't babies"
Their stance seems fair tbh
Well, some people are babies to be fair :p
Whisky, Weed and whips Watson and those babies will get no sympathy in this game until they face the problems like an adult ☺️
too many people are babies, though, it's fairly irritating
and before you start thinking, "well, the younger generations-"
no, babies come in all ages and colors, the older ones are the most irritating of all
@DrkAsDeath
Not an excuse when a Quadriplegic player can beat True Corrupted Monk and apparently Demon of Hatred without cheese strats. If you really like something, you'll learn to play the game and do what you have to in order to beat it. If you don't want to do that, or physically can't do that, then lucky for you, there's plenty of other games out there to choose from.
If you expect to play a difficult game in order to feel like an adult, i have bad news for you.
I feel very respected by Sekiro, FromSoft assumed that I was good enough for the challenge they gave me and that I could overcome it. There’s nothing more respectful than that.
You. I like you.
SHUT UP
The true respect from someone is when he expects the best will come out of you, eventually.
Not someone treats you as a dum player.
Exactly, just replace p with b.
Yea many games these day treat you like your iq is sub 80. Thats just boring and insulting as fuck.
@@WTfire10 so true, it's really annoying when games try to hold your hand whole the time.
how can I thumb this up a thousand times? help?
Ahhh, the whole Cuphead games journalist fiasco. "Add a 'skip a boss' button! Add an 'easy mode'!"
It's quite obvious these guys don't give 2 shits about video games. Needing work they most likely and undesirably got their games journalism positions after having received their journalism degrees.
It's kinda sad actually.
Journalists keep begging for games to get shorter, easier, more dumbed-down and streamlined, because they just care about getting to those end credits as quickly as possible. For a lot of them, playing through these games is just part of their job, and things like length, depth, and challenge only make their job harder. As such, I think there's always a pretty obvious ulterior motive behind these sorts of articles.
@@ESPorygon Exactly. Not to tell people how to do their jobs or anything, but I honestly think if they calmed down, sat down and tried to properly play and enjoy these games they may be able to not loath the "research" part of their jobs for once.
I honestly can't believe that argument with Cuphead is now seeping into gaming as a whole. People on twitter advocating for disabled people & people with deficient motor skills (what a noble cause!) so that they could enjoy FromSoft games' stories and settings without actually needing to learn any of the games' mechanics. I don't understand why they can't leave this one game studio alone. Just go play every single other title, let us have this one studio that does its own thing without hand-holding and screen markers telling you what to do constantly. It is so bizarre and backwards way of thinking, imagine applying this logic to everything in media and popular culture.
@@1haunt
They target FromSoft because of its American marketing campaign. Their titles are touted as "so hard, you'll cry about it" so these people think that if they can get FromSoft to buckle under pressure then every studio is going to follow suit. It's one of the last relatively mainstream holdouts that aren't giving in to the instant gratification culture so they're viewed as an enemy.
journalism is about as cancerous as politics these days
"Sekiro needs to respect its players"
-Throughout tutorials on all the mechanics? Check
-Many extremely obvious tips and crutches ( Firecrackers vs Beasts, Fire Cannon vs Red Eyes etc etc )? Check.
-A literal ability to resurrect? Check.
I could go on, but you get the point.
Very true man, also Souls games ar not for people who play 30 mins and quit the game
Again the game is very fair, just hard it is your job to do the job with tools you are given. Smh these journalist scums ruin everything
The game does a really good job at teaching the mechanics yes. You don't have as many crutches as in other souls games tho.
And the final boss really is a test to see if you really master the mechanics of the game, you can kinda cheese him by running away but it will take forever
@@editmeout4490 one more time for the people in the back
Being hard itself is also part of the game respecting on its players, since everyone should expecting a punishing and challenged game from FromSoftware and they delivered it to us..
if you want an easy game don’t buy a from software/soulsborne game. git gud.
I think despite my earlier comment this is my assessment. Fromsoft are 5 games into their style of tremendously punishing boss rush games. So infamous infact that game journos refer to any game as the "DS of X". Any game that is remotely hard to a journo is immediately compared to dark souls. So why is it surprising that a game made by FromSoft is difficult. If you know who FromSoft are and you should because you're a journo then you KNOW their games are not easy. Don't ask for easy mode. Git gud or do not play it.
THis is like demanding a Super Mario game needs to be harder. If you hate Nintendo's games and their lack of difficulty then they are not the games for you. Play something else
Monty2289 Mario games are hard if you want them to be. Every modern mario game offers 100% completion challenges. Have you ever played Champions Road? It is a hard mario level. Also, going around and chanting Git Gud is what feeds into these games journalists arguments.
@@R_Seeburg game journalists are the only ones who are stupid enough to take the Git Gud chanting seriously...
Gamers know that the Git Gud chants are just to piss off the game journalists. And apparently, it's working! :P
Mika Budzisz But yet you complain that journalists get pissed off and incorrectly represent your favorite games. And no, that is not what Git Gud is and you know it. You say gamers like we are some elite clan of people, when that’s not what gaming is, and what gamers are. It’s a hobby that people take to varying levels of dedication. Gamers are simply people who play those games and use gaming as a primary hobby.
