I'm finally playing Sekiro and... FROM SOFTWARE games are just... they make me so insanely happy. I don't know how to describe it, because it's a combination of different feelings...
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It's like a lot of high-end japanese restaurants, there's no ostentatiousness, no lavish decor, there's this spartan quality and yet utter focus on the beauty of the things that really matter.
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And at the same time, it's diving into an immense challenge that require such zen and focus and clarity of goal. But even when the game seems most cruel, it's always FAIR. Whenever I die I know exactly what I did wrong.
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And along the way, there are no games better at TEACHING you how to play them through the organic nature of what they demand from you. You don't pass sections til you have them down, once you have them down, you're really are accomplished. I love these games so fucking much.
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I just literally screamed at a moment in a cutscene early on...
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So this chained ogre is the first pretty decent test huh... (by the opening standards)
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I'm dying A LOT and do I have to we worried about this dragonrot stuff, it seems pretty fucked up and I really didn't like the humanity system in DS1
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Okay, I was WAY too worried about the posture meter over his health. Now being more patient. Still getting caught on bad moments. One more go and if not, I'll take a break.
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Needless to say I'm still trying to beat him. The fire resource is so small I'm waiting til I get a good run at the start. I'll have a really great rhythm going but there's always one errant spacing I misjudge and it's fucking game over.
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Day 2, with a clear head I'm instantly getting really close, but doing that thing where I get too tense or greedy when I'm really close to finishing him. Classic FromSoft error! Gotta get to that zen place where I don't even care when I'm close to winning.
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GOD these fights are so thrilling. I had a bad break early, then had him on the run, literally mopping the floor with him, then got too greedy when he reeling, too one extra blade swipe too many. And that was that.
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I HAD ONE HIT LEFT AND I GOT GREEDY WITH HIM GOING FOR AN ELBOW IM SO SO SO SOS SO SO STUPID DAMMIT FUCK, FUCK ME
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That was just set-up for another boss!?!?!? OH YOU CHEEKY BASTARDS.
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Okay, BACK. Facing General Tenzen Yamauchi - So I got my stealth strat that gets me to take out all the guys / get a sneak hit off him. The problem is gotta learn how to play this fucker! And doing the sneak clear out every time is labor intensive! How do I come at this / him?
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Okay, he wiped the floor with me on that attempt. I keep using the mikiri counter on the sweep and vice versa. Also it's sucking up WAY too much time to do all these stealth kills. I can't get into a rhythm to learn!
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Okay any attempt to just go in there and learn doesn't work. Not enough time spent fighting. Between the other dudes and the guns blaring I last two seconds. Blurgh.
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GOT HIM IN SEVEN ATTEMPTS TOTAL!!!! Holy crap, once I took the "you lead the dance" mindset it completely clicked. I stayed on him, led the pressure - filled up his posture meter and then got my last stab. Hell yah.
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The only thing that even comes close to the feeling of killing a hard boss is OPENING UP A SHORTCUT hell yes.
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Okay, going back to the estates to get the fourth prayer bead I didn't, taking on Shinobi Hunter of Enshin of Misen. Feels like I got this, only got got because I'm trying to sneak in four hits instead of three.
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Beat him like a rented mule! And oh god I'm just realizing that expression is uniquely horrible! It's funny how going backwards in difficulty can make "hard" people seem like a piece of cake now.
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Okay just did some good grinding, picking up some helpful abilities. What I love about this game is the grind feels so much easier? I never thought I'd want a skills tree in a FROMSOFT game, but they really do it quite elegantly.
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SNAKE SNAKE SNAKE BIG SNEK NO NOPE NO NOT OK I THOUGHT QUAKIES WERE A FEINT NO THANKU
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Okay, Gyoubu Oniwa time... I'm feeling... okay so far? But i'm sort of plateauing. I got good parry timing on his first swipe, I have the grapple attack, but I'm having trouble with "how many hits I can get in" before he swipes again. Also trying not use up all my firecrackers?
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I beat him in like... 9 chances????? ... granted I got told the firecracker thing, but holy heck. Something about this one just totally clicked once I got the balance about when to parry and when not. Didn't even die on that one!
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I JUST SCREAMED AT THE TOP OF MY LUNGS THE LOUDEST SINCE THE DOGS IN RESIDENT EVIL FUCKING BULL
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I can't make heads or tails of this one. It seems like I want to stay behind him, use crackers, but it's just so easy to get side swiped when I'm playing the corners????
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I also am having a fuck of a time trying to find time to heal.
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Took the "always run" advice and game changer! Beat him in one!
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