That some big ol facts. As a FromSoft nerd and simp I agree tho Elden ring is their best game overall. Sekiro combat is orgasmic. Especially when you really learn it. Just wish it had some Buick variety hopefully we get sekiro 2 journey to the west since the immortal severance ending really sets it up
Sekiro is definitely the most straightforward of Fromsoftware stories. I don't mean the story is simple or uninteresting, as it is complex and engaging, but at least watching the cutscenes and playing through the actual game will get you 80% of the story, unlike their other titles. In a lot of ways, it's the most depressing story personally speaking (haven't played Elden Ring yet). Dark Souls is all about accepting your fate in an endless cycle, so you spend every game (30-40 hours in a regular playthrough) coming to terms with that fact, and Bloodborne has a debatingly happy ending out of the 3 choices. The one happy ending in Sekiro involves jumping through a lot of hoops, so most players see the other three heartbreaking endings. It's also a big horror game. The advertising doesn't play into that aspect but after your second (third if you take an alternate route) boss battle, the game's tone changes from a story of revenge, war, and protecting one's family into straight-up horror. The same way the Exorcist and Rosemary's Baby play with the idea of turning Christianity into a horror fest, Sekiro does this with Buddhism and it works so well as both a twist and when replaying the game and spotting all the clues. The gameplay is the most polished and tight of the Soulsborne games and it relies on skill alone - you can't build your character in a specific way to overcome most obstacles. Factor in that the only other two difficulty options make the game HARDER rather than easier, and you realize you need to practice a lot to get good at the game. It's one of the most rewarding gaming experiences.
Agreed I really think future Fromsoft games especially the souls like ones can benefit hugely from adding story related cutscenes not just as boss intros, that way opening up the world and lore to virgin players and those of us who dislike having to read every items description. Sekiro is the only soulslike where you don't feel it necessary to watch lore videos after you beat it to get a grasp of the story and themes.
Sekiro is great, kind of like Bloodborne has a third act pivot to cosmic horror, Sekiro has a lot of classic Japanese horror hiding just under the surface. The way it reframes Buddhism and connects it to elements of body horror and spiritual impurity are really interesting. Once again, VaatiVidya has the goods if y’all are interested, his videos on Sekiro are amazingly well produced.
One of my top favorite games of all time. Definitely requires a lot of skill and snap judgments decisions during combat, but that just makes it more engaging that my heart was beating on every battle. I’ve only gone through this game once since it was quite taxing, but I’m itching to go through round 2 baby!
It's my turn to stand up for Sekiro being the best/my favorite FromSoft game. Aside from my bias of it being the first one I was able to 100%, I genuinely think that Sekiro is the best FromSoft game for newcomers to the series. This game is simultaneously the easiest and hardest game in my opinion. At an early level it's very easy to get into and understand versus all other Souls games. Tutorials are plentiful without being overbearing and the game makes sure you have all of the information you need before advancing further. There's an NPC to train in combat with, and there's no branching classes or complex leveling system like the other games. You have your sword and the extra tools/skills you choose to take, but combat primarily comes down to how well you can manage offensive/defensive play and react to split second decisions. There is one fluid and fun form of combat in the game, and it's up to you to learn and master it versus the typical FromSoft approach which gives you to many options at times that it can be overwhelming. That being said the combat system is incredibly hard to master, and if you don't have what it takes the game will gatekeep you until you do. The 2 or 3 (depending on how you play) boss you fight is an absolutely brutal wall that exists solely to make sure you grasp everything that combat has to offer and if not, you aren't getting past him because you aren't capable of dealing with the late game bosses otherwise. It can be so frustrating banging your head against a wall trying to beat him, I myself having spent about 3 hours on him my first playthrough, but once you do succeed it's an amazing feeling. Which is why I think it's the hardest and easiest game, because once you have it locked down and figured out, nothing can stand in your way. On subsequent playthroughs of the game (of which I believe I've done 10-11) that same boss that took me hours before I can dispatch in less then 2-3 minutes because of how incredibly the game handles difficulty and combat. I also think it's the best game in the series for someone looking just for a story or something that isn't going to run them 80+ hours for one playthrough. Sekiro easily has the most understandable story of any Souls game while also maintaining the incredible level of world building through secondary information that the other games has, it just makes the primary focus of the game much more comprehensible so you at least have a clear cut goal in your mind. Despite the difficulty of the game, I would also say that a single playthrough will take less time then any other Souls game, but that's mostly because the game is designed for you and really wants you to get all four endings. The biggest plus of all I have to give this game though is it's boss design. Sekiro has the least amount of "main bosses" of any FromSoft game which is completely acceptable when realizing how amazing the quality of each one is. With the exception of one of the two bosses that is "reused" being pretty meh, the rest of the bosses in the game offer something incredible that most other Soulsborne bosses just can't do because of the sheer amount of them that get stuffed into each game. The fact that they took the time to really polish the bosses in this game goes the extra mile for me. Stuff like True Corrupted Monk and Guardian Ape are among my absolute favorite bosses in the series, while The Sword Saint still sits at the top of the hardest but most satisfying boss list even after Elden Ring's Goddess of Rot has been dominating people's mind as of late. I love this game. Absolutely one of my favorites of all time, and the single reason that I care about FromSoft games today after being dissuaded by Dark Souls back when it first came out. I literally can't sing enough praise for this game.
Sekiro is the most active and dynamic From game, a very focused emphasis on fighting and action, and most the exploration is to avoid traps or get a secret goodie. The story is also straightforward for the most part, while the trademark LARGE HORROR BIGGER THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE is still there, it just complements the story instead of driving it. It's also the most demanding From game in terms of mechanics, and has by far the lowest completion rate.
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@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames i remember when I got it and was managing somehow through the game until i reached the wall. A boss where you need to master the parry otherwise you basically can’t win. Everything is designed with you having certain tools at hand by that point of the story hence extremely hard if you haven’t mastered them. After learning to parry correctly, the game becomes much more reliant on it and then throws other challenges at you such as dodging and counter mechanics of different weapons types. It was also the first soulsborne to have jumping so jumping was also used to dodge certain mechanics too
I love this game. It's dope. I never played a From Software game before. I was so satisfied when i finished the game. It was so challenging but rewarding.
