For some reason you don't fall off the steps at the side unless you jump off so it was easy to end up being cornered and hammered when you wanted to fall back. 
Now on to snake eyes which is apparently another optional boss to run past.

Until you get to one of the impossibly hard bastard fucking bosses. I was finding almost every boss to be at the level of Dark Souls'/Elden Ring's most difficult and then above that. I gave up at headless monkey cunt.

It’s in my top 3 From games. Definitely a 10/10. Will swap this, Bloodborne and Elden Ring around in ranking depending on which day you ask me and my mood.

Not sure who has been saying anything but how amazing the game is without me reading earlier posts, but they are very clearly wrong.

Meh

Kow wrote:

Until you get to one of the impossibly hard bastard fucking bosses. I was finding almost every boss to be at the level of Dark Souls'/Elden Ring's most difficult and then above that. I gave up at headless monkey cunt.

 
Took me a few attempts, but I beat him a while back. Found his 2nd phase to be quite easy to read, but you need to have your parry game down to get the main opening on him. 1st phase - firecrackers.

hylian_elf wrote:

It’s in my top 3 From games. Definitely a 10/10. Will swap this, Bloodborne and Elden Ring around in ranking depending on which day you ask me and my mood. Not sure who has been saying anything but how amazing the game is without me reading earlier posts, but they are very clearly wrong.

Word! Gonna go back and read your earlier posts. Sekiro feels like a great companion piece to Bloodborne. Can't wait for the next game of this ilk where they stray from the fantasy route.

I prefer the combat in both Nioh 2 and Wo Long.

That’s the one I stopped at, got to the second phase and that was it - I’m too old for games like this, especially when there no online co-op or ways of bringing in npc’s to help

And we are done. That was a pretty tough final boss! I spent a while putting it off and scouring for additional prayer beads but in the end just got my head down and slowly learnt his rythyms until I had his first 2 phases down to a tee.

I did get to the point where i took a peek at some online vids for strategy on Ishins final phases (seemed there were a few) and generally I adopted the run away constantly and wait for a cheap hit approach.

Anyway. Amazing game with some absolutely all-timer boss battles. I never got bored of the combat even though there are hardly any moves. Laser focussed. 10/10.

Started NG+ and just wrecking everyone at start is fun. Not sure I will do another play through just yet though, although keen to see another ending.

I looked up the endings and a couple of them looked a bit faffy. Is Purification easy enough to achieve? I just need to trigger the right NPC actions I think and then have the right item in my possession by end game?

Shura looks easy enough.

Might have another go at some point, in 60fps

Back on this nonsense with a fresh save. After my Bloodborne run I must admit I'm being much more aggressive and it's paying off. I've still got a lot of the same complaints. I'm never going to forgive a game that makes you play through two phases of a fight when you have taken out the first one. the run ups have been ok, and I'm taking on the enemies avoiding the cheesing and it makes for a much more satisfying game. 
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There really is nothing much that touches Fromsoft's output.

I've said it before, but the issue with this game and From's other output is they're defined by letting the player approach it how they please, whereas Sekiro is very much - play it this way or fail. It's still amazing, but only if you can fit within the 'this way' groove.

Ah, yes.  Agree, they've become one of my topmost devs, alongside Nintendo and Platinum (and whatever Ueda has done or will do).

That's Lady Butterfly down. What an interesting fun fight that was.