How hard is this?

[harken23]

I don't have the twitch reflexes I had back when I played Pong, and haven't played any Souls games, and don't really know what "Souls-like" means as a tag. I played Nioh and liked it, but it was too frustratingly unforgiving -- but that's probly the closest thing to a souls-like I've played. This looks like a great game, but I'm not sure I can hack it (heh).

[JAG]

The game has three difficulty levels, with the lowest one being pretty forgiving. You can comfortably mash your way through it. Depending on how pedantic you are, one could argue that you wouldn't experience the whole depth of the combat system (and that is true), but it's also a singleplayer PvE game, so eh, as long as you're having fun.

I'd recommend starting on the medium (standard) difficulty level, and if that proves too difficult, switching to the easier one (you can do that within the same save file).

[็]

If it's any consolation, this game is relatively short - much shorter than the Souls and Nioh games. Even if it ends up being really hard for you, you can take solace in knowing that the game doesn't expect you to spend 30+ hours trying to constantly "git gud" just to finish your first playthrough. The general ballpark I've seen to complete a full run (retries included) for new players is about 8-12 hours, give or take. You will have quite the whiplash realizing how short the game actual is when your second playthrough only ends up taking 1-3 hours.

I also recommend starting with the standard difficulty like JAG said. I have no problems with easy modes in games, but the easy mode in Sifu robs the game of a lot of its charm IMO.

[Simonson [29th Ret.]]

It's like Double Dragon.

[harken23]

Publicado originalmente por Casus Bellum:

It's like Double Dragon.

I got that free on GOG like a decade ago. Still don't like it, tho. lol/

[nawj]

Just beat it on Disciple (normal) and I it took me about 15 hours, but I did a lot of grinding levels over and over again to get younger ages/better skills for the play through. It was pretty tough, it's been a long time since I've played Sekiro but the parry timing in Sifu feels really strict, and the effects/noises the game use to signify proper/improper blocks/parries/dodges are hard for me to notice in the heat of the moment. Stage 3's bosses Phase 1 is complete unadulterated ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ and I haven't fought the final boss enough times to speak to his actual difficulty.

That said, there is a beginner difficulty and from reading the description it sounds like anybody could beat it. If you start the game on Master difficulty, you can turn the difficulty down whenever you want, but if you start on a lower difficulty you cannot turn it up. Since I started on Disciple I can't raise the difficulty to Master without starting and entirely new save, but if you were to start a save on Master you could immediately turn it down to Beginner and then raise the difficulty if you wanted.

Another thing to note is that the game has a skill system and an ability system. As you unlock the abilities in your runs eventually they become permanent, which will make the game overall easier once you have access to more of your suite of attacks and abilities from the get-go.

[Simbolic]

I played and beat it on easy it was still challenging enough. can use modifiers as well. Which I never used in story mode, that can give you even more of an edge over combat. Though game is made for people to enjoy and master the combat. Really offers nothing else in this game besides getting good rank ratings generally. Not really any characters or story long term progression.

[Labamba]

This game enables you to approach each situation with your preferred style. Which means you can fight dirty by relying on throwing people of ledge, throwing weapons, instant takedown on unaware enemies, etc. The 'avoid' timing is quite forgiving as well, so you can rely on that if you can't figure out the parry system. You can also focus build on focus, which allows you to land a special attack, doesn't require any reflex to perform.

The only caveat here is the boss fight, especially Yang. You really have to learn parry and avoid simultaneously. As others have said, start on Disciple mode (normal) and turn it down if you find it rather frustrating. Most importantly, don't forget to have fun!

[RegionsRules]

pretty damn hard on master.

[我玩蛋]

Stupid ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game. Modern gaming is by making everything hard, it's just a dark soul cliche

[Amene]

This looks like a great game, but I'm not sure I can hack it (heh).

The lowest difficulty is incredibly forgiving, so you can give it a shot. That to say ... it will likely feel rather meaningless/boring as well. The core point of this game is to get better and better at the combat - and it doesn't seem as your cup of tea (especially if you rate Nioh as "frustratingly unforgiving").

[Aegix Drakan]

It's a very challenging game, but as the others say, you can always lower the difficulty if it's too much.

But I think you should stick out the default difficulty, as I think it's juuuuuust right.

It's a game about slow, steady mastery. You're supposed to lose a whole lot at first and replay the first few levels many times over, until you can start doing no-death runs of the first two levels and humiliate Sean without taking a hit because you've memorized his moveset.

I found a lot of the game's difficulty was about learning what moves worked against which enemies, what "cheap tricks" (throwing stuff, trip kicks, etc) worked on what enemies, and how to best react to the enemy movesets (for example, knowing a boss's combos, so you can know exactly when to react before he even finishes the combo)

Bosses in particular are all about learning what their moves are, and when to dodge, in what patterns. You get much better at the game the more information you absorb and internalize.

You'll go from blindly mashing attack to eventually pressing your buttons very deliberately, and fighting with your mind rather than your fists.

Publicado originalmente por Amene:

and it doesn't seem as your cup of tea (especially if you rate Nioh as "frustratingly unforgiving").

I disagree, actually! I found Nioh very frustrating (I gave up shortly after you hit japan) because I wasn't having fun.

Sifu was fun the entire time. Sure, each new boss was a massive difficulty spike and I got mad at them, but then I replayed previous levels, grinded up more permanent access to specific moves I wanted, got better and better at learning how to react to different enemies, and started plotting out the ideal routes through each level (minimize level length, but ensure you hit all three Shrines).

And I eventually unlocked the Wude ending, beating the final boss in my 30s.

I think the main difference is that you're always making some progress in Sifu, because of the aging system giving you a LOT of lives per level, and never taking your immediate progress away.

Yes, it does mean that eventually you'll hit a game over and need to start over from the very beginning of the first level, but you'll notice you've gotten a lot better since then, and it'll keep going smoother and smoother, and you'll unlock more and more shortcuts.

Meanwhile, in Nioh, an optional fight appears and if you make one mistake, OOPS, back to the beach Shrine for you, you've lost the last 30 minutes of work!

Sifu's difficulty is a lot more forgiving, I feel.

[Dandy]

annoying game ,,,repeat all over ... if u have only 2 lives left in a map , you have to play previous map all over again ,incl fighting a boss to get to next map ... if you have few lives left, you hardly and possible never make it thru , so you have to play previous map all over again ... the game seems to be a cool game , but it has some very annoying moments ... Maybe it just me being a noob , but Im at the museum map , had 2 lives left ,got beaten ,and had to play previous map all over again , and with a Boss there ,you loose lives .. etc etc ,repetitive annoying game somehow . But I do like the looks of it . I can recommend the game , but it is very annoying some times ...

[Stoon Finger]

I can't bring myself to switch to the lowest difficulty but I cannot get anywhere on normal... :P

[Hundinger]

Publicado originalmente por Stoon Finger:

I can't bring myself to switch to the lowest difficulty but I cannot get anywhere on normal... :P

Patience. I struggled too. I just repeated the first level over and over until I was able to finish with 20. The same with the next level. I wasn't so ambitious with the other levels, I allowed myself a little aging, but I repeated them a lot too.

I'm sure there are people who learn this game really fast, but I don't think it's abnormal to need a lot of practice. You just have to be willing to play a lot and you will improve.

[我玩蛋]

The fact the data shows only 3% beat the final boss indicating this game is of terrible and awful fox sack. It's not a game is a punishment and i ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ pay for this ♥♥♥♥