Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

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8.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5159 Ratings

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  1. Phrett
    Apr 13, 2019
    4
    Once you get past the fairly above-average art direction, this game is nothing more than Simon... with a flashier outfit. The combat system forces you into very restricted playstyles, and there's not much variety or replayability.
  2. Witchywoman212
    Apr 22, 2019
    0
    I don't know how to begin First of all I am playing this game because I shelled out $60 and is was From Software. I have played all their games since Demon Souls. This new game, Sekiro, is so ridiculous. The deflect does NOT work on PS4. Every time I try I get killed. The merchants are always sold out. Stingy much? I can't talk to a merchant or npc because I get killed.I don't know how to begin First of all I am playing this game because I shelled out $60 and is was From Software. I have played all their games since Demon Souls. This new game, Sekiro, is so ridiculous. The deflect does NOT work on PS4. Every time I try I get killed. The merchants are always sold out. Stingy much? I can't talk to a merchant or npc because I get killed. Sometimes when I used the death blow, I get attacked by another enemy. The mini bosses are boring, and a repeat of the mini boss that came before it. I have to die 100 times to learn a cheese, or master AI. I have to go on the internet, which never happened in the souls or Bloodbourne series. My husband has to kill all my bosses. This game is sexist, and not meant for women or people with physical disabilities to play. I am not an 18 year old boy with incredible reflexes. The Owl boss is way to long. In other words this game is NOT fun. Too many overpowered bosses, to little healing wares. The world is fun to explore, but I dread the boss fights. I don't feel confident going in to them. I always enjoyed the bosses in the souls game. They were at least fair. This game is a step backwards for From and I am totally disappointed. From needs to rethink this game and its difficulty. They are going to lose their loyal fan base. I am really upset because I was looking forward to another From game. I am telling all my friends to stay away from this one. I am rating it a O Please pass this along to someone who will be concerned about the people who buy their games. We al want a DS4 game.… Expand
  3. BwC176
    Apr 15, 2019
    3
    As most are saying, big fan of FromSoft's former games. The challenge of their games has always been offset by a community approach, and is the ONLY reason I played through DS3 through NG+5. If DS had been a solo mission only I'd have stopped playing probably after the first go through. This is where I'm at with Sekiro. It's not a reward that's worth the effort. The grappling hook andAs most are saying, big fan of FromSoft's former games. The challenge of their games has always been offset by a community approach, and is the ONLY reason I played through DS3 through NG+5. If DS had been a solo mission only I'd have stopped playing probably after the first go through. This is where I'm at with Sekiro. It's not a reward that's worth the effort. The grappling hook and stealth are fun, but compared to Batman and Spiderman type games they fall short of being new or exciting. They did a lot of things right with the game tho. The speed at which you traverse the environment is nice compared to their former titles, much more fluid and fast feeling. The area's are beautiful, and the buildings and clothing are really cool looking. In fact, because of the amount of detail, there has been a lot of people not on 4k or super great computers having issues with framerate. Easy fix on PC, not so much on console. The fight mechanics are so close to being really fun. The deflect mechanic in particular, it's easy to do and hard to master. The action on screen versus the button press was made just a little off. And trying with 3 controllers, block just doesn't come up sometimes. If they didn't do this, everyone would be deflect masters and the game would not be so punishing. It feels like a cheap way of upping the difficulty. As does a lot of the bosses dropping target and Sekiro suddenly facing the wrong way and having a boss that can 1-2 hit kill landing directly behind you. Some of them are frantic. One of my absolute largest beefs with this game is the divergence of game play versus boss fights. Traversing through an area using stealth is all well and good, feels very 'shinobi', which seems to be the point of the game, but all that is useless against the bosses. In several of the fights you're in a tiny area locked behind magic fog once again and none of the game play has prepared you for the fight. There were no minions along the way that mimicked the uber moves of the bosses, no tactics really that make you feel like, ok, I've been learning this and now it's test time. The game is hard, we all knew it would be. But there's difficult with reward and without reward. This is without reward. With only 2 exceptions every boss I've finally managed to beat made me turn off the game and go do something else because I'd had enough. Sometimes in DS3 I would go back a little ways after a challenging boss/area, throw down a soap stone, help someone else out or party up with a friend just to mess around in the world and try new things out. Which was also a nice way to replay bosses that were fun. There's none of that here. It's you, alone, in a room playing a single player game that is coded cheaply to make it more challenging than it actually is through timing and engorged hit boxes. I was super excited for this title, preordered months ago, and now after beating Shinobi Owl I'm not going to bother finishing the game. I simply don't care to put any more time into it as it is unrewarding. The allure of 'seeing all the endings' is also an outdated method of getting people to play more. I would say to anyone interested prepare to play alone, be challenged, and if you can't connect with the deflect timing quickly you're in for a rough ride, as you'll likely sneak around areas feeling like you're getting better and then end up face to face with things you can't hide from. If you can find reward from it, great. I envy you!… Expand
  4. akamikojima
    Mar 24, 2019
    0
    I would vote for minus score if i could, this game is not fun !
    Stay away from it if you want to invest time in something that makes you happy, disgusting!
  5. egoBorder
    Aug 2, 2019
    3
    I was so ready to love this game and overlook all its flaws, but after forcing myself to finish it, I have to say that it's not very good. There is a disconnect in combat when it's more beneficial to deflect than to attack, and it's a shame because at first the feeling of crossing swords is thrilling. But fairly soon the lack of depth in swordplay is obvious, and all you do is deflectI was so ready to love this game and overlook all its flaws, but after forcing myself to finish it, I have to say that it's not very good. There is a disconnect in combat when it's more beneficial to deflect than to attack, and it's a shame because at first the feeling of crossing swords is thrilling. But fairly soon the lack of depth in swordplay is obvious, and all you do is deflect until you deplete a bar and occasionally dodge.

    All the technical flaws from previous From Soft games are present here, but after 10 years it's just not cute anymore. Bad framerates but more importantly bad frame pacing do not gel with this game's fast combat. And although From Soft did a good job of applying its typical Souls aggro range into a neat stealth system, if you fool around you can make the A.I. do some truly stupid things.    … Expand
  6. Tahra
    Mar 26, 2019
    2
    Bad physics. Sub par graphics. Gameplay that's way too niche with an equally niche difficulty to boot. A big nope from me.
  7. crawft
    Apr 2, 2019
    4
    Not feeling it. It's nice that it is a fresh game from the Demons' Souls/Dark Souls creators, but I don't feel rewarded or satisfied playing this game at all. Most new games that do not offend players with poor performance get a review score bonus simply for being a mediocre, playable game with something marginally "fresh;" I think this is another one.

    My advice: wait for Ghost of    Not feeling it. It's nice that it is a fresh game from the Demons' Souls/Dark Souls creators, but I don't feel rewarded or satisfied playing this game at all. Most new games that do not offend players with poor performance get a review score bonus simply for being a mediocre, playable game with something marginally "fresh;" I think this is another one.