Sekiro exchanges build diversity for perfectly crafted encounters. I found other from soft games combat to be boring in comparison as I was always either underpowered due to not knowing how to properly build my character or completely overpowered as soon as I looked up a good build. It's combat is extremely polished and the closest thing to perfect that I have seen. After playing it for the first time I had a hard time enjoying any other game as they simply could not compare. That together with a story that you can understand without 10 hours of watching lore videos makes it easily the best from soft has produced.
My favorite game of 2019 and game of the year with amazing scores. The only "From Software game that I play is a classic challenging masterpiece. Even my my homegurls "Alyska and Marz beat it on their channel. Very very cool game. Excellent video guys. 🙌
The first trailer was beautifully edited. The neat thing about Sekiro is how they diversify the combat despite only using a single weapon type. Unlike games like Elden Ring, Dark Souls, Demon Souls or even Bloodborne, you get the variety from choosing, upgrading and picking certain tools or skills.
I have a love/hate relationship with this game. It’s beautiful and I love the combat - the posture system makes a lot of sense to me intuitively, it’s essentially keeping the pressure on your opponent to force an opening - but on the other hand I definitely ragequit more than a few times.
I’m still on the last boss of the “good” ending. That dude pulled a glock on you and I was just not fast enough to deal with that essentially 5 phase fight if you count the intro you’ve gotta fight each time
@@GirlofCulture I straight up cheesed him XD there’s a bit in arena that also works with yorinobu where if you jump up one of the towers before he breaks it you can jump onto the wall and run around it and the boss just hurls itself off a cliff chasing you XD
Pls reaction "Armored Core All Openings HD" I hope more people will know about another classic game series by FromSoftware! This game series is really great!
I know this is an old video, but Sekiro is one of the few games where I would definitely recommend watching a gameplay video of a boss fight. Especially the human sized bosses, like Genichiro or Isshin. The swordplay is just beautiful.
I mean sekiro is probably the best combat experience ive had in a video game ever. I remember first time experiencing that bosses, overcoming them and that feeling is something else. All souls games have this feeling but in Sekiro its much more. Its like you are evolving and becoming a better player rather than your character gets stronger.
I had no idea you could spring off the bull's head like that. I thought you could only do that to human enemies. Now I want to play the game all over again, just so I can try it.
I never watched the launch trailer of Sekiro, but I have spent hundreds of hours by now playing and completing the game, and I can confirm that a large portion of that was actual gameplay with more cinematic camera angles
Easilly my favorite of FromSoftware games, even thou I haven't finished Elden Ring I don't think it will ever take Sekiros number one spot for me. As alot of the others mentioned in the comments the combat is easilly the best I ever played tbh, frustrating at first yes, as all Soulsbourne, but when you finally understand it and master it, it's so damn satisfying and rewarding. You have to at least try it out for once sometime, a must play in my opinion. Btw love your reactions, keep it up!
Speaking of From Software, any plans of looking at the Armored Core intro cinematics? Also, Metal Wolf Chaos the most American game that ever Americaed ever
I've checked your guys' content before, and I enjoyed it a lot. I have to ask if you plan on watching the rest of Crash Maul's videos from the Epic Scout universe, though.
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames Cool. Sorry for the delay, had a class. In any case, I'm letting you know it's important to watch the third and fourth videos all the way through. Why? I won't spoil it, but it's essential. ;)
Suggestion for the next batch of trailer reactions: you guys should check out the Drakengard trilogy openings/cutscenes. Very overlooked and underrated game series (they also tie in with the Nier games if you've heard of those or checked them out already). To this day, they remain some of my favorite older-playstation games. Cutscenes were always gorgeous even if the gameplay graphics weren't really all that impressive to look at.
Sekiro people might argue is one of the more difficult of the games and associate it as being parrying to win, but in truth there's additional elements to take into consideration if you're willing to try it. One of the more surprising aspects of the game is that you're given two ways to make it even more challenging to play, one of which directly rewards you more for each encounter, the other being like "this was a thing of protection, do you need this" at the start of your next playthrough after completing the first, plus the next playthrough's natural added difficult following the first, and this would make a player have to play more careful and precise than ever before as a requirement in a Fromsoft game unless you're trying to S-rank performance on missions in Hard mode of Armored Core 4 (an old mecha series Fromsoft did that gets less attraction than it's really worth.) I'm always torn about which Fromsoft games are actually the best. It's actually quite difficult to say because they'll often offer great replayability experience on top of the first time experience. I myself kinda grew up as a fanboy of them, unknowingly, and this was before I even realized the Souls series as a thing. Some Fromsoft throwbacks go back further than 20 years like the Moonlight swords. I want to say the one with the least replay to explore options is actually Sekiro, but it was still a pretty good game. I guess my top list is something like Elden Ring, Bloodborne, Dark Souls 3 then Dark Souls 2, but I'd put the Armored Core games as being able to fit into these areas of the list if they were made more available to be played modern day to better adapt my opinion. I can attest I spent hundreds to thousands of hours in gen 4 alone out of 5 generations of the games, and I never had a chance to try into the PvP because they took those servers down.
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames it definitely holds a special place. You still had this sort of builds approach to all Fromsoft games, but you had 500x the coloring options and get to make your own emblem and collect other people's you beat. Decals. It was as fun customizing as it was to play. So many playstyle options, and some decimated awesome foes. And like usual the music was good.
I remember i had a bet with my friend when this game came out , if i could beat its first boss and all enemies upto it in one try without dying he has to give me 50 bucks and i won 😂
Just finished this recently. I've always had something of a love/hate relationship with Souls-like games like Dark Souls and Sekiro, but fortunately through the power of modding, I've been able to play it without getting so stressed that I want to pull my hair out. Definitely one of my favorite games.
It would be interesting to see you look into the early early days of From Soft! Not sure what content there is to react to though. Trailers from the early 2000s aren't than easy to find. You could definitely watch trailers/intros for the Armored Core games though! Maybe there's a good video essay on the early days of FromSoft.
