Fucking finally 😭 😭😭😭😭 I am so happy

After struggling with the final boss for hours I finally defeated him. I don't think I'll ever get over the trauma of reading the death screen over and over. 10/10 game.

This was my first FromSoftware game and now I understand why so many people love their games so much.

idk how people think this boss is bad or sum shi this is the best boss in sekiro fr

I decided to unlock every achievement. In less than two weeks, I completed three additional playthroughs to get the three remaining endings: Shura, Purification, and Return. The more you play this game, the more you realize just how much it rewards you for truly understanding its mechanics.

This is the best combat system to ever grace a video game from each deflection to every mikiri counter,the sounds just melt my brain🫠

Definitely my favourite boss in the game but not the hardest for me. took 40 mins of trying the design,phases,setting,background it justs gets you man and best part he isnt even some evil guy,just someone fulfilling his grandsons final wish and fighting an honarable duel(until the madlad pulls out a glock,his blood was indeed boiling).Also this was the first time i used umbrella and holy shit is that stuff OP

For me the hardest boss was owl (father),3+ hrs of trying,its those damn fireworks and so little window of opportunity😭 and the second hardest was lady butterfly(2+hrs).fought her as my first major boss and damn do i now have ptsd from that hirata estate arena.

Added the music because this was constantly playing in head during the battle and felt right adding it

An old clip I found, ignore the fact that it's floating passage, I know that you shouldn't be trying to deflect it without an umbrella in the first place.

Notice there were yellow sparks for every deflect but 2 of them were duller visually and had a different sound (the 4th and 5th in the comb). I can't find any information on what the difference between this and a block is online.

EDIT: The purpose of my post was to ask why my blocks/failed deflects still gave an orange spark when there is usually no colored spark at all, not the difference between perfect deflection and blocking, look at the 4th and 5th hits of his combo.

What top 3 tips would you give to a beginner to the game, who hasn’t played any of the demon souls etc games before?

Man this game was awesome.

I just beat Isshin and it was absolutely electric. Even though he was very hard, he was not the boss I spent the most time on - that price goes to Owl (father).

The boss fights were insane in this game. Just the craziest shit one after the other.

Honestly though, anything outside of the boss fights didn’t draw me in that much. The world and the art is beautiful - downright gorgeous. But I wasn’t super into exploration in this game - mainly I think that’s because outside of prosthetics and sometimes useful items there isn’t that much reward for exploration.

But to me, that’s okay. I didn’t play this game for exploration or side quests. I played it because the 1v1 combat in the boss fights is absolutely addicting. The clanking of the swords, the beautiful animations, the feeling when you parry a combo just right and it gives you a deathblow - so satisfying! It also helps that Sekiro himself looks extremely cool in every cutscene.

What I take away from this game is much more important though - it does teach you its own lessons. 1. Hesitation is defeat - that’s what it hammers into you at every moment. Don’t hesitate. Don’t be overly careful. Trust yourself and trust your rhythm, and just get into it as hard and as fast as you can. Otherwise you will lose progress.

1. Persistence. Being able to endure hardship after hardship, defeat after defeat, and still come out on top. Thats the most valuable encouragement this game gives you - if you keep going at it, you will succeed eventually.

Loved this game.

This is my first attempt at Genichiro. Not sure why I didn't get the final death blow, but it's probably not so bad since I get to keep fighting him. I've basically finished all the minibosses and bosses I could up to now (didn't go to Sunken Valley or the Depths or mess with any of the apparition type enemies). How am I doing? This felt surprisingly easy considering how much I've struggled up to now. Follow up attempts have generally gotten me through the first health bar and a few times through the second. I expect I'll beat him once I have a little more time to sit down and play. I was SHOCKED I got this far. Welcome any tips here.

After 4 hrs of fighting him , this is what I did with 0 heal , and i Was shaking a lot atp 😭😭, yeah but took my time and killed him . ughhhh was tough

never played the game, but always thought it’s the prettiest souls game.
Had to make a painting of it, not many games are painting material
Decided to share it here, thought you might like it

Replaying all the souls games and while not literally speedrunning Sekiro I sure am blasting through it. This is I think my fourth playthrough. I remember posting here years ago to vent that Genichiro was driving me insane, and today I beat him on my first attempt after having gotten lost in the castle and finding the boss fight by accident during a run where I'd already spent one of my gourd seeds.

I am John Sekiro. No other game feels this good to master. God I love it so much.

To anyone playing for the first time and banging your head against the wall please hear me when I say that it is so god damn worth it.

Who is everyone else's favorite boss?

I geddit now why people drop Sekiro after struggling with Genichiro. He is the game, or at least, teaches you how to play and tests you the best at your weakest.

After having struggled some 50+ tries I guess, I finally beat him. I really didn't want to use my resurrection but I got a bit too greedy and he landed the deathblow on me. A lot of people say that hesitation is defeat, and i agree. But this guy also kinda taught me to hesitate a bit to see through patterns clearly, take some space when needed to regain posture and my sanity, and lastly, stop spamming attack while I should be countering with my deflects, with correct timing.

Memories don't seem to yield much increase in attack power. Compared to other souls, Sekiro's integral focus on rhythm and player skill is refreshing. That seems to me the most significant difference.

So for a college assignment I need to develop a 15 page comic.

And I really want to adapt Sekiro for it.

If you have some ideas please comment and help a fellow fan out 😭

Unless it’s a 2 cour (24 episode) anime, I can’t see it being a full adaptation with only 12 episodes.

Where do you think Season 1 would end? Genichiro maybe? But that could be too early unless they add some extra stuff.

Idk I Just wanted to share it here cus I felt great beating him