Let's Play All of Sekiro: The Hardest Rhythm Game 

congrats on beating it*

Congrats for beating it. I wasn't sure you were gonna play it, but we are happy you didn't drop it and hope you had a fun time. This is one of my favorite games of all time.

Harder than Micolash?

I can't believe that RT just killed the hardest boss in the entire game without as much as saying a word, truly disrespecting the mist noble...

Really missed out on, Let's Play All of Sekiro: The Game I Had To Play Twice. lol.

Hasn't miyazaki said he never actually plays the games they make?

@@treacle4617no

@@treacle4617 Miyazaki plays the games he makes pre-release. That quote is often taken a bit out of context, because Miyazaki states that he designs games he would enjoy himself, but he usually doesn't play them after release because he can't experience them like a new player would anymore.

⁠@@johnkalyvas4838that’s such a tragedy. Imagine crafting such perfect worlds with surprises around every corner but never being able to see the magic. Critical of every little error and not being able to properly enjoy the experience because you made it yourself

@@user-ns4zm8qe9p I've made a few games (well, virtual environments to dick around in in VR, they'd make very boring games) and this is so real! I got into it because I couldn't find what I wanted, especially in VR, and wanted to create little worlds just how I wanted that were perfect to explore. And it was a fun process, but you can't explore something you made yourself, I know where all the little touches are, I know how it all works and while it's cool it was a sad day when I realised I couldn't build the perfect experience without ruining it

Thank you, that was my favourite fight of the game and the hardest one for me

@@RTGame I could tell you were super focused on it! Congrats on coming back and beating the game!

@@RTGame Just so you know, there's an even better version of Owl, easily my single most favourite Fromsoft boss of them all. You just need to speedrun NG+ and betray Kuro now to unlock all the gauntlets, Inner Owl is in one of them. Trust me, NG+ is super easy in Sekiro since it's a rhythm game and you've already learned all the boss rhythms.

The Owl fight rules, all 3 of them. I think the moment I found out I loved the boss was when I found out he had all the tools the player does but uses them against you. Mikiri Countering my own thrust attack was a moment of panic and catharsism. And the music in the Estate fight is a beautiful track.

​@@RTGameowl is a weird one. Inner owl remains one of the most POS bosses ever designed imo. The man just doesn't do anything by the book. Highly recommend fighting him, he's a treat to simply learn from.

Especially a soulslike

I watch these to fall asleep I don't even know how many times I've watched Windwaker

You took the words right out of my mouth

Word!

Thought this said 25 hours and i almost passed out lol

never forget chaos science in the sheet.

Is there a link to the spreadsheet?

So the discord professors are actual professors then?

Same. Then I remember his Tear of the Kingdom playthrough, and end up impressed again.

The Hollow Knight playthrough also surprised me. He didn’t use spells cause he wasn’t comfortable with using them and instead used his soul for healing. He also recognized that compass is the best charm ;)

@@gunnarschlichting9886the duality of RT in TotK: Dies to a ledge. Proceeds to go to the most difficult area in the game while heavily underleveled and survived.

...then the MGR:R stream happened

dude literally beat gyobu before ever going to hirata

AGREEEEEED

Us irish use it as just another way to say "that guy" lol. Never really thought about it until a Spanish friend of mine pointed it out a while ago lol because they had no idea who "your man" is😂

​@@northwind115as a Spanish speaking person, it does sound weird, but at the same time cool lol

@@northwind115 Yeah it's super common here in Scotland too though more of a "yer man" it's funny how things can be so normal to you but totally weird to other cultures

i always thought it was weird when my booted up crash banooca on the PSone from the attic as a young whippersnapper and my parents called the extra lives "extra men" _(am english)_

ROBERTOOOOOO

I was suprised no one pointed it out. At least in this video

@@honest_126 at some point in the video there’s an item (I think it was one of the prayer bead necklaces) the description mentions Robert and RT refers to the fight on the bridge, so at some point he figured it out one way or another but still a pretty missable detail

@@aliasjm Probably better this way though. You really want your kid to be an undying person with a weird ass centipede inside them?

