For Those That Are New

[Ketamine 天上太阳红彤彤]

Firstly, welcome to IMO the best FromSoft game ever, yes this game has a difficult learning curve but once you have studied your enemy and their attacks ect and you have learnt the deflecting and what to do against sweeping and thrusts the game becomes really fun.

And if your struggling on a boss i have one thing that i was taught in this by a boss that made me keep playing till i killed him "Hesitation is defeat"
Dont be scared of your enemy if so your already dead.

[Alexoferith]

Agree, absolutely :)

[Tsunero]

I keep seeing extremely contradictory opinions. Is this a Souls like? (aka everything respawsn if you die) or can you actually save anytime you want and go at your own pace? (even if the bosses are hard)

[Alexoferith]

Originally posted by Tsunero:

I keep seeing extremely contradictory opinions. Is this a Souls like? (aka everything respawsn if you die) or can you actually save anytime you want and go at your own pace? (even if the bosses are hard)

"aka everything respawns" - yes and no. It depends how many times you die and it depends on whether you choose to rest at the idols or not.
If you have two resurrestions ability, then after dying twice, you will respawn at the nearest idol.
The confusing part is that at the beginning, you will only have ONE resurrection ability. Also, if you rest at any idol, everything will be respawned. But the benefit of resting at any idol is that your health will be replenished to the full. And if you have excess pellets, spirit emblems in your inventory storage, they will be replenished.

The saving part is also confusing. You cannot save if enemies are in fully alert mode (red triangle above their head). But remember this, there is only ONE save slot so to speak. So, everytime you save, you will overwrite the previous one. But, yes, there is a but and this create confusion. You can manually backup the saved game files. So, if you die, you can restore the saved game files, load the game up and you will be back to before.
So, to sum up, yes, you can save anytime but only if the enemies are not in full alert mode, i.e. that also means that you cannot save during a fight. I recommend to save the game near an idol and prior to engaging in a big fight.

By knowing these conditions, you can plan ahead and not getting frustrated when your Sekiro die.

Hope this help. Strongly recommend this game.

[Tsunero]

Originally posted by Alexoferith:

Originally posted by Tsunero:

I keep seeing extremely contradictory opinions. Is this a Souls like? (aka everything respawsn if you die) or can you actually save anytime you want and go at your own pace? (even if the bosses are hard)

"aka everything respawns" - yes and no. It depends how many times you die and it depends on whether you choose to rest at the idols or not.
If you have two resurrestions ability, then after dying twice, you will respawn at the nearest idol.
The confusing part is that at the beginning, you will only have ONE resurrection ability. Also, if you rest at any idol, everything will be respawned. But the benefit of resting at any idol is that your health will be replenished to the full. And if you have excess pellets, spirit emblems in your inventory storage, they will be replenished.

The saving part is also confusing. You cannot save if enemies are in fully alert mode (red triangle above their head). But remember this, there is only ONE save slot so to speak. So, everytime you save, you will overwrite the previous one. But, yes, there is a but and this create confusion. You can manually backup the saved game files. So, if you die, you can restore the saved game files, load the game up and you will be back to before.
So, to sum up, yes, you can save anytime but only if the enemies are not in full alert mode, i.e. that also means that you cannot save during a fight. I recommend to save the game near an idol and prior to engaging in a big fight.

By knowing these conditions, you can plan ahead and not getting frustrated when your Sekiro die.

Hope this help. Strongly recommend this game.

Thanks for the explanation! Well, that's a bummer for me then. I really like the idea of souls games but I hate how you are restricted with saving and stuff, plus respawning enemies. (1 slot is ridiculous to me)

To me that is artifical difficulty and it's just frustrating, it won't let me enjoy the game at my own pace.

Manually backing up everything every time seems like a hassle I do not want.

I would have a blast if I could manual save anytime outside combat without going to save spots specifically.