Sekiro was my first game that got me into souls genre... its much faster pace and as unforgiving as other games but a darn good experience and best fight mechanics I have ever seen in any games I have played :D Sekiro also won Game of the Year too :D
Ever wondered what a shounen anime boss fight would look like in a videogame? Well, this is it. This game is just straight up anime with its combat system
I love kens intros. They are fun. Also I have a question for ken. Do you think bethaney would survive sekiro shadows die twice? If she was an expert swordswoman?
Just something to know. While most will call this a Souls like after Dark Souls for good reasons. The gameplay, use of tools, traversal methods, setting and general feel of the game is more akin to FromSoft's earlier series, Tenchu. Which consisted of 9 games between 1998 too 2008.
Oh man, Sekiro is such an interesting game. While I absolutely loved playing it, it is also my least recommended FromSoft game to the general gaming community. It is a game that demands you learn each of its combat systems, yet rewards you handsomely for doing so. It takes the Dark Souls boss factor of "How do they expect me to kill this?" on your first attempt, to "Ah what a piece of cake" after you understand the boss and cranks each of those to 11. As others have said in the comments it has a significantly more straight forward story than other Souls games as well, though still quite cryptic at times. Overall an amazing game in my opinion, and highly recommended, but only to anyone that enjoys essentially fast paced puzzles!
This is another of the FromSoftware games that I really want to play. Because of his story and the diferent combat system from the other Soulgames. By the way, there is another game that you two haven't check out, it's name is Code Vein, This one is a anime somewhat version of the Soulgames.
I need to replay this game. I got stuck on the final boss and it’s still one of the only fromsoftware games I haven’t beaten. The weird thing about Sekiro is there’s no builds, unlike dark souls or Elden ring you’ll have your sword and clothes the whole game and won’t really switch them out (you’ll gain a second sword later which can be used for a specific move but other than that it’s just on your back) so your prosthetic arm is your only real customization besides skills which you gain as you kill things. It’s just a different style of game but not bad by any means
Sekiro is my first FromSoft games and I loved it. I thought Elden Ring going to take my heart as well but I still think sekiro is better than Elden Ring just because the combat is satisfying
This was another great FS game (like every game in the Soulsborne series). I remember when the game first came out, I literally tried playing it like Dark Souls 3 and got my teeth kicked in over and over and over again. So much so, I got frustrated and had to set the game down for about a year before I went back and forced myself to adapt and learn how the game actually wanted me to play. And when I did...oh...did this game turn out great. What turned out to be one of the hardest games I had ever played turned into one I ended up beating multiple times for the sake of getting all the endings and all the achievements. Rule one: don't treat this game like Souls on a combat mechanics level. Rule two: expect to die...A LOT. Rule 3: experiment, adapt, and persevere.
I got this game when I got out of the hospital I’ve enjoyed this game still plan on beating along with bloodborne glad I beat the surge 2 which inspired me to keep going with sekiro and bloodborne
ive played and beat all of the fromsoft game but this one and i really wanna buy it for pc and give it another go i had it on ps4 but i honestly was so into darksouls at the time that my play style was getting me killed all the time i remember fighting lady butterfly she was so hard and since i played this like it was dark souls i rarely used the parry unless i knew i couldnt get out of the way in short i raged quit this gamer because i was playing it like darksouls lol
Still my favourite pre-Elden Ring FromSoftware game. But not the most newbie friendly game. Sekiro is a hard game. But since you've been playing Jedi Fallen Order you might just like it, since they pretty much copy-pasted the fundamentals of Sekiro's combat mechanics 😆 - so if you're enjoying that then you'll definitely enjoy it in Sekiro which is much more polished. But unlike Fallen Order, there's no difficulty setting and even on it's hardest difficulty the challenge pales in comparison to Sekiro. Sekiro is HARD 😆. That being said, it has the best combat I've experienced in any game to date. Like the combat itself is even better than Elden Ring IMO. Once you figure out the nuances of the combat system - to sum it up it's a brutal & deadly, yet sublime & beautiful dance of swords. It gets SO intense. There were moments in certain fights my heart was pounding so hard I thought it was gonna burst out of my chest 😂 And as usual with FromSoftware, the story, setting, themes, art direction, environment design, music etc are masterful and industry defining. As others in the comments have stated, if you're interested in knowing more about the world and lore of Sekiro, then Vaati's your guy 😄 I was incredibly happy when Sekiro won Game of the Year 2019. Till then FromSoftware, while definitely being a popular studio, was still considered 'niche'. But that award gave them mainstream recognition and validation that they rightly deserved. Not like they really needed it anyways. They've never made games to please others. But they've always respected their players. None of their games have microtransactions or greedy monetary practices. They arent driven by corporate greed. They only do it out of an unflinching and unyielding artistic hunger to create games to the best of their ability and vision.
Sekiro is by far the hardest from software game as there is no level or gear progression. Only shinobi tools and different techniques. So you can can never outgear/outlevel anything. You just gain more tools. So it’s difficult as it’s entirely up to your own skill.
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames don’t let the difficulty dissuade you from playing though. It is very doable. It’s the hardest soulsborne game but it’s still a soulsborne game. They are all doable. They are all learning experiences. After you have learned, you can do. It might take you 10 times it might take you 10,000 times but you will eventually overcome the challenge and move onto the next.
After over 400 hours in Elden Ring I think I'm gonna soon check out Sekiro and after that play the Soul Trilogy, lets hope From Software brings the rumored Bloodborn Remake also to the PC..
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames well, since Malenia from Elden Ring is supose to be (according to the internet) the toughest boss in all From Software games, I think it will be manageable. 😁 Although.. I still couldn't manage to kill her yet, she just runs over my paladin in the second phase like nobody's business..
The one soulsbornesekiro game that I haven't finished! Besides dark souls II but I just can't get into that one. And I absolutely love Sekiro for how different it is, how Fromsoft challenged themselves to make something different! The story is also really good!! Can't wait to get back into it.
