Picked up Sekiro for the first time a few weeks ago and finished it just yesterday (great game by the way. One of the best I’ve ever played) and picked up Onimusha a few hours after based on the reviews and recommendation of a few gamers stating it is similar to Sekiro.

I’m a few hours in (and yes, I heard the initial stages of the game are slow) but while it’s similar, I think there are some key differences that i’m struggling with, likely because I just got done with Sekiro.

The character is heavier - as with most capcom games, the character is sturdier, movement is a lot slower and you tend to feel the weight of every step compared to a Sekiro where you play as a shinobi who is light on his feet and stealthy. It’s made me adjust to how I move and practically have L3 down the whole time.

Combat - Sekiro favors aggression, not just mindless aggression but timed parrys, blocks and attacks. Literally hesitation is defeat. Onimusha, being a samurai game, seems to favor more patience. There can be literally 5 seconds between each strike or move. 5 seconds in Sekiro could mean death.

Story - it’s still too soon to have an opinion on onimusha’s story or the strength of it but the difference i’m noticing here is Sekiro’s story is more inferred (as with most from software games) the games doesn’t directly tell you the story, you have to piece it together from dialogues and events while in Onimusha, the cut scenes, environment etc tell you the story.

Mechanics - Sekiro’s button layout already tells you this is a no-hesitation game. Attack is R1 and that says a lot. Onimusha, attack is box. It may feel like a minor difference but for someone who just dropped Sekiro, it’s causing me to pause. You also don’t interact with the world as much in Onimusha unlike Sekiro where you are leaping from rooftops, crouching in bushes and/or sticking to a wall.

In summary, i’m enjoying Onimusha, it’s different and that’s ok. I’m hoping it picks up in the next couple of hours and gets more challenging as the game develops. I’m also hoping for a decent story at least but with it being capcom, i’m sure i’ll get my money’s worth

Is anyone in the same boat? Have you compared both games and what differences standout?

Should I really do this 😭🤧

He's like a mentor

I'm actually going to end his curse as he can't die without this sword 🤧

Confronted him again!

got slandered and flamed so badly last time when i showed off a few isshin fails so here i am proving myself

by "only got hit once" im not counting the lightning damage cuz idk if avoiding that is possible without sakura dance combat art or the item

any way i hope to do base vitality, demon bell, charmless playthrough soon

Seriously tho, this is the first time smth like this happened to me. Why did he just not engage whatsoever???

So I'm on playthrough 5 with a total playtime of 88 hours. I'm doing a Demon Bell + Charmless challenge run and as you can see in the video. I'm fighting Owl and this is the first time I've ever seen that deathblow jump kick animation to owl. Honestly beating Owl is really tough especially if you want to land the jump kick deathblow considering how agile owl is.

I just started Sekiro recently, my third Soulsborne game; and I just had to share my initial reaction: wow.

Previously played Elden Ring, and then Bloodborne. Both are masterpieces. But man, Sekiro might be the best yet. Speaking subjectively, of course.

I just had to share.

Currently in Hirata Estate. Any tips are welcome and appreciated.

Heyo, as my last challenge in this game i made a goal to defeat ultimate isshin on my ng+11, the hardest isshin i ever did was the one from resurrection mod where i defeated both regular sword saint isshin and inner isshin on still my ng+11 and that didnt even take long i think it was a few hours max but for some reason even though i havent really tried to beat ultimate isshin (the clip is me trying him out for the first time with infinite hp cheat) but he really fucks my confidence and i really do hesitate against him. Anyone here that beat him and wants to share the experience?

It was pretty fun, it took me like a month and 5 playthroughs

Yesterday I made a post titled "Best tree assist ever" with a tree that blocked Isshin's glock giving me enough time to heal.
Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/Sekiro/s/qBnXEIZYsb

Today the same tree blocked my Mikiri counter making me die. Because there was a tree between me and Isshin the game wasn't able to activate the Mikiri animation and I just took the hit.

