Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

YouSavedMyLife

This game is sick. I love how it blends stealth and combat together. Unlike other stealth games you're not punished for losing stealth in Sekiro, you just adapt with the situation and fight the enemies. The game is really opening up for me now. I have about 4 different routes i can follow. Not sure how long each route is but when you get options like this it really helps with the exploration aspect of the game.

Another thing i like is the use of items. In previous Soul's games i hardly ever used the consumables, but in this im using them alot more, specially popping a sugar during a fight i know will be tough, or a Fortune Balloon before an area i know will be populated with enemies.

Game can do no wrong at this point

sp00k

Died so much my irl friends have dragonrot 10/10

YouSavedMyLife

Another thing i was curious about was why are the merchants selling coin bags for more than you actually get in the bags. Dawned on me just now, its a way of banking your coins for use later!

Doctor Nick

Just defeated

Lone Shadow Longswordsman, back in the well that you start in.

. Such an intense fight let down only by the camera. Went into the area after and the music and visuals made me say nope, I'll come back later.

johnny_ultimate

Doctor Nick wrote: »

Cheers man. Yeah it's second phase that's destroying me now and have run out. I got some piece of text about that item so I'm presuming I can farm them somewhere. I took a break and went back to

Blazing Bull. Relatively straightforward when you have the firecracker prosthetic and downed him first time after getting that after many failed attempts without it

I haven’t found a source for the seeds yet and wasted whatever ones I had in my inventory after two or three attempts on the boss, so was improvising after that. Don’t fight the mob is the main thing. As said, running around the perimeter of the arena very fast until the spell ends is a less elegant but perfectly serviceable way of dealing with that section of the fight :pac: Repeat the strategy from phase one with the one wrinkle of dodging the occasional projectiles and that should do it!

YouSavedMyLife

Doctor Nick wrote: »

Just defeated

Lone Shadow Longswordsman, back in the well that you start in.

. Such an intense fight let down only by the camera. Went into the area after and the music and visuals made me say nope, I'll come back later.

Just fought him now myself, did you not fight the other version of him in the memory?

Vicxas

Just in the Ashina Estate. So much pain. So much suffering

Doctor Nick

YouSavedMyLife wrote: »

Just fought him now myself, did you not fight the other version of him in the memory?

No, only saw three Bosses in the memory. Swore I searched every inch of that place. Must go back to see if I can find him.

Lady Butterfly

is down now. Took so long but I loved every minute of it. That last fight was just perfection. Didn't resurrect and didn't even heal in the second phase. My heart is pounding. Game is fantastic.

ShaneU

The cutscene you get after dying a few times and wake up in the temple, I thought oh this is where they make fun of me for dying and make it easier somehow, nope have this DRAGONROT instead

I've found two optional enemies that completely annihilated me, I assume you need to come back later to kill them. Here's the two I'm talking about

dead guy with blue sword

and

purple ninja

Anyone know how to reach the cave in the cliff near the old woman

you take the blood sample from

You can fall from above but I'm assuming you would die from that height

YouSavedMyLife

ShaneU wrote: »

The cutscene you get after dying a few times and wake up in the temple, I thought oh this is where they make fun of me for dying and make it easier somehow, nope have this DRAGONROT instead

I've found two optional enemies that completely annihilated me, I assume you need to come back later to kill them. Here's the two I'm talking about

dead guy with blue sword

and

purple ninja

Anyone know how to reach the cave in the cliff near the old woman

you take the blood sample from

You can fall from above but I'm assuming you would die from that height

Theres about 4 old women i have met in the game so far. You need to be abit more specific :P

ShaneU

YouSavedMyLife wrote: »

Theres about 4 old women i have met in the game so far. You need to be abit more specific :P

The one with her blind son nearby?

I can't make anymore prosthetic tools with the guy who forges them. Does it only allow 3?

I want the firecracker one, anyone know where to find it

Doctor Nick

Fred The Red wrote: »

I can't make anymore prosthetic tools with the guy who forges them. Does it only allow 3?

I want the firecracker one, anyone know where to find it

You have to buy it. 2 merchants have it. One is near the first fatty with a hammer, at the top of a cliff with loads of crows. The second is after you beat the boss Gyobu the Demon (or whatever his name is)

YouSavedMyLife

ShaneU wrote: »

The one with her blind son nearby?

Unsure, ill have to have a look

Doctor Nick

Doctor Nick wrote: »

You have to buy it. 2 merchants have it. One is near the first fatty with a hammer, at the top of a cliff with loads of crows. The second is after you beat the boss Gyobu the Demon (or whatever his name is)

Thanks man. Got it. I'm also looking for a good place to farm before o take on the first mega boss, the one that I got the firecrackers for without spoiling.