You guys should react to boss fights from Elden Ring and other from soft games like Sekiro, Dark Souls, Bloodborne, etc! They’re the best part of these games, but especially if y’all don’t already plan on playing them
You guys should check out the Demon Slayer Hinokami Chronicles ultimate moves they're animated beautifully and are super accurate to how they look in the anime!
This game man..... All about perfect parry. N indeed very very hard. For the first try every thinks it's an impossible game. Bt when u get use to the tyming it's an awesome experience, until u fk up the tyming by mistake, n there u go start again.... Man.
The only From SoftWare game I enjoyed playing. Everything else were uninstalled after 1-2 hours of gameplay, including elden ring. FSW games have the same gamplay mechanics (literaly) and they play slow and boring, except for Sekiro. It's the only game with different gameplay which is much more dynamic and spectacular
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames yepp, many people underestimating sekiro just because in sekiro didnt have stamina bar. owl, headless ape and guardian ape, demon of hatred, genichiro ashina, isshin ashina, corrupted monk, etc. they are one of the toughest boss in sekiro 🤣
Sekiro is definitely a game worth playing but it is very hard especially the true final boss isshin the sword saint he is hard I have beat this game about 6 times now I always come back to this game every few months but if y’all were to ever play it it’s definitely worth it. It’s very fun
This game made me rage ngl, and you wanna know the funny part? I'm playing elden ring...a game that like sekiro makes me rage...why am i doing this to myself? Simple...i wanna play the game
Sekiro plays completely different from the rest of From's Games. If you try and play like darksouls, you'll suffer. You're a dirty rotten ninja, use every nasty, evil trick you have or you're going to hate the game. The same people saying you have to use Strength weapons, no magic, no summons in Elden Ring tried to play Sekiro as a Samurai instead of a ninja and had a bad time. Don't be afraid to throw pebbles in people's face mid fight, or sneak kill people, honor's for people who are twice your size.
You cannot die too many times.... if you do then the npc where you get the prosthetic upgrade at the beginning among other npcs is inflicted with a deadly disease that kills them. I HAD TO RESTART THE GAME SO MANY TIMES TO PREVENT THAT! ;-; Anyways- it's a nice breath of fresh air from dark souls 1 and 2 and the third that I have yet to finish XD
For me as gamer I put bloodborne first dark souls 3 and sekrio second and Elden ring third demon souls fourth and dark souls 2 fifth and last dark souls 1
The english trailers for sekiro seem kinda lackluster compared to the game demonstrations that were done to explain mechanics and showcase the game. I've actually never seen these before and I've gotta say it was kind of off-putting for a game as amazing as sekiro.
This game has the best combat in gaming history
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That some big ol facts. As a FromSoft nerd and simp I agree tho Elden ring is their best game overall. Sekiro combat is orgasmic. Especially when you really learn it. Just wish it had some Buick variety hopefully we get sekiro 2 journey to the west since the immortal severance ending really sets it up
@@shanedillis153 never heard something so true
I remember playing the hell out of this game after i got it on my birthday. Fighting malenia in elden ring makes me wanna revisit this masterpiece
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@@Knightlight-kw9sh you wouldn't believe how many times she said after killing me
Sekiro is definitely the most straightforward of Fromsoftware stories. I don't mean the story is simple or uninteresting, as it is complex and engaging, but at least watching the cutscenes and playing through the actual game will get you 80% of the story, unlike their other titles. In a lot of ways, it's the most depressing story personally speaking (haven't played Elden Ring yet). Dark Souls is all about accepting your fate in an endless cycle, so you spend every game (30-40 hours in a regular playthrough) coming to terms with that fact, and Bloodborne has a debatingly happy ending out of the 3 choices. The one happy ending in Sekiro involves jumping through a lot of hoops, so most players see the other three heartbreaking endings.
It's also a big horror game. The advertising doesn't play into that aspect but after your second (third if you take an alternate route) boss battle, the game's tone changes from a story of revenge, war, and protecting one's family into straight-up horror. The same way the Exorcist and Rosemary's Baby play with the idea of turning Christianity into a horror fest, Sekiro does this with Buddhism and it works so well as both a twist and when replaying the game and spotting all the clues. The gameplay is the most polished and tight of the Soulsborne games and it relies on skill alone - you can't build your character in a specific way to overcome most obstacles. Factor in that the only other two difficulty options make the game HARDER rather than easier, and you realize you need to practice a lot to get good at the game. It's one of the most rewarding gaming experiences.
I haven't played sekiro yet( cant find it in ps4😢) but BloodBornes lore is so deep the end is nowhere in sight.
Agreed I really think future Fromsoft games especially the souls like ones can benefit hugely from adding story related cutscenes not just as boss intros, that way opening up the world and lore to virgin players and those of us who dislike having to read every items description. Sekiro is the only soulslike where you don't feel it necessary to watch lore videos after you beat it to get a grasp of the story and themes.
Oh damn. Wouldn’t have guessed this turns into a horror vibe 😯 very intriguing 😈
Mibu village is spooky as hell. I love the aesthetic of that place.
@@botondkunos1774 For sure and when u realise the more hidden lore about that place and what they were doing in the lake it gets even worse.
Sekiro is great, kind of like Bloodborne has a third act pivot to cosmic horror, Sekiro has a lot of classic Japanese horror hiding just under the surface. The way it reframes Buddhism and connects it to elements of body horror and spiritual impurity are really interesting.
Once again, VaatiVidya has the goods if y’all are interested, his videos on Sekiro are amazingly well produced.
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One of my top favorite games of all time. Definitely requires a lot of skill and snap judgments decisions during combat, but that just makes it more engaging that my heart was beating on every battle. I’ve only gone through this game once since it was quite taxing, but I’m itching to go through round 2 baby!
Good luck on round two 🥳🥳😎🤟
The best fighting in any game, ever. Incredible work, and in my opinion also the best game that FromSoftware have ever made.
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It's my turn to stand up for Sekiro being the best/my favorite FromSoft game. Aside from my bias of it being the first one I was able to 100%, I genuinely think that Sekiro is the best FromSoft game for newcomers to the series.