@@honest_126 Sekiro is a game with heavy emphasis on the themes of Buddhism. Immortality leads to stagnation and as seen with the Headless Ape and Corrupted Monk's 3rd phase, you lose yourself in the desperation of trying to live forever. That's actually why the Purification ending is my favorite. Sekiro breaks his immortality and sacrifices himself so that Kuro can live a normal life of his own accord.

The main principle of the ashina fighting style is to win all of your battles, not have an honorable duel

@@MarzaButTube Could be the Von Karma fighting style

Isshin the sword-spear-glock-weather Saint

Genuine question and I mean no ill will by this, but are you like, paid to comment the second RT posts or Tweets? I mean I know you're one of his mods so it's expected but I've literally never seen you slip up even slightly

They used to call him the rhythm king back in college

smh he didn’t play rhythm thief

@@lynx4082 No I don't get paid for any of this. I do it for fun and have already came up with a comment to post on the video when it's posted since I tune into every one of RT's livestream as I'm also one of his Twitch Mods.

rhythm thief mentioned 🥳🥳🥳

Wait can you elaborate?

@@honest_126 it’s a very small detail but since wolf was very weak at the beginning of the game after the whole thing with lady butterfly, he slightly missed the hilt of his katana showing how not well off he was, but at the end of the game when you confront genichiro for the last time he perfectly unsheathed his sword showing how far he came. And I thought it was just a bit neat

It's a small touch, but it's one of those subtle details I really like. Both you and Sekiro are literally starting out of touch, and by the end you've both mastered the game to the point that Genichiro by the end is just a nuisance to get to Isshin.

Also when you get Kuro from Genichiro at ashina castle for the first time he draws his blade slowly but surely, he's getting the feeling back but isn't fully there

I find those sounds a bit too loud, so I used a mod to quiet them down a bit for my playthrough.

The sound design of this game's combat is some of the best in the genre. Up there with DMC's Royal Guard or Metal Gear Rising's Zandatsu. I think my favorite SFX is whenever lightning is involved, as well as the danger sound that pops up whenever the enemy is about to perform a Thrust. It's like a jumpscare but in the best ways.

The sword clangs are just as amazing imo. I can listen to it for hours

I do love the execution sounds but… It’s definitely makari counter that feels easily the most satisfying imo.

Cloe edited a total of 5 streams containing 1 day 5 hours 55mins and 57 seconds worth of Sekiro gameplay into a 2 hour 38 minute video….. What an absolute legend ❤

I've put this game down and picked it back up and I don't think anything really clicked until the owl fight. After that it's has become my favorite from soft game by far

Never played Sekiro but played a lot of fighting games. Once a character just clicks and you do things on instinct, nothing feels as good. And I've done m***!

It's what I like to call the Danse Macabre effect. If an action game has great/well-designed combat, there will eventually just come a point when the rhythm of the game will click with the player, and they will enter a perfectly timed Dance Of Death. It's what happened to me with most FromSoft bosses (especially with Elden Ring's main bosses), with the entirety of Sekiro, with Devil May Cry, and most recently with Lies Of P, which is why I praise that game so much: they mastered the Danse Macabre, which is something most other Souls copycats don't usually do. It's amazing.

After Genichiro the game felt entirely different. Before I just somehow scraped by but I had to fight properly to get past him

He should do a Miyazakiverse playthrough. All the way from shadow tower to Elden ring

SoulsBorneEldenKiro*

i think you meant the God run.

Dont you mean Armored-Soulsborne: Elden Rings Twice?

@@SevenVT12 that's a good one

Also the in the momento section the music isn’t cut out.Really like the flow of that section in the video.

if you have the time for it, i strongly recommend checking out the vods, even if it's just to skip to the boss fights, because watching the full progression from floundering over and over, to complete mastery of the boss fight, is so rewarding. if you have time to watch only one of these fights, make it Inner Owl (the Owl fight in the burning building); the way he went from getting absolutely dominated, to dominating the fight, is the most satisfying thing i've ever seen. you can see the moment that it clicks for him, and suddenly he's deflecting every blow, dodging at the precise right moment in the correct direction, and attacking relentlessly without fear or hesitation. aside from how enjoyable just watching it is, i personally love hearing him verbalize his thoughts on what he's doing wrong, what he should be trying next, and generally talking aloud his process as he learns the fight, bit by bit, and that tends to get cut from the vids (understandably, the edited video has to condense a LOT and must focus on the most pivotal moments). anyway, just a recommendation! and considering these fights can take an hour or longer, i'd understand if you don't really have the time or inclination, but i figured if you enjoyed the drawn out parts from the edited down video, you might also enjoy the uncut version of the fights, too!