[Alexoferith]

No, no, no... I am sorry that I didn't explain in detail. You can save anywhere you want. In fact, everytime you exit the game, the game is saved but that will mean your previous one will be overwritten. And the reason for suggesting to save near an idol, this is purely from experience. It is easier to manage, e.g. forgetting where you were or what you were doing, I mean planning to do, etc. Also, it is usually the safest place in the game near to an idol.
I mean if you are facing an enemy and you are in a poor state, badly hurt, etc.. You exit the game. Next time you start the game, you will be facing that enemy right away. So, get to an idol and exit the game will be the best move. And you can plan your move again next time you start up the game.
The actual process of manually saving the saved game files is actually very straight forward. It involves basic Window commands, copy and paste. However, it is the management of these files that need a little bit of work.

The location of the saved game files of Sekiro is: (I presume that you are PC user)
C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Roaming\Sekiro\nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
where n is a number. The actual folder that holds the saved game files is a 17 digit number. Inside there, you will see 3 files. Ignore the Steam one. Save the other two in a folder in a location of your preference. Give this folder name the date and the fight or area that you are going to do, e.g. 2024Mar08_PreLadyButterfly. Make sure you are not in an actual Sekiro game when you copy and paste these two files. You can be at the menu screen of Sekiro. I usually create a shortcut for the location of the saved game files on the Desktop. So I just alt+tab to the desktop, then click on the shortcut. Copy the two files. Then go to the save location and paste there. Once done, then alt+tab back to Sekiro and start the game.
To restore the files, just go to the save location you have created and copy the files. Then go to the actual saved game location and paste the files. Then back to Sekiro and Continue.

From late 2019 to summer 2020, I was using this method to train myself doing the perfect parry. I am just a normal gamer, it took me about 6 months to get 80% success rate in executing perfect parry. From then on, the game was and still is fun to play.

PS I think there is a MOD for the manual save but I never use MOD due to bad experience before (had to rebuild the whole system).

[SwissyChief]

I'm 6 hours into this one (have beat Elden Ring Twice, DS3, DS2, and BB), and I can say that I really don't like it so far. Lies of P spoiled me, and this game feels super Jank next to Other FromSoft games and Lies of P....

[Ketamine 天上太阳红彤彤]

Okay Sekiro imo isnt rlly a souls like you cant just hyper level sekiro up so he can destroy bosses ect you need to learn their move sets and what you can counter or doge, hence why its normally called one of the hardest from soft games theyve made

[Tsunero]

Originally posted by Alexoferith:

No, no, no... I am sorry that I didn't explain in detail. You can save anywhere you want. In fact, everytime you exit the game, the game is saved but that will mean your previous one will be overwritten. And the reason for suggesting to save near an idol, this is purely from experience. It is easier to manage, e.g. forgetting where you were or what you were doing, I mean planning to do, etc. Also, it is usually the safest place in the game near to an idol.
I mean if you are facing an enemy and you are in a poor state, badly hurt, etc.. You exit the game. Next time you start the game, you will be facing that enemy right away. So, get to an idol and exit the game will be the best move. And you can plan your move again next time you start up the game.
The actual process of manually saving the saved game files is actually very straight forward. It involves basic Window commands, copy and paste. However, it is the management of these files that need a little bit of work.

The location of the saved game files of Sekiro is: (I presume that you are PC user)
C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Roaming\Sekiro\nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
where n is a number. The actual folder that holds the saved game files is a 17 digit number. Inside there, you will see 3 files. Ignore the Steam one. Save the other two in a folder in a location of your preference. Give this folder name the date and the fight or area that you are going to do, e.g. 2024Mar08_PreLadyButterfly. Make sure you are not in an actual Sekiro game when you copy and paste these two files. You can be at the menu screen of Sekiro. I usually create a shortcut for the location of the saved game files on the Desktop. So I just alt+tab to the desktop, then click on the shortcut. Copy the two files. Then go to the save location and paste there. Once done, then alt+tab back to Sekiro and start the game.
To restore the files, just go to the save location you have created and copy the files. Then go to the actual saved game location and paste the files. Then back to Sekiro and Continue.

From late 2019 to summer 2020, I was using this method to train myself doing the perfect parry. I am just a normal gamer, it took me about 6 months to get 80% success rate in executing perfect parry. From then on, the game was and still is fun to play.

PS I think there is a MOD for the manual save but I never use MOD due to bad experience before (had to rebuild the whole system).

Thanks! I think I could manage if it saves where I am at (with all the drawbacks of it), but I'll also look into the mod.