Author: mn  <mn>    71.168.147.82 Use this link if you want to link to this message and its entire thread of discussion. Post a Msg
Date: 4/19/2020 9:20:20 AM
Subject: RE: Sekiro

That is basically what I've been doing, going in balls out with sprint and then wailing on them wholesale. The funny thing is that when I successfully parry something, it often pauses my attacks and then they start getting hits in.

With lady butterfly and the ogre it didn't pay out for me though so I had to run in circles baiting attacks. For lady butterfly, I just couldnt get her posture down reliably, so I took to baiting her range attacks and then hit her once, maybe do a jump kick on her which allowed 2-3 extra swings and once her health was down, her posture recovery slowed down.

The one that really pissed me off though so far was Jinzuke in the castle dojo; I got through that fairly quickly, but it just seems a little off.

I think I covered the part where they never stagger, which isn't a big issues except *I* always get staggered. That's part of why I think it is unfair I guess: the game treats me differently. Another problem with the mechanics is AI targeting and animations. The bull is OK: get around him and just stay in his rear arc. But a very many NPCs simply curve around midair to auto-target; turn mid-overhand animation to nail you or in the worst case I saw, they do a grab and you are clearly outside the grab animation. So your attempts to avoid their unblockable attacks are generally useless, and you cannot parry them. I know there is a rock-paper-scissors idea behind it, but mobility should always be valuable.

I will probably finish it because FROM games are worth it IMO, but something just seems sloppy abou tthe mechanics in a game that requires more precision.

Also two suspicions: perhaps my wireless 360 controller has too much latency for this game; when fighting Lady Butterfly, I had these times when I was almost about to beat her and the game suddenly hitched or messed up my inputs to prevent me from landing blows. Normally I would ignore it but I was fucking with her for 3 hours and the game runs super smooth.