I'm not completely sure, but I believe armored warrior doesn't know about Robert's death. Robert was used by the monks for experimentation with immortality (he was one of the divine children) under the guise of extending his life, in return the armored warrior defends the temple. By keeping him under the impression Robert is still alive, the monks make sure he keeps protecting their temple.

But you can mikiri counter owl

@@aaronliu5560 Your normal attacks are a slash, but if you hold down attack you do a lunging stab. The lunge is a bit slower but is longer range and I think does more damage. However, if you try to do the stab against Owl, he Mikiri counters you for a lot of posture/stamina damage against you.

​@@gunnarschlichting9886no he just stabs you in the chest after mikiri counter

If I remember right, Zullie showed in a video that the white dragons are actually old, sick and withered, and the black ones that show up later look younger, owing to their less developed horns.

The Ashina Spears are some of the most complex mini-bosses in the game mechanically. Quality-wise, they're up there with even some of the main bosses, but they will kick your butt at the start. Edit: I realise now you were talking about the Shinobi Hunters, sorry. Yeah, they are tough when first encountering them. You can beat them without the counter, but you have to be strict with your parry timings.

@@leithaziz2716 The one in Hirata is a shinobi hunter, not one of the Ashina Spears

But in subsequent playthroughs, I beat him without using mikiri, it just feels more satisfying

You just need to dodge towards him and to the right. He will miss most times.

​@@galen1083it's just a feels bad at that point if the hit counted huh?

I quit the game at Ape too and I’ve beat every FS game, maybe I’ll give it a shot again as well

@@savanna2dopeI hope you’ll be able to find the time and motivation

@@savanna2dopeI also quit at ape and ended up going back and platting. Id recommend it. The spear prosthetic makes the fight easy, once you’re past that, there will be several bosses that are infinitely more difficult. But it’ll be worth it in the end, so keep persevering.

@@savanna2dopemy own and many others experience with the game involves quitting because a boss is too hard but then coming back and loving it. I quit at genichiro then restarted the game a few months later and got the platinum trophy.

I quit at ape as well. It was watching TheStrawhatNo group's playthrough that got me to try again, in a "if this guy can do it then I sure as heck can, too" way. It also helps that a year and a half away from the game helped me let go of all the "souls-isms" that were holding me back, like thinking I'd only be able to block two ape swings before getting guard broken. No, the ape can be fought exactly like every other enemy: stand in front of it and deflect.

He is indeed the rhym king

He is indeed the rim king

Rm kng

R k

he still has to play demon souls, so its not over just yet.

I think seeing him tackle Armored Core 6 could be fun, but I don't know if it's much of a streamable game tbh Elden Ring DLC might be coming soon too. Hopefully he'll play that when it comes out

​@@Erick-tv8oqi've heard rumors from leakers that it will be a large scale dlc packed with content so that's exciting. Hopefully it'll explain more of the story which was lacking. The final boss is just kinda there and unexpected.

Power of rhythm doctor

booze, mostly

The theme is sneaky deathblows

The theme is dying twice and rhythm games

The theme is simple 'Hesitation is defeat'

naw thats Bloodborne

My heart was pounding so fast when I finally beat him. I struggled against him for days upon days until I finally mastered it all and killed him. That was an absolutely incredible moment and one of the most satisfying victories I've ever had in games. Beating Sekiro is absolutely something to be proud of. You can't beat it with just some cheese strategy or by overleveling. You actually have to master combat to finish it.

i love ds 1 and 2 but bloodborn and this i dont like

You like DS2? Ew.....@@drakekingblackheart5481

Father/Inner Owl and SS Isshin are up there with some of the best bosses in the last decade.