And for credibility’s sake, I am not a casual gamer. I sink plenty of time and effort into 100%ing the Souls Series and other games, but that doesn’t make me better than anyone, since anyone can do it with enough time, practice, and advice other than “Git Gud” from a community.
@@R_Seeburg I will say, I am sorry for the LONG reply, but please read through it and you don't even need to respond, but hopefully it will give you a different view point...
As far as I know, the Git Gud Meme started with Cuphead, when a game journalist couldn't get through the TUTORIAL LEVEL. If I am wrong, please let me know.
I never said that Gamers are an elite class of people. In fact, I believe that Gamers are super welcoming to everyone (me included) and the VERY few who ARE elitists, are not liked by anyone.
I agree with you that Gamers are people who simply want to play their games and that games are a hobby to most. However, we as Gamers should not be pushovers by journalists and people who don't understand us that want to degrade and paint us as something that we are not. And we should fight back.
For my credibility, even though I've played games since I was a child on the PS1, I would call myself a Casual Gamer. I've only been serious with getting Trophies for 3 games and I've own many in my library, PS1, PS2, Xbox, PS4 and PC (PS4 and PC in current time.)
I've never touched a From game because I've heard and seen how hard and challenging those games were and I simply enjoyed watching other Gamers suffer through them. I did not have the time nor the patience to deal with it.
The only ever game I tried that was close enough to a From Game was Nioh and I could not get passed the first Boss in the ship. I could not get into the mechanics of the game and I shelved it.
I saw Sekiro and watched others play through 45 minutes of the beginning. I love Japan and it's culture, which is a major reason why I gave Nioh a chance, including Sekiro even though Nioh burned me pretty bad.
And I have to say, I love Sekiro. I never believed that I would make it far, but I was willing to sink money for this game, because this Developer created previous games that people loved and I don't mind adding money to them even if I can't finish the game. However, I am close to beating the game and I've loved every second of that game. Even the most frustrating parts of it. In all truth, I had serious trouble with it at the beginning, but I got help from others who've beaten the game and watched a video explaining more about the mechanics. After those major helping tips, I am now challenging myself to go farther then I thought I could at the beginning when I bought this game.
I am picky with the games I buy and Sekiro was one that I will play on NG+ just to push myself further.
This journalist who wants an easy mode, is probably someone who did not take the game seriously or took the time to understand the mechanics of the game.
My experience of the game shows me that Sekiro is perfect as it is. It is challenging enough and makes me feel like a badass when I deflect and dodge like a true Shinobi.
If GAMERS want an easy mode, then it will be worthwhile (concerning Time and Money) for the Developers to put a pause on any future projects to configure an easier mode. But, if GAMERS are not asking for it, then these journalists need to shut their mouths and respect the Developers design of the game and respect US THE GAMERS because we will not take their lies and their entitled mindset lying down. And I do not believe Gamers are being elitist or entitled when we defend our loved games and Developers who do not deserve being talked down to by these types of "journalists".
If you've gotten to the end. Thank you for reading all that!!
The default *is* the easy mode, ringing the bell is hard and NG+ without Kuro's charm is extreme.
How about ringing the bell ng+ without the charm?
@@GodWarsX European Extreme.
@@GodWarsX Im interested
@@GodWarsX I think if you beat the game once and start a new save you can forsake Kuro's charm as well, so ng0+bell+nocharm is the rape mode.
@@Aramkha that's evil. Perfection for a challenge run.
Here's the easy mode of Sekiro...
Don't play the game if its too much for you. Problem SOLVED lol
Git Gud
Or play the game and learn the mechanics, and DON'T ring the bell.
@@azazel166 well, you can just turn off the bell effect in the item menu, it even says so when you ring it..
is not that you are a hero for completing it either
Yeah, and the hard mode of easy mode is trying to get back the 60 bucks you just blew on a game you aren’t going to play. Want to explain how you solve that one or are you just going to respond “The Buyer Beware” and move on?
Absolutely no need. The pleasure that gamer takes after killing a boss is fantastic, which is not seen in any other games, because of that hardcore
100% agreed
The journalist wouldn’t know - you really think he killed a single boss without asking for some intern to play for him?
Tell me about it, after beating Genichiro without knowing i had the bell curse my heart was thumping through my chest and i screamed with joy. Best feeling after an hour of attempts :)
I don't think it *needs* an easy mode, but if they added one that would be cool. I wouldn't use it, but more people playing a good game is always great
Doom on nightmare is more hardcore. It's found in other games with difficulty levels.
The main reason games should remain challenging is that it adds to replayability ,
A story driven novice experience can played and beaten in a weekend, which ultimately shortens longevity
Very tru
maybe that's what some people are happy with, though? I'm not saying sekiro needs an easy mode, but I don't think having the option would do more harm than good. And obviously, its up to the artistic vision of the creator. But if its something that you can just plug in at the start of the game, there are people that like a more relaxed, narrative driven experience, y'know?
