Well I’ve done GA the bastard, I’m shit but I beat him.

I meant that I didn't know of that attachment! But oh well...

Brooks wrote:

Current Any% WR now features literal minutes of swimming in mid-air.

Yeah its hilarious. I've spent longer watching dist master the glitches than actually playing the thing.

Got to GA. This may take some time to learn all the moves. It's an entertaining fight with all the sword clashes.

So gone off piste and leaving the GA fight for now. Fought a ninja and the camera at the same time to take down said ninja and open up a new area. Now I've poisoned a mini boss and am on a cliff waiting for it to die. Cheesing, love it.

Kow wrote:

That was my method. Took half an hour.

Shame I can't poison GA boss.

Also this game needs a notepad or someway of putting down reminders for areas.

Dinostar77 wrote:

Kow wrote:

That was my method. Took half an hour.

Shame I can't poison GA boss.

Which one? I managed to poison one. Not poisoned the other.

I do not have that attachment

It's interesting to hear a lot of people persevering with this only because it's a From game, currently sounds to me like there are some issues regarding difficulty over the normal skill based learning that's a staple from Fromsoft.
I've heard a few folks just give up because their simply not feeling their able to learn to moves to beat a boss.

I feel totally the opposite tbh. With a stable framerate via PC at least the combat is quite lenient. 

You are punished for not playing it how it is meant to be played, but there is nothing in it boss wise that you'd expect from Souls - no multiple enemy stuff, very few obscene grabs, no need to constantly worry about stamina, very little in the way of ranged attacks or attacks from behind, very little status effect stuff in boss fights, attacks that are telegraphed etc. 

It's very fair overall, but people seem to be struggling to disengage from the dodging stuff from the Souls series, you can kill most bosses by deflecting their attacks and keeping the posture high (which is admittedly helped by doing some damage here and there) but the fact you can always deflect, even if your posture damage is maxed out is totally liberating.

I still think that fact I managed to 100% it is testament to how lenient it is, as I never got close with any of the other titles.

O rite, I'll have a look there.

Tempy wrote:

I feel totally the opposite tbh. With a stable framerate via PC at least the combat is quite lenient. 

You are punished for not playing it how it is meant to be played, but there is nothing in it boss wise that you'd expect from Souls - no multiple enemy stuff, very few obscene grabs, no need to constantly worry about stamina, very little in the way of ranged attacks or attacks from behind, very little status effect stuff in boss fights, attacks that are telegraphed etc. 

It's very fair overall, but people seem to be struggling to disengage from the dodging stuff from the Souls series, you can kill most bosses by deflecting their attacks and keeping the posture high (which is admittedly helped by doing some damage here and there) but the fact you can always deflect, even if your posture damage is maxed out is totally liberating.

I still think that fact I managed to 100% it is testament to how lenient it is, as I never got close with any of the other titles.

From what I've heard anecdotally, the case seems to be entirely that. That it's a From game but not a souls one.

revelthedog wrote:

From what I've heard anecdotally, the case seems to be entirely that. That it's a From game but not a souls one.

As important as the accessibility part of the debate around Sekiro is, the difficulty thing has been tiring from both sides. The legacy that's formed around these From Soft games is so disingenuous, and distracts from what Sekiro actually is, versus what people perceive it to be. It's closer to Revengeance and Furi than anything else.

Sort of tied up with Muzzy's upset over spoilers, which yeah I get, I am sorry, but Sekiro isn't meant to be an experiential game like Dark Souls and Bloodborne are. It doesn't want you to miss items and mechanics. There's no path to carve on your own. You're Wolf, everyone plays as Wolf. It is written.

Yeah I get that, I am not trying to brazenly spoil everything. 

Trying to do my best to keep stuff spoiler free, just didn't particularly think either of those two prosthetics were a big deal especially as they were both in the original footage I believe. Plus the game is always chucking stuff at you on the loading screens.

Anyway, my bad. There's still plenty to find.

Dinostar77 wrote:

Yeah! My fasted boss kill so far on first attempt as well. I think he may have been a mini boss but still 20 seconds is pretty good. (Mist Noble or something)

A.k.a boss you just hit till he dies.