{"id":137101,"date":"2021-01-29T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/games\/137101\/"},"modified":"2021-01-29T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T19:00:00","slug":"sekiro-is-a-masterpiece-a-sekiro-shadows-die-twice-retrospective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/games\/137101\/","title":{"rendered":"Sekiro Is A Masterpiece [A Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Retrospective]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4PBudh0YNok\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nSekiro is a masterpiece. In this retrospective video essay, I want to explore the impact of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, FromSoftware&#8217;s brilliant shinobi-themed adventure game. Hot off the heels of their success with the Soulsborne games (Demon&#8217;s Souls, the Dark Souls trilogy &#038; Bloodborne) FromSoftware released Sekiro in 2019 to a mixed reaction. Sekiro deviated away from the popular Soulsborne formula quite significantly, leaving a few players disappointed and leaving a few media outlets calling for an easy mode. I want to try to justify every single change that Sekiro made to that FromSoft formula by arguing that all changes work exceedingly well and push the Soulsborne style into a fresh, interesting direction.<\/p>\n<p>If you enjoyed please consider giving the video a like and subscribing for more in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Chapters :-<br \/>\n00:00 Introduction<br \/>\n03:38 Combat<br \/>\n11:42 Movement<br \/>\n17:07 Bosses<br \/>\n22:47 Setting &#038; Lore<br \/>\n32:02 What&#8217;s missing?<br \/>\n36:18 Negatives<br \/>\n38:51 Conclusion<\/p>\n<p>My Twitter :- https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheJohnnyVector<\/p>\n<p>Music Credits :-<br \/>\nAll background music is from the Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice soundtrack. In order of appearance:<br \/>\n&#8220;Main Menu&#8221;, &#8220;Gyoubu Oniwa&#8221;, &#8220;Sunken Valley&#8221;, &#8220;The Owl&#8221;, &#8220;Senpou Temple, Mt. Kongo&#8221;, &#8220;Fountainhead Palace&#8221;, &#8220;Children of Rejuvenation&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A few pieces of Sekiro footage are from the following channels:<br \/>\n&#8211; THE GAMER EYES (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCxaAgMl2MLsAJy4FMp_J9YA)<br \/>\n&#8211; \uc639\ubc1c\uc774 ONGBAL (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCdGyaKUgO9hM2C0cH-Xe8LQ)<br \/>\n&#8211; IGN (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/IGN)<br \/>\n&#8211; Boss Fight Database (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/BossFightDatabase)<br \/>\n&#8211; FightinCowboy (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/fightincowboy713)<br \/>\n&#8211; Vanguard of Calamity (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCGe2MTpiA4vrKu7OVHG4bXQ)<\/p>\n<p>A few pieces of Dark Souls 2 footage are from the following channels:<br \/>\n&#8211; Matthewmatosis (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/Matthewmatosis)<br \/>\n&#8211; Otzdarva (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/Otzdarva)<br \/>\n&#8211; BlueLizardJello (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/ItsBlueLizardJello)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sekiro is a masterpiece. 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