This game is simultaneously the easiest and hardest game in my opinion. At an early level it's very easy to get into and understand versus all other Souls games. Tutorials are plentiful without being overbearing and the game makes sure you have all of the information you need before advancing further. There's an NPC to train in combat with, and there's no branching classes or complex leveling system like the other games. You have your sword and the extra tools/skills you choose to take, but combat primarily comes down to how well you can manage offensive/defensive play and react to split second decisions. There is one fluid and fun form of combat in the game, and it's up to you to learn and master it versus the typical FromSoft approach which gives you to many options at times that it can be overwhelming.
That being said the combat system is incredibly hard to master, and if you don't have what it takes the game will gatekeep you until you do. The 2 or 3 (depending on how you play) boss you fight is an absolutely brutal wall that exists solely to make sure you grasp everything that combat has to offer and if not, you aren't getting past him because you aren't capable of dealing with the late game bosses otherwise. It can be so frustrating banging your head against a wall trying to beat him, I myself having spent about 3 hours on him my first playthrough, but once you do succeed it's an amazing feeling. Which is why I think it's the hardest and easiest game, because once you have it locked down and figured out, nothing can stand in your way. On subsequent playthroughs of the game (of which I believe I've done 10-11) that same boss that took me hours before I can dispatch in less then 2-3 minutes because of how incredibly the game handles difficulty and combat.
I also think it's the best game in the series for someone looking just for a story or something that isn't going to run them 80+ hours for one playthrough. Sekiro easily has the most understandable story of any Souls game while also maintaining the incredible level of world building through secondary information that the other games has, it just makes the primary focus of the game much more comprehensible so you at least have a clear cut goal in your mind. Despite the difficulty of the game, I would also say that a single playthrough will take less time then any other Souls game, but that's mostly because the game is designed for you and really wants you to get all four endings.
The biggest plus of all I have to give this game though is it's boss design. Sekiro has the least amount of "main bosses" of any FromSoft game which is completely acceptable when realizing how amazing the quality of each one is. With the exception of one of the two bosses that is "reused" being pretty meh, the rest of the bosses in the game offer something incredible that most other Soulsborne bosses just can't do because of the sheer amount of them that get stuffed into each game. The fact that they took the time to really polish the bosses in this game goes the extra mile for me. Stuff like True Corrupted Monk and Guardian Ape are among my absolute favorite bosses in the series, while The Sword Saint still sits at the top of the hardest but most satisfying boss list even after Elden Ring's Goddess of Rot has been dominating people's mind as of late.
I love this game. Absolutely one of my favorites of all time, and the single reason that I care about FromSoft games today after being dissuaded by Dark Souls back when it first came out. I literally can't sing enough praise for this game.
😎🤟 great and thorough review of the game 🥳🥳
Sekiro is the most active and dynamic From game, a very focused emphasis on fighting and action, and most the exploration is to avoid traps or get a secret goodie. The story is also straightforward for the most part, while the trademark LARGE HORROR BIGGER THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE is still there, it just complements the story instead of driving it. It's also the most demanding From game in terms of mechanics, and has by far the lowest completion rate.
😎🤟 sounds fun, not for us, but for gamers that want a good story and challenge. Story sounds cool but we don’t have the skill yet to try this one for sure 🤗
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames i remember when I got it and was managing somehow through the game until i reached the wall.
A boss where you need to master the parry otherwise you basically can’t win. Everything is designed with you having certain tools at hand by that point of the story hence extremely hard if you haven’t mastered them. After learning to parry correctly, the game becomes much more reliant on it and then throws other challenges at you such as dodging and counter mechanics of different weapons types. It was also the first soulsborne to have jumping so jumping was also used to dodge certain mechanics too
I love this game. It's dope. I never played a From Software game before. I was so satisfied when i finished the game. It was so challenging but rewarding.
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Sekiro exchanges build diversity for perfectly crafted encounters. I found other from soft games combat to be boring in comparison as I was always either underpowered due to not knowing how to properly build my character or completely overpowered as soon as I looked up a good build. It's combat is extremely polished and the closest thing to perfect that I have seen. After playing it for the first time I had a hard time enjoying any other game as they simply could not compare. That together with a story that you can understand without 10 hours of watching lore videos makes it easily the best from soft has produced.
😎🤟 great review of the game 🙂
My favorite kooky crazy kids, this is the hardest game in the entire companies portfolio, to date.
I found nioh harder then sekiro due to the ki pulse
😯 Good to know this is not the place to start
One of the best made games ever, absolute unit of a game.
The first trailer is incredible artistically too
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In my opinion, its the best fromsoftware game.
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My favorite game of 2019 and game of the year with amazing scores. The only "From Software game that I play is a classic challenging masterpiece. Even my my homegurls "Alyska and Marz beat it on their channel. Very very cool game. Excellent video guys. 🙌
Glad you enjoyed the game so much and liked the video as well 😀🥳😎🤟
The first trailer was beautifully edited.
The neat thing about Sekiro is how they diversify the combat despite only using a single weapon type. Unlike games like Elden Ring, Dark Souls, Demon Souls or even Bloodborne, you get the variety from choosing, upgrading and picking certain tools or skills.
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I have a love/hate relationship with this game. It’s beautiful and I love the combat - the posture system makes a lot of sense to me intuitively, it’s essentially keeping the pressure on your opponent to force an opening - but on the other hand I definitely ragequit more than a few times.
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I’m still on the last boss of the “good” ending. That dude pulled a glock on you and I was just not fast enough to deal with that essentially 5 phase fight if you count the intro you’ve gotta fight each time
Yeah. Probably one we wouldn’t play given how hard everyone says it is 😯
@@GirlofCulture I straight up cheesed him XD there’s a bit in arena that also works with yorinobu where if you jump up one of the towers before he breaks it you can jump onto the wall and run around it and the boss just hurls itself off a cliff chasing you XD
Pls reaction "Armored Core All Openings HD"
I hope more people will know about another classic game series by FromSoftware! This game series is really great!
