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Post by DudeJoe on Sept 20, 2021 8:31:39 GMT
Finished Sekiro last night - took just over 50 hours! Had one of those runs where everything just 'clicks' against the final boss, and ended up not using a single resurrection (although the healing gourd was nearly empty!). Got the Immortal Severance ending. Started NG+ and I'm absolutely racing through the early game. Beat Genichiro (when you're supposed to lose and get you arm chopped off), beat the guy on the horse, and the blazing bull already. I definitely feel overpowered now, but also a lot better at the game than when I first started. I want to see the other endings especially the boss fights I've missed in the second memory I think overall I enjoyed the combat more than DS or Bloodborne, but preferred those fantasy worlds to feudal Japan |
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Post by Rodderz on Sept 20, 2021 8:37:14 GMT
Finished Sekiro last night - took just over 50 hours! Had one of those runs where everything just 'clicks' against the final boss, and ended up not using a single resurrection (although the healing gourd was nearly empty!). Got the Immortal Severance ending. Started NG+ and I'm absolutely racing through the early game. Beat Genichiro (when you're supposed to lose and get you arm chopped off), beat the guy on the horse, and the blazing bull already. I definitely feel overpowered now, but also a lot better at the game than when I first started. I want to see the other endings especially the boss fights I've missed in the second memory I think overall I enjoyed the combat more than DS or Bloodborne, but preferred those fantasy worlds to feudal Japan Nice one! How long did it take you to defeat the last boss? Yeah I noticed that when you head back in you make progress remarkably quickly. I guess it helps if you've seen all the locations already too, as I'm terrible for just taking in the environments when I first play these games and pootle about checking every nook and cranny 🙂. |
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Post by DudeJoe on Sept 20, 2021 9:09:17 GMT
I played for a couple of hours on Saturday learning attack patterns and making progress (by the end of that session was pretty much always getting to 2nd phase, sometimes to 3rd). Then on Sunday played for about 45 mins (5-6 goes, almost always making it to the final phase), so definitely a long one! It can be quite soul destroying when you practice an early phase enough to make it through only to get absolutely wrecked by the next phase with different attack patterns Yeah I'm the same with exploring - like to try and find everything in one playthough! Got all the gourd seeds and 38/40 prayer beads on my first playthrough (the two I'm missing are apparently in the second memory which I missed ), but feel like I saw most of the game |
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Post by JonFE on Jan 15, 2022 18:05:53 GMT
Managed to beat Genichiro for the first time earlier today. It wasn't a clean or elegant fight, but now I can finally move on with the rest of the game - at least until Elden Ring is released  Kept my cool during his first deathblow, trying to read his moves and respond accordingly. During the second deathblow, I did panic (as always) when I used my resurrection, but thankfully a couple of double ichimonji's did the trick. During the third phase, the only thing I timed correctly was that initial mikiri counter; everything else was badly timed / wrongly executed, almost lost it when I used my final resurrection and I beat him when I managed to corner him with another couple of double ichimonji's and some firecrackers. I'm none the wiser about how to play the game, get constantly in a panic shape and have no confidence whatsoever that I'll manage to actually finish it, but at least I can reach a bit further |
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Post by Aunt Alison on Jan 15, 2022 20:03:03 GMT
I think confidence is really important in Sekiro. The worst that can happen is you die and retry. Just go all in
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2022 10:21:46 GMT
Oh yeah. It's a piece of piss. That blindfold guy is basically superhuman.
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Post by damagedinc on Jan 17, 2022 11:10:41 GMT
How!!
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Post by Jambowayoh on Jan 17, 2022 11:15:05 GMT
Oh yeah, I saw that. Fucking ridiculous. Or a waste of time depending on your perspective.
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Post by Aunt Alison on Jan 17, 2022 14:39:12 GMT
Can't decide if that looks more fun to play or watch
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Post by JonFE on Jan 31, 2022 11:37:56 GMT
Funny how overcoming a stumbling block such as Genichiro can affect your progress in this game. After failing on Genichiro for months and months on end, in just two weeks time I've managed to beat the Folding Screen Monkeys, two Snake Eyes dudes, O'rin and the Corrupted Monk, upgraded a bunch of prosthetics / learned a bunch of arts (this game does have grinding spots after all) and I'm about to face the Guardian Ape - which does look scary, I have to admit, but doable  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2022 11:46:43 GMT
Have fun with the ape. Pack plenty of emblems for firecrackers and take oil for your flame vent. He'll go down like a sack of shit.
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Post by rhaegyr on Jan 31, 2022 12:39:05 GMT
Defeating Genichiro is honestly the biggest 'A-Ha!' moment in any FROM game for me.
After that, everything just clicked into place after hours of struggling.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2022 12:41:15 GMT
Although with this new gauntlet thing, my son informs me that if you can't kill Inner Genichiro then you've got no right to call yourself proficient at the game.
