New Game Plus Worth ?

[Buurt]

is it even worth to go new game + in sekiro ? i mean the game wasnt really hard, but i have the feeling that new game + will make this game not really harder but just more annoying, new game + in Dark souls you get new stuff can lvl up even more, but in sekiro its just like enemies turn into bullet sponges isnt it ?

[Mister Veeg]

well, it gives the dancer mask a purpose to exist, in that you probably already have most/all the skills and enemies drop a lot more EXP.

it's more or less required to max the prosthetic, as I don't think there's enough Lapis to actually get all the lazurite upgrades in a single playthrough.

[goka9696]

NG+ changes nothing. It's not even harder

[Aeiku]

Enemies aren't bullet sponges, bosses are bullet sponges. It's worth it if you wish to experience how much more difficult those boss fights can get and they get a lot more difficult. Especially the mini bosses. Although you can increase your attack power with the Dragon Mask so it does have a way to boost your attack power. As for posture though, I'm not sure yet. I only beat the first boss and some mini bosses on NG+ and they ripped right through me. I was without Kuro's charm though so that might have had a damaging affect.

[Socke]

Originally posted by Aeiku:

Enemies aren't bullet sponges, bosses are bullet sponges. It's worth it if you wish to experience how much more difficult those boss fights can get and they get a lot more difficult. Especially the mini bosses. Although you can increase your attack power with the Dragon Mask so it does have a way to boost your attack power. As for posture though, I'm not sure yet. I only beat the first boss and some mini bosses on NG+ and they ripped right through me. I was without Kuro's charm though so that might have had a damaging affect.

it has an dmg effect yes.
that way u can kinda enable a hardmode. use that and the belldemon to get a rough experience.

[Alex]

Can you ring a bell to make the game harder? I just saw 1 comment about this so i dont know if its true. Should be somewhere in the beginning? Like DS2 had with bonfires you could boost to make that area NG+ even when you were in NG.

[Aeiku]

There's a bell in Senpou Temple you ring that gives you an item that increases difficulty. I tried it but I did not notice a difficulty increase when using it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tv1cIO8bzI

[Buurt]

Originally posted by Alex72:

Can you ring a bell to make the game harder? I just saw 1 comment about this so i dont know if its true. Should be somewhere in the beginning? Like DS2 had with bonfires you could boost to make that area NG+ even when you were in NG.

i think you can ring a bell and give kuro is charm in ng+ back and make the game way harder with it

[piman]

giving away kuro's charm will make the game combat more fun and exciting, posture damage won't be a joke now and you won't be blocking mindlessly cuz you will receive also chip damage when not deflecting

[goka9696]

Originally posted by Alex72:

Can you ring a bell to make the game harder? I just saw 1 comment about this so i dont know if its true. Should be somewhere in the beginning? Like DS2 had with bonfires you could boost to make that area NG+ even when you were in NG.

I played through the entire NG1 with the bell, and I didn't notice any increase in difficulty.

Originally posted by Buurt:

Originally posted by Alex72:

Can you ring a bell to make the game harder? I just saw 1 comment about this so i dont know if its true. Should be somewhere in the beginning? Like DS2 had with bonfires you could boost to make that area NG+ even when you were in NG.

i think you can ring a bell and give kuro is charm in ng+ back and make the game way harder with it

You can actually give him his charm back even in the base NG, you just need to finish game once for it to appear.

[ghoulyg]

yeah, without the charm ng+ is fun and errors/bad blocks actually get punished

[Scourge]

Originally posted by Space King Veeg:

well, it gives the dancer mask a purpose to exist, in that you probably already have most/all the skills and enemies drop a lot more EXP.

it's more or less required to max the prosthetic, as I don't think there's enough Lapis to actually get all the lazurite upgrades in a single playthrough.

That I sadly found not to be true.
The initial mobs were pretty high XP, in NG+1 they were at 300 xp per kill.

However, the XP you get additionally seems to be fixed.
Dragon Nobles in Core gave 650 xp. In NG+ the give 850.
It seems that NG+ only adds a strict XP bonus of 200 to all mobs, except boss battles.
I was hoping for something more along the lines of an XP boost of 50% to 100% because you need a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ of XP for new skillpoints.

[prototype81]

Originally posted by goka9696:

NG+ changes nothing. It's not even harder

This cant be true or it would just be a new game. When an IP adds a + that means additions are included hense the plus symbol...

[goka9696]

Originally posted by prototype81:

Originally posted by goka9696:

NG+ changes nothing. It's not even harder

This cant be true or it would just be a new game. When an IP adds a + that means additions are included hense the plus symbol...

Not really. Many games use NG+ as simply a "go again with all unlocks" button.

First DS only changed the difficulty

Second added new enemies and items

Third I think but not sure only adds new items

Sekiro only gives you more XP and money. Difficulty stays the same.

[Arashi]

Originally posted by goka9696:

NG+ changes nothing. It's not even harder

Everything deals more damage, has more health and posture.

Minibosses can nearly oneshot you with some attacks even when you have max hp.

[goka9696]

Originally posted by the Arashi:

Originally posted by goka9696:

NG+ changes nothing. It's not even harder

Everything deals more damage, has more health and posture.

Minibosses can nearly oneshot you with some attacks even when you have max hp.

That's true for base NG too.