Omg yes ac 3 and 4 intros especially. Also ace combat
This game makes you remember swears that you forgot even existed
😂 heard gameplay is very challenging 😅
you can spend your whole life looking for the perfect blossom and it will not be a wasted life. (I missed that movie)
A great reaction to start my final full week of school
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I know this is an old video, but Sekiro is one of the few games where I would definitely recommend watching a gameplay video of a boss fight. Especially the human sized bosses, like Genichiro or Isshin. The swordplay is just beautiful.
I mean sekiro is probably the best combat experience ive had in a video game ever. I remember first time experiencing that bosses, overcoming them and that feeling is something else. All souls games have this feeling but in Sekiro its much more. Its like you are evolving and becoming a better player rather than your character gets stronger.
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I had no idea you could spring off the bull's head like that. I thought you could only do that to human enemies. Now I want to play the game all over again, just so I can try it.
I never watched the launch trailer of Sekiro, but I have spent hundreds of hours by now playing and completing the game, and I can confirm that a large portion of that was actual gameplay with more cinematic camera angles
Video games are just so good at making random words sound cool by placing the word "the" in front of them.
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I’ve been waiting for this
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I like how Beth is both Grossed out and Interested in the Game. XD
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Easilly my favorite of FromSoftware games, even thou I haven't finished Elden Ring I don't think it will ever take Sekiros number one spot for me. As alot of the others mentioned in the comments the combat is easilly the best I ever played tbh, frustrating at first yes, as all Soulsbourne, but when you finally understand it and master it, it's so damn satisfying and rewarding. You have to at least try it out for once sometime, a must play in my opinion. Btw love your reactions, keep it up!
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Speaking of From Software, any plans of looking at the Armored Core intro cinematics? Also, Metal Wolf Chaos the most American game that ever Americaed ever
😂 we do have the armored core intros on our request list 🙂
Great vid y’all ! The more linear approach fromsoft have done.
Glad it ended up being like that because the trailers and intro definitely gave us that sense of the story 🙂
I've checked your guys' content before, and I enjoyed it a lot. I have to ask if you plan on watching the rest of Crash Maul's videos from the Epic Scout universe, though.
Eventually will finish up those videos 🤗
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames Cool. Sorry for the delay, had a class. In any case, I'm letting you know it's important to watch the third and fourth videos all the way through. Why? I won't spoil it, but it's essential. ;)
Suggestion for the next batch of trailer reactions: you guys should check out the Drakengard trilogy openings/cutscenes. Very overlooked and underrated game series (they also tie in with the Nier games if you've heard of those or checked them out already). To this day, they remain some of my favorite older-playstation games. Cutscenes were always gorgeous even if the gameplay graphics weren't really all that impressive to look at.
Appreciate the recommendation 😀
Sekiro people might argue is one of the more difficult of the games and associate it as being parrying to win, but in truth there's additional elements to take into consideration if you're willing to try it. One of the more surprising aspects of the game is that you're given two ways to make it even more challenging to play, one of which directly rewards you more for each encounter, the other being like "this was a thing of protection, do you need this" at the start of your next playthrough after completing the first, plus the next playthrough's natural added difficult following the first, and this would make a player have to play more careful and precise than ever before as a requirement in a Fromsoft game unless you're trying to S-rank performance on missions in Hard mode of Armored Core 4 (an old mecha series Fromsoft did that gets less attraction than it's really worth.)
I'm always torn about which Fromsoft games are actually the best. It's actually quite difficult to say because they'll often offer great replayability experience on top of the first time experience. I myself kinda grew up as a fanboy of them, unknowingly, and this was before I even realized the Souls series as a thing. Some Fromsoft throwbacks go back further than 20 years like the Moonlight swords. I want to say the one with the least replay to explore options is actually Sekiro, but it was still a pretty good game. I guess my top list is something like Elden Ring, Bloodborne, Dark Souls 3 then Dark Souls 2, but I'd put the Armored Core games as being able to fit into these areas of the list if they were made more available to be played modern day to better adapt my opinion. I can attest I spent hundreds to thousands of hours in gen 4 alone out of 5 generations of the games, and I never had a chance to try into the PvP because they took those servers down.
Armored core is getting a lot of love lately on the channel. Especially on this particular fromsoftware game 🙂
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames it definitely holds a special place. You still had this sort of builds approach to all Fromsoft games, but you had 500x the coloring options and get to make your own emblem and collect other people's you beat. Decals. It was as fun customizing as it was to play. So many playstyle options, and some decimated awesome foes. And like usual the music was good.
I remember i had a bet with my friend when this game came out , if i could beat its first boss and all enemies upto it in one try without dying he has to give me 50 bucks and i won 😂
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Just finished this recently. I've always had something of a love/hate relationship with Souls-like games like Dark Souls and Sekiro, but fortunately through the power of modding, I've been able to play it without getting so stressed that I want to pull my hair out.
Definitely one of my favorite games.
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My favorite game on terms of pure combat. Tight and procise.
Many have said combat tactics in this game are top tier 🤩
Oh this game is amazing I need to go back and playing this game again I beat this game over three time and this game is amazing
Nice Professor T! Heard this game was really tough 🙂
It would be interesting to see you look into the early early days of From Soft! Not sure what content there is to react to though. Trailers from the early 2000s aren't than easy to find. You could definitely watch trailers/intros for the Armored Core games though!
Maybe there's a good video essay on the early days of FromSoft.
Armored Core is the one game a lot of people have been telling us to check out 🙂
FINALLY!!! LET'S GOOOO!!
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Sekiro was my first game that got me into souls genre... its much faster pace and as unforgiving as other games but a darn good experience and best fight mechanics I have ever seen in any games I have played :D
Sekiro also won Game of the Year too :D
We’ve heard the fighting mechanics are very rewarding once you get the hang of them 😊😀
Ever wondered what a shounen anime boss fight would look like in a videogame? Well, this is it. This game is just straight up anime with its combat system
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I love kens intros. They are fun. Also I have a question for ken. Do you think bethaney would survive sekiro shadows die twice? If she was an expert swordswoman?