@@ihave2cows I agree with that 100% but let that be other games like The last of us, and Detroit: BH. I'm just saying that don't try to change smth into smth it's not if that make any sense (probably not).
ihave2cows yeah I agree, challenge is a bit too steep, I have no problem with an easy mode. But games in general should put up some sorta fight
@@ihave2cows absolutely no
'Don't wish for things to become easier. Wish for yourself to become better'
I've heard something like that
"Don't pray for easier lives, gentlemen. Pray to be stronger men."
I like that a lot
It's a fucking game... 😆
SHUT UP
@@jfelton3583 someone’s dogshit at video games
I spent so much time on some of those bosses and I remember after landing that final death blow the joy and accomplishment I felt. And the obligatory clenched fist and the exclamation of shouting "Yes !" With sweaty hands and clenched teeth. Such a great feeling.
Indeed, and then came the twist! (No spoilers, but you know what I'm talking about)
I died for months against the cleric beast probably 1500 times, then I won, then I beat him on my first try ng+
Aaaaaaah yes, the good ""it needs to respect it's player/community/customers/whatever." Let's celebrate mediocrity everyone ! Everybody is special, everybody is awesome ! If it's not the case, shame on those who prevent it !
Man, people are so weak nowadays.
Sekiro is hard, Sekiro is also an amazing game.
100% true
Well put!
In all honesty, I found Sekiro to be the easiest game in FromSoftware's lineup. I think the reason for this is because, well, there aren't many........ how to say.......... "supernatural" attacks that the enemies use against you. The closest things I can think of is the terror mechanic and the lightning attacks. Most of the game are sword encounters against one opponent. And with the mob battles, you can thin out the herd before you fight the mini boss/boss. And I think that because I'm really good at patterns, I know exactly what the attacks are going to be from the bosses/mini bosses since there are a limited amount of attacks. So I know how to deflect them. Don't get me wrong though, the game is hard, but Sekiro is the easiest for me, and this is coming from the guy who has platinumed all of FromSoftware games. But, this is my opinion.
Actually FromSoftware respects the players and even more their fanbase, by making Sekiro a new challenge to accomplish. And I love that they want me to forget about my darksouls skills.
Thanks for calling this out, Forbes seems to think they know everything these days. The guy is really missing the point of these games if they think they should have an easy mode. Defeats the entire purpose of the mechanics in these games.
Git gud Dave!
Hey it's the lore man!
Another guy from Forbes made a follow-up article calling Dave out.
@@uriel7395 game journalism is a scam
@@uriel7395 link please.
@@josevaldez9760 no problem.www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2019/03/29/no-sekiro-shadows-die-twice-absolutely-does-not-need-an-easy-mode/#3b163d585093
Absolutely love Sekiro and all From Soft games. These journalists should understand the game is made this way for a reason. The vision of the studio.
Here's some advice, kid.
Git Gud.
Or as the sculptor idol says: "Acquire skills"
Or cheeze your bosses Lol. #noshame
@@MadGamer_666 Seriously, cheese the bosses, abuse the stealth mechanics and grapple hook, and use prosthetics. Easy mode is there, you just gotta use it lol
Cheesing your bosses is a terrible option as it robs you of the good feeling you get when beating them legitemately, I used rice and one of these bonus revives for a boss and I felt really bad for cheating afterwards.
@@anima94 How is it cheating? You are using the tools the game gives you. Gotta remember that you are a shinobi, you don't fight with honor, you fight to win.
Games long ago didn't make things easy and you had to start over. MegaMan when I was a kid was extremely difficult and I bought it a couple years ago and it was harder than I remember. I grew up with games that were tough
Me too also more fun too back then
Bit my controller beating Elecman before. And good god... R-Types and Gradius.These game journalists won't survive early console games for sure.
So true....tell them to hit up that lion king game on sega, and make it past level 4
@@shawnfee9107 😂
Looks like they're writing those articles because it spikes their web traffic and boosts their ad revenue. I don't think they really care, but they know it triggers hardcore souls fans.
I dislike "gamer journalists" as much as the next guy, but this is sort of eating from the palm of their hands tbh.
Whatever tho, love your vids as usually Mitch, go gamer mode on them 😘
Games Journalists need to respect the Game Devs and either "Git Gud" or "Learn to Code"
I'm glad from software respects it's customers enough to provide insanely fun challenges which bring more exceleration than any other organization could. I don't have to words to describe how much I love their games, and how much I appreciate and respect the artists who've worked so hard to create the experience. Everything From Software cranks out astounds me. From story to gameplay they're unparalleled.
Sekiro does not need a easy mode, whant to know why? Because as far as i have seen there is always at the very least one whay to make the fight easier for your self, either by snekeaing in and taking one of the enemies healt bars or using a technique that the enemy is weak against. It does'nt need to be easier, you need to be more smarter and creative
Still loving Sekiro a year later! An easy mode would ruin the incredible feeling of beating the next tough boss. FromSoft makes the most rewarding games ever and we would lose that feeling of accomplishment when playing these game if there was an easy mode. Games DON’T owe anyone accessibility. Great vid Mitch!