I'm looking to raise my spirit emblem limit.

YouSavedMyLife

Fred The Red wrote: »

Thanks man. Got it. I'm also looking for a good place to farm before o take on the first mega boss, the one that I got the firecrackers for without spoiling.

I'm looking to raise my spirit emblem limit.

The first node only raises your spirit emblem limit by 1. I wouldn't bother. Just go into the fight with 15. Should be more than enough

Doctor Nick

YouSavedMyLife wrote: »

Just fought him now myself, did you not fight the other version of him in the memory?

That one in the memory? Does he respawn? I didn't notice any name or dots in the top left of the screen? I sprinted

into the building and got the prosthetic tool then died to him

YouSavedMyLife

Doctor Nick wrote: »

That one in the memory? Does he respawn? I didn't notice any name or dots in the top left of the screen? I sprinted

into the building and got the prosthetic tool then died to him

He looks the same, dunno if he has the same name

No dots he only has a single life bar, jumps down off the building when you come close to him. The feathers tool is in the building

Anyone got the dragonrot locations. I'm looking for a dude in Ashina Outskirts

YouSavedMyLife

Fred The Red wrote: »

Anyone got the dragonrot locations. I'm looking for a dude in Ashina Outskirts

If your looking for blood sample, it can only be done once. I did that quest and cured everyone. Then got another full dose of Dragonrot for new people and they can only be cured with tear drops, not blood collection.

The dude you might be looking for is the merchant. If you backtrack abit from old lady and blind son you will find him on top of the highest mountain/rock

Doctor Nick

Jesus Christ they really cranked the difficulty by a thousand at

roof to Ashina castle, those ashina shinobi don't mess around

.

YouSavedMyLife

Doctor Nick wrote: »

Jesus Christ they really cranked the difficulty by a thousand at

roof to Ashina castle, those ashina shinobi don't mess around

.

Wait for the

armourless Samurai in the castle

derfderf

I've cheesed one boss (f*ck the grabby pr*ck) and kind of cheesed another. Making good progress, but it's relentless. So many bosses and mini bosses

johnny_ultimate

YouSavedMyLife wrote: »

Wait for the

armourless Samurai in the castle

While they're tough to deal with in a mob, the mini-boss version of these chaps is one of the easiest so far. Swift deflecting needed but only need to survive a few flurries for a deathblow.

long arm centipede giraffe

YouSavedMyLife

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

While they're tough to deal with in a mob, the mini-boss version of these chaps is one of the easiest so far. Swift deflecting needed but only need to survive a few flurries for a deathblow.

Caught me off guard at first, then he attacked his way into a deathblow. I don't think i landed a single attack on him

Vicxas

I thought i was just exploring around Ashina Castle and ended up coming across the main boss, sometimes curiosity can kill the..... Wolf.

Doctor Nick

Anyone been to

Senpou Temple, Mount Kong

yet? Some weird stuff going down there. The

Armored Warrior

was tough. Took a while to figure out what to do. How many prayer beads have you all got? I've three full necklaces now.

YouSavedMyLife

Was backtracking to some of the early game areas and its snowing almost everywhere and the sky is abit darker. I'm pretty sure it wasn't snowing in these areas on my first run through, or else im going nuts. If I'm not nuts seems like the game might have world progression after certain milestones just like Bloodborne

Rob2D

Oh man that purple guy at the pagoda on top of the hill is wrecking my s**t. Been at him since yesterday morning, I almost had him there a while ago.

I won't give up!

mirrormatrix

Having real problems with Lady Butterfly. Managing to get the first health bar down but that second one just messes me up. I have one SnapSeed. Anyone know where I can find others?

Also, those lads with the hats/shields at the entrance to Ashina Castle are tearing me apart!

johnny_ultimate

mirrormatrix wrote: »

Having real problems with Lady Butterfly. Managing to get the first health bar down but that second one just messes me up. I have one SnapSeed. Anyone know where I can find others?

You can get by without snap seeds. Hit sprint and leg it around the perimeter when the illusions appear, and only return to attacking after the projectiles have been fired (if you’re sprinting they shouldn’t hit you).

Other than that you can kinda ‘stun’ Butterfly by quickly alternating between left and right dodge attacks. Dodge to the left and attack, and then immediately dodge to the right and attack. Repeat for as long as you can. Get the timing down and you can make a massive dent in either health or stagger. Works in both phases, you just need to avoid the gold projectiles in the second if she casts some

Kiith

I love reading some of these tips.