I think Bethany could survive anything she wanted to. 😎🤟🥳
I absolutely love this game one the best iv plated on ps4 really hope another one comes one day game was full of rage and fun
Full of rage and fun 😁😎🤟
Just something to know. While most will call this a Souls like after Dark Souls for good reasons. The gameplay, use of tools, traversal methods, setting and general feel of the game is more akin to FromSoft's earlier series, Tenchu. Which consisted of 9 games between 1998 too 2008.
Thanks for letting us know that 🙂
Oh man, Sekiro is such an interesting game. While I absolutely loved playing it, it is also my least recommended FromSoft game to the general gaming community. It is a game that demands you learn each of its combat systems, yet rewards you handsomely for doing so. It takes the Dark Souls boss factor of "How do they expect me to kill this?" on your first attempt, to "Ah what a piece of cake" after you understand the boss and cranks each of those to 11. As others have said in the comments it has a significantly more straight forward story than other Souls games as well, though still quite cryptic at times. Overall an amazing game in my opinion, and highly recommended, but only to anyone that enjoys essentially fast paced puzzles!
Fast paced puzzles is a fun way to describe it 🙂
Great gameplay from this one.
Looks like it 🤩
A very interesting addition to the Soulsborne collection.
I wonder how a Sequel would be like?
All killer instinct characters 1-3 season
On our request list 🙂
This is another of the FromSoftware games that I really want to play. Because of his story and the diferent combat system from the other Soulgames.
By the way, there is another game that you two haven't check out, it's name is Code Vein, This one is a anime somewhat version of the Soulgames.
Will add it to our request list 🙂
I need to replay this game. I got stuck on the final boss and it’s still one of the only fromsoftware games I haven’t beaten. The weird thing about Sekiro is there’s no builds, unlike dark souls or Elden ring you’ll have your sword and clothes the whole game and won’t really switch them out (you’ll gain a second sword later which can be used for a specific move but other than that it’s just on your back) so your prosthetic arm is your only real customization besides skills which you gain as you kill things. It’s just a different style of game but not bad by any means
Good luck tackling it again and this time beating it 😎🤟
Sekiro is my first FromSoft games and I loved it. I thought Elden Ring going to take my heart as well but I still think sekiro is better than Elden Ring just because the combat is satisfying
Have heard combat system is one of the best 😀
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames yeah, I don't mind dying multiple times because I got to experienced the satisfaction of sword clashing each other
This game took me 4 "attempts" - rage quits - for it to click, but once it did, sekiro has become one of my favourite games
😎🤟 congrats for sticking with it 😀
Just bought this game it’s so fun I beat the last boss but I couldn’t do new game plus so I had to restart it
Congrats on beating it 🥳🥳
Sekiro is one souls game I want to play
Let us know how you like it. 😀
This was another great FS game (like every game in the Soulsborne series). I remember when the game first came out, I literally tried playing it like Dark Souls 3 and got my teeth kicked in over and over and over again. So much so, I got frustrated and had to set the game down for about a year before I went back and forced myself to adapt and learn how the game actually wanted me to play. And when I did...oh...did this game turn out great. What turned out to be one of the hardest games I had ever played turned into one I ended up beating multiple times for the sake of getting all the endings and all the achievements.
Rule one: don't treat this game like Souls on a combat mechanics level.
Rule two: expect to die...A LOT.
Rule 3: experiment, adapt, and persevere.
Appreciate the review and tips/rules 😀
hello, there are new apex trailers, in case you like to see them, they are from the new season, greetings and good video
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i broke my controller while playing it, can recommend
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The only game where I would die to the bosses intentionally just so I could fight them again.
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I got this game when I got out of the hospital I’ve enjoyed this game still plan on beating along with bloodborne glad I beat the surge 2 which inspired me to keep going with sekiro and bloodborne
Good luck in beating the games 😀
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames thank you and good luck beating halo hope you guys are having fun
ive played and beat all of the fromsoft game but this one and i really wanna buy it for pc and give it another go i had it on ps4 but i honestly was so into darksouls at the time that my play style was getting me killed all the time i remember fighting lady butterfly she was so hard and since i played this like it was dark souls i rarely used the parry unless i knew i couldnt get out of the way in short i raged quit this gamer because i was playing it like darksouls lol
We heard this is a different mechanic than the other games. Good luck if you give it another shot 🥳🥳😀
Still my favourite pre-Elden Ring FromSoftware game. But not the most newbie friendly game. Sekiro is a hard game. But since you've been playing Jedi Fallen Order you might just like it, since they pretty much copy-pasted the fundamentals of Sekiro's combat mechanics 😆 - so if you're enjoying that then you'll definitely enjoy it in Sekiro which is much more polished.
But unlike Fallen Order, there's no difficulty setting and even on it's hardest difficulty the challenge pales in comparison to Sekiro. Sekiro is HARD 😆.
That being said, it has the best combat I've experienced in any game to date. Like the combat itself is even better than Elden Ring IMO.
Once you figure out the nuances of the combat system - to sum it up it's a brutal & deadly, yet sublime & beautiful dance of swords. It gets SO intense. There were moments in certain fights my heart was pounding so hard I thought it was gonna burst out of my chest 😂
And as usual with FromSoftware, the story, setting, themes, art direction, environment design, music etc are masterful and industry defining.
As others in the comments have stated, if you're interested in knowing more about the world and lore of Sekiro, then Vaati's your guy 😄
I was incredibly happy when Sekiro won Game of the Year 2019. Till then FromSoftware, while definitely being a popular studio, was still considered 'niche'. But that award gave them mainstream recognition and validation that they rightly deserved. Not like they really needed it anyways. They've never made games to please others. But they've always respected their players. None of their games have microtransactions or greedy monetary practices. They arent driven by corporate greed. They only do it out of an unflinching and unyielding artistic hunger to create games to the best of their ability and vision.
We are enjoying Fallen Order but don’t think we are skilled enough to tackle Sekiro 🤗
Sekiro is by far the hardest from software game as there is no level or gear progression. Only shinobi tools and different techniques. So you can can never outgear/outlevel anything. You just gain more tools. So it’s difficult as it’s entirely up to your own skill.