    My advice: wait for Ghost of Tsushima, Nioh 2, and/or the next From Software title. Or, just find something else to play while we wait for Cyberpunk 2077.    … Expand
  8. PiWright
    Apr 27, 2019
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After having had this game for a few days I think it is vastly overrated. It's certainly not bad, but the way it's been talked up is ridiculous. I've gotten part of the way through it and decided to sell it without finishing. I'm all for difficult games that present a challenge and are rewarding, but the difficulty of Sekiro is just wasted. The bosses have too much health, take too little damage, and can wipe the player with a chained attack. If the combat and game mechanics were better then grinding through overpowered bosses wouldn't be so annoying. But the player goes straight from mounted samurai at Ashina Outskirts to Brazen Bull to Seven Spear guy guarding an empty temple to other samurai guarding Ashina Gate with riflemen. There's no breathing room between them and little satisfaction in beating them because the combat is unfulfilling. The story to the point which I progressed was fairly empty and the characters totally flat. That would be fine if the rest of the game were good. But I do no want to grand through a clunky frustratingly difficult game with a poor layout, no payoffs for overcoming bosses, and no story or characters to drive me forward. It really doesn't have much of anything going for it.… Expand
  9. CRUELGERM
    Oct 12, 2019
    0
    Совершенно не интересный для меня сеттинг, хоть и атмосферный. Но больше всего разочаровала боевка - это какой-то стритфайтер с мечом, не иначе.
    Один лязг оружия в ушах - удовольствия 0.
    Жаль потраченных денег. прошел с читами - сберег нервы    Совершенно не интересный для меня сеттинг, хоть и атмосферный. Но больше всего разочаровала боевка - это какой-то стритфайтер с мечом, не иначе.
    Один лязг оружия в ушах - удовольствия 0.
    Жаль потраченных денег.
    прошел с читами - сберег нервы
  10. Daro1986
    Mar 19, 2020
    0
    Awful game... It reminds me Nioh gameplay and also the graphics are to archaic's.. really I don't know what you guys see on this game . There are betters. This one it took me out to much expectoration for nothing... The menu it's like a kind of Bloodborne and old games of RPG. Nothing like Onimusha (leyendary one) or Tenchu... Very upset
  11. mnylen
    Jul 31, 2019
    4
    I have not finished the game and don't intend to. Having beaten all the Demons Souls, Dark Souls and Bloodborne, this is finally the From Software game that beats me to a point I don't want to even try anymore. The difficulty is just too much - for me.

    My main complaint is that if you're used to Dark Souls games, the level design is quite different here. With Dark Souls you could    I have not finished the game and don't intend to. Having beaten all the Demons Souls, Dark Souls and Bloodborne, this is finally the From Software game that beats me to a point I don't want to even try anymore. The difficulty is just too much - for me.

    My main complaint is that if you're used to Dark Souls games, the level design is quite different here. With Dark Souls you could usually clear out the areas once to find all the loot and then - if you die - run to the boss in less than a minute. This made the experience tolerable, as you had to only engage repeatedly in what you failed at - the boss.

    But in Sekiro, you'll find many areas with mini bosses ("stronger enemies") embedded within a mob of normal enemies. To engage these mini bosses - who at least in the beginning are very strong compared to you (I haven't progressed very far) - you need to first clear out the entire area of normal enemies, or you'll soon find yourself against a mob and a mini boss. This means 5-10 minutes of meticulous sneaking and clearing out the area so you can try again. And die. And then do the same thing again. It's rather frustrating.

    In Souls games, you could level up to get stronger and try again. No such mechanism here. You can only level up through prayer beads that you get by killing mini bosses. You need four of them for an upgrade to vitality or posture. Too bad if you have hard time beating the first four...    … Expand
  12. Educhivas
    Sep 6, 2019
    2
    Es un genero de acción de aventura, pero la historia aburre esta muy enfocada a japon, no es para todos los jugadores tienes que amar a japon para aguantar su historia, lastima porque el gameplay estaba bien pero las historia es aburrida.
  13. sgrodsky1
    Mar 26, 2019
    0
    I can't tell you how disappointed I am in this game. Yes, the graphics, music etc is very nice. I was not expecting another DS Bloodbourne game. But, I can't believe From went in this direction. First of all, there is no fun in this game. Remember how we all laughed when an invader fell off a bridge trying to kill you. I have seen some many streamers doing interesting thing in DS toI can't tell you how disappointed I am in this game. Yes, the graphics, music etc is very nice. I was not expecting another DS Bloodbourne game. But, I can't believe From went in this direction. First of all, there is no fun in this game. Remember how we all laughed when an invader fell off a bridge trying to kill you. I have seen some many streamers doing interesting thing in DS to entertain their followers. I loved the coop, playing with friends, and making new friends. I am a girl, and I loved the fashions, the atmosphere of the soulsborne games. I like creating characters, and trying out new weapons. I went platinum in every soulsborne game excep Demon Souls because I got to that game too late. Sure would like to see that game remasted.

    From has made me feel like I can't even play video games with this game. It is just too difficult. Please bring back Bloodborne, or DS for more fun. THAT is the reason we buy from From. We get quality along with fun. Where oh where did you go wrong.    … Expand
  14. targos
    Mar 27, 2019
    1
    Я бы хотел поставить хорошую оценку, хотел бы посоветовать в нее поиграть, но только не на пс4, особенно если у вас не пс4 про.
    Это просто ужасно, речь идет даже не о 30 фпс, а скорее о 20, а если говорить о битвах с боссами, то это просто не играбельно. Вы просто не можете нормально играть, потому что игра не отзывается на управление так, как нужно, инпут лаг доходит до половины секунды,    Я бы хотел поставить хорошую оценку, хотел бы посоветовать в нее поиграть, но только не на пс4, особенно если у вас не пс4 про.
    Это просто ужасно, речь идет даже не о 30 фпс, а скорее о 20, а если говорить о битвах с боссами, то это просто не играбельно. Вы просто не можете нормально играть, потому что игра не отзывается на управление так, как нужно, инпут лаг доходит до половины секунды, не смотря на то, что вы видите атаку противника, вы знаете что с ней делать, но вы просто ничего не можете предпринять, потому что игра лагает. Если вы раздумываете брать игру или нет, и у вас есть выбор пс4 или ПК, то не задумывайтесь, берите на ПК, ведь требования для нее очень низкие.
    Очень жаль, не так часто выходит игра, которая так затягивает, надеюсь в будущем хоть как то починят патчами, а пока что только 4/10, только за ужасную оптимизацию под пс4.

    UPD: Прошла неделя, и в игре где довольно много багов и ужасная оптимизация ноль патчей, НОЛЬ, я повторю, ноль. По этому меняю оценку на 1/10. Я разочаровался в from software. Не думаю, что буду покупать их продукты в будущем.    … Expand
  15. Rb420
    Mar 29, 2019
    0
    Game feels half cooked in the stealth department. No wall animations for stealth kills just the drop down and behind the back

    There is not a new item in this game not talking about prosthetics that improves the stealth aspect
  16. danthelad14
    Apr 5, 2019
    0
    DO NOT BUY THIS GAME!!!, it doesn't when to stop being difficult you could be able to at the end of game and be able to one shot stuff but can still get destroyed in 2 hits plus the bosses are just awful they just don't know when to stop attacking and don't give you any chance to deal actual damage because from soft wants you to deal posture dmg which takes 50 hits for every health bar aDO NOT BUY THIS GAME!!!, it doesn't when to stop being difficult you could be able to at the end of game and be able to one shot stuff but can still get destroyed in 2 hits plus the bosses are just awful they just don't know when to stop attacking and don't give you any chance to deal actual damage because from soft wants you to deal posture dmg which takes 50 hits for every health bar a boss has so unless you are a god at timing, deflecting and dodging attacks then you can't beat this game, so do not buy this game no matter how many positive reviews are out there do not trust them!!!… Expand
  17. alx7787
    Apr 29, 2019
    0
    Another repitive boring game fromsoftware. I still don't understand how gamers can find these types of games fun. barely any cutscenes or story. unnecessary difficult settings. just pure trash!
  18. Macca780
    Apr 15, 2019
    3
    Signed up just to review this and do my part. Please people, heed my warning. This game is NOT what you are expecting if you are a fan of FromSoftware's previous famous titles. I cannot believe the sheer volume of perfect 10s this game is recieving. Over-zealous fanboys/girls are really doing a disservice to this company by blindly praising this game. Yes the gameplay is quite different toSigned up just to review this and do my part. Please people, heed my warning. This game is NOT what you are expecting if you are a fan of FromSoftware's previous famous titles. I cannot believe the sheer volume of perfect 10s this game is recieving. Over-zealous fanboys/girls are really doing a disservice to this company by blindly praising this game. Yes the gameplay is quite different to souls, but in a really bad, unfair, not fun way (unless you belong to the small population of super-elite gamers who have no other life and spend all waking hours playing this and poo pooing everyone else)

    I gave this a three only because I really did like the beautiful environments, sound effects and music. The option to have the dialogue in Japanese with subtitles also adds to the experience. Unfortunately for me and many others, this is where the positives end.

