Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

It’s not about easy mode: FromSoftware and the question of video game difficulty

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With every new FromSoftware game comes the same debate – how hard is too hard, and why does it matter? Matthew Codd examines this age-old argument and its bogus foundations. Any new release by FromSoftware – famed creators of Dark Souls, Bloodborne, and now Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice – is inevitably followed with a refreshed … Read more

Two infuriating days attempting to master Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

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The latest game by FromSoftware is out, and it’s as difficult as you’d expect. Is the juice worth the squeeze? Way back 30 years ago in 2015 I wrote a piece on The Spinoff about Bloodborne, a Lovecraftian horror game created by Japanese developers FromSoftware. Bloodborne, modelled after FromSoftware’s award-winning Dark Souls trilogy, is fiendishly … Read more