Oh my god. Another lame whiner... People should be ashamed they dont have enough skills to play Sekiro and not admit it and cry in front of public. If you are not capable to play Sekiro, then DONT!!! Play Firewatch and bullshts of that nature!!!!

It's definitely a tough game, so I can see why people might be turned off it.

I am not a particularly skilled player of videogames but I managed to beat Sekiro. More than any other game I have ever played, Sekiro made me feel like I was getting better with each passing attempt of a boss or miniboss fight.

The last boss however, nearly drove me away, I reckon I died 40+ times but I could feel myself getting closer each time. I learned each attack and how to counter it and suddenly, boom, I beat the game; I literaly punched the air in jubilation when that arsehole died!

The greatest demonstration that the game educates and trains you is that I am blasting through areas in NG+ and making mincemeat of all the enemies without much trouble, whereas previously, I would get by butt kicked.

I loved Sekiro but personally, I loved Bloodborne and Souls more.

Well said, and a lot of the views mirror my own. I love the game, but at some point you have to wonder if all the arbitrary speed bumps are actually adding anything to the experience that I couldn’t similarly achieve by simply pressing pause and punching myself in the balls for a few minutes.

Another Celeste article.

上達します

Is Sekiro really that hard? It can't be harder than Nioh.

"Yes, I know #gitgud and all that fun stuff, but I have boiled down my feelings for Sekiro and decided I didn’t have time for its shit anymore.
. . .
"I’m not trying to say it’s a broken system, it’s simply one I don’t care for anymore. I don’t have the time for, and I had to realize this and -- well, I uninstalled the game for my own mental sanity. Because I know I’ll keep wanting to come back, keep trying again, keep getting frustrated. . . . the question that’s most important when choosing to play a game like this is: is winning worth it? And for me, I have (for now at least) said no it's not."

It's not a difficult concept to understand. Playing a game to suffer hours of frustration in exchange for an eventual moment of gratification gets old. Been there; done that. I gamed my way through the early consoles, when technical limitations meant high difficulty and repetition were needed to give games enough longevity. I don't want to do that anymore. There is no need for that anymore.

Thanks to whoever shared this on here!
Glad to see a lot of conversation spurred by my piece.
:)

At least you made the effort. I don't even try games that have these reported levels of difficulty. I'd like to try some of them, but maybe sometime.

You know, mad respect for the writer of this article. This game isn't for everyone. Heck, I hated it it until it finally *clicked "and now I'm enjoying it. But instead of crying about an easy mode, he admitted that the game was not for him.

I remember when Mario Maker came out, I really enjoyed it, then the troll, extreme difficulty levels emerged and I lost interest. I didn't have the talent or motivation to beat them so I stopped playing. This game doesn't troll you -- the difficulty isn't that high, you can different tactics for a drastically different outcome. In this game, failing was a joy for me.

You're just not good enough to finish it. No harm in that

Git Gud

I dont think i can finish it myself but I am happy Miyazaki has full creative control. All these co-op Souls casuals are devastated lmao. Let's hope Armored Core 6 and Bloodborne 2 are even harder :)

I enjoyed beating dark souls 3, but I just don’t have the patience for these games anymore. 3 deaths in the one area or to the same boss and I’m bored.

God of war is harder than Sekiro, yet nobody's complaining about it.

probably broke you , no doubt.

Really sucks to see lots of this new generation of gamers forgot how to time their attacks , very poor reflexes, and don't even know how to properly evade, block or counterattack. oh well.

First off, excellent article with very valid points.

I like to put these types of games in a category I like to call "Practice to Perfect". As it implies, you practice over and over until you overcome a challenge.When it comes to Sekiro, a lot of people I know in the real world wouldn't have the patience fail over and over and over until they finally, FINALLY beat that challenge, only to run into the the next one 20 minutes later.

I wish a category like that would catch on, so people would have something to call these types of games (aside from soulsborn) to warn others that "hey, this game takes a lot of time, patience, and practice to beat".

I respect your opinion but one of the things I love about Sekiro is even if you are stuck at a part there is usually always another branching area you can work at as far as progressing the game and your skills. You don’t run into a Father Gascoine situation where it’s beat him or progress no further. And that’s something I really think From should be applauded in with this game.

Games like Sekiro are generally not for me, but I loved the NG games, and this seems to be the closest to it. I stopped playing BB but I thought there was an easier mode added to that game or some change that made it more appealing, I just did not like the atmosphere or the character, but I love ninja samurai games, and Japan culture, so I am slugging it out in Sekiro, and when I get stuck I just pull out the phone or tablet and look at the IGN or You Tube guide, so I am fine with that. One of these days I will go back to BB, but like I said the setting, look, feel of the game has to suck me in to really get into. There is just too little time, and too many games to play to be enjoyed than wasting time with one you may not enjoy so much.

Wow. It just goes to show how gameplay experiences can differ.

I found that the amount of time between idols was pretty short compared to other souls games and fairly straightforward. The souls games made me think really carefully about what direction to take, when to use potions and when to call it quits and go back to the previous bonfire to save XP. Sekiro has so many opportunities to just run through, stealth past or bypass enemies that i rarely had a problem finding the next idol.

Strangely my experience about bosses and checkpoints is vastly different too. I was really pleased to find that bosses were close to idols, with the exception of Juzou the Drunk, which pissed me right off. Needing to keep killing enemies or running through them to get to a boss is my biggest criticism of Souls games, but for me Sekiro doesn't have that problem.

I wonder if it's Juzou that made the writer quit? Because if it is, I'd urge them to re-install it. I can't think of a boss that's not near an idol after Juzou, although I still have 2-3 bosses left.

The only wall I hit was when there was nothing to do except beat one of these three bosses *SPOILERS*

Bowguy at the top of the temple, one armed ninja in Ashina Reservoir, spear guy at top of Ashina Reservoir steps. They were all rock hard and seemed way OP. However, by finding all possible prayer beads and gourd seeds, getting a new skill tree from an NPC and improving my posture damage, my character was good enough to beat Spear guy and then one armed ninja. I then had enough prayer beads to upgrade again and so I went and beat Bowguy.

After that, you're kinda set for the rest of the game, though it's still a great challenge. I urge the writer to take up the controller again; if you can beat Souls, you can beat Sekiro :)

haha goodbye skeleton

if you give it more time and learn the mechanics of the game, it's actually easier than BB and DS3...

Jesus what a dreadful article. This game is 10/10

fucking plebs I swear

Controversial opinion:

These games are only popular because people want something to brag about.

That Lady Butterfly 🦋 break me lol! Very hard fight wow 😮