    Having soloed all the other souls/borne games and many other souls-like games from other developers and loving them, I was excited to say the least when this was announced. The way it was advertised made it look like a souls game set in medieval Japan with added gameplay mechanics (grappling hook, jumping, limited on-the-spot death revival, etc.) and sped up combat. This couldn't be any further from the truth. In reality this game is far closer to Ninja Gaiden or fighting games due to the reflex-based combat but far harder and not fun. Let me explain.

    The combat is so unbelievably fast and twitch-reflex based that is it just obnoxious. Playing this like a souls game will get you killed in seconds and that's fine, it's not Dark Souls, BUT, even playing this game as it was intended requires either unaturally high level of reflex or literally life-consuming levels of practice to build up super fine tuned muscle memory. Strategising, carefulness and character building have been thrown out the window. Most people who have an actual life do not want to spend their free time playing a game that requires weeks or months of slogging to grasp the basics. The previous FromSoftware games did require learning and implemented a steep learning curve but even still, were more forgiving than this. They also offered large amounts of variety and reward for overcoming that curve which leads me to my next point.

    Sekiro's offers absolutely no gameplay variety, particularly for bosses. You are stuck with one main, unalterable weapon and NO armor options for the whole game. Sure there are prosthetics, but they are few and far between and largely not necessary. More importantly there is no variation in play style. You have to rely almost solely on deflecting (parrying) and countering. For bosses you have to learn when exactly to hit the deflect button, the dodge button, the jump button, or the attack button. Failure to do so EXACTLY as the devs intended results in death. In this way I felt like I was playing guitar hero but where one wrong button-push resulted in a complete start over. I was locked into a precise pattern of unfairly fast reflex button pushing. These decisions have to be made in    … Expand
  19. oldshoolboy03
    Mar 29, 2019
    2
    another soul more obviously driven by the hide of a genre that together with the sambox or the battleroyale is very fashionable in the last decade the stamina bar has been changed for the defense, in addition to being imitated in a bad way to tenchu stealth because it had much more variety of deaths for enemies and we are talking about an old game and if it is difficult any soul is theanother soul more obviously driven by the hide of a genre that together with the sambox or the battleroyale is very fashionable in the last decade the stamina bar has been changed for the defense, in addition to being imitated in a bad way to tenchu stealth because it had much more variety of deaths for enemies and we are talking about an old game and if it is difficult any soul is the graphics are normal for the generation its animations are sharp and orthopedic the story is interesting but nothing memorable in these games the important thing is the challenge there is no variety of weapons or armor things that made more dynamic the previous games I see the scores of the specialized press and I see that they give an 8 or more in serious innovation hahahaha good joke if it looks like a nioh half without his character customization and without weapons variety only the katana and a pair of ninja magics that do not finish me combencer play bloodborne and I loved playing io nioh and I really liked this sekiro not so much… Expand
  20. quake2th
    May 18, 2019
    2
    Shameful clone of Nioh.

    They even copy the overall musical theme (yeah saying that they're japanese tune is not an excuse). They clone the design, locations, literally everything. You would not be able to distinguish the two games if they were not set in two slightly different japanese periods, so the overall architecture is just slightly different. The only difference is that combat    Shameful clone of Nioh.

    They even copy the overall musical theme (yeah saying that they're japanese tune is not an excuse). They clone the design, locations, literally everything. You would not be able to distinguish the two games if they were not set in two slightly different japanese periods, so the overall architecture is just slightly different.
    The only difference is that combat in Nioh is thousands of times better than this mess.

    However, given the big name of From Software, they're able to get away with it just fine. Very, very shameful to do something like that in my opinion.

    The game itself has literally nothing. It's just a bad version of Bloodborne, with even less weapons (i.e. no weapons at all), armors (no armors at all), and items (no items at all).

    Most likely this took like 2 weeks for From Software to develop, they just stripped Bloodborne to the bare minimum to call it a game, reskinned it after the success of Nioh (deserved success, it's a masterpiece) and put it on the market.

    I really don't understand the high scores...don't waste your money like I did. It's a very bad game, filled with the usual From Software bugs, which here are even more extreme. There are countless instances of enemies standing in front of a wall doing nothing.

    The game is to be played stealthy, in theory. In practice most enemies can see you through walls, breaking your stealth.

    The combat, as pointed out by many many users, feels random at best. Forget the strategy and rewarding gameplay of Dark Souls. This is something inbetween Lord Of The Fallen and The Surge. Sometimes something happens, you have no idea why. You acquire new skills, they're completely useless against enemies.

    Nothing does any damage at all. Shuriken? No damage (in Nioh you could do a ninja build killing a boss only with shurikens). Axe? No damage (I hit a boss in the face with the axe, no damage at all). The fire crap? No damage.
    Basically the shinobi arm is just a gimmick that you will soon forget about, because it's completely useless against bosses and mini-bosses, no item you can ever mount there will do any sort of damage.
    Of course there's no healing and each and every boss and miniboss will always oneshoot you, no matter what.

    Deflecting simply does not work, it requires timings so precise that it's impossible to achieve with the absurd amount of input lag the game suffers from. You have L1 pressed, you release it, you press R1, the game acts as you pressed R1+L1. This is the first time ever I see this in a game.

    The only strategy that works for bosses and mini-bosses is to look up online what is the trick to cheese them, because most of them are vulnerable to some sort of buggy AI behavior. You need to execute exactly the outlined movements, always the same, always in the same exact way. Just hitting the boss with your sword won't do any damage.

    Where's the fun in that? It's not even a matter of difficulty (I can go over Dark Souls 1/2/3 and Bloodborne easily), it's just too much repetitive. If you played Lords Of The Fallen, you know what I mean.

    What a wasted opportunity.    … Expand
  21. guimbueno26
    Dec 21, 2019
    0
    Este jogo me irrita, é impressionante o pq o jogo n tem uma dificuldade fácil
  22. Cadet111
    Aug 24, 2019
    2
    Poor game, but as a dark soul or bloodborne challenge it is ok, nothing else, I do not recommend ....
  23. a-ma-bunny
    May 28, 2020
    0
    I wanna start from beginning. I've played Sekiro on my PC and I really really like that game at the start point. It's teaches you how to play from the battle to battle. Also I really enjoyed an atmosphere in this game because it looks really nice. I've passed about 50% of the game, sold my PC and got PS4.

    And I would complete it to the end. I've bought Sekiro second time. Played    I wanna start from beginning. I've played Sekiro on my PC and I really really like that game at the start point. It's teaches you how to play from the battle to battle. Also I really enjoyed an atmosphere in this game because it looks really nice. I've passed about 50% of the game, sold my PC and got PS4.