I think this Dave guy is just trying to get attention, he probably knows the traction it'll get and thats what he hopes for. His DS3 "Easy mode" game article and now his Sekiro article have both garnered attention well more than his lousy standard articles.
It's an amazing feeling when you finally beat a boss in which, at first, I could barely land 3 blows before dying. And the journey there is rewarding. I think we all remember the feeling after Ornstein/Smough.
Make a playthrough
Your voice and speech style is entertaining
Also show us your madskillz
Game journalists need to be gamers if you don't game you should not be a game journalist.
And lastly get good scrub
Even I'm bad at the game but can understand it just takes practicing and patience, anyone can slowly progress if they work at it and try to improve.
Sekiro is perfect. The risk/reward factor. The fact that there are no gimmicks or summons or ways of defeating an enemy until you master the mechanics. The game forces you to get good and playing an "easy mode" version of this game would be an insult to all it stands for.
Well there are a lot of cheesy strats out there for many of the enemies, but I totally agree with the sentiment.
@@nomoturtle1788 I seen someone else just running away from final boss and only hitting it once the boss does something to make it vulnerable then running again and man that was...eh.
I question the people who is willing to play tthrough Senkiro with cheese strats for the bosses.
@@Kuya5101 That sounds like LobosJR doing the Isshin fight maybe? He was doing a challenge run, so that's why he probably resorted to that.
I agree, it totally ruins the challenge. I wouldn't want to play that way.
Git Gud.
@@Silent47963 It wouldn't have to be used if shit like this didn't happen.
RoarofThunder its actually an inside joke fromsoftware fans say to people that complain about their games difficulty. so how about you git cultured
@@Silent47963 it'll never get old my friend. Every one has to gitgud. That's the best part.
They respect you by giving you challenges. Thanks for adding 6 sigh furrows to my forehead.
This game is too hard! Make a mode where I can watch it entirely and then review it.
Seems like watching playthroughs is the way to go.
This is how you know that Game Journalists do not even play the games they review....
They probably didnt even play they just watch others play and watch their reaction to it (ie if someone plays "X" game and get mad/upset cause they died to "X" boss/minion/anything that can generally kill you) "oh it must a dark souls game" smh, like how someone compared dark siders 3 to dark souls...the only similarity they have is the word dark and the letters "S" dark siders isnt even that hard man c'mon
*Dark* *S* oul *s*
*Dark* *S* ider *s*
No. It's that simple. They need to learn the game. Just like the reviewer that gave sekiro a 40!!! A fucking 40!!!
My main complaint with sekiro is only the lack of player customization (equipment and stats)
Other than that, i dare say gameplay wise sekiro is better than any souls game
I have 2 - what you mentioned and duplicate boss fights. That's all that's wrong with this game for me.
They should make a simple mode where enemies die when they see you
Sekiro needs an easy Mode as much as Mountain Climbers need an Elevator.
Good analogy.
Saying that the game should have an optional easy difficulty setting for the people who want an easier game is not the same thing as saying that the game should only be easy for all players. Adding an easy mode will not in any way affect the players who enjoy the difficulty of the game, they can easily avoid setting such a mode. Do people not have any self control anymore?
Agree mate... F the game journalists, they are just bad they cannot get a proper review. No easy mode is accepted
we need a video called "Sekiro/Dark Souls/Bloodborne youtubers should stop spoling boss battles"
This comment infuriates me on so many levels I cannot explain and/or express.
Play the game dumbfuck
I thought I would never beat some of these bosses, but once you get in the groove, you can beat them without taking damage or with minimal heals!
I was gonna say something nasty about this fellow and people like him, but I won't. Because it's pointless
"You are strong and wise, Anakin, and I am very proud of you...."
@@panokostouros7609 thanks xD
Not saying anything is pointless too. Fuck 'em.
Nah you should have said it. If the people who understand why he’s wrong remain silent, then this dipshit and people like him are the only ones contributing to the conversation
@@earlyandoften true just felt pointless
Respect its player?? Wtf
Playing a game like Sekiro on an "easy difficulty" would be like playing chess against a pro and having them go easy on you. Ya you can "win" but what are you gaining from that?
Someone needs to say it, so I (someone who's sunk hundreds and HUNDREDS of hours into Dark Souls and Bloodborne, starting new files and pushing high NG+ cycles and loving every second of it) will: if From gave players an easy mode, it wouldn't affect your experience AT ALL.
How Dave plays his game has literally no effect on how you do. In fact, while you're sat there accusing that "pencil-neck" of trying to tell you how you should play your game, you don't even seem to realize that's *exactly* what you're doing to him and others like him.
You're telling him "No. You can't play with an easy mode. You shouldn't use summons on bosses, you shouldn't use crutches or grind or 'rob yourself' of that hard-earned wind. Git gud or git out."
If From's games had an easy mode, that'd be fine. Hell, it'd be great, even! More people would get to appreciate From's stellar world design and sound tracks and characters and lore... even if they have bad reflexes or aren't good at reading telegraphs.