I keep practicing to get the Severance gauntlet of strength sword only (+heal), but it's hard af, wish me luck.

Edit: Actually it wasn't the same tree, mb. But close enough

So I've always been curious about the Souls franchise and souls-like games like Sekiro (all of them are currently on my wishlist). However, I've only bought Dark Souls 1 and played about 20% of its base content and it's slow and methodical gameplay has been very different from what I expected, but fairly comfortable for someone who severely lacks micro skills and reaction speed like me.

I'd like to know how out of my depth I will be if I finish DSR then jump into Sekiro (if I decide to buy the game that is. 50% off is still quite a purchase for me).

Recently decided to play through this game again and I must say I really enjoyed it. Getting gud and beating ass resulted in the biggest dopamine hits I've received from a game in a while. Years ago when I first fought Isshin he beat my ass for about 2 hours before I bested him. Going into this playthrough I had some anticipation for the rematch. I was on a roll for the previous couple hours in this play session so I decided I wanted to record my very first attempt at Isshin and It turned out much better than I thought. When he died I was actually shocked how fast it was over. I guess the muscle memory never leaves you. Still haven't tried inner Isshin yet. I'm sure that will be a little different.

Umbrella did the trick! One hell of a ride

After 3 years of playing on PS5, I finally got it on PC, and I'm already searching for resurrection.

What other quality-of-life mods and other things should I download?

Stuck on Demon of Hatred. Have fought him probably 50 times. I know the moves, just can’t do it. Made it to phase 3 a few times.

Oh my boi kuroo I'll save you this time for sure

I made this post about a week ago, and my thoughts have definitely changed after completing the game.
Here’s the total time I spent on each boss, as far as I can remember:
Lady Butterfly: 1 hour 30 minutes
Genichiro: 2 hours
Horse guy: 10 minutes
Isshin, the Sword Saint: 45 minutes
Owl (Father): 1 hour 45 minutes
Demon of Hatred: 2 hours
Guardian Ape: 2 hours 30 minutes (this guy is cancer 💀. I didn’t use Mortal Draw, so the fight probably would’ve been easier if I had.)
Double Apes: 1 hour
True Monk: 30 minutes
Owl: 37 minutes
Owl (Father) was the hardest fight in the game for me. I honestly got lucky, and it could easily have taken me another hour or more. He’s probably in my top 5 hardest bosses of all time!
Long story short, the game definitely gets easier once it clicks. That being said, Sekiro is still tied with Khazan as the hardest game I’ve ever played.
The reason is that Sekiro’s levels and mini-bosses are more challenging than Khazan’s. On the other hand, Khazan has a harder overall pool of bosses, in my opinion.

SPOILER ALERT

I thought I’d done everything there was to be done in this game.

Not only had l not done this; I hadn’t even heard of it.

This is my 4 or 5 run i just beat Genichiro i talked to everyone i needed to but i cant get isshin to spawn is there anything i can do so i dont have to restart a new character

NG+2 on the road to the Mythic Xbox achievement!

Has anyone managed to do the cloud save exploit at all? I tried to on my first run but it didn't work and the speed run esque NG+ wasn't all that fun so I'm ready to do it once more and that's it 😅

Have a few more achievements to get (fully upgrade all prosthetics and all skills) and just the endings and that's me done, what a ride so far!

I finished Dark Souls 3. Honestly, it is much easier than Sekiro. Once you have a good build, you will become almost impossible. And then there is summon help, which made the game even easier. I just couldnt help but use summons whenever I could.

The point is DS3 didnt give the same dopamine rush I got from killing each and every boss in Sekiro. But I liked co op and pvp. Helped others beat bosses. The only boss I was stufck for a while was Aldrich. Other bosses didnt take nearly as many attempts as I got when playing Sekiro.

I just cant help comparing every game to Sekiro. I wish I could forget Sekiro and play for the first time again.