    And I would complete it to the end. I've bought Sekiro second time. Played measuredly, slowly, enjoying each part of gameplay. But at the end it was dropped to the bottom as much as it possible in my eyes... I play with Isshin Ashina in the end and I really really wanna the hell out of those developers and creators. It's insane to play that battle with incorrect hit-boxes, 4 (!!!) phases of boss fight (including Genetiro Ashina, because he's fighting in one of phases that also have incorrect hitboxes when lower attack is going and double jump probably shall not work), 3 phases with the final boss and he's fighting with 3 (!!!) different weapons. Ask to the developers. HOW YOU IMAGINE THAT WHEN BOSS INSTANTLY SWITCHING THREE TYPE OF WEPONS WHEN HE'S JUST SWORD MASTER??? It's ridiculous. But it's not the main problem. With incorrect hit-boxes and at least a couple of missed attacks he's just killing you :). When you passed 2 phases well it goes to the hell. I'VE LEARNED HOW TO PLAY WELL BECAUSE I'VE NOT MISSED ALL THE DEATH ATTACKS. But when he don't stop to pushing you it looks really insane consider there is GREAT difference between first two phases. And he attacks with three types of weapons. And in the last phase there are four types of weapons (including lightning strike) + and many of melee attacks combining guns. Hell out that game. Repair god damn incorrect hitboxes!!! Don't you really see that's broken? In confirmation of my words just google that 'YouTube 8t4Qw9R1DnM'. It's my own video that demonstrates how bad hit-boxes works.

    And you have prosthesis. The most useless thing except of shuriken and petards when you play vs all bosses. But what a problem. When you've spend all spirit emblems LET'S GO AND GRID THAT. :) or just buy (if you have money ofc).

    And you can boost your hp and increase heal potions count. BUT WHAT A PROBLEM? Damage to you is a percentage. So strange solution. Only potions helps but not all the time.

    The last water drop I've got. You can ask 'But why that game has many of positive reviews with 10/10'. At the end I've got an achievement with this description 'Research all locations in the game'. And only 35% (nearly I think, maybe it's about 25%) of players reached that achievement. You can't go the end if you've not researched all locations. A curtain.

    0/10. Lost my money. I'll try to finish that but now I just wanna delete and forget it as the most scary dream.    … Expand
  24. Kostasdio
    Oct 20, 2020
    3
    I tried again and again and again but i couldnt play it ... really difficult game and i hated the fact that there was no clear story you got lost in the game and you encountered boss after boss without clear info .. i played about 30 hours and couldnt figure out the story the graphics where really good but all in all i didnt like it at all ...
  25. Heilan
    Mar 25, 2019
    0
    Muito desbalanceado para um hack n slash e muitas partes injustas ._.Para jogadores casuais nao recomendado
  26. Sucheit
    Mar 24, 2019
    0
    ds and bb felt fair but this **** is not, your recovery after death is at random chance... WHY IS THAT?
  27. the-dude
    Mar 27, 2019
    0
    I was so looking forward to this game and even pre ordered it. What a waste. I’m a casual gamer and not skilled enough or patient enough to get past first mini boss . Loved everything else FromSoftware has put out since Demons’ Souls. Don’t understand who their audience for this game is or what the point is.
  28. NeoReaper
    Mar 23, 2019
    0
    They tried to rip -off Nioh and failed at every corner. You can clearly tell things were ripped out of the game as well.
  29. Dwideshrude1
    Feb 16, 2020
    0
    This game is only hard if you think holding down l1 for 5 minutes is hard. The illusion of difficulty is created by the game decided you didnt press the button you pressed, or deciding you DID get hit, when youre literally 10 feet away from the enemy's hit, doing exactly what someone else did on video (theres tons of proof of bad hitboxes, and BS online, game eating button inputs on anThis game is only hard if you think holding down l1 for 5 minutes is hard. The illusion of difficulty is created by the game decided you didnt press the button you pressed, or deciding you DID get hit, when youre literally 10 feet away from the enemy's hit, doing exactly what someone else did on video (theres tons of proof of bad hitboxes, and BS online, game eating button inputs on an unnaceptable level (and the devs know their sycophant fans will defend the games bugs online, and send death threats to anyone giving below a 9/10) im playing on a brand new ps5, brand new controller, the game eats inputs randomly. It just does. Period. That alone bumps this gane down to a 5 given the nature of it. The corrput game journalism industry will tell you this was a great game, dont let them fool you. Go from playing better games, back to this, and it feels unplayable.seriously. i just beat demons souls in 4 days after purchase prior to giving this another shot. It hasnt improved in 2 years. Its still broken, and its fans are STILL liars. The amount of bots From bought to give this game 10/10's is criminal. No one with this input lag on Console, would in their right mind, give this game a 10. It is INHERENTLY FLAWED. Every. Single. Death. Is. From. The. Game. Messing. Up. Period.… Expand
  30. murderwolf13
    Mar 23, 2019
    0
    No tiene PVP, cero contenido online, no hay motivacion para rejugarlo despues de terminarte su hitoria la cual dura poco, por el mismo hecho de que no tiene sistema de niveles, nada de personalizacion, le puedes hacer instakills a los enemigos mas fuertes, basicamente el juego se basa en hacer parries

    Mal juego, muy sobrevalorado y nada dificil, debieron dedicarse a bloodborne 2
  31. Moviegooner
    Oct 20, 2020
    0
    What an experience. The greatest video game challenge and its after Bloodbourne the best From Soft game.
  32. danieldeanwhitt
    Aug 27, 2019
    0
    The worst game ever, ZERO fun to play, bad combat mechanics, worst game of the year
  33. SEKIRODNOGAME
    Oct 31, 2020
    0
    Тупое говно тупого гавна где чтобы играть с протезом и пользоваться скилами вам НАДО ФАРМИТЬ ФАРМИТЬ И ЕЩЕ РАЗ ФАРМИТЬ , хотите поиграть? НЕТ ИДИ ФАРМИ
    ХОЧЕШЬ ПОДРАТЬСЯ С БОССОМ? УБЕЙ СНАЧАЛА 5 НЕНУЖНЫХ ФАЗ, ХОЧЕШЬ УБИТЬ ФИНАЛЬНОГО БОССА ИСИНА? НЕТ СНАЧАЛА ПРОБЕГИ 30 СЕКУНД ДО НЕГО , ПОТОМ УБЕЙ ЛОУ СКИЛОВОГО БОССА, ПОТОМ УБЕЙ ЛОУ СКИЛЛОВУЮ 1 ФАЗУ А ПОТОМ УМРИ ЗА 10 СЕКУНД И ЗАНОВО БЕГИ    Тупое говно тупого гавна где чтобы играть с протезом и пользоваться скилами вам НАДО ФАРМИТЬ ФАРМИТЬ И ЕЩЕ РАЗ ФАРМИТЬ , хотите поиграть? НЕТ ИДИ ФАРМИ
    ХОЧЕШЬ ПОДРАТЬСЯ С БОССОМ? УБЕЙ СНАЧАЛА 5 НЕНУЖНЫХ ФАЗ, ХОЧЕШЬ УБИТЬ ФИНАЛЬНОГО БОССА ИСИНА? НЕТ СНАЧАЛА ПРОБЕГИ 30 СЕКУНД ДО НЕГО , ПОТОМ УБЕЙ ЛОУ СКИЛОВОГО БОССА, ПОТОМ УБЕЙ ЛОУ СКИЛЛОВУЮ 1 ФАЗУ А ПОТОМ УМРИ ЗА 10 СЕКУНД И ЗАНОВО БЕГИ УБИВАЙ НЕНУЖНЫЕ ФАЗЫ ПО 10 МИНУТ , СПАСИБО ИГРА    … Expand
  34. Observable
    Mar 29, 2019
    0
    Usan la excusa del "Prepare to die" para hacerse los interesantes con esa dificultad y la han elevado a la enésima potencia. Basan la jugabilidad en el "parry" haciéndola tediosa, repetitiva y aburrida. Miyazaki debería recibir un toque de atención y replantearse algunas cosas sobre sus juegos.
  35. lustforlife____
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I went through the whole series of "DarkSouls" and I can say worst game from FromSoftware.… Expand
  36. GalletaSuprema
    Nov 30, 2020
    0
    publicidad falsa, "sekiro: las sombras mueren dos veces" nisiquiera he terminado el tutorial y ya mori mas de dos veces sin nisiquiera poder entender quien es nuestro personaje ni de que se trata el juego
  37. bhappenstance
    Jan 22, 2023
    3
    Just completed Elden Ring and Sekiro pales *drastically* in comparison. Stunning graphics and fluid gameplay, but the swordplay mechanics are just shallow.
  38. Faxthtax
    Aug 3, 2020
    3
    A game made by a team of sadistic programmers.
    If you have no patience, just stay away. Dark Souls got two hours of my life before i eradicated it from my hard drive, and Bloodborne was just awful.
    I am too old for these kind of games.
  39. Timenick
    Aug 24, 2022
    4
    This game was a huge disappointment for me at launch and it has only gotten worse after I played Elden Ring. Sekiro is japanese Dark Souls but most of the good stuff is gone.

