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Art.

Better with friends.

One weapon, one way to play Sekiro: Clear the area to get everything. Run to the boss. Instead of learning the attack pattern by trial and error, open a video "how to kill [boss name] fast" and do what you are told for easy victory. Go to the next area and repeat.

Undoubtly, Sekiro is FromSoftware's most difficult and most boring game. Difficult, because attacks hit hard, healing is very limited and grinding is no option. Boring, because the lack of build variety means every fight feels the same and the world itself is uninteresting.

Closing statement: Sekiro has 95% positive reviews, but 51% haven't beaten more than 1 full-fledged boss. I agree with the 51%, who stopped playing for good reasons.


EDIT: 29/34
Follow a guide to not miss upgrades. Early-game is tedious. End of mid-game feels balanced. Don't believe anyone that you have to git gud to beat Sekiro. Many enemies can be spam deflected, spam attacked or cheesed, even some full-fledged bosses. At least, Sekiro is fun for achievement hunters.

EDIT: 34/34
Honorable mentions: Divine Confetti, Ichimonji Double and Shinobi Firecracker.

Unique and perfectly designed.

This game is the antidote to a busy day. It's smooth, it's relaxing, it lets your worries melt away. This game is your moment of zen.

This game is the antidote to a busy day. It's smooth, it's relaxing, it lets your worries melt away. This game is your moment of zen.

One of a kind game. There is no good copy and no competitor. Unfortunately unbalanced.

Don't expect a true successor of two legendary Max Payne games.

Max Payne 3 is sort of a playable action movie of the 90s starring Max Payne.

I love this game, but...

Careful, spoilers ahead!

I can't get the achievement "Foxiest of the Hounds" for 100%. Save files were deleted for my 4th playthrough to start clean. No quicksaving, only regular saving. No skipping dialogues, cutscenes or credits. Zeke got tasered twice and the last guard in Tong's Rescue mission too. Every other regular enemy was left untouched. Barrett tasered in one spot, Yelena gunned down, Burke and his team stealthily knocked out, Namir tasered in one spot, Zhao instantly deactivated (2012) and later tasered. I got every single Ghost and Smooth Operator bonus in this playthrough. Nice to have a confirmation for once after having played like this every single time.

Long story short: It's quite sad to leave a bug in the game that nullifies all the effort of a whole playthrough.

Favorite Souls game.