If From's games had an easy mode, I'd be overjoyed. Because more people get to enjoy games that I love, and because I *don't need to play on easy mode.* I have that option. Something the gitgud crowd always seems to always overlook.
Dave playing on easy mode doesn't change MY game at all. In the slightest. Not the teeniest, tiniest bit.
But it DOES mean that I can have a great conversation with Dave about all the things we love in the game.
Here's the rub: options are good. People like options. Graphics options, sound options, and yes, even difficulty options. It's good for quite literally everyone involved. Better players get the satisfaction of playing on the harder difficulties, worse players get to enjoy the game in the first place, more people can buy the game so the developers get better rewarded for their hard work... the ONLY people who suffer for it are the people who demand that everyone *else* plays on THEIR preferred difficulty, in THEIR ideal way. It's ultimately just a selfish outlook.
And you know why I can say for certain that Dark Souls would be fine if it had an easy mode?
Because it ALREADY DOES, in the form of the White Sign Soapstone. You can summon a friend or NPC or two and the boss you're stuck on will be a cakewalk. Does that make the game bad? Of course it doesn't, you can just NOT summon people.
For all the talk about how From doesn't "want" various difficulties or ways to make the game easier, for all the talk from hotshot twink Invaders... no one ever seems to realise that Dark Souls already HAS all of that, and it's still one of the best game series in gaming history.
(And as one last point... the very existence of NPC summons for bosses - especially ones that have little to no story, like the Sword Master at Champion Gundyr - kind of shows that From very much DOES want players to have a button they can push to make certain encounters easier. If it were exclusively player-summons, you could argue it as a multiplayer thing, but the NPC summons are all but indisputable *proof* that the developers wanted to ensure that players would always have an option to call for help. Online, offline, even long after the servers are shut down.)
I'm a Dark Souls fan and I feel totally respected with Sekiro. Thanks FROM SOFTWARE.
Fool, Sekiro is already on easy mode! You need to ring the bell to raise the difficulty back to normal!
Also you are supposed to win when you fought Genichiro in the tutorial, if you do the cutscene will make more sense
And to be completely honest I don't think decreasing enemy dmg and increasing your dmg will help all that much, bruteforcing your way through could only carry you so far in this game, just learn how to parry, mikiri and jump and you basically beat the game
Isshin the Sword Saint was the hardest boss I'v ever faced. about 4 and a half hours in when i beat him i loudly shouted "get fucked" like a child and I could not have been more happy
Sekiro is an easy mode... compared to dark souls. They gave me the ability to jump... no stamina... blocks for the most part don't take your health away... deflects are super easy... not saying it's not challenging. there's always rage inducing bosses but Sekiro has been a breeze.
Pretty much. Once that switch in your head flips, it's pretty easy. I even one shot 3 bosses in a row lol
I know it's a cliche at this point, but the hardest part for me was unlearning soul's technique, mainly using Dodge as my go to for everything.
Its time to bring back GIT GUD
"Sekiro needs a easy mode!?"
More like
"buckle down and get gud scrub!"
i've played it five times yet and i put the difficulty even more harder .It's amazing !
Players do not respect the developer's vision by demanding a different level of difficulty.
This game literally has a difficulty system.
"Easy" no charm and bell
"Normal" bell demon
"Hard" charmless
"Very hard" charmless and no bell
for nightmare difficulty, turn off the hud and no lock on lol
It's shadows die twice because your not supposed to do everything first try
I did the horse guy on the first try and tbh I thought he was a mini boss at first before getting the memory
Game really isn't as hard as everyone is making it out to be, myself included. For the first 8 or so hours I was saying this is totally the hardest game From have made yet and I thought it was absolutely grueling. And it may very well be the most challening game of this style they've made so far, but honestly I feel like the combat is essentially still Souls combat at it's core. You literally just replace dodging with deflecting. Always be blocking. When an enemy swings at you, instead of rolling/quick stepping to avoid damage, you deflect. The hardest thing to get used to is dealing with the unblockable attacks. But that just takes a little practice. Once you're able to look at an enemies body and recognize what type of attack is coming, it really isn't this insurmountable scary thing anymore, and it really doesn't take that long to become accustomed to.
In short, stop your fucking whinging and git gud Dave.
Couldnt have said it better myself
nah, fromsoftware should make a easy mode,should make it 20$ DLC that is, why shouldnt they make a profit?
admitedly thats just a random analytic i`d be interested in, how many people wanna beat hard games so much that they`d dish out extra money for it.
First off, I think that the overall way the article was written is dumb, and it feels like the guy has his head up his arse. But I still think that gatekeeping everything that's good about games behind a "get good" wall turns a lot of people away from games they could potentially enjoy, but simply don't have the time or patience to dedicate themselves to mastering a game. These games are good, but the difficulty is only part of why they're good. Adding an *option* will not invalidate or reduce the enjoyment of everyone else that prefers to play it the way developers intended.
Unless, of course, part of your enjoyment comes from knowing "true gamers" were able to experience what you experienced.
My god! Ever since I saw your post I have been watching for this. I’m ready to begin. Enlighten me Mitch! Shine your light upon the world sunbro!