"You just have to dodge the undodgeable, parry the unparryable, counter the uncounterable, and kill the unkillable. It's easy" :P

YouSavedMyLife

Kiith wrote: »

I love reading some of these tips.

"You just have to dodge the undodgeable, parry the unparryable, counter the uncounterable, and kill the unkillable. It's easy" :P

That was a tip during the loading screen?

Kiith

Hah, no. Just when i read some of the suggestions in this and other Souls threads, it always sounds so easy. Then you actually try it and usually fail miserably

spiritcrusher

Any ideas where's the best value place to pick this up for PS4? I see Smyths and Argos are both €60, Amazon not much cheaper. Are they the best value out there?

The latent abilities are super strong. Make the game so much easier.

Vicxas

Just beat Lady Butterfly. Fantastic fight

sweetie

Deleted User wrote: »

The latent abilities are super strong. Make the game so much easier.

I've come up short a few times against the minibosses so spent a couple of hours grinding the hitari passage on hard mode and buying some skills and items. Hopefully it helps!

Doctor Nick

Took down

Long arm centipede Sen Un in 50 seconds. Perfect deflect on his long combo actually filled up entire posture bar for a deathblow.

Got stuck on

Genichero. I thought I had him until From Soft pulled a Sister Friede and had no healing left.

Not sure where to go now. I'll come back to him.

Doctor Nick

Doctor Nick wrote: »

Took down

Long arm centipede Sen Un in 50 seconds. Perfect deflect on his long combo actually filled up entire posture bar for a deathblow.

Got stuck on

Genichero. I thought I had him until From Soft pulled a Sister Friede and had no healing left.

Not sure where to go now. I'll come back to him.

That was a great boss fight. A typical dark souls boss in the sense that he annihilates you multiple times and it seems utterly impossible until ...

Doctor Nick

[Deleted User] wrote: »

That was a great boss fight. A typical dark souls boss in the sense that he annihilates you multiple times and it seems utterly impossible until ...

I'll let you know when I get there haha. Still I'm the annihilation stage here. Got to

third phase a few times, the first time I nearly had his posture bar up but mistimed me R1 on the lightning that sends it back to him

. I'll just die now in first phase if I have to heal.

I don't really understand the resurrection mechanic yet. I do have 2 dots (leaf and snowflake) over my HP bar which I thought was 2 charges but I only ever get one.

Some amount of people complaining about the game.

TitianGerm

https://youtu.be/RRahPd_JzsM

Digital Foundry PC tech analysis up now.

Edit: anyone playing at 1080p on a RTX2060? I might try the mod to get higher FPS.

Doctor Nick

My left thumb is sore and I think it's gotten a bit deformed since this morning and Genichiro is STILL alive. He won't break me.

Doctor Nick

Doctor Nick wrote: »

I'll let you know when I get there haha. Still I'm the annihilation stage here. Got to

third phase a few times, the first time I nearly had his posture bar up but mistimed me R1 on the lightning that sends it back to him

. I'll just die now in first phase if I have to heal.

I don't really understand the resurrection mechanic yet. I do have 2 dots (leaf and snowflake) over my HP bar which I thought was 2 charges but I only ever get one.

Some amount of people complaining about the game.

I meant the first fight you were referring to.

Just beat Genichiro myself. I went did a few other areas before fighting him as I assumed it would tough considering he seems to be the antagonist. Beat him in 5 attempts or so. Deflect, attack, deflect, attack, deflect, attack, counter. Rinse. Probably much easier with the latent deflect and counter abilities

brianregan09

Does anyone else feel like they've nailed any new moves they've got after loads of practice on the zombie only for panic to set in instantly when your dealing with the real deal lol

johnny_ultimate

Genichiro down as well. Key was to be aggressive as hell, and deflect the heck out of that long flurry of attacks he sometimes unleashes.

I need to stop playing the bosses before bed, they get the heart pumping :pac:

YouSavedMyLife

I'm at the point where if the enemy uses a sword or other traditional weapon i can deflect them easy as pie. But if its an animal or some creature that behaves in a strange way forget about it. Except the Big Trouble in Little China glaive guys. They are super annoying

Doctor Nick

Finally beat Genichiro. That took so long. Feels good to finally best him.

Vicxas

Doctor Nick wrote: »

Finally beat Genichiro. That took so long. Feels good to finally best him.

I was so happy when i beat him

Then suddenly, sneaky second phase. My heart broke