    - Worst customization of the series, because there isnt any. - Worst gameplay of the series. Fromsoftware can make games with a hundred weapons that all feel great, so if they make a game with just one weapon it    This game was a huge disappointment for me at launch and it has only gotten worse after I played Elden Ring. Sekiro is japanese Dark Souls but most of the good stuff is gone.

    - Worst customization of the series, because there isnt any.

    - Worst gameplay of the series. Fromsoftware can make games with a hundred weapons that all feel great, so if they make a game with just one weapon it would result in absolutely god tier gameplay, right? No. Its just one dimensional Katana bashing all the time and nothing else. Not really better than using a Katana in all their other games. Gets boring after the first few areas. Also it straight up doesnt work when fighting multiple enemies at once and all the other minor problems these games have (bad camera, weird hit boxes etc) are still there.

    - Worst online of the series because there isnt any as well. No coop, no pvp, nothing.

    - Worst overall content of the series, most bosses and all mini bosses and even some areas get reused multiple times. 3x Ashina castle, really? This is lazy. All the other Souls games have way more content and Elden Ring is probably ten times bigger than Sekiro.

    - Besides that its not better than the other games at anything. Bloodborne and DS3 still have the same or even better overall quality than Sekiro and ER and the Demon´s Souls Remake absolutely dunk on it.