Just finished, and this was a very mature and well thought out rebuttal to the article. I completely agree. All the way down to the sicko mode. Wish I could give more than one like to your video.
Honestly Sekiro is pretty forgiving
1. Sculltors idols are really close to eachother
2. Once muscle memory from Dark souls wears off, learning tough enemies is easy.
3. The story is pretty simple to follow, especially since other From Software games almost exclusively tell story through item description and environments.
if people want something easier just go play DMC V
It works because its just as fun. Either way you're gonna have a good time.
@*Jester* *The* *Troll* it is easy for people who've already played the franchise except hell and hell and dante must die modes even though I find it fun. Its difficult to someone who's never played the franchise before.
@*Jester* *The* *Troll* but it is easy? There's even a literal easy mode, not that devil Hunter is all that difficult until the end
What's crazy is that the base game is the 'easy' mode. There's a way to make the game even harder similar to the Company of Champions in DS2.
Epic bell demon time
Jesus Christ, normies
take a look on the sekiro subreddit
@@uberdangerisadunkeycopy8465 that sounds painful
My favorite from soft story is that when I first played Dark Souls 1 I had beaten through the entire game and was on new game plus when I figured out that you could summon NPCs for fights I already knew that you could but I didn't know the requirements for not being hollow and with that I had no help for Ornstein and smogh...
1V1 ME RIGHT NOW... oh wait there's no multiplayer
Well. I know one thing for sure. .....
Dave is not good at this game. Lol. Welcome to the ShadowBorne Series. 🙏
I am getting killed by the second mini boss and I know I need to get good I honestly need to put more time in I know this, an easy mode would actually be disrespectful of the player, it would say baby needs a bottle.
Just go full aggro on him when he's not attacking and make sure you jump away from his grabs, step dodging is a lot harder. Using the flame vent helps a lot too. You'll get him
So many spoilers, even the fucking snake death. It’s been out a week, I’m a nerd with too much time on my hands, but most people won’t have finished it. I think it’s such a shitty thing to do
if Souls games weren't hard, then beating them would mean nothing - because there is no accomplishment without struggle.
Those guys clearly never played those good old SNES games. Contra... Battle Toads... THEY SHOULD GIT GUD!!!1
Man I feel bad for those who will never experience when it all “clicks” and realize that combat is a beautiful, brutal dance
The first few hours of Sekiro were absolutely brutal. Well first 4-5 bosses, because you're so blatantly underpowered. From the point you can actually DO stuff and can actually heal, etc., you can get by okay until mid-late game. There are a handful of difficult bosses (struggling on a secret endgame NG+ boss myself currently) but like 9/10 bosses can be cheesed. Half the bosses people complain about (Hi Guardian Ape) I found laughably easy.
There was a point I thought Dark Souls was sorta hard. Now playing the remaster, doing a legit 100% run and leveling to 125 from sl1 is like a 6-8 hour affair for me. Because I know every pixel of Lordran like the back of my hand by now. In hindsight it's not even that hard. I've also done PS3 DS2 deathless three times now. I grew up with the NES. I've beaten the first Castlevania in less than 15 minutes. I beat Ninja Gaiden 2 blind in 2 hours. Dark Souls is moderately difficult at best. If you want hard go play Touhou. (Also because I just can't let this go: lol, think Giantdad's OP? Play a ninja flipping katana chainmom pyromancer. This is the real Dark Souls easy mode. And like 80% of the build is doable on a 30 minutes old character.)
Normally I hate the "git gud" meme but I seriously feel it's warranted here.
Late, but...
I used to *hate* From Software games. I thought I didn't have time to play and get used to the level of difficulty they have.
... I played and finished Hollow Knight 112%, and played KH3 ti its 100 on critical mode.
One took me 80 hours +. The other, 32-.
... I said "I need a challenge... I'm going to play that game I bougbt 3 years ago and hated (Bloodborne)".
Here I am now, on new game ++++, working from 9 to 1 and from 4 to 8. With social life and mastering Bloodborne----
I used to believe these games needed an easy mode, but, does Monster Hunter need one? Monster hunter is punishing as hell too, but I love it? I love that game.
So, I decided to play bloodborne and not get tilted. The beginning was hell, but I now can safely say I want to buy the Soul saga and Sekiro and play the hell out of them: Easy games now are just boring and senseless. Empty.
Never used summons in any soulsborne game i played, DS1-DS2-DS3-BloodBorne. Not even once.
Not because it's easy but because it's too much of a gamble. I just don't want to lose cinders or insight and find myself with an idiot.
I accidentally did my first playthrough of DS2 SotFS while in the Champions Guild. I hated every boss, thought the game was miserable and stupid, and barely wanted to play.
This was until I beat Flexile Sentry. At that point, I felt so proud of myself that I decided if I could beat a Siamese mimic twin, I could beat anyone.
Difficulty raises the bar, and makes you feel more accomplished.
As a complete casual I disagree with the "easy mode" idea. This "soulsborne" genre of games such as DS 1, 2, 3, bloodborne, Nioh and I've even played through the surge(yes, I played and enjoyed it). These games have set an entirely new standard of games for me personally. It's almost like a high that no other game genre can provide.