Very challenging indeed 😯
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames don’t let the difficulty dissuade you from playing though. It is very doable. It’s the hardest soulsborne game but it’s still a soulsborne game. They are all doable. They are all learning experiences. After you have learned, you can do. It might take you 10 times it might take you 10,000 times but you will eventually overcome the challenge and move onto the next.
You should 100% watch Prepare to cry The Lord of Frenzied Flame.
It’s a wonderful video
After over 400 hours in Elden Ring I think I'm gonna soon check out Sekiro and after that play the Soul Trilogy, lets hope From Software brings the rumored Bloodborn Remake also to the PC..
Good luck! From the other comments it seems like this is the toughest Fromsoftware game 😯
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames well, since Malenia from Elden Ring is supose to be (according to the internet) the toughest boss in all From Software games, I think it will be manageable. 😁 Although.. I still couldn't manage to kill her yet, she just runs over my paladin in the second phase like nobody's business..
They're more trailers of Sekiro
The one soulsbornesekiro game that I haven't finished! Besides dark souls II but I just can't get into that one.
And I absolutely love Sekiro for how different it is, how Fromsoft challenged themselves to make something different! The story is also really good!! Can't wait to get back into it.
Good luck beating it this time 🥳🥳😎🤟
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames Thank you!!!
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React to all DS3 Boss fights or Sekiro Boss Fights pls :D They are Epic
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oh the video is new xD
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You should watch 옹발이 ONGBAL 'Sekiro: No Hesitation [ All Bosses Epic Montage ]'. He is good.
Thanks for vid rec! 🙂
Sekiro is a good but it was lowkey challenging but can yall react to all gears 5 executions
We will be checking out some Gears of War eventually 🙂
FoR tHe AlGoRiThM
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You guys should react to boss fights from Elden Ring and other from soft games like Sekiro, Dark Souls, Bloodborne, etc! They’re the best part of these games, but especially if y’all don’t already plan on playing them
The ones we don’t plan on playing we will for sure check out the boss battles for 😎🤟
First is the worst, third is the best.
You guys should check out the Demon Slayer Hinokami Chronicles ultimate moves they're animated beautifully and are super accurate to how they look in the anime!
Because you guys have watched all the Genshin Impact Cinematics, do you guys plan to watch the Honkai Impact ones? They're so great!
We do plan to eventually check those out 🙂
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames Sweet! thank you for the Reply and Love the reactions!
Be a samurai or shinobi?
Why not both?
This game man..... All about perfect parry. N indeed very very hard. For the first try every thinks it's an impossible game. Bt when u get use to the tyming it's an awesome experience, until u fk up the tyming by mistake, n there u go start again.... Man.
Have had many say this is both the hardest and most rewarding gameplay in Fromsoftware games 😅
The only From SoftWare game I enjoyed playing. Everything else were uninstalled after 1-2 hours of gameplay, including elden ring. FSW games have the same gamplay mechanics (literaly) and they play slow and boring, except for Sekiro. It's the only game with different gameplay which is much more dynamic and spectacular
You try any of the Armored Cores, pretty old but Armored Core 4 was like that.
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finally!!!! you should play sekiro too!
Have heard it’s one of the tougher souls series games 😯
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames yepp, many people underestimating sekiro just because in sekiro didnt have stamina bar. owl, headless ape and guardian ape, demon of hatred, genichiro ashina, isshin ashina, corrupted monk, etc. they are one of the toughest boss in sekiro 🤣
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Sekiro is definitely a game worth playing but it is very hard especially the true final boss isshin the sword saint he is hard I have beat this game about 6 times now I always come back to this game every few months but if y’all were to ever play it it’s definitely worth it. It’s very fun
From software = games that make you want to break your gaming system out of rage
Haha, that’s what we’ve heard 😂🤬😛
This game is hard
That’s what we are hearing 😯
Sekiro ❤❤ bom de mais esse jogo
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React to Nazralath the fallen world trailer
Added to our request list 🙂
if u have nothing to react too theres monster hunter ice borne monsters still
They're doing it Thursday
this game F hard
This game made me rage ngl, and you wanna know the funny part? I'm playing elden ring...a game that like sekiro makes me rage...why am i doing this to myself? Simple...i wanna play the game
You want to challenge yourself. Nothing wrong with that 😜🤗
Sekiro plays completely different from the rest of From's Games. If you try and play like darksouls, you'll suffer. You're a dirty rotten ninja, use every nasty, evil trick you have or you're going to hate the game.
The same people saying you have to use Strength weapons, no magic, no summons in Elden Ring tried to play Sekiro as a Samurai instead of a ninja and had a bad time.
Don't be afraid to throw pebbles in people's face mid fight, or sneak kill people, honor's for people who are twice your size.
It’s cool that he game challenges you to use many different tactics in order to beat it 😀
3:25 the biggest lie this game has ever told
We don't die twice. ;-;
You cannot die too many times.... if you do then the npc where you get the prosthetic upgrade at the beginning among other npcs is inflicted with a deadly disease that kills them.
I HAD TO RESTART THE GAME SO MANY TIMES TO PREVENT THAT! ;-;
Anyways- it's a nice breath of fresh air from dark souls 1 and 2 and the third that I have yet to finish XD
único comentario en español xd 😎🔥
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For me as gamer I put bloodborne first dark souls 3 and sekrio second and Elden ring third demon souls fourth and dark souls 2 fifth and last dark souls 1
Thanks for sharing your rankings 🙂
The only FromSoft game i love and finished. I love anything Feudal Japanese. And the art style is amazing.
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please React to Ninja Gaiden
On our request list 🙂
Then you should check out VaatiVidya for SoulsBoRing Lore/Context
The english trailers for sekiro seem kinda lackluster compared to the game demonstrations that were done to explain mechanics and showcase the game. I've actually never seen these before and I've gotta say it was kind of off-putting for a game as amazing as sekiro.
I love sekiro. Its not really a souls game even though it has souls DNA, it feels like an easier Ninja Gaiden.
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I wuw u!
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