    If Elden Ring is a $60 game Sekiro would be $5. Good that Fromsoftware got away from this misguided garbage.    … Expand
  40. TomNX
    Dec 22, 2020
    0
    Espetacular. Definiria game! Desafiador e impressionante devo dizer. sem dúvidas, o melhor jogo do ano de 2019
  41. ZoltanZero
    Mar 22, 2020
    4
    Ok thi is not a souls like,so they said...
    Just take Dark Souls/Bloodborne/Nioh and take off all the cool staff like, level, personalization of the carachter, weapons, ecc....
    Copy and past Tenchu, and voilà.... Sekiro.... -_-
  42. Renegade1503
    Nov 14, 2020
    3
    Just doesn't have the same Souls feeling, that I was hoping for. The minimal ways of building your character, makes the game boring to me. One of the few FromSoft games, that I will not be getting a platinum.
  43. Ayvaza
    Feb 27, 2021
    1
    to be honest, i never was a pro gamer, and as tiime passes i get slower and somehow worse, i saw the beginning of those games, was good with ninja gaiden even at hardcore mode, played all dark souls titles and also bloodborne and i saw how they made it harder and harder... to be honest, this one was too hard, to the point that you could not pass a boss because the things that made youto be honest, i never was a pro gamer, and as tiime passes i get slower and somehow worse, i saw the beginning of those games, was good with ninja gaiden even at hardcore mode, played all dark souls titles and also bloodborne and i saw how they made it harder and harder... to be honest, this one was too hard, to the point that you could not pass a boss because the things that made you stronger were not your grindable ressources but more like the boss drops , which were hindering me to progress further.. after trying for hours i gave up. i also googled it up and it seems like i am not the only one who wasnt able to beat the game. i was curious about the game, it was nice and i wanted to see more but fromsoft stays hard and cares only for hardcore gamers, this was the absolute last souls like game for me. they should at least put some easy mode or god mode for those who want to enjoy the story. paid 70 bucks for nothing… Expand
  44. Jansen89
    Feb 26, 2022
    2
    Really, I tried to like it. I failed. 20 hours, couldn't beat genichiro later on, tried so many times.. Design is cool, I guess from software really stays hyped by the fanbase. Not for me.. Sadly.
  45. Cystickeyblade
    Jul 17, 2020
    1
    Great value of souls-like genre. This is not fun game. It's boring and tiring. Worst game of From Software.
  46. Fhdhmd
    Jul 10, 2020
    1
    The game may be the worst from software game I've played most bosses have the same gimic of coming back for a second phase or third and most of the game makes no sense for your character. You are a shinobi not a samurai yet in almost every boss or mini boss you can't use your shinobi element as a shinobi you should be able to do things to the enemy that are not honorable yet you play asThe game may be the worst from software game I've played most bosses have the same gimic of coming back for a second phase or third and most of the game makes no sense for your character. You are a shinobi not a samurai yet in almost every boss or mini boss you can't use your shinobi element as a shinobi you should be able to do things to the enemy that are not honorable yet you play as though you are just a guy with a sword and a arm with tools if you could just do more with the stealth it would make the game so much better but it feels like I'm just some guy with a sword with no concept of sneak attacks if it's any sort of major boss… Expand
  47. Slaventino
    Aug 11, 2020
    4
    Much worse than dark souls and bloodborne. Every 10 minutes boss or mini-boss. Unseen help doesn't have any sense, because in 10 min after boss, you will die at least 5 times on next boss or miniboss. No fun with this game, don't feel satisfaction after kill boss
  48. Ricardokc5
    Aug 13, 2020
    4
    A lot of frame rate drops on my PS4 fat, the game have graphics that seems to be from ps3, but even that way have a lot of drops.
    The gameplay it's very difficult, the developers could put a easy mode.
    But it's a good game if you have a lot of time to play. Because you will die. Lol
  49. jindann
    Sep 17, 2020
    3
    This game has certainly one of the best graphics. However control wise its really bad, much of the difficulty is made out of bad control and cameras and rigging to kill you in 2 hits. Most of the so called master skills are as well like retard, a lot are completely useless, like having a execution time of 1 sec that you already got hit, think of it in a battle when you execute a skillThis game has certainly one of the best graphics. However control wise its really bad, much of the difficulty is made out of bad control and cameras and rigging to kill you in 2 hits. Most of the so called master skills are as well like retard, a lot are completely useless, like having a execution time of 1 sec that you already got hit, think of it in a battle when you execute a skill would anyone wait you for a whole second for you to execute a master skill on them? the best skill in the game is actually basic normal attack that attacks instantly, which is completely stupid, and i dunno why spending a ton of time getting the skill sets for. I know its a tradition from the games of this company, but its just hilarious when the character is shinobi but its actually like a controlling a retard with stamina of a baby. he has to stick his ass as close to an enemy for an execution, otherwise it performs a normal hit and fail, and easily get killed by some pawn. Much of the time dying is from bad controls this game forces on players, losing focus, bad walled cameras, got cornered by multi enemy, or evasions blocked by wall, this is not fun, as much as a lot of players enjoying it, its actually quite a mess. Boss fighting again requires you to remember all his patterns its more of a memory game than action, and they are rigged to kill you in 2 hits most of the time, and mostly the battles are like chicken run fleeing from hits more than real battle. As a seasoned gamer certainly I dont enjoy a game when the control of the character is like a retard, with the stamina of a baby that dies in 2 hits, although its better doing it in game pad but in pc its just lame. the company should learn from action games like metal gear rising or zoe2, where it has much better speed and balance and the battles are certainly a lot more enjoyable than sekiros suffering.… Expand
  50. Svartruun
    Sep 26, 2020
    3
    It was my game of 2019. But now I realise that this game is mostly pure RNG. If the game does not want you to win, you will not win. You are suddenly much slower, your enemy is suddenly out of your reach or you slash through him without making damage, or you are not able to move. The final boss and the last optional boss are the best examples. The game is not hard enough, let us make itIt was my game of 2019. But now I realise that this game is mostly pure RNG. If the game does not want you to win, you will not win. You are suddenly much slower, your enemy is suddenly out of your reach or you slash through him without making damage, or you are not able to move. The final boss and the last optional boss are the best examples. The game is not hard enough, let us make it harder with pure RNG! Good idea, From Software. Let us show the gamers that we don't give a damn on them. With the words of many Youtubers: this game is garbage!
    Definetely my last From Software game.    … Expand
  51. TheKarterr
    Nov 1, 2020
    3
    Disclamer: I have plat in DS3 and BB and I know what I'm talking about. 1. Most important part of the game - fighting system was totally ruined. Not because it's not like SoulsBorne games, but because is bad:
    1.1. The game forces you to respond in a way IT wants YOU to respond to utilise the mechanics that we supposed to be fun: 3 unblockable attacks and 3 ways to avoid them: jump, dash    Disclamer: I have plat in DS3 and BB and I know what I'm talking about. 1. Most important part of the game - fighting system was totally ruined. Not because it's not like SoulsBorne games, but because is bad:
    1.1. The game forces you to respond in a way IT wants YOU to respond to utilise the mechanics that we supposed to be fun: 3 unblockable attacks and 3 ways to avoid them: jump, dash and "front-dash repost/parry". If you don't follow the rules - an attack will get you any way. 1.2. Bad indication- all 3 unblockables indicated the same way. For the "immediate player reaction" gameplay it's the worst way to do it. 1.3. Character is slow and not responsive. WTF?! How is that? The animations of taking damage are insanely long comparing to NPCs and bosses. Block animation as well: if you'll try to play the game "honestly" - parry just at the exact time once, without spamming the block button- you will fail because of the animations. Don't give me wrong, I love the idea of cool old style samurai 1v1 sword battle with all that sounds of clanking steel, but the way it is done in Sekiro - just ruining all that fantasy due to controls. 2. Plot, lore and setting - flat, no imagination, no mystery, no Japanese fantasy ((( Only the last location was "special", you know - something to remember. 3. Useless prosthesis. You just can't use all the gadgets you want all the time you want, because the game forces you to save it - because you have very little amount of amulets that consumes for every usage of every gadget. No build diversity. Hope, that Elden Ring won't have rubbish mechanics and the character will respond to PLAYER'S COMMANDS and not just only to game's rules.    … Expand
  52. ToPlays
    Jan 25, 2021
    0
    Good, as all FROM SOFTWARE games, but, in all the game we just have 1 weapon, what makes the game a more boring than the souls games, but sekiro isn't a souls game (it hasn't stamina, isn't a RPG and when you die, you don't lose all your coins but only the half), so we can't compare then, but the all the other things save him, the fromsoftware combat with tools used to help in the combat,Good, as all FROM SOFTWARE games, but, in all the game we just have 1 weapon, what makes the game a more boring than the souls games, but sekiro isn't a souls game (it hasn't stamina, isn't a RPG and when you die, you don't lose all your coins but only the half), so we can't compare then, but the all the other things save him, the fromsoftware combat with tools used to help in the combat, the movement increased with a grapple, the very difficult bosses and enemies, and the new stealth mechanic. The bosses can make you cry of sadness and shout with fury, when I reached in the final boss final phase, I almost killed him after 15 hours triyng, but I falled on a cliff, the fault wasn't of the game, but my, because I don't payed attention in the fight, the game never has the fault, you just need to try until you defeat them. Sekiro is one of the best games I ever played, isn't the best only cause the souls series exist. Recommended… Expand
  53. mitsarakos
    Sep 8, 2021
    0
    DONT BUY THIS. its very very difficult!! You will get stuck in bosses and you will not have a way to progress further. I want my money back.
  54. Fixxa
    Jul 6, 2023
    0
    Спустя столько лет не пофиксить импут лаги, поломанную камеру, поломанный таргетинг?
    Серьёзно? На релизе это было простительно и проходилось вопреки, но сейчас это уже не смешно.
  55. BigDaddy6
    Jul 13, 2022
    0
    Oh this is a vary bad game pls save ur many it’s trying to be a souls game but the is just a **** game
  56. AccurateRatings
    Feb 14, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Son of a **** do I hate Sekiro. I know most everyone does but for me it goes much deeper than that. I am beyond hate. 40 hours. 40 hours have I put up with Sekiro and its nonstop winning. I have had to watch the corrupted monk eat his **** W's since 2001. My friend is a souls fan, he says "Oh yEaH I HatE sEkIrO tOo BrO" and I say You dumb **** Shut the **** up with your dumb **** I have to play Sekiro RIGHT **** NOW. and he says "yeah but" and I can't even hear him because at this point I'm thinking about that youtube thumbnail of a fat shirtless headless at his cave and there is blood in my ears and hate in my heart. I can just imagine Geneshiro watching him waddle is way through the 40 and licking his lips. **** And don't even get me started on Sekiro fans. One of my "friends" is a Sekiro and Persona fan. THEY'RE ON OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE GAMING SPECTRUM YOU **** And he has the nerve to call me out for being a Zelda and a Skyrim fan.I DIDN'T HAVE A GENRE WHEN I STARTED PLAYING, YOU STUPID **** I CHOSE THE GAME WITH THE PRETTY COLORS CAUSE I DIDNT REALIZE THEY WOULD HAVE SATAN HIMSELF ON THE SAME CONSOLE. AND THE ZELDA AND SKYRIM ARENT HARD. I love how on this subreddit you can go to any given comment thread and find some idiot with a Sekiro flair talking about Wolf. Every Sekiro fan would let Wolf **** in their cereal every morning for a FORTNIGHT just to suckle one of his prosthetic fingers. and I just KNOW that they're reading this right now, because they infest game threads like a ganon of leeches, and halfway through skimming it with their limited reading skills they realize they have an erection, so they ctrl+shift+n and search Sekiro long hair until they bust a nut onto the keyboard, posting comments like "if this wasnt Wolf people would think this was cool" and "Le Geneshiro is da dark lord XD XD" or just "mmmphmmgofgpsngfjg" because they still have Wolf’s DICK in their mouth. They say don't cheer for injuries. **** that. I hope Sekiro gets hit by an airplane. He'll be screaming at one of his coaches who works day in and day out for him, because the ethereal Monk is up 49-0 and some insane fan will just lose it and prison shank him 18 times, and then once more for good measure. And I'll watch that **** on youtube for the rest of my life. I'll be there at his funeral to comfort Emma with hors d'oeuvres but when it's my turn to sprinkle dirt on his coffin I'll drop a picture of Elden Ring instead. And when security drags me out for causing a rumpus I'll just laugh and laugh, because I know that I hired the insane fan to do it. It was my plan all along. All I had to do was promise him the chance to wear Wolf’s skin. Oh, you thought the funeral was closed casket out of respect? No, no my friend. His SKIN is gone. Where is it now, you ask? It's been... distributed. A small bribe to the chef was all it took. And now Emma is wondering why her pig in a blanket has the faint taste of avocado ice cream, and the tears begin again as my laughter drowns out the wind and the rain. And the world keeps spinning. I am home now. Some days are good. Some days aren't. All I can do is live what life Sekiro has left me.… Expand
  57. Jaddel
    Mar 11, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 5 FPS on PS4, nice game!!
    Please dont buy it, unless you have PS4 Pro..