Sekiro needs an easy mode?
More like: git gud scrub
The LAST game that needs to respect me is Sekiro. Lets get the actually disrespectful crap out of here.
Fallout 4/76
anthem
middle earth shadow of war
star wars battlefront 2
everything EA has ever worked on
every game with those fucking pay to win models/microtransaction models
and youre upset that a game is too hard?
What I love the most about From Software games is that they couldn't possibly give two shits about what anybody thinks of them. If the player finds it too complicated, too difficult or too whatever, the game simply doesn't care.
This strong personality is much missed in the industry, nowadays basically composed of pleasers, making sure everybody is sitting comfortable in their seats, with seatbelts on and oh sir, would you like a glass of water too?
Thank you, From Software, to remind me why I bought a videogame in the first place. Want an interactive movie, buy a BluRay and play with it with your remote, because that's what games are going to be like in a couple of years. Might as well put a dedicated fast-forward button.
They should put in an “easy mode” that makes the game harder.
Sekiro is very fair in the challenges they give you. I'm getting close to mid-game (i think) and while it's difficult I've never felt like this is impossible, but rather I just need to study the patterns and practice the fight. If anything Sekiro is one of their more accessible games. I mean you get fast travel from the start. You get a couple of gourd seeds and prosthetic upgrades early on. There's always an idol (bonfire) right around the corner. And there's lots of hints of how to deal with bosses or situations. I think this is the most accessible, fair games they've made so far. And I'm loving playing it.
I would like to add that the Git Gud attitude from the FromSoft community is exactly what feeds into “Journalists” like Thier’s narrative. Quite frankly, it’s an elitist mindset and the people who subscribe to that mindset are some of the most disrespectful and rude people I’ve ever encountered. It just cements ideas that the game isn’t built for casual players to progress in over time and provides evidence toward that claim in the form of “See these people? This is who they built the game for! They don’t respect the casual player!” If the FromSoft Community could tone down the “Well you just suck get better” attitude and adopt more of a “Hey man you can do it here is some advice” attitude, I believe we would see a lot less of journalists like Thier saying these games are “too hard” as a result of a more humble and polite community.
the thing he doesn't get is that you're not supposed to beat these games the first time in a weekend. or maybe even in a week. if you "don't have time" to learn the game, so what? i have a full time job too, so do the vast majority of people who play these games. so maybe you only have 2 hours to play a week. that literally only means that it takes you more weeks to complete the game than someone who has more free time. ask yourself why you expect to be able to finish a game in a week. why would you WANT to receive less content? it's ENTERTAINMENT, the longer it takes you, the longer it lasts. like mitch said the games only come out once every few years. i'd be so fucking disappointed if i only got a few hours of gameplay out of my first playthrough. it should be fucking hard. it should be fucking confusing. i don't want to know where to go, i want to wander around exploring everything until i find the next objective, and then die 10 times trying to complete it so that i can really enjoy the success on my 11th attempt. especially for a game with no pvp, there's frankly not much replayability so you better get it right the first time. if you do shit to lower the difficulty of your first playthrough you're actively diminishing your own experience, and basically erasing the possibility of this experience that you can only ever get once. you only get one first playthrough. once you've played the game once, it will never be the same again. so experiencing it on an "easy mode" irreversibly takes the game's intended experience away from you. even if you play on "hard mode" your second playthrough, it's already too late, because you know what's around every corner, you know where you need to go, you know all the pitfalls and tricks. you're not supposed to get the drake sword on your first playthrough, and if you do (i did) you're probably going to regret it eventually. what i wouldn't give for a fucking memory erasure device so i could re-experience the dark souls series from a complete outsider's perspective. you think you want an easy mode, but you don't. and game developers shouldn't be afraid to make decisions for the gamer. in some genres sure you need to pander to your customers. not in this one. you need to produce the game that you think is worth making. there's nothing wrong with excluding some liberties from the game. if gamers don't like it, they won't buy it. we don't need journalists to give commands to developers. if we don't like the game we simply won't pay for it and they'll get the idea. but the reality is people ARE buying these games and have been for a long time. it's not a simple matter of increasing freedom either. it's not like adding an easy mode would be harmless to the people who already enjoy the game. you might be tempted to think that an easy mode would be good for adding new demographics to the game's potential market, and its existing fanbase could simply choose not to enable the easy mode. but you'd be wrong. many of this game's biggest fans are precisely the kind of people who would have turned on "easy mode" if it was available. like i said, i looked up a guide and obtained the drake sword on MY first playthrough. i didn't make that mistake again in dark souls 2 or dark souls 3 or bloodborne. i'm definitely a member of that "mega-fan" demographic, these games really mean a lot to me and i'm pretty much a guaranteed customer for life for this company. in spite of everything everyone says i will defend dark souls 2 to my last breath and i STILL enjoy playing that game from time to time. but the whole reason i love this series so much is because it was such a struggle. the feeling of growth and the development of my skills is so satisfying. some of the bosses are just so perfectly designed to give you that feeling.