Needless to say he can kill him, but I can't.
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Post by JonFE on Jan 31, 2022 15:19:19 GMT
@wuntyate : Show him this, he will think twice about who is proficient at this game 
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Post by alcachofa on Feb 2, 2022 15:59:24 GMT
Have fun with the ape. Pack plenty of emblems for firecrackers and take oil for your flame vent. He'll go down like a sack of shit. Did not have fun with the ape and left the game a year ago. Maybe I should try these tactics and rinse this before Elden Ring drops. |
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Post by JonFE on Feb 2, 2022 16:39:04 GMT
alcachofa Did not get a chance to try the guardian ape yet, however there are a lot of valid tactics against him... Apart from wunty's advice above, you may check FightinCowboy's Git Gud guide below (he sure helped me with Genichiro):
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Post by JonFE on Mar 7, 2022 13:02:21 GMT
The Guardian Ape is finally down \o/ Took my sweet time with him as he was constantly wrecking me and I had to farm for spirit emblems at some point, since I burned through all my stored ones on him. Finally, I had to trust my gut instinct and spent the 2nd phase deflecting his sword attacks and mortal draw his red arse every chance I got, because mortal draw was the only tactic that could reliably get me through his 1st phase and would work without emblems...
Dread to think I must face him again along with his girlfriend soon, but c'est la vie... |
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Post by bichii on Mar 7, 2022 13:30:16 GMT
The Guardian Ape is finally down \o/ Took my sweet time with him as he was constantly wrecking me and I had to farm for spirit emblems at some point, since I burned through all my stored ones on him. Finally, I had to trust my gut instinct and spent the 2nd phase deflecting his sword attacks and mortal draw his red arse every chance I got, because mortal draw was the only tactic that could reliably get me through his 1st phase and would work without emblems...
Dread to think I must face him again along with his girlfriend soon, but c'est la vie... Just to wild on his girlfriend with fire cracker and mortal draw. You should kill in pretty quickly then just have ape to deal with which you can already do. . |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2022 13:37:30 GMT
Aye the second encounter is actually not too bad. Just keep moving and don't get caught by GA whilst you take out his mrs. She's got a small health pool in comparison so will go down fast.
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Post by bichii on Mar 7, 2022 13:38:32 GMT
The Guardian Ape is finally down \o/ Took my sweet time with him as he was constantly wrecking me and I had to farm for spirit emblems at some point, since I burned through all my stored ones on him. Finally, I had to trust my gut instinct and spent the 2nd phase deflecting his sword attacks and mortal draw his red arse every chance I got, because mortal draw was the only tactic that could reliably get me through his 1st phase and would work without emblems...
Dread to think I must face him again along with his girlfriend soon, but c'est la vie... If I had balls, they'd be big as I had no health. Use whirlwind slash like this in phase one to save your emblems for fire crackers and mortal draw phase two. |
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Post by JonFE on Mar 7, 2022 13:39:19 GMT
bichii and @wuntyate : Thank you both for the vote of confidence!!!
Edit: Solid advice there for the whirlwind slash, thank you bichii once again!!!
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Post by bichii on Apr 30, 2022 21:30:38 GMT
After completing elden ring and then getting about half way through it again with another character I dropped it haven't had any urge to go back. However I'm way more tempted to start my god knows what play through of this. Eighth maybe? No idea but I'm thinking time for another play through! Slightly tempted to do some stupid no death run. I think my last completion was sub ten deaths.
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Post by torb on May 3, 2022 12:57:40 GMT
I started my first! A few (what? Eight??? Xbox timer must be bugged) hours and I’m about as far in as the blindfolded guy after 10min. Also a lot more than 10 deaths! At drunk guy and general tenzen - I think I know how to do both now, just need to execute.
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Post by Aunt Alison on May 3, 2022 13:11:40 GMT
There you go, bichii, your next challenge is a no eyes run
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Post by bichii on May 3, 2022 17:14:30 GMT
I started my first! A few (what? Eight??? Xbox timer must be bugged) hours and I’m about as far in as the blindfolded guy after 10min. Also a lot more than 10 deaths! At drunk guy and general tenzen - I think I know how to do both now, just need to execute. Good luck!! |
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Post by torb on May 3, 2022 21:33:05 GMT
Thanks! Tenzen is dead, it felt pretty easy when I finally killed him, where it felt really daunting before. I loved that little snake and how it spazzed out. I got one pip off horse guy second try - I think he might be doable!
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Post by Danno on Jun 13, 2022 18:39:55 GMT
Got an irritating urge to try this again
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Post by monkman5000 on Jun 13, 2022 18:45:15 GMT
F I N I S H
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R I N G
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Post by bichii2 on Oct 29, 2022 9:27:55 GMT
There you go jon
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