    This game is a joke on a PS4    … Expand
  58. 80sChild
    Dec 11, 2022
    0
    I don't get the love for this game. It's definetely broken, but its recieved with praise as a "challenging FromSoft game". Enemies (all of them) rotate on invisible lazy susans to track you when you use dodge (making dodge pointless). Archers fire arrows that clearly change course to track you. Enemies rarely react to being hit and their attacks can seldom be interrupted. Theres a specificI don't get the love for this game. It's definetely broken, but its recieved with praise as a "challenging FromSoft game". Enemies (all of them) rotate on invisible lazy susans to track you when you use dodge (making dodge pointless). Archers fire arrows that clearly change course to track you. Enemies rarely react to being hit and their attacks can seldom be interrupted. Theres a specific move you can get for "crowds", I have yet to use it without an enemy interrupting it (and ignoring the move itself).

    Old, broken and poorly designed combat system lends to the games "difficulty" as you can really only engage in one on one scenarios. Camera system is horrendous is tight areas. Stealth isn't stealthy as enemies are always alerted when you perform a "stealth" attack.

    Its an old, outdated, broken design that is inexplicably escused away as "challenging", in almost all From games. More modern, polished games like Ghost of Tsushima allow the player to take on upwards of 20 enemies at once with combat systems that function properly.

    If you like broken, poorly designed games because they're "difficult". This is your game.    … Expand
  59. Ajenjo33
    Nov 13, 2022
    0
    Juego de nicho sobrevalorado, inmerecedor de ser declarado mejor juego del año con contendientes mas aptos para dicho honor y mejor valorados.
  60. oonabe
    Aug 5, 2021
    0
    This is the worst ninja/samurai game I've ever played, and yes, I know Sekiro is a shinobi but I put it on that more general genre so I can compare to a wider range of games that have similar settings and contents as this.

    Sekiro is a game that many people seem to think is hard and many players are proud to beat and speak about it with a big mouth, if there is a term likes souls veteran    This is the worst ninja/samurai game I've ever played, and yes, I know Sekiro is a shinobi but I put it on that more general genre so I can compare to a wider range of games that have similar settings and contents as this.

    Sekiro is a game that many people seem to think is hard and many players are proud to beat and speak about it with a big mouth, if there is a term likes souls veteran it's exactly because of that, they think souls games are hard and if they come back alive from that experience it's comparable to a war veteran or something. Well, let me tell you something, these games are not hard at all, their difficulty is mostly faked and the way to beat them often very very simplistic, which is why the games get so popular at the end, because there isn't really much to them, it doesn't really need skills or intelligence to beat any FromSoftware game, it only needs a little bit of patience to find out how they work and when you find out they're a piece of cake.

    With Sekiro this formula has been taken to the max, the game is not hard at all, it's only inflexible, it only lets you beat it by using a very limited range of moves, but if you have a little patience and learn those (I'm talking about basically four moves, it isn't that much) you can beat the game easily and you can see what a piece of crap and lazy work this game actually is.

    The game lives from a couple of ohs and ahs moments like some big snake boss or a moneky that keeps fighting after being beheaded and of course also of horde of vehement fans of this company who would buy anything as long as they see the FromSoftware logo on it, if you don't believe go see what they are doing with upcoming Elden Ring, all of them wetting their pants everytime someone sneezes and it sounds similar to the words elden ring, it's just like Justin Bieber hysterical fans at this point.

    The thing is that this game is so simple that it becomes boring after a couple of boss fights because anyone with a brain can see that no matter the boss design, if it's a samurai on a horse or an old lady or big snake... at the end you always do the same three moves and every fight feels the same. The story is crap, I've seen a lot of FS fans criticizing the story of other games when they're no different from Sekiro's then they don't do the same with this one or even say Sekiro's story is good. Also the NPC's AI is one of the dumbest I've seen since the 90s, just try throwing a shuriken to some enemy who's aware of you, you will see one single animation that you could looping forever if you had endless shuriken - lazy work, as I said.

    The difficulty is completely faked, most of it is hidden behind a terible input lag (if you compare this game's speed and responsiveness to most japanese games it feels like a bad joke, like someone telling you you have to run very fast and at the same time puts heavy weights on your shoes) and also the long animations. From the moment you push the button to hit with your sword to the moment your sword actually hits there is often a long animation that gives the NPC enough time for an input read and react to what you have pushed without being noticed, unless you have a brain of course, then you only need to use your logic to find out this game is no hard, it's only cheating you in a very cheap way. And the proof of it is the existence of an "invisible help" in the game, which as the name says it's not visible, there is nothing like a ghost helping you in battle, it is only that they give you a little bit more of random values in your favor when tricking you in such a blatant way.

    This game is pure crap and many people might say then why was it game oif the year 2019? Well, did you remember Activision put some money on it? Again, use your logic and don't be fooled by gaming companies like these.

    Sekiro is the worst game in this genre and anyone with a little bit of intelligence and analytical thinking can see it, don't let vehement fanboys tell you what you have to like or dislike, even when that seems to be the trend in the internet era. Don't even listen at me with this critic play the game but be critical to what you see and be honest to yourself when talking about it, that's what I'm doing here if you like what you hear or not. Cheers.    … Expand
  61. lc0403092
    Mar 19, 2022
    4
    Not a fan of the style of battle system, wont play any similar game anymore.
  62. Storm02
    Jul 6, 2020
    4
    Sekiro is a game that i tried my hardest to like. Im a huge dark souls and bloodborne fan and i loved the games for their challenge... I just cannot say the same for sekiro. To me, the game feels like assasins creed and dark souls mixed together with clunky and overreactive controlls. Sometimes when i try to grab a ledge thats clearly marked, my character falls down and wall hugs. JumpsSekiro is a game that i tried my hardest to like. Im a huge dark souls and bloodborne fan and i loved the games for their challenge... I just cannot say the same for sekiro. To me, the game feels like assasins creed and dark souls mixed together with clunky and overreactive controlls. Sometimes when i try to grab a ledge thats clearly marked, my character falls down and wall hugs. Jumps are hard to controll and i usually end up overshooting my enemy and getting spotted. The stealth kill mechanic sometimes dosent work and i strike my target instead, eventhough there is a red mark on them. The difficulty is more annoying than hard in my opinion and early game is a chore to play through the first time. If you dont play the way fromsoftware intended, you are not going to have fun, which in my opinion, kills all the fun and creativity in different playstyles. They could have done cool stuff with the setting. You could have been a stealthy ninja that could take out everything quickly or an awesome samurai that would dominate in combat. The lack of different weapons and attires just makes it feel boring imo. Fromsoftware has always let the player be who they wanted to be in their games, which is why i feel that sekiro is a step down from what i liked in their games. I know i have **** on the game for most og this review, now i want to state some positives.