darkeater midir is really my favorite in that aspect. it takes elements from kalameet from dark souls 1, and sinh the slumbering dragon and the ancient dragon from dark souls 2. but it perfects them all, so that the fight is simultaneously faster paced and more lethal, yet just as possible to perfect, if not more possible to perfect. what i mean is, all of the fight's mechanics are avoidable once you learn them and practice evading them. all of his attacks are extremely dangerous and require precise timing and reading of the telegraphs. but there is a way to go through that fight without taking any damage and beat him in 10 minutes or less. it's entirely possible. there's nothing in there that's totally out of your control. he has a very similar attack to ancient dragon where he shoots fire at the ground and you have to start running to the right side of his tail within a certain time frame or it hits you. ancient dragon's came off a little more bullshitty because the hitbox didn't line up with the visual feedback of the fire very well, and unless you came back later on after leveling a bit, it killed you every time unless it caught you right at the end of the fire breath. midir's analogous attack does less damage for less time, but it's still a harder boss, because that was ancient dragon's ONLY trick. all of his other attacks were basically impossible to get hit by unless your input device disconnected or you were intentionally trying to get crushed by his paws. it felt like bullshit because they fucked up all his other attacks, but they seemed to have accidentally made his fire breath attack really hard to avoid, so in order to make the boss actually difficult they just massively inflated the amount of damage his fire breath did. that way the average kill/death ratio would be much lower. but isn't really a recipe for the most satisfying experience. midir got it down perfectly. a really good challenge, an absolute marathon where most players will burn through all 15 of their estus charges before getting the boss to 20% health, but made up of a series of mechanics that could be perfectly avoided so as to take zero damage the entire fight. this allows you to do better and better, every run, until you finally win. the feeling of anxiety and stimulation you have during the final moments of the fight is followed by an almost physical burst of exhilaration and euphoria when that last chunk of HP is cut down and the boss explodes into a bright cloud of souls. that is like a drug and it's what we're chasing when we play these games. you take that away and you pretty much take the point of the game away. yeah, the first playthrough can take a LOT of time for a first-time player. it can make you want to throw your controller. but if you only have 2 hours a week to play the game, that's fucking fine, it's worth spending 6 months to beat the game. don't throw your controller, keep playing, i guarantee after the first couple bosses you will be addicted and you will understand exactly why you don't WANT an easy mode, if anything you'll be asking for a fucking hard mode
Ive had so much damn fun struggling against the bosses, learning moved and patterns, looking up guides. Ive fallen for a game that i thought i was going to despise. I know that its my own fault if i fail and i love the feeling of beating a boss/miniboss that took me hours to learn. Huge respect to the game developers. To fromsoft. To miyazaki and to the entire sekirosoulsbourne community. Love you all.
I think far more Games should focus on making one thight difficulty that feels fun and rewarding to play.
One Point that i could make in favour of an easier mode, would be support for handicapped players. Sometimes it is easy to forget that they exist.
It's easy to sum up why this journalist is wrong. The challenge those games include is - along with the unique storytelling and worlds - their usp. The challenge is what made these games famous, the challenge is what keeps them famous, the challenge is what seperates them from the rest of the market and keeps them interesting. Adding an easy mode would take away so much from these games. It wont change the beautiful worlds and stories, but it would kill the "shadow" of the "hardest games of all time" even people, who never played these games themselves, know about.
Dave is the kind of guy who actually WANTS a participation ribbon.
Do they know Sekiro is the easy mode? Fucking ring the bell then it’s hard mode lol there ya go fuckers there’s your mode change 🤣🤣🤣
Took me 30+ attempts to beat that chained oger but the sense of satisfaction was unbelievable when I did. I used fire and still got my arse kicked lol
Wait wait wait, hold on just a second, we need to take a step back and understand the most important part of this video. 1:20 You can deflect the Shichimen Warrior energy wave?!? Thank you so much for this information.
He is also susceptible to anti air deathblows. You need divine confetti active in his case though.
sekiro has simple mechanics that require you to master. I struggle through it and finally learn the timing and patterns of the bosses and get a feeling of satisfaction. especially knowing it's as the devs intended.
the base game itself is easy mode. the speed and no hit runners have proven that.
Seriously, these game journalists are like petulant children who can’t accept the fact that they suck at playing games
The entire video I was subconsciously hitting the deflect button at the perfect time because I had to inbed that instinct into my head to play the game. And I feel satisfied doing it. People who need easy mode are just impatient babies that need to just train their brains to play it.
Off topic, but it's so funny to me how Miyazaki will allow pictures but videos are off limits.
Videos of what?
@@IvaN-cf7qt himself. Idk the reason but taking videos/audio of him is completely off limits
If someone wants to experience a game without actually learning how to play it and getting good enough to play through it, then they can just watch someone else play it on the internet.
I am terrible at Sekiro and have died more times than I'd care to admit. That being said, it definitely doesn't need an easy mode. It's fine the way it is. It requires you to understand and master the many mechanics it has.
Here’s an easy mode, go play anthem and fight the loading screen and stability bosses. That oughta be fun for you guys