    First off, beautiful game, love the setting aswell. Story is a bit more straitforward which is nice for newer players. 1v1 combat is awesome! And i truly feel like a badass destroying an inferior foe. Other than that, i really didn't like the game. And i think that fromsoftware should stick to their souls formular. (btw english is not my first language so please forgive any spelling errors)    … Expand
  63. JD1872
    May 27, 2021
    1
    Love FromSoftware games in general but there is just nothing I like about this game.

    Really hope they go back to the winning formula they perfected with bloodbourne and DS3 with their next release
  64. pxouria
    Jul 13, 2023
    0
    Best Fromsoft combat system ever.
    the boss fights are awesome and once you master them, this becomes the most enjoyable game.
  65. MerovingianFB
    Apr 19, 2021
    0
    Sekiro: You are probably going to die a lot more than twice.

    Not a game for casual gamers.
  66. Ukrainec2014
    May 19, 2021
    1
    Sekiro: Shadow Die Twice is one of the worst games I've played. It's so bad it's hard to describe in words. A scanty amount of tricks, no combo attacks, normal dodge and block, crooked camera and physics, terrible game design and incredible unreasonable complexity.
    I love the Ninja Gaiden series. I also love all hack and slash games, and games with a Japanese flavor. It would seem that I    Sekiro: Shadow Die Twice is one of the worst games I've played. It's so bad it's hard to describe in words. A scanty amount of tricks, no combo attacks, normal dodge and block, crooked camera and physics, terrible game design and incredible unreasonable complexity.
    I love the Ninja Gaiden series. I also love all hack and slash games, and games with a Japanese flavor. It would seem that I should have liked this game, but this is a terrible shame and a slap in the face for all slasher players.
    The only thing that should be noted in the game is good graphics and design.
    Otherwise, this is one of the main disgraces of 2019. In the game, we have only one attack, the same type of katana strike. After hitting the enemy several times, you can finish it off with the same button. AI of enemies is just as bad. If they spot you, they won't leave again until they finish you off. The game is supposedly a stealth action game, but this is unacceptable for this genre. The location design is not intuitive and there are no clues about where to go. There is no location map or visual directions in the game itself.
    If you want to see some really cool Japanese action game, play Ninja Gaiden, Metal Gear Rising Revengeance, or Killer Is Dead. These games are many times better than the unfairly hyped Sekiro.    … Expand
  67. Jason0507
    Jan 11, 2022
    2
    This games starts off well with its introductory sequence. However the story ends there and becomes an endless sequence of boss fights. Once you defeat one boss you have to navigate through one small section just to fight another. This formula repeats itself through out the whole game. With little to no story and just rinse and repeat gamplay this game is almost unplayable.The game looksThis games starts off well with its introductory sequence. However the story ends there and becomes an endless sequence of boss fights. Once you defeat one boss you have to navigate through one small section just to fight another. This formula repeats itself through out the whole game. With little to no story and just rinse and repeat gamplay this game is almost unplayable.The game looks amazing but it is just like putting lipstick on a pig. This game tries to mask its flaws with its difficulty. It's very challenging until you determine the attacks of the bosses then it's just a matter of time before you defeat them. It's a poor excuse for a game.… Expand
  68. Dibalin
    Oct 24, 2021
    0
    Отсутствует полная русская локализация. Нет озвучки!
  69. Little_Unicorn
    Jan 29, 2022
    0
    This is the most disgusting game From Software, Hidetaka Miyazaki and his team are probably witches who feed on hatred, anger and despair of people, I can't imagine any other reason to make this piece of **** The game is made for hundreds of perverts who pass DS and BB without leveling and with a broken sword in their hands, but it does not give me any pleasure to learn to play in thisThis is the most disgusting game From Software, Hidetaka Miyazaki and his team are probably witches who feed on hatred, anger and despair of people, I can't imagine any other reason to make this piece of **** The game is made for hundreds of perverts who pass DS and BB without leveling and with a broken sword in their hands, but it does not give me any pleasure to learn to play in this manner for 50 hours, do not buy this garbage made by sadists for perverts spending thousands of hours playing their games, if the PSN policy would be like Steam, I would definitely return the money. Spare your time and money.… Expand
  70. M1ikey
    Apr 27, 2022
    0
    Not Souls gmae ):
  71. SekiroIsMyPassi
    May 15, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Can’t wrap my bloody head around that absolute nonsense of a **** up. Made by **** for ****… Expand
  72. ATUMALAKA
    Dec 4, 2022
    0
    Thats hard as **** i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it iThats hard as **** i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it… Expand
  73. Hungamer88
    Dec 19, 2022
    2
    I liked other From Software games but this is just pure junk

    Camera is horrible it can not hold up with the fast paced combat Gameplay is also terrible, when i press the block button it should block but it does not do it 50% of the time 5 minute explore on the map then stuck on a boss for 3 hours. Until then constant repeat the same thing is incredibly boring. Big difference to other    I liked other From Software games but this is just pure junk

    Camera is horrible it can not hold up with the fast paced combat
    Gameplay is also terrible, when i press the block button it should block but it does not do it 50% of the time
    5 minute explore on the map then stuck on a boss for 3 hours. Until then constant repeat the same thing is incredibly boring.

    Big difference to other souls games is that in those you upgrade and then you can progress.
    Here you can not upgrade and progress is only a factor of mere luck.

    In favour of unreasonable difficulty it sacrifices what a game should do in the first place. Give the user a fun experience.

    This is not fun. Its pure frustration    … Expand
  74. XCCMAN
    Mar 21, 2023
    0
    It is far too difficult, and there is no option to change the difficulty level. You are defeated by enemies in one or two hits. This is true even at the beginning of the game. In terms of accessibility, there aren't many options and the developers clearly have not considered disabled players during development. The only way you can beat even basic enemies is to parry them because theyIt is far too difficult, and there is no option to change the difficulty level. You are defeated by enemies in one or two hits. This is true even at the beginning of the game. In terms of accessibility, there aren't many options and the developers clearly have not considered disabled players during development. The only way you can beat even basic enemies is to parry them because they move so fast. Individuals who have difficulties in terms of mobility will find it impossible to strike a parry in time against enemies. Poor value for money considering it's impossible to progress beyond the start. Disappointingly, I can’t get a refund as I purchased a digital version.… Expand
  75. ilovesekiro123
    Aug 14, 2023
    0
    it was perfect perfect the best game ive ever played in my entire life, absolutely breathtaking and was way better than bloodborne
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#4 Best PS4 Game of 2019
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Universal acclaim - based on 77 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 76 out of 77
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 77
  3. Negative: 1 out of 77
  1. RPGamer
    Dec 17, 2024
    90
    Overall, Sekiro is defined by its riveting, challenging, and ultimately highly rewarding gameplay. Stemming from simplicity but giving a wide variety of different combat options, few games come close to matching the exhilarating rush that Sekiro’s best moments provide. Exploring its atmospherically engrossing levels is a treat, from a visual, musical, and atmospheric standpoint. Even if exploration and character storylines are sometimes hampered by Dragonrot, repeatedly severing the immortality of bosses with brutal “Shinobi Executions” and discovering the ritual secrets of eternal life offers a captivating experience that stands out as one of FromSoftware’s best and most distinctive titles.
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  2. Gamers' Temple
    May 15, 2019
    90
    Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is an enjoyable, yet deeply challenging game. It's not really a Dark Souls with samurais game, but whether or not you enjoyed the difficulty level of the battles in Dark Souls will be a good benchmark in gauging how much you'll like Sekiro. If you're persistent, up for a challenge, and don't become frustrated easily, then Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is an easy game to recommend.
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  3. Daily Star
    Apr 28, 2019
    100
    Though Sekiro feels impossibly hard at times, the level of euphoria you experience when delivering a death blow to a tricky boss or when you finally clear a castle grounds of all enemies is almost unparalleled.
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